Flying Tigers Association
Organization
Historical Note
The Flying Tigers Association (FTA) is composed of honorably discharged members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) Flying Tigers and their families, the families of AVG who died during AVG service and Friends of the AVG who have a desire to support the AVG and keep the AVG legacy alive.
Citation:
https://flyingtigersavg.com/Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Flying Tigers
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Folder 1:Correspondence with CAT (Civil Air Transport) Association, 1984-1986CAT Association Directory, 1982-1983"Trip Back to Canton" by Sue Hacker (typescript)Handwritten notes regarding Pacific Rim Flying and China exhibitCAT Bulletin, November/December 1982-January/February 1983"Saga of the Flying Tigers" by Richard Kirschbaum, Aero Digest, September 1, 1944...
Dates:
20th Century
Flying Tigers Association Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2001-04-27-A
Contents of the Collection
The Flying Tigers Association Collection consists of textual and visual materials related to the First American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the "Flying Tigers," from World War II. Materials from various members include logs, correspondence, identity cards, and photographic prints. Most of the material is from dates of active service, 1941-1942, but some items are commemorative, primarily lithographs and reunion materials, circa 1990s.
Dates:
circa 1939 to 1945; circa 1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Record 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Burma 1
- Burma Road (China and Burma) 1
- China 1
- Shanghai (China) 1
- Singapore 1
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