Flying Tigers
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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.
US Air Forces videos
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Flying Tiger newsreels.
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Flying Tigers Bite Back
U.S. aircraft
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P-40 maintenance -
P-40s at Kunming -
Pilots running towards warharks. -
Curtiss P-40E -
A Chinese soldier guards a line of P-40 planes -
A Liberator bomber crosses the shark-nosed bows of U.S. P-40 fighters -
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P-43s in China. -
Crew chief indicates a P-40 pilot's scores.
Japanese aircraft
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Nakajima Ki-43-IIa. -
Nakajima Ki-43-II. -
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。 -
Type Zero aircrafts. -
IJA Type 96 bomber over Chungking. -
Japanese type97 fighter plane. -
Japanese Ki-21-3 ready for war. -
Type 96 Japanese attack air-plane. -
Four Japanese Navy Type 96 planes.
People
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William Pawley, American businessman, diplomat and intelligence operative, Founder of The Flying Tigers. -
Soong May-ling and Claire Chennaul -
Claire Chennault in his office at Kunming, China, about May 1942 -
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General Claire Lee Chennault - founder of the Flying Tigers in China -
Chennault with his wife -
Chennaul wedding photo
Badges, insignias and monuments
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A blood chit with the badge of the Flying Tigers -
The badge of the 14th Air Force, successor to the Flying Tigers -
Flying Tigers Monument Ocala Florida
