An edition of Flying Tigers (1991)
Flying Tigers
Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group
By Daniel Ford
Publish Date
April 1, 1995
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Language
eng
Pages
417
Description:
Starting in 1940 by President Roosevelt, Claire Chennault was the first in the Group. They defended Burma against the Japanese. Despite being severely outnumbered "The Flying Tigers" were very successful. In 30 weeks of battle, the "Tigers" lost 14 planes but downed 100 Japanese planes.
subjects: Aerial operations, American, China. K'ung chün. American Volunteer Group, China, World War, 1939-1945, American Aerial operations, History, Campaigns, China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group, Aeronautics, history, Aeronautics, biography, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, american, Chennault, claire lee, 1890-1958, China, history, China. Kʻung chün. American Volunteer Group
People: Claire Lee Chennault (1893-1958)