AVG

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AVG refers to the American Volunteer Group, the World War II unit of volunteer U.S. pilots famously known as the Flying Tigers who flew for China against Japan before America’s official entry into the war.

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Generate an image of AVG (AVG refers to the American Volunteer Group, the World War II unit of volunteer U.S. pilots famously known as the Flying Tigers who flew for China against Japan before America’s official entry into the war.)

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AVG canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II unit ⓘ
air force unit ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1942 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1941 ⓘ
baseOfOperations Kunming, China ⓘ
Rangoon, Burma ⓘ
linked to: Yangon
branch Chinese Air Force ⓘ
commander Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
commemoratedAs symbol of early U.S. support for China in World War II ⓘ
component 1st Pursuit Squadron "Adam & Eves" ⓘ
2nd Pursuit Squadron "Panda Bears" ⓘ
3rd Pursuit Squadron "Hell's Angels" ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
disbandedBy integration into United States Army Air Forces units ⓘ
disbandedIn 1942 ⓘ
formedBy U.S. reserve officers ⓘ
United States volunteers ⓘ
civilian pilots ⓘ
retired U.S. military personnel ⓘ
hasAlias AVG ⓘ
Flying Tigers ⓘ
notableEngagement air battles over the Burma Road ⓘ
defense of Rangoon ⓘ
notableFor high kill-to-loss ratio against Japanese aircraft ⓘ
shark-mouth nose art on fighter aircraft ⓘ
operatedFor Republic of China ⓘ
operatedUnder secret U.S. government approval prior to Pearl Harbor ⓘ
opposed Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
organizedBy Claire Lee Chennault ⓘ
primaryMission air defense of China ⓘ
protection of the Burma Road ⓘ
recruitedFrom United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
size approximately 100 pilots ⓘ
statusBeforeUSWarEntry nominally civilian contractors ⓘ
succeededBy 14th Air Force ⓘ
23rd Fighter Group ⓘ
supported Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
Nationalist Government of China ⓘ
symbol Flying Tiger insignia ⓘ
linked to: Flying Tigers
theaterOfOperations Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

China ⓘ
China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
usedAircraft Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

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American Volunteer Group → hasAlias → AVG ⓘ
subject linked to: AVG