The Flying Tigers, or the American Volunteer Group, was made up of American volunteer pilots who were drafted by Colonel Claire L. Chennault from 1941 to 1942 to fight with Japanese air force in ...
The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one ...
Consequently, American newspapers loved the Flying Tigers, breathlessly writing up their exploits and holding their pilots up as war heroes. In 1942, Hollywood star John Wayne rushed through a ...
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Ghost P-40
December 8th 1942 and in the skies is an eerie sight. A plane that just shouldn't be there. A ghost plane.... A ghost Curtiss P-40 Warhawk! Pilots Robert Lee Scott and Johnny Hampshire from the ...