1947 In September, Pang Lin, who was only 17 years old, joined the army from Zhangwu County, Liaoning Province, and later became a soldier in the Ministry of Public Security 18 Division. He took part in the Battle of Western Liaoning, killed the enemy heroically in the War of Liberation, and won the meritorious military service. 1950 10 participated in Chinese people's Volunteer Army, successfully crossed the Yalu river, served as the vice squad leader in the 53rd regiment of the public security army/2nd company and 5th class of the battalion/kloc-0, went to North Korea, participated in the fourth and fifth famous battles of North Korea, and fought against American invaders many times. 1951On the evening of April 23rd, when Pang Lin was performing an air defense sentry duty in Dinghe East Village, suddenly a group of "air robbers" flew head on. An enemy plane swooped down on the highway, dropped two bombs on eight cars carrying military supplies in Chinese people's Volunteer Army, and opened fire violently. At that time, a car was blown up and caught fire, and the driver was seriously injured. At this critical juncture, Pang Lin and his comrade-in-arms Meng Qingxuan rushed to the scene to rescue the injured driver and carried him into the air-raid shelter for emergency rescue. When they returned to the burning car for the second time, the hateful enemy plane circled several times in the air and bombed along the road. The heinous crime of air bandits aroused Pang Lin's revenge and anger, and watched enemy planes fly by. He raised a 7.26 rifle and aimed at the nose of a Mustang bomber. Bang! Bang! Bang! Got shot three times. The enemy plane smoked and the fuel tank was hit. After the enemy plane flew out of 1000 meters, it slipped down the hill. When the enemy plane with the bomb landed, only a loud noise was heard. The enemy plane landed and blossomed under the slope angle, and the smoke and fire soared into the sky. Chinese people's Volunteer Army, who was on an air defense sentry mission at that time, found the bombed enemy plane. Everyone celebrated the victory. The American invaders were shot down by us. Volunteer cadres and soldiers rushed to the scene, searched and found three blackened bodies, which proved that three enemies on the plane were buried in the sea of fire. Since then, Chinese people's Volunteer Army has carried out the activity of killing enemy planes with rifles, and enemy planes no longer fly at low altitude.
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the good news that Pang Lin was the first to shoot down an American plane with a rifle reached Beijing. Chairman Mao and the central leaders are particularly happy. Chairman Mao praised and said, "Our volunteer soldiers played well and were heroes. He played the military power of the volunteers! Hit the national prestige of the people of China! " Subsequently, the General Command of the Korean People's Army and the General Command of Chinese people's Volunteer Army awarded Pang Lin the Medal of Independence, National War Hero and First Class Hero respectively. 1952, 1958, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and other party and state leaders received Pang Lin in Beijing and took a group photo. Pang Lin's exemplary deeds are recorded in the military history of China People's Liberation Army. Since the 1950s, the story of Pang Lin, a hero of the Volunteers, shooting down an American plane with a rifle has spread all over the country and won wide acclaim from the world.