Rector, Edward F., “Ed Rector interview (video and transcript, 7 of 11), 1991,” Digital Collections, accessed December 16, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/42076.
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Ed Rector interview (video and transcript, 7 of 11), 1991
Interview of Ed Rector by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Ed Rector served as Vice Squadron Leader of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) 2nd Squadron "Panda Bears." He joined the AVG after discharging his commission from the US Navy, and left the AVG when it was disbanded in 1942. In this tape, Rector describes in detail his first combat with the Japanese pilots and what it was like being in the curve of pursuit.