CATF READY FOR INSPECTION: (CHENNAULT OF CHINA/CATF) From left to right are; Field Marshal, Sir John Dill, Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission in Washington D.C., Brigadier General Claire Chennault, Commander of the China Air Task Force, General Henry “Hap” Arnold, Chief of the US Army...
CHENNAULT DECORATES ONE OF HIS BOYS Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault, as Commander of the China Air Task Force is photographed while presenting a medal to Major Edward Rector F. Rector, the then commander of the 23rd Fighter Group’s 76th Fighter Squadron, during a banquet and awards ceremony...
THE TIGER HIMSELF: (14TH AF) The commander of the 14th Air Force, Major General Claire L. Chennault is seen with an American Red Cross worker at the nose of a shark mouthed, North American P-51B Mustang fighter of the 51st Fighter Group’s 26th Fighter Squadron at Kunming’s Wujiaba airfield.
PLAY BALL: (CHENNAULT OF CHINA) Major General Gilbert Cheves and Major General Claire Lee Chennault compete to see whose team will be first at bat, during a game at Kunming.
CHENNAULT OF CHINA: Advisor to the Chinese Air Force Commander of the American Volunteer Group Commander to the China Air Task Force Commander of the 14th air Force Major General Claire L. Chennault, photographed as the Commander of the United States Air Forces’ 14th Air Force, is seen in front...
The Chinese and American people share a common heritage that was forged in the skies above China during the Second World War.
