Reference codeI248Name of interviewee (English)EATHER, Charles ChicDate of interview06/11/2008BiographyCharles “Chic” Eather was born in Sydney, Australia in 1920. He joined the Merchant Navy and later qualified as a commercial pilot in 1943. Eather was then commissioned as a flying officer in the Citizen Air Force Reserve. In 1946, Captain Eather joined Roy Farrell Export-Import Co. Ltd, the forerunner of Cathay Pacific.Interview summaryRecounts his childhood interest in becoming a pilot and his experience in the Merchant Navy during wartime. Recalls an incident in which he scraped the top of The Peninsula Hotel with the wheels of his plane during a flight to Hong Kong. Talks of his stay at The Peninsula during the Japanese occupation, and the reconstruction efforts in Hong Kong after the war. Duration55 minutesInterviewerAmelia AllsopTopicAviationCathay PacificJapanese OccupationThe Peninsula Hong KongLanguageEnglishLevel of accessUnclassifiedCollectionOral History CollectionCollection SummaryEATHER, Charles Chic
