Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Product Type_Motorcycle Jacket Underarm grommets for ventilation

Underarm grommets for ventilation

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Honoring the WASPs of WWII

with miles

and others — reflecting the operational reality that a downed pilot might land in any of several countries and encounter civilians speaking entirely different languages

Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Product Type_Motorcycle Jacket Underarm grommets for ventilationThe Flying Tigers blood chit was carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) civilian American aviators who flew P 40 Warhawks for the Chinese Air Force against Imperial Japan beginning in 1941, months before the United States officially entered WWII. The AVG operated over China and Burma, where downed pilots depended on Chinese civilian assistance to survive in Japanese controlled territory. The blood chit printed instructions in Chinese