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Flying Tigers Club

Publict Time:2017-10-25 01:56:45

At the beginning of the war, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese aircraft our troops on the battlefield, the national government in its air force under the condition of insufficient, only at four times the U.S. price salary, employment in the United States Air Force pilots in combat. In the army under the command of rear admiral Chenault, in Kunming, Baoshan, Chiang Mai, they and the Japanese air launched fierce battle, both by newspapers and broadcast gain a complete victory, praised as the "fierce tiger flies", with their head in the plane uniform painted as a symbol of the tiger tiger, is a known as the "flying tigers".

The Flying Tigers headquarters is located in Chongqing, the original white city station of Military airports, fighters were stationed in Yunnan, Hunan, Guangxi, from three directions Chongqing Shipai, has participated in many strategic tasks, destroying 2900 enemy planes, the Japanese army killed nearly 70 thousand people. The flying tigers also established Chinese and allied the main air channel, also is the Himalaya Range on the famous "Hump", Chinese perennial as strategic materials needed to transport large quantities of war, broke the Japanese siege of Chinese, to defeat the Japanese militarism, made an indelible contribution.

The Flying Tigers in the China war of four years, fought bravely at the expense of thousands of pilots, in order to protect the Flying Tigers in the combat capability, living conditions has also been given some privileges, such as three meals a day to eat beef supply pilot. The Flying Tigers club, is dedicated to these brave American pilots opened, a space for them in the war mission, here for recreation, the flying tigers are dancing, singing in here drinking, is often not the time to perform the mission, some people will never come back again. Gave young life for the Chinese of the Anti Japanese war. It should be said that the Flying Tigers set up a bridge of friendship between the Chinese and American people. It's interesting to have a cup of coffee here after you have visited all the scenic spots!