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Title: American Volunteer Group: Claire L. Chennault and the Flying Tigers
Post by: rangerrebew on March 13, 2018, 03:59:41 pm
American Volunteer Group: Claire L. Chennault and the Flying Tigers



By by Ronald V. Regan
6/12/2007 • Aviation History

The handful of American mercenaries who scorched earth and sky in defense of China were officially known as the American Volunteer Group (AVG), but, of course, are best remembered as the ‘Flying Tigers’-the English translation of Fei Hou. The nickname was bestowed by the grateful Chinese after the American pilots attacked a large number of Japanese fighters over Kunming on December 20, 1941. In just seven months of intense aerial combat, the AVG earned a lasting niche in aviation history, reportedly destroying nearly 300 Japanese aircraft for the loss of only 69 planes.

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