Flying Tiger
by John Schneider
Title
Flying Tiger
Artist
John Schneider
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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File# 0912 a modern representation of fuselage art attributed to the American Volunteer Group... "Flying Tigers". Displayed on a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk at the American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, LI, New York - USA
The first members of the Curtiss 81/87 Hawk family to see action in the hands of American pilots were those flown by the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in China - the famous 'Flying Tigers'
In 1942, a stalwart band of American adventurers began preparations to defend Burma from the Japanese onslaught that has ignited World War !! in Southeast Asiaq. They flew Curtiss 81A-1 fighters, better known to most Americans as the P-40. These men were the AVG - "Flying Tigers' - headed by Gen. Claire Chennault, and they immediately began to demonstrate that, in thre right hands, the Curtiss fighter could stand up to the best Japan had to offer.
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April 25th, 2018
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