Flying Tigers: Transnational Memories of a World War II Collaboration

In 1941, under the leadership of General Claire Chennault, the Flying Tigers – a volunteer group of fighter pilots and crewmen from the United States – traveled to Southwestern China to support the Chinese Nationalist military in their resistance against the Japanese. How do these countries remember the Flying Tigers, and how is the memory shaped by domestic and international politics? Drawing from media coverage, museums, popular media, and memoirs, I will trace the evolution of the memories of the Flying Tigers in the U.S. and China from 1941 to the present