Yunnan will salvage Flying Tigers fighters. How was the Flying Tigers established?

In order to commemorate the 68th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory and arouse people's glorious memories of the joint efforts of China and the United States in the history of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, with the approval of Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture, Kunming Wenguang Sports Bureau, Kunming Dianchi Administration and Kunming Local Maritime Bureau, and with the strong support of China Aviation Museum, Kong Zhong, a well-known domestic Internet company, announced that the plan to salvage 1942 crashed fighter plane in Dianchi Lake, Yunnan was officially launched. At present, the first step of detection and positioning has begun. The aerial survey network, together with the top maritime investigation brigade of Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration, is carrying high-precision detection instruments to detect the position of aircraft in Dianchi Lake.

About the flying tigers

Speaking of the Flying Tigers, everyone will definitely not be too unfamiliar with the Hong Kong Flying Tigers. But the Flying Tigers here refers to a special team supported by the United States in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's time. American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as China Air Force American Volunteer Group, was founded in the Republic of China during the Second World War. It was composed of American pilots and fought against the Japanese in China and Myanmar.

The Flying Tigers were established.

The founder of "Flying Tigers" is American flight instructor claire lee chennault.

Chennault1893 was born in Texas, USA on September 6th, and his flying skills are superb. At the invitation of the Kuomintang government, Chennault arrived in China in early July 1937 to inspect the Air Force as a consultant. After the inspection, the Sino-Japanese War broke out in an all-round way. Chennault accepted Song Meiling's suggestion, established an aviation school in the suburbs of Kunming, trained the Japanese Air Force with American military standards, and actively assisted the Japanese Air Force in fighting against the pressure of Japanese diplomacy. Chennault's activities gradually turned to privatization. 194 1 year, Chennault accepted the entrustment of the Kuomintang government and went to the United States to recruit pilots. With the secret support of Roosevelt's government, he recruited American pilots and mechanics in the name of private institutions and participated in the war as civilians. 1941When Chennault returned to China in mid-July, 68 aircraft,1150 pilots,150 mechanics and other logistics personnel had arrived in China.

Chennault recruited about 100 pilots in the United States, including 40 from the Army Aviation and 60 from the Navy and Marine Corps. Most of them are reserve officers, and a few are pilots who voluntarily retired from the Air Force and transferred to AVG under the orders of the US government. However, less than a third of these pilots fly fighter trainers, and most of them are recruited from bomber units. In addition, about 200 ground crew members were recruited. Pilots are nominally employees of China Central Aircraft Factory, with a monthly salary of $600 (1942 US Army aviation pilots, with a maximum salary of $347 [2]), a monthly salary of $650 for the squad leader and $700 for the squadron leader. In addition, there is a bonus of $500 for shooting down every Japanese plane. Originally planned, the volunteer aviation team was divided into three brigades, including two fighter brigades and one bomber brigade; But by the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, only one fighter brigade had been established.

Be officially established

1 941August1day, Chiang Kai-shek issued an order to formally establish the China Air Force American Volunteer Brigade and appointed Colonel Chennault as the brigade commander. Chennault immediately began special training for members of the volunteer team. After several months of training, the tactical level of volunteers has been greatly improved. 1 941September1day, the headquarters of the Volunteer Brigade was moved to the "Central Aircraft Factory" in Lei Yun, Yunnan.

The origin of the name of the flying tigers

At first, some members of the American Volunteer Team of the Republic of China Air Force proposed to draw a shark's head on the plane to scare the Japanese. 194 1 65438 In February, the aviation team made its first battle over Kunming. Since Chinese mainland residents have never seen sharks, they mistakenly call these planes "Flying Tigers". The next day, a newspaper published in Kunming used the word "flying tiger" to describe the volunteer plane. China, the translator of the air force, saw it, translated it into the name "Flying Tiger" and told Chennault. The team members also thought it was very good, so they named the aviation team "Flying Tigers".

Soldiers of the Flying Tigers when they were founded

P-40 aircraft is the main equipment of the Flying Tigers, and it is also the main fighter of the US military in the early and middle period of the Pacific War. When the Air Force Volunteers were founded, in addition to recruiting pilots, the allocation of fighters was also a big problem. Because the war in Europe was also very tight, and Nazi Germany (1September 939/~1May 8, 945) had a very tight sea blockade on the European continent, the United States also provided military assistance to the European battlefield at that time. After that, Britain transferred 100 P-40 aircraft to Yangon, which was received by Qian Changyou, transferred to China-Hangzhou factory for manufacturing and assembly, and then distributed to American volunteer teams to take away. This fighter is equipped with 1 water-cooled piston engine, streamlined fuselage and huge radiator under the nose, which constitutes the beautiful shape of the fighter. The lower wing of the trapezoid is equipped with weapons, which can put away the rear three-point landing gear. Its maximum speed is 552 km/h. During World War II, the main opponent of the P-40 was the Japanese Zero fighter. Comparatively speaking, the P-40 is not as maneuverable as the Japanese Zero fighter, but its dive speed is higher.

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