Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers were a volunteer American fighter unit that fought in Burma and China against Japanese forces prior to the official participation of the United States in World War II.
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US Air Forces videos [edit]
U.S. aircraft [edit]
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P-40 maintenance
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P-40s at Kunming
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Pilots running towards warharks.
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Curtiss P-40E
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A Chinese soldier guards a line of P-40 planes
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A Liberator bomber crosses the shark-nosed bows of U.S. P-40 fighters
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P-43s in China.
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Crew chief indicates a P-40 pilot's scores.
Japanese aircraft [edit]
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Nakajima Ki-43-IIa.
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Nakajima Ki-43-II.
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Japanese bomber(Ki-21-3) over Chungking.从飞机上俯拍的日军轰炸渝中半岛的照片。
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Type Zero aircrafts.
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IJA Type 96 bomber over Chungking.
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Japanese type97 fighter plane.
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Japanese Ki-21-3 ready for war.
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Type 96 Japanese attack air-plane.
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Four Japanese Navy Type 96 planes.
People [edit]
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William Pawley, American businessman, diplomat and intelligence operative, Founder of The Flying Tigers.
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Tex Hill of the Flying Tigers.
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General Claire Lee Chennault - founder of the Flying Tigers in China
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US pilot with blood chit on jacket.
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Wedding photo
Badges and insignia [edit]
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A blood chit with the badge of the Flying Tigers
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The badge of the 14th Air Force, successor to the Flying Tigers
