Thae Son Hui, Korea's first woman pilot
KCNA
Pyongyang, March 7 (KCNA) -- If the US imperialists unleash another war of aggression, far from drawing a lesson from their ignominious defeat in the last Korean War (June 1950-july 1953), I will participate in the war again as a pilot, said Thae Son Hui, who is a lecturer in the victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum.
She, 75, is the first pilot of Korea who performed feats in the hard-fought Korean War.
Born in a foreign country in September Juche 17 (1928), she keenly experienced the sorrow of the stateless people. Having returned to Korea after the liberation of the country, she joined the army and began to receive flight training in 1949.
As soon as the war broke out, she took part in many air combats.
In September 1951, a task to destroy the commanding post and other military facilities of the enemies on Taehwa islet was assigned to her.
She successfully fulfilled the task with a low-altitude flight and a surprise attack.
She also bombed the enemies' oil tank and military facilities in Inchon and killed a large number of enemies and destroyed their combat equipment in other air fights.
She was awarded the Title of Hero of the DPRK in November 1951.
