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28. Nov. 2015 · Chennault, Claire Lee (1893–1958). Claire Lee Chennault, aviator and air force general, son of John Stonewall Jackson and Jessie (Lee) Chennault, was born on September 6, 1893, in Commerce, Texas. He was a descendant of eighteenth-century Huguenot immigrants, related to Sam Houston paternally and to Robert E. Lee maternally.
1. März 2024 · Claire Lee Chennault went from being a school teacher in a one-room school in Athens, Louisiana, on to become a general and leader of the famous Flying Tigers. Ironically, Chennault had ups and downs in his career that matches those of Chennault Air Base in Lake Charles, which was named for him. Both the base and the general were often in ...
Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the American "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese air force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the U.S. Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment ...
Chennault.5 He was named for a lesser-known hero of his family tree, Tensas Parish sheriff Claire Lee. The brother of Jesse, Claire Lee had been shot from the saddle and died while apprehending a black man suspected of horse stealing in 1892.6 That same year, Jesse and John Chennault were
Claire Lee Chennault, Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force. Claire Lee Chennault was born on 6 September 1890 in Commerce, TX, to John Stonewall Jackson and Jessie Lee Chennault. He was raised in the Louisiana towns of Gilbert and Waterproof. He began misrepresenting his year of birth as 1890, possibly because he was too young to attend college ...
L ouisianan Claire Lee Chennault’s military career seemed over when he retired from the United States Army in 1937, but World War II afforded him the opportunity to contribute to the Allied victory over Japan. He backed the idea that pursuit or fighter aircraft could achieve useful results in warfare at a time when Army Air Corps commanders believed that high-altitude bombers could achieve ...
Claire Lee Chennault (Commerce , 6 september 1890 – New Orleans , 27 juli 1958) was een Amerikaanse militaire vlieger. Hij is vooral bekend geworden als bevelvoerder van de Flying Tigers en van de Amerikaanse luchtmacht in de Republiek China gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog .
