Joe Poshefko, 1915-2013
Here's a new look back at Joe Poshefko's life:http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x853688902/WW-II-veterans-tales-preserved-on-film-memoirs-and-public-events
View ArticleThe Hump
Stumbled across this Chinese website, the title bar on my browser says "The Hump" plus a few other characters which appear as squares (probably due to an asian font not installed on my computer). The...
View ArticleThat P-40E in Lake Dian
According to a corporate news release published on the Wall Street Journal website, the salvage attempt is on again:http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130815-900048.htmlI'm reasonably sure that...
View ArticleFlying Tiger door god
This image of a "door god" protecting a Chinese dwelling shows a Flying Tiger trampling the Japanese invader. From the exhibition in Chongqing. More images here:...
View ArticleAny idea about this Hawk-81 #220?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8405253@N08/9614807324/in/photostream
View ArticleKunming museum
As one might expect, the Kunming museum display devoted to the "American Volunteer Group" manages to conflate the AVG and the US Army units that followed it. But certainly worth a visit if you're in...
View Article72nd reunion!
(The 2012 was thought to be the last one, but we must never count the Tigers out, so I will refrain from making the obvious point about this weekend's do at Redstone!)REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) –...
View ArticleChina in color
Nice collection of color photos, attributed to two members of the American Volunteer Group but of course actually 14th Air Force, can be seen at Business Insider...
View ArticleMy Quest To Fly, the Sebie Biggs Smith Book
Hello, My first post to the Warbird's Forum site. Dan, you have a wonderful web-site. It is very much appreciated! I have been waiting since 2000 for the Sebie Biggs Smith autobiography to be...
View ArticleRobert Short, 1904-1932
Above is a moment in Souzhou to the American adventurer Robert Short, killed trying to intercept Japanese bombers in 1932. He was flying an export version of the Boeing P-12 fighter. (I think he was a...
View ArticleHayabusa v. P-40 and Brewster Buffalo
Here is an extensive clip from what I believe is the wartime Toho feature film, Aa Hayabusa sentotai cho Kato, depicting the December 25 raid on Rangoon. The Japanese did superb work with models, and...
View ArticleSeventy years on
The Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/11/23/2003577516 identifies the gentleman at the controls of the flight simulator as Chen Hung-chuan, who joined the "Flying...
View ArticleFormer Navyfighter pilot fights to have his father's name added to the...
This is the first in a new series about Lt. Col. James Crysler, a forgotten member of the legendary WWII "Flying Tigers," and his Navy fighter pilot son's efforts to have his name added to the roster...
View ArticleLeon p colquette
hello im trying find any information reguarding my great-grandfather leon p colquette, i do know that he was a crew chief for the third pursuit squadron under a comander by the name of A. Olson other...
View Articlea loving cup for "Colonel" Greenlaw
This is a weird bit of AVG memorabilia:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-AVG-Flying-Tigers-Trophy-China-1941-General-Chennault-Men-No-Res-/390748771590?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5afa711506Note...
View ArticleA P-40 from the ground up
A replica P-40 under construction in San Diego. It appears to be a P-40E of the sort supplied to the American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers in the spring of 1942. Its paint job, however, is that of...
View ArticleSeeking information about Capt. Harvey G. Elling 2nd Generation FT, 14th Air...
Dan, The family of Maj. Harvey G. Elling (USAF-Ret) has asked me to write a number of articles about their dad that detail his early life as an Army Air Force pilot, his time in China flying fighters...
View ArticleFlying Tiger with nickname "the Digger"?
I volunteer at a museum where we have a genuine (not faked) A2 jacket with an early model P-40 in AVG paint scheme on the back. It also has the words "the Digger" - presumably, the pilot and 3...
View ArticleQuestion about a flying tiger
My grandfather served as one of the flying tigers and I cannot find his name on any page, I have pictures of him flying in a bomber, wanted to know if anyone knew him, Bernard Francis ferry
View ArticleThe phantom P-40 lives!
This link came in the email today. What could it be but Colonel Robert Scott's "phantom P-40" supposedly shot down over China? It's being flogged on eBay for $99, identified as New Guinea but surely...
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