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  2. Robert T. Smith - Wikipedia

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    Painting of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk in the Republic of China Air Force, autographed by R.T. Smith Hells Angels, Flying Tigers, in formation over China, 1942. Photo and autograph by R.T. Smith. Smith returned to the United States in the late spring of 1944 and was assigned as Director of Flying Training with the 441st Army Air Force Base Unit at ...

  3. Flying Tigers - Wikipedia

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    A Flying Tigers Memorial is located in the village of Zhijiang, Hunan Province, China and there is a museum dedicated exclusively to the Flying Tigers. The building is a steel and marble structure, with wide sweeping steps leading up to a platform with columns holding up the memorial's sweeping roof; on its back wall, etched in black marble ...

  4. AN-6530 goggles - Wikipedia

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    The two-piece milled bridge acts as a hinge and the larger midsection of the hinge is stamped 'AN 6530'. The manufacturer's identification / inscription can usually be found stamped on the left half of the frame's underside of the Charles Fischer Spring Co. goggles. The American Optical goggles are not identified.

  5. Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) - Wikipedia

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    The Fourteenth Air Force that the wing was part of was commanded by Claire Chennault, the founder of the original Flying Tigers. After being formed in August 1943, the Chinese-American Wing's squadrons were individually trained at an air base in Karachi , India , before flying over the Himalayas to China and carrying out operations against the ...

  6. Obsolete badges of the United States military - Wikipedia

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    Corps of Intelligence Police Identification Badge: Replaced by Counterintelligence Special Agent Identification Badge on 13 December 1941 Counterintelligence Special Agent Identification Badge: Replaced with a different design between 1947 and 1948 Distinguished Automatic Rifleman Badge: Retired in the late 1940s or early 1950s [9] [10] [11]

  7. Fourteenth Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The 81A-1s and P-40Bs were from the original 100 fighters China had purchased for use by the Flying Tigers; the P-40E Warhawks had been flown from India to China in May 1942 as part of the 23rd Fighter Group, attached to the AVG to gain experience and provide continuity to the takeover of operations of the AVG. Both fighters were good medium ...

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  9. Blood chit - Wikipedia

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    In the Second Sino-Japanese War prior to World War II, foreign volunteer pilots of Flying Tigers carried notices printed in Chinese that informed the locals that this foreign pilot was fighting for China and they were obliged to help them. [5] A text from one such blood chit translates as follows: I am an American airman. My plane is destroyed.