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Lt. General Claire Lee Chennault - 🐯 "The Flying Tiger" 🐯 - Special Limited Edition

Lt. General Claire Lee Chennault was the commander of the 1st American Volunteer Group (nicknamed) Flying Tigers. Based primarily out of Rangoon, Burma, and Kunming, Yunnan, Chennault's unit - better known as the legendary 'Flying ‘Tigers' - fought the Japanese for seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Chennault's three squadrons used Curtiss P-hOs fighter planes whose mission was to guard the Burma Road, Rangoon, and other strategic locations in Southeast Asia and western China against Japanese forces. Chennault headed both the volunteer group and the 23rd Fighter Group that replaced it in 19112. He was later promoted to Major General, commanding the 14th Air Force. This is our replica of his jacket which is currently on display in the Air and Space Museum in Washington Dc.