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After the unit was disbanded, Bolster and other Tigers pilots joined the China National Aviation Corporation, flying supplies over the Hump from India to China. [5] Bond, Charles: 7 [8] [11] 8.77 [4] He was the first Flying Tiger to paint a shark's mouth on the nose of his airplane. Boyington, Gregory "Pappy" 2 [4] 3.5 [4]
Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections "Flying Tigers In Burma", 30 March 1942 Life magazine article, including numerous photographs; The short film The Air Force Story – The Drawing of the Battle Lines, December 1941 – April 1942 (1953) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet ...
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David Lee "Tex" Hill (July 13, 1915 – October 11, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and triple flying ace.He is credited with 12 + 1 ⁄ 4 victories as a squadron leader with the Flying Tigers and another six as an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II.
Robert Tharp (R.T.) Smith (February 23, 1918 – August 21, 1995) was an American World War II fighter pilot and ace, credited with 8.7, 8.9 or 9 Japanese aircraft while fighting with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers).
With the support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1941 Chennault recruited about 100 American pilots and 200 support crew to the Flying Tigers program, with China paying for their salaries ...
In the Second Sino-Japanese War prior to World War II, foreign volunteer pilots of Flying Tigers carried notices printed in Chinese that informed the locals that this foreign pilot was fighting for China and they were obliged to help them. [5] A text from one such blood chit translates as follows: I am an American airman. My plane is destroyed.
In June 1941, he left the Navy to become a P-40 fighter pilot with the American Volunteer Group (AVG), the famous Flying Tigers, in Burma. [6] Howard was assigned to the 2nd Squadron ("Panda Bears") of the Flying Tigers and on January 3, 1942, Howard was part of a flight led by squadron leader Jack Newkirk in attacking a Japanese-held Tak ...