During 1937, Claire Lee Chennault retired from the American military and became the military advisor to China. He to looked at their air force. It was bad, and could not fight their enemy, Japan. In 1938, Chennault was going to make the Flying Tigers. In late 1941, after Pearl Harbor, the Flying Tigers started fighting the Japanese.[1]
The Flying Tigers stayed in World War II for the whole time.[1]
Things the Flying Tigers were famous for
The Flying Tigers are well known for things. One thing was their airplane paint, which had a sharkface on the sides.[3] They were also known for fighting hard during the war. Franklin D. Roosevelt had said they were good.[1]
List of aces
The following are flying aces from the Flying Tigers, with their air-to-air victory credits:[4] (In alphabetical order).
