Birmanie, American Volunteer Group (photo d'un pilote), 1942. - 1 photo - Photo n° 210507
Photo n°
210507
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FLM.807. (Picture issued Feb.1942). The war comes to Burma. First pictures. A.V.G. (American Volunteer Group) pilots, originally trained to assist the Chinese, are now co-operating with the R.A.F., and were responsible for a large number of the forty Japanese aircraft shot down in and around Rangoon during the first two raids on the city. The A.V.G. are paid by the Chinese Government. They receive a bonus of 500 dollars for every Jap plane they destroy. Their planes are "Lease and Lend" from America. A typical A.V.G. pilot wearing the National Chinese emblem on his flying jacket. (26-2-42).
