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A B-17 Flying Fortress full of heroes that refused to quit Using a wrecked B-17 from a junkyard, a group known as the Eager Beavers put 16 .50 cal machine guns in it, and used it for a photoreconnaissance gunship....
The Flying Tigers Claws of Death Underpowered, under-gunned, and obsolete at the beginning of WW2, it became a deadly platform that turned into one of the greatest fighter icons of all time. The Flying Tigers were given 100 P-40B’s and...
The Founding Flying Tiger warhorse Born in the 1800s, deaf, retired and not even slightly finished bringing war to the Japanese, Gen. Chennault was a Southerner from Louisiana who set Japanese interests in Asia on fire. Working with the Chinese...
Ground attack expert: The Flying Tiger Ace with a flair for adventure Lying about being an experienced B-17 pilot, he learned to fly one on his way to Africa so he could join the Flying Tigers. Once in Burma, he...
Flying Tiger Ace lawyer who became a Judge Charles Older shot down 10 Japanese fighters over China and was the only Flying Tiger to serve in the Korean war flying B-26 Invaders. Being a lawyer at the time of his...
Flying Tiger AVG triple ace and son of missionaries to Korea Tex the Tiger left burning wreckage all across the Orient In charge of a squadron (called Panda Bears) of the Flying Tigers, Tex Hill shot down 12 Japanese fighters...
