Introduction to the US Army Aid "Flying Tiger Team"

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The "Flying Tiger Team" is "China Air Force American Volunteer Aviation Air Team", founded in April 1942, after the end of the War in April 1946, the founder was the US flight instructor Chen Nard. In August 1938, according to Song Meiling's request, Chen Nad was trained in the Kunming City, trained the Chinese Air Force with US military standards, and actively assisted the Chinese Air Force to fight against Japan. In 1941, with the secret support of the Roosevelt Government, Chen Nard recruits US military pilots and mechanics in the name of private institutions. In July and October, more than 200 brave, eager to take risks came to China to declare war. In 31 airfare, the Volunteer Flying Tigers scored 217 enemy planes with 5 to 20 available P-40-type fighters, and only 14 airplanes were lost. As a result, the "China Air Force US Volunteer Aid Hua Air Team" wired flying tiger team emblem and shark head shaped war machine first smell the world, its "Flying Tiger Team" is also a household name. As of the end of the War of the Aggression, the Flying Tigers clicked 2,600 enemy machines, sinking or hitting 2.23 million tons of enemy vessels, 44 warships, 13,000 soldiers below 100 tons of inner river vessels, killed 66,700 Japanese officers and men. Flying Tigers Most players have received the Chinese government award. There are more than 10 pilots to get the Flying Cross Medal issued by the United States, the British government. In the past two decades, many surviving original flying tigers returned to China, not afraid of hardships and dangers looking for aircraft wrecks and comrades.

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