Chinese soldier guards a squadron of P-40 fighter planes, decorated with the typical shark face of the Flying Tigers, lined up at an unknown airbase in China in 1943. Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
They roared out of the sky over China to attack enemy planes
Murray Montgomery
By Murray Montgomery
Staff Writer
The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Their Curtiss P-40B Warhawk aircraft, marked with Chinese colors, flew under American control.
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