Claire Lee Chennault

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aviator human military officer

Claire Lee Chennault was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer best known for leading the "Flying Tigers" and commanding air operations in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Claire Lee Chennault canonical 17
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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance Republic of China ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
awardReceived Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun

Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner ⓘ
Distinguished Service Medal (United States) ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-09-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-07-27 ⓘ
education Louisiana State University ⓘ
employer Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Republic of China government

United States Army ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Claire Lee Chennault self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chennault
founded Civil Air Transport ⓘ
fullName Claire Lee Chennault self-link ⓘ
genreOfActivity air warfare strategy ⓘ
givenName Claire ⓘ
hasPartInMottoOrSlogan advocacy of pursuit aviation and air defense strategies ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Flying Tigers ⓘ
surface form: American Volunteer Group

United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant general ⓘ
major general ⓘ
nickname Old Leatherface ⓘ
notableFor commanding air operations in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II ⓘ
leading the Flying Tigers ⓘ
notableStudent pilots of the American Volunteer Group ⓘ
notableWork development of fighter tactics for the Flying Tigers ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
placeOfBirth Commerce, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
positionHeld commander of the 14th Air Force ⓘ
commander of the Flying Tigers ⓘ
residence Kunming, China ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anna Chennault ⓘ
Nell Thompson ⓘ

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CBI Theater → notableCommander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Flying Tigers → commander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
China Theater → keyCommander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Claire Lee Chennault → fullName → Claire Lee Chennault self-link ⓘ
Claire Lee Chennault → familyName → Claire Lee Chennault self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chennault
China Burma India Theater → notableCommander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
14th Air Force → hasCommander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
AVG → organizedBy → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
AVG → commander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
China Air Task Force → notableCommander → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Old Leatherface → appliesTo → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Old Leatherface → alsoKnownAs → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Anna Chennault → spouse → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Civil Air Transport → foundedBy → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Nell Thompson → spouse → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Nell Thompson → associatedWith → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
2nd Pursuit Squadron "Panda Bears" → associatedWith → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
Order of the Cloud and Banner → notableRecipient → Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