American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an automobile tag for the United States Army Air Forces Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) 1st Squadron. It is autographed on reverse by Dick Rossi of the 1st Pursuit Squadron. VINTAGE: Circa early 1990's. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War II CNAC (Chinese National Aviation Corporation) pilot wing variation made in India. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions for the The...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely Rare & Desirable Flying Tigers "Christmas Scarf" which Madame Chiang Kai-Shek presented to every member of the AVG from the Generalissimo on December 25th 194This is the smaller, nearly square scarf that the Ground...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, wonderful sign made from applying an actual Flying Tigers Aircraft Decal to a piece of Masonite painted battleship gray. It is believed that this once adorned the bar back of the officers' Club Bar in Kunming, as there is...

ARTIFACT: RARE 1930's - early 1940's Chinese Air Force Flight Helmet & unusual Willson Goggles. I have never seen anything like the helmet, the CAF wing patch on front, or the Willson Goggles. The leather patch shows a CAF pilot wing which appears to...

ARTIFACT: Simple but poignant door sign from Flying Tigers Headquarters in Kunming. Hand painted on cedar, the primitive nature of this sign shows the level of materials the AVG had to work with in those early days of WWII in war-torn China. The sign is...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1944 A-2 flight jacket for test pilot and former AVG pilot Harry R. Bolster (wing man). Bolster became a test pilot while in the United States and died in a crash in November of 194As test pilots were allowed to wear pretty...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II CNAC (Chinese National Aviation Corporation) pilot collar insignia. The insignia was made in China in brass. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War II numbered identification badge for the Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions for the United States Army...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and iconic World War II era pilot wing for CNAC (Chinese National Aviation Corporation), an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions for the United States Army Air Forces...

ARTIFACT: This is a super rare World War II set of pilot's collar insignia for the Chinese National Aviation Corporation, an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and the Chinese government. CNAC ran many missions for the United States Army Air...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) passport, card, permit to enter China and leather passport wallet of Supply Chief G.W. (George Wilson) Van Cleve. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and...