Memory of flying tigers burns bright
In 2005,15 former pilots from the Flying Tigers, the nickname of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), visited the Nan-jing Anti-Japanese Aviation Memorial Hall to lay wreathes and honor their fallen com-rades.
Between August 1941 and July 1942,the Flying Tigers.led by General Claire Chennault,harassed the Japanese forces from the air.The pilots were all former members of the US Army Air,Navy or Marine Corps. On Dec 20,1941,the AVG