American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 8, No.1 Ð No. 8, No. 12 Jan 1955 Ð Dec. 195CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by famed General and leader of the American Volunteer Group, Claire Chennault, along...

ARTIFACT: This is a bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 7, No.1 Ð No. 7, No. 12 Jan 1955 Ð Dec. 195CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by famed General and leader of the American Volunteer Group, Claire Chennault, along...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1953 bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 6, Numbers 1 through 1This volume includes a timetable insert! CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by famed General and leader of the American Volunteer...

ARTIFACT: This is a bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 5, Numbers 1 through 12 and Volume 6, Number 1 only. This volume includes a 10-1/2" x 15" color poster (see first photo)! CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by...

ARTIFACT: This is a bound copy of the CAT (Civil Air Transport) Bulletin, Volume 4, Numbers 1 through 1This volume includes two 10-1/2" x 15" color posters! CAT was a Chinese airline established in 1946 by famed General and leader of the American...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare, so-called "Christmas Scarf" given to all AVG (American Volunteer Group) members by Madame Chiang Kai-shek with the Generalissimo's chop in hand-done red silk embroidery. The China Air Task Force (CATF) replaced the...

ARTIFACT: This is the first and still the best pictorial history book of the Flying Tigers by Larry M. Pistole. The book was published in 1981 by Publisher's Press Inc. and is signed by the author on the first endpage. The book has 286 glossy black and...