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TIGERS
A TRIBUTE TO THE 23RD FIGHTER GROUP Following
in the footsteps of the American Volunteer Group - the legendary Flying
Tigers, the 23rd Fighter Group would be the first regular American Army
Air Force combat unit to operate in Chinese skies during the Second
World War. For three long
years, pilots of the 23rd Fighter Group, supported by the
often-superhuman efforts of their ground crews, battled the military
forces of Imperial Japan from one end of the Chinese Theater of
Operations to another. They ferociously defended Chinese cities from
attacks by Japanese air and land forces, savagely mauled the Japanese
Army on the battlefield, wrecked havoc on Japanese supply and
communication networks and consistently outfought the best of Japan's
military aviators. No other
single American fighter group would play a more decisive role in the
conduct of the war in its theater of operations, nor would any other
fighter group fly a greater variety of differing combat missions. Ultimately, no other single Second World War American fighter
group would be more respected by its friends and more feared by its
enemy. In
"Forged in Chinese Skies,"
aviation artist Roy Grinnell has created an artistic composition
that dramatically captures the spirit of the 23rd Fighter Group. The striking image of a powerful Asian tiger pays tribute to the
Group's Flying Tiger lineage, while the Second World War P-51B, P-40K
and P-51D fighter planes are the personal mounts of three of the
Group's most respected combat leaders, and the dynamic image of a
modern-day A-10 attack aircraft proclaims that the proud heritage of the
23rd Fighter Group, which was forged in Chinese skies, lives on today
with the United State Air Force's 23rd Tactical Fighter
Wing.
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