THE FLYING TIGERS (PT 2)
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Part two-Led by Claire Chennault, the Flying Tigers were a group of American pilots who originally signed as mercenaries for China in 1941 to fight Japanese aggression in China and Burma. Chennault had worked to build China's air force since 1937 when the Japanese invaded China and seized Shanghai and Nanking, but finally received help from FDR in 1941 in the form of planes and pilots. Chennault had the answer for the fast Japanese Zero plane- but it would take training and discipline to make sure his men learned it. When they did, it provided the first good news since the invasion of Pearl Harbor and listed American and Chinese morale. Voices AVG Cols Tex Hikk, Ed Rector, Dick Rossi. East Asia Media.
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| 0:00.0 | The The news of the far east, I return you now to New York. |
| 0:31.3 | In Burma, the American volunteer flyers who have been defending Raggoon with outstanding success against the Japanese Air Force, shifted to the attack today. |
| 0:39.3 | They raided a Japanese air base in the Moor Mine region. |
| 0:42.3 | One American was lost, but that's only the second casualty in seven days of fighting, |
| 0:46.3 | during which the Americans have downed 50 Japanese planes. |
| 0:50.3 | In Burma, RAF bombers and American fighter planes smashed at the Japanese base at Pahn on the Salween River. |
| 0:58.4 | Allied flyers also shot down between 10 and 22 Japanese planes, attacking the airport at Rangoon without a single loss of their own. |
| 1:07.8 | And now John Daly reports further news from the Far East, so I return you to New York. |
| 1:12.5 | American and British Flyers have shot down between 27 and 34 enemy planes in the Rangoon area |
| 1:17.7 | and have destroyed 34 more in air battles over Thailand. |
| 1:23.5 | At dawn on Wednesday, two AVG planes made surprise attacks on Japanese airfield at MoMain and south of Mulman. |
| 1:32.3 | They set on fire nine Japanese pursuits, four bombers, and two transport planes, a taco on 15, and returned safely to their base. |
| 1:41.3 | This is James L. Stewart. I return you now to Columbia in New York. |
| 1:47.9 | By March 1st, 1942, the Flying Tigers had destroyed nearly 300 enemy planes. They had lost a total |
| 1:56.8 | of seven pilots. Hello everyone, and welcome back to 1001 heroes, legends, histories, |
| 2:03.5 | and mysteries. |
| 2:05.4 | And part two of the Flying Tigers, the story of a group of American fighter pilots |
| 2:10.6 | who battled the Japanese in the skies over Burma and China between 1941 and 1945. |
| 2:21.0 | Their leader, Claire Chenalt, having been fighting there already for over three years by the time American pilots arrived in China. The All-volunteer group, |
| 2:27.3 | or AVG, formed and led by Claire Chenalt, earned a reputation for courage and determination |
| 2:33.3 | that will last forever in the annals of |
| 2:36.1 | World War II history. I was really surprised to find that there are a number of people who have |
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