Harrison Ford May Take Flight for Flying Tigers TV Project
Click here to read about the possibility of a TV project about the Flying Tigers helping the "Chinese fight against the Empire of Japan before the United States entered World War II." So much for...
View ArticleLieutenant Atkinson in an AVG P-40
What an amazing photo! Robert "Ed" Atkinson was the brother of Pete Atkinson, one of three AVG wingmen to die in training accidents at Toungoo in the fall of 1941. Ed too became an Army fighter pilot,...
View ArticleSalute to China Veterans
The Flying Tiger Historical Organization and the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum are sponsoring a "Celebration Banquet for Flying Tiger Veterans for September 21 at the Golden Dragon restaurant...
View ArticleLady and Tigers
Jo Hadley took this photo fifteen or twenty years ago, showing her friend Beatriz Priest (youngest sister of Olga Greenlaw) at a book signing by these three Flying Tigers. Standing are Erik Shilling...
View ArticleBill Reed's Tomahawk
A replica of Bill Reed's Tomahawk goes on display at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum this month, part of a display that honors four Iowans who served with the American Volunteer Group Flying...
View ArticleAVG reunion
Four veterans of the American Volunteer Group--Frank Losonsky, Ed Styles, Joe Poshefko, and Chuck Baisden--signed up for what may well be the last Flying Tigers reunion. All four men, curiously...
View ArticleCharles Clyde Bunch (CC Bunch)
I have recently been in touch with a lady who is a daughter of Charles Bunch, a pilot with the Flying Tigers in 1941 - 1942? She was very interested in any info concerning him after I sent her the...
View ArticleYou saw it here first ...
Several years ago, the redoubtable Richard Dunn wrote a series of essays on the 77th Sentai fighter unit that was the AVG's most usual opponent in the battle of Burma. That series has now been...
View ArticleAVG pilot John Donovan's photographs and letters
The National Museum of Naval Aviation has posted photographs and letters of AVG pilot John Donovan that may be of interest to those who visit this forum.
View ArticleFrom RAF to Flying Tigers
Here is a weird profile of a "Flying Tiger":http://www.sierrastar.com/2013/01/17/60893/jones-store-owner-was-wwii-pilot.htmlCan't figure out whether the reporter is an ignoramus or the subject is, um,...
View ArticleChinese documentary
I had an exhausting but interesting drive down to Natick, Massachusetts, yesterday to meet the interviewer and cameraman for a Chinese documentary about the American Volunteer Group. Actually, I was...
View Article"Saving Old Rangoon"
It may come as a shock to the survivors of the American Volunteer Group, but folks are now worried that Rangoon will lose its architectural heritage, what with Burma's new openness to the...
View ArticleCurtiss P-40 watch!
The watch is from Gavox and was inspired by the instrumentation on the Curtiss P-40. Here's the company website: http://www.gavox.com/?page=collectionsNo price is given. "If you have to ask ...."
View ArticleKen Jernstedt-RIP
Ken Jernstedt of the AVG's 3rd Pursuit Squadron passed away yesterday at the age of 95.He was a friend my whole life and was a truelky decent man! Rest in peace Ken!!
View ArticleBaoshan May 1942 from a Chinese perspective
Here's a fascinating account of some westerners' visit to Baoshan, during which they were able to interview several residents who remembered the Japanese offensive of May 1942 and the bombing that...
View ArticleColonel Rolland Richardson
A great story from Jim Knight:I graduated from Air Force pilot training in January 1969 and was assigned to C-130Es at Sewart AFB in Smyrna Tennessee, just southeast of Nashville. In April 1970,...
View ArticleChennault Aviation & Military Musuem
Was running around down South recently and stopped by the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum in Monroe, Louisiana.Their website is at the following: http://www.chennaultmuseum.org/web/
View ArticleAVG 3rd Squadron veteran Ed Stiles.
CLICK HERE for a nice story and background about AVG 3rd Squadron veteran Ed Stiles.
View ArticleName Spelling on Roster
I found the name "*John Engler on the alphabetical list of Tigers on your page. The name may actually be correctly spelled as John England, full name John Warren England. I found many artifacts...
View ArticlePhotos of crashed P-40 (Nr 23?) on Burma Front
Hello All,Just spotted these two photos over on Axis History Forum, in the Japan At War section:http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=139425&start=45Photos are about halfway down...
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