Trillium Learning Global 21st Century Schools Project
Kunming #8 Middle School, Kunming, China
Jane Zhao 赵坚, 10th Grade English
Outline
How did the Flying Tigers come into being
Flying Tigers’ planes
The founder of Flying Tigers and his wife
Flying Tigers in Yunnan
Flying Tigers came into being
Seventy years ago, Japanese army invaded into the three
provinces in northeast China, starting . Sixty years ago, a group of
American young pilots called the American Volunteer Group
came to China, and together with the Chinese people, they
fought against the Japanese invaders and contributed greatly to
the final victory of the war. Under the leadership of General
Chennault, a retired Lieutenant Colonel, these young men fought
so bravely that they won the awesome name of "Flying Tigers",
as well as the respect of the Chinese people.
The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the
Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, famously
nicknamed the Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers’ Wings
P40 Warhawk
painted with
Flying Tigers
shark face
Founder
The AVG was largely the creation of
Claire Lee Chennault (September
6, 1893 – July 27, 1958), a retired U.S.
Army Air Corps officer who had worked
in China since August 1937
Chennault and his wife Chen Xiangmei
Anna Chennault, (Chinese name Chen Xiangmei ,
also known as Anna Chan Chennault/Anna Chen
Chennault) is the widow of World War II
aviation hero Lieutenant General Claire Lee
Chennault.
Flying Tigers in Yunnan
In southwest China's Yunnan Province, the
Flying Tigers greatly supported the Chinese
airforce which had virtually no combat
capacity before their coming. In the
following seven months, they shot down
about 300 Japanese planes, with a loss of
only 73.
Repairing
Plane
Take off
A river near Yunnan Shuifu
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