Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Flight Jacket Snap down collar + snap

Snap down collar + snap patch pockets with hidden side entry

The AVG operated over China and Burma

16" H × 10" W — largest in the collection

it is also the most linguistically complex blood chit in American military history

Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Flight Jacket Snap down collar + snapThe Flying Tigers blood chit was carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) civilian American aviators who flew P 40 Warhawks for the Chinese Air Force against Imperial Japan beginning in 1941, months before the United States officially entered WWII. The AVG operated over China and Burma, where downed pilots depended on Chinese civilian assistance to survive in Japanese controlled territory. The blood chit printed instructions in Chinese