China/USA: A group of 'Flying Tigers' headquartered at the Kunming Wujiaba Airport, Yunnan, China, c. 1942-1944. 'Flying Tigers' was the popular name for the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942. The pilots were United States Army (USAAF), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, recruited under Presidential sanction and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault; the ground crew and headquarters staff were likewise mostly recruited from the military, along with some civilians. The group consisted of three fighter squadrons with about 20 aircraft each.

---

Size: 5000px × 3449px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, 1942, 1942-1944, 1944, 1st, 20th, aircraft, airport, america, american, asia, asian, avg, black, burma, bw, campaign, cbi, century, chennault, china, china-burma-india, chinese, claire, east, flying, group, historical, history, ii, image, images, kunming, lee, military, photo, photograph, pictures, pilot, province, states, theater, theatre, tigers, united, usa, volunteer, war, whtie, world, wujiaba, yunnan