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Flying Tigers (a.k.a. Yank Over Singapore and Yanks Over the Burma Road) is a 1942 American black-and-white war film drama from Republic Pictures that was produced by Edmund Grainger, directed by David Miller, and stars John Wayne, John Carroll, and Anna Lee.
Chennault in his Kunming office, May 1942. He wears a US Army brigadier general's star on his left shoulder but Chinese insignia otherwise. The American Volunteer Group was largely the creation of Claire L. Chennault, a retired U.S. Army Air Corps officer who had worked in China since August 1937, first as military aviation advisor to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in the early months of the ...
A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) of the Republic of China Air Force and saw combat in Burma in late 1941 and 1942 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In September 1942, Boyington rejoined the Marine Corps.
Probably his best known role was as Woody Jason in the 1942 movie Flying Tigers with John Wayne. He was also notable as a Cajun soldier, aptly nicknamed Wolf, in the 1945 comedy A Letter for Evie. He interrupted his movie career during World War II and to serve as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot in North Africa. He broke his back in a crash.
In July 1942, at the request of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Scott was named commander of the 23rd Fighter Group, newly formed by General Chennault when the Flying Tigers were incorporated into the United States Army Air Forces. Popular accounts said that Scott inherited command of the Flying Tigers, but that group had disbanded at the ...
Casablanca was released in 1942, but won its three Oscars in 1944. A-B. Title Director Cast Genre Notes A-Haunting We Will Go: ... Flying Tigers: David Miller: John ...
With U.S.-China relations at their lowest point in decades, centenarian U.S. veteran who flew as the Flying Tigers in WWII visit Beijing and are welcomed as heroes.
This category is for the original Flying Tigers, active from December 20, 1940, to July 4, 1941, not for any later units which took the same nickname. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.