Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Military Jacket 21" (53 cm)

21" (53 cm)

Removable mouton shearling collar

Adjustable waist tabs

but actual braided leather cord applied by hand during construction

Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Military Jacket 21" (53 cm)The 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