
	CHINESE-AMERICAN COMPOSITE WING :
		1. Colonel C. Y. "Henry Lee",who had once served as Chennault's translator, and had been one of the first Chinese airmen to receive flight training in the United States, first suggested the idea of forming an aerial combat unit that would be comprised of both Chinese and American pilots.

		2. Mr. Li Getian, a distinguished veteran of the Chinese American Composite Wing. Mr. Li, a former North American B-25 bomber pilot, is photographed while being interviewed for a joint- Chinese/American documentary television production that was recently produced on the Flying Tigers for Chinese television.

		3. Lt. Yoh Kung Chen is seen in front of his Curtiss P-40N Warhawk. At the time this photograph was taken, Lt. Yoh was a membe of the 27th Squadron of the CACW's 5th Fighter Group.

		4. Chinese and American pilots of 29th Fighter Squadron of the CACW's 5th Fighter Group are photographed before a line-up of their Curtiss P-40N Warhawk fighters.


		5. Chinese ground crewmen of the CACW's 5th Fighter Group's 17th Fighter Squadron are photographed refueling the North American P-51K Mustang of USAAF Captain, William Bonneaux.


		6. A graduation photo of student pilots of the Chinese Air Force, taken at Luke AFB, Arizona, early in the summer of 1945
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