Flying Tigers
Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
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Word Count
96,000 words, Guess
Page Count
384 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveflyingtigersclai0000ford
- ISBN-100061246557
- ISBN-139780061246555
- LibraryThing340696
- Library of Congress Control Number2006052268
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number76481585
- Better World Books9780061246555
- Open LibraryOL7289497M
Classifications
- LCCD767 .F58 2007
- LCCD767.F58 2007
- LCCD790 .F584 1991
and 1 more
- DDC940.54/4973
Description
Starting in 1940 by President Roosevelt, Claire Chennault was the first in the Group. They defended Burma against the Japanese. Despite being severely outnumbered "The Flying Tigers" were very successful. In 30 weeks of battle, the "Tigers" lost 14 planes but downed 100 Japanese planes.
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