What the P-40 lacked in ability, Chennault made up for in tactics, having the AVG pilots dive from a high position and unleash their heavy machine guns on the structurally weaker but more maneuverable Japanese planes.. . In a low, twisting, turning dogfight, the P-40 would lose ...
Chennault expressed his disappointment at his group's first combat mission against Japanese bombers attacking the AVG base in Kunming, China, on December 20, 1941. ...
A few days after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army. ...
The Flying Tigers spent 10 weeks total in Rangoon, never fielding more than 25 P-40s.. . "This tiny force met a total of a thousand-odd Japanese aircraft over Southern Burma and Thailand. ...
Four Flying Tiger P-40s faced off against a dozen Japanese fighters over Hengyang, China. The Americans shot down six of the Japanese with no losses of their own, according to a US history ...
That's the deal - in inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars - that a few hundred Americans took in 1941 to become the heroes, and some would even say the saviors, of China. ...
The AVG flew its last mission on the day it would cease to exist, July 4.. . Four Flying Tiger P-40s faced off against a dozen Japanese fighters over Hengyang, China ...
But they'd bought vital time for the allied war effort, tying down Japanese planes that could have been used in India or elsewhere in China and the Pacific. ...
topWhat the P-40 lacked in ability, Chennault made up for in tactics, having the AVG pilots dive from a high position and unleash their heavy machine guns on the structurally weaker but more maneuverable...
top... in ability, Chennault made up for in tactics, having the AVG pilots dive from a high position and unleash their heavy machine guns on the structurally weaker but more maneuverable Japanese planes.
topWhat the P-40 lacked in ability, Chennault made up for in tactics, having the AVG pilots dive from a high position and unleash their heavy machine guns on the structurally...
top... Chennault made up for in tactics, having the AVG pilots dive from a high position and unleash their heavy machine guns on the structurally weaker but more maneuverable Japanese planes.
topChennault expressed his disappointment at his group's first combat mission against Japanese bombers attacking the AVG base in Kunming, China, on December 20, 1941.
topThe AVG flew its last mission on the day it would cease to exist, July 4.. . Four Flying Tiger P-40s faced off against a dozen Japanese fighters over Hengyang, China
top... Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army.
topThe Flying Tigers spent 10 weeks total in Rangoon, never fielding more than 25 P-40s.. . "This tiny force met a total of a thousand-odd Japanese aircraft over Southern Burma and Thailand.
topA few days after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army
topA few days after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army
topThe Flying Tigers spent 10 weeks total in Rangoon, never fielding more than 25 P-40s.. . "This tiny force met a total of a thousand-odd Japanese aircraft over Southern Burma and Thailand
top... few days after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army.
topA few days after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army
top... after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army.
topA few days after Kunming, they were deployed to Rangoon, the capital of British colonial Burma and a vital port for the supply line that got allied war materiel to Chinese troops facing the Japanese army
topThat's the deal - in inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars - that a few hundred Americans took in 1941 to become the heroes, and some would even say the saviors, of China.
topBut they'd bought vital time for the allied war effort, tying down Japanese planes that could have been used in India or elsewhere in China and the Pacific.
topThat's the deal - in inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars - that a few hundred Americans took in 1941 to become the heroes, and some would even say the saviors, of China
topBut they'd bought vital time for the allied war effort, tying down Japanese planes that could have been used in India or elsewhere in China and the Pacific.
topThat's the deal - in inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars - that a few hundred Americans took in 1941 to become the heroes, and some would even say the saviors, of China
topThat's the deal - in inflation-adjusted 2025 dollars - that a few hundred Americans took in 1941 to become the heroes, and some would even say the saviors, of China
topFour Flying Tiger P-40s faced off against a dozen Japanese fighters over Hengyang, China. The Americans shot down six of the Japanese with no losses of their own, according to a US history
topFour Flying Tiger P-40s faced off against a dozen Japanese fighters over Hengyang, China. The Americans shot down six of the Japanese with no losses of their own, according to a US history
top... in ability, Chennault made up for in tactics, having the AVG pilots dive from a high position and unleash their heavy machine guns on the structurally weaker but more maneuverable Japanese planes.. . In a low, twisting, turning dogfight, the P-40 would lose
topThough news didn't travel quickly in 1941-42, the United States - still reeling from the devastating December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was eager for heroes
topThough news didn't travel quickly in 1941-42, the United States - still reeling from the devastating December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was eager for heroes
topThough news didn't travel quickly in 1941-42, the United States - still reeling from the devastating December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was eager for heroes. The Flying Tigers fit the bill.
topJapanese bombers came at the city in waves over 11 days during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The Flying Tigers ripped holes through the Japanese formations and cemented their fame
topJapanese bombers came at the city in waves over 11 days during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The Flying Tigers ripped holes through the Japanese formations and cemented their fame.
top... granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II.
