Flying Tigers

Source Documents

Record	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
Chinese Flag patch...		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
Sgt. John N. Rumen, Racine, Wisc., right and Sgt. Liang Chow, left, look over a belt of 50 cal. Ammunition before loading the plane's guns. These two men worked with the American Volunteer Group (popularly knows as the "Flying Tigers") before the AVG - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	30 Nov 2007
Fuselage Assembly Room Of Aircraft Factory Somewhere In China. This Factory Was Fitted To Rebuild Curtiss P-40S For The American Volunteer Group And The Chinese Continued The Same Operations For The U.S. Air Force. 1 January 1943. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	3 Dec 2007
Colonel David 'Tex' Hill Of Hunt, Texas, Air Ace Of The 'Flying Tigers' Poses Beside His Plane Before Taking Off On A Mission From His Base Somewhere In China. 2 October 1945. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	30 Nov 2007
JING BOW (AIR RAID), SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. ARMY 14TH AIR force AREA IN CHINA. The Flying Tigers go into action after hearing, the air raid signal. Pilots running for their P-40's include a number who actually shot down Jap planes during this raid. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	30 Nov 2007
Insignia Of The China Air Task Force Fighter Command Is Being Painted On A Plane By Sargeant Larue. It Shows The Flying Tiger Of The American Volunteer Group Now Wearing Uncle Sam'S Hat To Show He Is Fighting For The United States Army Air Force. The Chin - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	3 Dec 2007
pop_cagney_looking.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_and_scruptious_stuff.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_and_scrumptious_stuff.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_ready_2_go.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_in_china.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_in_uniform.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_buddy_and_plane.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_in_uniform1.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_and_skylark.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
look_what_I_did.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
flyingtigers02.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	26 Feb 2008
gtk_in_plane_in_china.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
koran_and_friend_with_plane.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
GTK and Tiger Shark plane - colorized		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
gtk_and_plane.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
P-40 Over China. 1943. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	30 Nov 2007
gtk_and_2_buddies_with_plane.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	10 Dec 2011
A "Flying Tiger" P-40, one of the ships used in Major John Chennault's group on the island. The "Flying Tigers" have gained a healthy respectform the Japs, who remember only too well what the Major's Dad, the General did to their planes with his unit - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	9 Mar 2008
Repairs to a "Flying Tiger" P-40 are made by the mechanics while a soldier stands on lookout. All the planes are serviced on the field in short order, and ready at all times for action. - Page 2	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	8 Mar 2008
Loading a "Flying Tiger" P-40 with 50 cal. Machine gun bullets is done immediately as ship lands. Lt. James Perryman supervises the loading of the airplane. - Page 2	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	9 Mar 2008
US Planes Protected by Chinese Soldier.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	29 Aug 2007
Loading a "Flying Tiger" P-40 with 50 cal. Machine gun bullets is done immediately as ship lands. Lt. James Perryman supervises the loading of the airplane. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	9 Mar 2008
A P-40 'Flying Tiger' Plane Used In Major John Chennault'S Group On The Island. The Markings Are Different From That Of His Father'S Group, Who Have A Shark On The Front Of Their Ships. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	9 Mar 2008
16th_af_pilots_and_officers.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	8 Nov 2013
P-40K Butch II 16thFS_eBay.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	8 Mar 2015
P-40K#260inricepaddy-enlarged.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	26 Apr 2015
01 CBI pic Fulford et al.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	26 Apr 2015
01 Dad - P-40 cockpit a.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	26 Apr 2015
01 DadpilotsP401943.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	26 Apr 2015
9fe719f561b41914dec4916b8db259d6_AVGLogo.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	17 Oct 2017
FlyingTigerLogo.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	17 Oct 2017
AVG_BloodChit_crop.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	17 Oct 2017
Flying_Tigers_blood_chit_from_ROC_National_Government,_provided_courtesy_of_Robert_Baldwin.jpg		Forces War Records	Image	17 Oct 2017
John T Foster	US, Social Security Death Index	Forces War Records	Index Record	3 Sept 2008
Clinton Dermott Vincent		Forces War Records	Memorial	19 Oct 2017

Source URLs

URL	Events	Description
Flying Tigers: American Volunteer Group
Wikipedia Flying Tiger page
IMDB Flying Tigers movie
The Story of The Flying Tigers
The Flying Tiger Heritage Park, Guilin, China -- The Flying Tiger Historical Organization
Chinese Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
Navy
Marine Corps
presidential
Claire Lee Chennault
nose art
fighter
squadrons
Burma
Japanese
U.S. forces
Pearl Harbor
Allied Forces
[1]
[2]
23rd Fighter Group
United States Army Air Forces
Fourteenth Air Force