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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 1970s pilot hat badge for the Inex-Adria Aviopromet of Slovenia airline. The airline had started in 1961 Adria Aviopromet and upon its merger with InterExport in 1968 changed its name to Inex-Adria Aviopromet. The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW) 3rd Fighter Group. 32nd Fighter Squadron wall hanger. CACW was a joint national effort and was assigned the 14th Air Force in China. The hanger itself is in straw with chenille...

ARTIFACT: Rare just post AVG Period, Early WWII (2nd ½ 1942). Chinese made United States Army Air Forces Blood Chit or Rescue Patch. Still in the larger AVG size (about 7 7/8"x 10 ½") but with the Aero Commission Chop at left instead of...

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 a scarce mid-World War II blood chit or "rescue patch": hard-to-find in this condition! It was manufactured in China by the Chinese Aero Commission, whose large, stamped chop is near the bottom left of the chit. Near the bottom right is...