The Nanjing Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs Memorial Hall in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, released a list of 2,590 anti-Japanese aviation martyrs from the United States for the first time on Tuesday.
中国首次对外公布2590名美国籍抗日航空英烈名录。
Published on the official website of the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Administration Bureau, this list discloses the names, dates of death and military positions of these martyrs from the Second World War, with adjustments and amendments based on research.
9月3日，南京抗日航空烈士纪念馆通过中山陵园管理局的官方网站公布了这份英烈名录。
相关信息包括英烈姓名、职务、牺牲时间。
The information about the 2,590 American anti-Japanese aviation martyrs was engraved on the monument in the memorial hall in 1995 and 2015. However, due to factors such as the passage of time and the absence of original archives, much of the information about these martyrs is incomplete and difficult to verify.
据介绍，这2590名美国籍抗日航空英烈的信息，曾于1995年和2015年分两次镌刻在纪念馆内的英烈碑上。因历史久远、缺少原始档案等原因，大部分英烈的信息并不完整，现有信息的准确性也难以查证。
"We hope that the release of this list will mobilize efforts both domestically and internationally to enhance the collection of historical materials, conduct further research and promote the legacy of American anti-Japanese aviation heroes. This will help identify and correct errors on the monument and recover missing information about these heroes, making the list more complete," said Dou Ruoqi, a staff member of the memorial hall.
“希望本次名录的对外发布能够集合海内外各方力量，进一步加强美国籍抗日航空英烈的史料征集和研究，尽可能完善现有英烈生平资料，发现并纠正英烈碑上现有信息错误，找到被遗漏的美国籍抗日航空英烈的信息，让这份名录更为完整。”纪念馆工作人员窦若琪说。
On the same day, the memorial hall announced the addition of Jack W. Hammel's name to the monument. Hammel, a pilot from Michigan, died at the age of 23 on July 25, 1945, in east China's Jiangxi Province, after his fighter plane was hit by Japanese ground fire.
当日，纪念馆还举行了美国籍在华牺牲飞行员杰克·W·哈梅尔的姓名补刻仪式。“JACK W. HAMMEL”成为英烈碑上最新的名字。1945年，哈梅尔驾驶战斗机被日军地面火力击中，牺牲于江西境内。
In 2017, Hammel's family and friends visited the memorial hall but couldn't locate his name. With assistance from the Chinese Embassy in the United States, the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, and other institutions, Hammel's identity was confirmed and his name has been added to the monument.
2017年，哈梅尔的亲友参观纪念馆时，发现馆内英烈碑上没有哈梅尔的名字，向纪念馆表达了补刻哈梅尔姓名的希望。经中国驻美国大使馆及美中航空遗产基金会积极协调，成功寻到哈梅尔更多资料佐证，符合补刻姓名条件。
The Nanjing Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs Memorial Hall is China's first international anti-Japanese aviation martyrs memorial hall. Its collection contains rich historical materials of the air forces of China, the Soviet Union, the United States and other countries jointly fighting against the Japanese invaders in China during the Second World War. The names of nearly 4,300 Chinese and foreign anti-Japanese aviation martyrs are engraved on the monument in the memorial hall.
位于南京紫金山北麓的南京抗日航空烈士纪念馆，是国内首座国际抗日航空烈士纪念馆，馆藏第二次世界大战期间中、苏、美等国空军在中国联合抗击侵华日军的丰富史料，纪念馆内的英烈碑上镌刻着近4300名中外抗日航空先烈的名字。
Source:Xinhua
Editor: ChenDawei
Senior Editor: MinJie
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