topThe group's warplanes featured the gaping, tooth-filled mouth of a shark on their nose, a fearsome symbol still used by some US military aircraft to this day
topThe group's warplanes featured the gaping, tooth-filled mouth of a shark on their nose, a fearsome symbol still used by some US military aircraft to this day
top... group's warplanes featured the gaping, tooth-filled mouth of a shark on their nose, a fearsome symbol still used by some US military aircraft to this day.
topThe bond is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in...
topChennault first spent a few years putting together an air raid warning network and building airbases across China, according to the Flying Tigers'official website
top... an air raid warning network and building airbases across China, according to the Flying Tigers'official website. In 1940, he was dispatched to the United States - still a neutral party - to find pilots and planes that could defend China against Japan
topThe formation of the Flying Tigers. In the late 1930s, China had been invaded by the armies of Imperial Japan and was struggling to withstand its better equipped and unified foe
topChennault first spent a few years putting together an air raid warning network and building airbases across China, according to the Flying Tigers'official website
topChennault first spent a few years putting together an air raid warning network and building airbases across China, according to the Flying Tigers'official website
topThough news didn't travel quickly in 1941-42, the United States - still reeling from the devastating December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was eager for heroes.
topThough news didn't travel quickly in 1941-42, the United States - still reeling from the devastating December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was eager for heroes.
topChennault wrote that the shark mouth didn't originate with his group, but was copied from British P-40 fighters in North Africa, which in turn may have copied them from Germany's Luftwaffe
top... the shark mouth didn't originate with his group, but was copied from British P-40 fighters in North Africa, which in turn may have copied them from Germany's Luftwaffe.
topChennault wrote that the shark mouth didn't originate with his group, but was copied from British P-40 fighters in North Africa, which in turn may have copied them from Germany's Luftwaffe
topChennault wrote that the shark mouth didn't originate with his group, but was copied from British P-40 fighters in North Africa, which in turn may have copied them from Germany's Luftwaffe
topSixteen P-40's were destroyed," Chennault wrote in his memoir.. . Despite the Flying Tigers'heroics in the air, allied ground forces in Burma could not hold off the Japanese.
top"China always remembers the contribution and sacrifice made to it by the United States and the American people during the World War II," says an entry on the Flying Tigers memorial page of China's state-run newspaper People's Daily Online
top"China always remembers the contribution and sacrifice made to it by the United States and the American people during the World War II," says an entry on the Flying Tigers memorial page of China's state-run newspaper People's Daily Online
top... made to it by the United States and the American people during the World War II," says an entry on the Flying Tigers memorial page of China's state-run newspaper People's Daily Online.
top"China always remembers the contribution and sacrifice made to it by the United States and the American people during the World War II," says an entry on the Flying Tigers memorial page of China's...
topThere are at least half a dozen museums dedicated to or containing exhibits about the Flying Tigers in China, and they've been the subject of contemporary movies and cartoons
top... are at least half a dozen museums dedicated to or containing exhibits about the Flying Tigers in China, and they've been the subject of contemporary movies and cartoons.
top... always remembers the contribution and sacrifice made to it by the United States and the American people during the World War II," says an entry on the Flying Tigers memorial page of China's state-run newspaper People's Daily Online
topThere are at least half a dozen museums dedicated to or containing exhibits about the Flying Tigers in China, and they've been the subject of contemporary movies and cartoons
topDespite frosty relations with Washington in recent years, the bond that American mercenaries made with China 80 years ago remains untarnished.. . There are at least half a dozen museums dedicated to or containing exhibits about the Flying Tigers in China, and they've been the subject of contemporary...
top... effort, tying down Japanese planes that could have been used in India or elsewhere in China and the Pacific.. . Claim to fame. Though news didn't travel quickly in 1941-42, the United States - still reeling from the devastating December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - was eager for heroes
topJapan was virtually unopposed in the air, able to bomb Chinese cities at will.. . Leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had been able to loosely unite China's warlords under a central government, later hired American Claire Chennault, a retired US Army captain, to form an air force
top... Chiang Kai-shek, who had been able to loosely unite China's warlords under a central government, later hired American Claire Chennault, a retired US Army captain, to form an air force.
topLeader Chiang Kai-shek, who had been able to loosely unite China's warlords under a central government, later hired American Claire Chennault, a retired US Army captain, to form an air force
topJapan was virtually unopposed in the air, able to bomb Chinese cities at will.. . Leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had been able to loosely unite China's warlords under a central government, later hired American Claire Chennault,...
topJapan was virtually unopposed in the air, able to bomb Chinese cities at will.. . Leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had been able to loosely unite China's warlords under a central government, later hired American Claire Chennault,...
topThe bond is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II.
topThe bond is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II.. . The formation of the Flying Tigers
top... is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II.
topThe bond is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II
top... is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II.. . The formation of the Flying Tigers
topThe bond is such that the daughter and granddaughter of the Flying Tigers'founder are among the few Americans invited to Wednesday's military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II.
topThere are at least half a dozen museums dedicated to or containing exhibits about the Flying Tigers in China, and they've been the subject of contemporary movies and cartoons