American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1980s captain or check pilot wing 5th issue for the Flying Tiger Line. The airline was started in Los Angeles, California by ten former American Volunteer Group members in 1947, and it operated until 198The wing has a...

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold lapel pin for five years of service with the Flying Tiger Line, which began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and was later a military charter outfit until 198The pin shows a ruby chip beneath...

ARTIFACT: This is a great early to mid-1960s presentation lighter for the Flying Tiger Line, which began in 1945 as the first commercial air cargo company in the US and was later a military charter outfit until 198The lighter is a Zippo-type made by Zeus...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1957 bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 10, Numbers 1 through 1CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by famed General and leader of the American Volunteer Group, Claire Chennault, along with Whiting...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1956 bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 9, Numbers 1 through 1CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by famed General and leader of the American Volunteer Group, Claire Chennault, along with Whiting...