Yeh Changti
Chinese Air Force pilot
Died when: 82 years 353 days (995 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Yeh Changti or Ye Changdi (Chinese: ???; 29 November 1933 – 16 November 2016), also known as Robin Yeh, was a pilot in the Republic of China Air Force with the rank of major.
A member of the CIA-trained Black Cat Squadron, he flew the American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft to spy on China's nuclear program.
He was shot down on 1 November 1963 over Shangrao, Jiangxi and held in mainland China for 19 years.Yeh was released from China in 1982, but not granted permission to return to Taiwan until 1990, living the interim years in the United States.
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