{"id":2986,"date":"2017-10-26T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T17:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/?page_id=2986"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:43:18","slug":"thomas-shun-wong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/air-force\/thomas-shun-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Shun Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thomas Shun Wong was the younger brother Robert S. Wong<\/a>.\u00a0 Both boys shared\u00a0a passion for flying which started when they were young.<\/p>

\"Tommy

Tommy S. Wong and his model plane.<\/p><\/div>

Thomas helped his brother build the Pientenpol Sky Scout airplane from a plan they had sent purchased. They assembled the aircraft using\u00a0a car engine, wood and canvas\u00a0sewn by their mother. It took them almost 2 years to build the plane.<\/p>

\"Tommy

Tommy and the Sky Scout<\/p><\/div>

During the war, Tommy started off as a Leading Aircraftsman 2 with RCAF, and later obtained his pilots wings.<\/p>

After the war, both Thomas and his brother started a flying school in Ontario.<\/p>

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Thomas Shun Wong was the younger brother Robert S. Wong.\u00a0 Both boys shared\u00a0a passion for flying which started when they were young. Thomas helped his brother build the Pientenpol Sky Scout airplane from a plan they had sent purchased. They assembled the aircraft using\u00a0a car engine, wood and canvas\u00a0sewn by their mother. It took them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2987,"parent":378,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-nosidebar.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2986","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t