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Major General Claire Lee Chennault war ein US-amerikanischer Pilot und General, der als Kommandant der “Flying Tigers” während des Zweiten Weltkriegs berühmt wurde.
Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II.
Claire L. Chennault (born September 6, 1890, Commerce, Texas, U.S.—died July 27, 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana) was a U.S. major general who commanded the U.S. Army Air Forces in China (1942–45) and created the American Volunteer Group (AVG), best known as the Flying Tigers.
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Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault was a World War II leader of the famed Flying Tigers in China, for whom Chennault Air Force Base, Lake Charles, La., is named. He was born Commerce, Texas, 1890; died New Orleans, La., July 27, 1958.
Claire Lee Chennault, né le 6 septembre 1893 à Commerce et mort le 27 juillet 1958 à La Nouvelle-Orléans, est un général d'aviation américain. Fondateur de l'escadrille des Tigres volants pendant la seconde guerre sino-japonaise , puis responsable de l'aviation américaine en Chine pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale , il est ...
Claire Chennault led the famed Flying Tigers and the U.S. 14th Air Force against the Japanese in China and Burma during World War II. He was a charismatic airpower theorist and a controversial leader who at times disagreed with official doctrine and his superiors.
Claire Lee Chennault. Chennault quittierte im April 1937 seinen Dienst im US Army Air Corps und folgte einer Bitte von Song Meiling, der Frau des bekannten Generals und späteren Präsidenten der Republik China, Chiang Kai-shek.
