Chinese Forces

Chinese Soldier Guards P-40

National Archives

A Chinese soldier guards a line of American P-40 fighter planes, painted with the shark-face emblem of the "Flying Tigers," at a flying field somewhere in China. The American pursuit planes have a 12-to-1 victory ratio over the Japanese. Ca. 1942. (OWI) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 208-AA-12X-21 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1149