WW2 USA Flying Tigers AVG original PEARL HARBOR leather jacket with BLOOD CHIT CBI PATCH SKULL FELIX THE CAT
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WW2 USA F-15 Flying Tigers AVG original PEARL HARBOR leather jacket with BLOOD CHIT CBI PATCH SKULL FELIX THE CAT
amazing MUSEUM PIECE !
you will never find another greater and more complete than this one !
direct acquired from the VET family !!
IT HAVE EVERYTHING !!!!
- the BLOOD CHITE on the back
- The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) FLYING TIGERS patch
- Felix the Cat patch
- Full CBI patch
- the SKULL TOTENKOPF patch
- the map of the area of where they were fighting
A blood chit is a notice carried by military personnel and addressed to any civilians who may come across an armed-services member – such as a shot-down pilot – in difficulties. As well as identifying the force to which the bearer belongs as friendly, the notice displays a message requesting that the service member be rendered every assistance
The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), and was commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. Their Curtiss P-40B Warhawk aircraft, marked with Chinese colors, flew under American control. Recruited under President Franklin Roosevelt's authority before Pearl Harbor, their mission was to bomb Japan and defend the Republic of China, but many delays meant the AVG first flew in combat after the US and Japan declared war.
The group consisted of three fighter squadrons of around 30 aircraft each that trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II to defend the Republic of China against Japanese forces. The AVG were officially members of the Republic of China Air Force. The group had contracts with salaries ranging from $250 a month for a mechanic to $750 for a squadron commander, roughly three times what they had been making in the U.S. forces. While it accepted some civilian volunteers for its headquarters and ground crew, the AVG recruited most of its staff from the U.S. military.
