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Trace of Flying Tigers 1: Origin of the name

Flying Tigers is an honorary name to the American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force, as well as to the successive US Air Task Force in China, the 14th Air Force of the United States Army, the Hump Air Transport Command, China National Aviation Corporation and the Chinese American Composite Wing. All led by U.S. General Claire Lee Chennault, the organizations were in function from July 1941 to August 1945. The Flying Tigers is his…