Flying Tigers

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The Flying Tigers were an American volunteer group of fighter pilots who gained fame in World War II for defending China against Japanese air forces with their distinctive shark-nosed P-40 aircraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Volunteer Group
World War II military unit
fighter squadron
abbreviation AVG
alliedWith Central Army of the Kuomintang
surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces
alsoKnownAs Flying Tigers
surface form: American Volunteer Group
associatedWith China-Burma-India Theater supply operations
baseOfOperations Myanmar
surface form: Burma

Kunming, China
commander Claire Lee Chennault
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySupported Republic of China
culturalImpact subject of books and films about World War II aviation
disbandedInto 23rd Fighter Group
disbandedInYear 1942
emblem winged tiger insignia
formedBy United States volunteers
formedInYear 1941
honoredBy State Council of China
surface form: Chinese government

United States Congress
legacy symbol of Sino-American cooperation in World War II
namedAfter nickname derived from aggressive flying style and tiger emblem
notableEngagement air defense of Kunming
air defense of Rangoon
defense of the Burma Road
notableFor shark-mouth nose art on P-40 fighters
operatedAircraft Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
surface form: Curtiss P-40B

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
surface form: Curtiss P-40C
opponent Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
partOf China Air Task Force
primaryMission air defense of China
recognizedFor high kill-to-loss ratio against Japanese aircraft
recruitedFrom United States Army Air Corps
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
role air superiority
fighter escort
ground attack
sponsoredBy State Council of China
surface form: Chinese government
supportedBy United States government
symbol shark-mouth painted on aircraft nose
theaterOfOperations China Burma India Theater
surface form: China-Burma-India Theater

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China Theater alliedAirUnit Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group)
Flying Tigers alsoKnownAs Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
AVG hasAlias Flying Tigers
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
14th Air Force heritage Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
23rd Fighter Group heritage Flying Tigers
23rd Fighter Group heritage Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
Claire Lee Chennault memberOf Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
14th Air Force nickname Flying Tigers
23rd Fighter Group nickname Flying Tigers
Kunming, China nickname Flying Tigers
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
China Air Task Force nickname Flying Tigers
CBI Theater notableUnit Flying Tigers
CBI Theater notableUnit Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
China Burma India Theater notableUnit Flying Tigers
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk operator Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
23rd Fighter Group precededBy Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: 1st American Volunteer Group
China Air Task Force predecessor Flying Tigers
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group
AVG symbol Flying Tigers
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
this entity surface form: Flying Tiger insignia
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk usedBy Flying Tigers
Kunming, China usedBy Flying Tigers
subject surface form: Kunming
this entity surface form: American Volunteer Group