Flying Tigers
E14010
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flying Tigers canonical | 17 |
| American Volunteer Group | 13 |
| 1st American Volunteer Group | 1 |
| American Volunteer Group fighter command | 1 |
| Flying Tiger insignia | 1 |
| Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127202 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Flying Tigers Context triple: [CBI Theater, notableUnit, Flying Tigers]
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A.
AOC-in-C Fighter Command
AOC-in-C Fighter Command was the abbreviated title used for the senior Royal Air Force officer in overall command of RAF Fighter Command.
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B.
First Air Fleet
The First Air Fleet was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s main carrier strike force during World War II, responsible for major operations including the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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C.
Minutemen
The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Condor Legion
The Condor Legion was a unit of German air and ground forces sent by Nazi Germany to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, notorious for its bombing of civilian targets such as Guernica and for testing tactics later used in World War II.
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E.
Texas Eagle
The Texas Eagle is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train route running between Chicago and San Antonio, known for traversing the central United States through states like Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Flying Tigers Target entity description: 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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A.
AOC-in-C Fighter Command
AOC-in-C Fighter Command was the abbreviated title used for the senior Royal Air Force officer in overall command of RAF Fighter Command.
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B.
First Air Fleet
The First Air Fleet was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s main carrier strike force during World War II, responsible for major operations including the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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C.
Minutemen
The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Condor Legion
The Condor Legion was a unit of German air and ground forces sent by Nazi Germany to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, notorious for its bombing of civilian targets such as Guernica and for testing tactics later used in World War II.
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E.
Texas Eagle
The Texas Eagle is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train route running between Chicago and San Antonio, known for traversing the central United States through states like Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| 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
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surface form:
Chinese government
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| supportedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| symbol | shark-mouth painted on aircraft nose ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
China Burma India Theater
ⓘ
surface form:
China-Burma-India Theater
|
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Flying Tigers Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.