Roster of the Flying Tigers: A-E
| Name (joined from) | Assignment | served to (later service) |
| * Claude Adair (civilian) | hq staff | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| Frank Adkins (navy) | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment (CNAC pilot) |
| James Allard | mechanic | served to disbandment |
| * Joseph Alsop (navy) | hq staff | captured 25 Dec 41 (AAF) |
| John Armstrong (navy VF-4) | P-40 pilot | killed 8 Sep 41 |
| Peter Atkinson (8th Pursuit Grp Mitchel) | P-40 pilot | killed 25 Oct 41 |
| Noel Bacon (navy VF-4) | P-40 pilot | on leave Feb 42 (USN) |
| George Bailey | crew chief | enlisted in China (AAF) |
| Charles Baisden | armorer | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Percy Bartelt (navy) | P-40 pilot | discharged Mar 42 (USN) |
| William Bartling (dive bomber pilot USS Wasp) | P-40 pilot | served two extra weeks (CNAC pilot) |
| Marion Baugh (army) | instructor | killed 3 Jan 42 |
| Edmund Baughman | communications | served to disbandment (USN) |
| Capt Albert Baumler | P-40 pilot/staff | AAF; attached to AVG May-July |
| Leo Beaupre | clerk | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Donald Bell | clerk | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| Morton Bent | clerk | served to disbandment (USN) |
| Donald Bernsdorf (navy or marines) | P-40 pilot | discharged Jan 42; test pilot Eastern Aircraft? |
| Lewis Bishop (navy) | P-40 pilot | captured 28 May 42; escaped 1945; USN, CNAC |
| John Blackburn (army) | instructor/P-40 pilot | killed 28 Apr 42 |
| William Blackburn | crew chief | served two extra weeks |
| Harold Blackwell | crew chief | served two extra weeks |
| Glen Blaylock | crew chief | discharged Apr 42 |
| Morris Bohman (navy) | P-40 pilot | discharged Nov 41 (AAF?) |
| Harry Bolster (army) | instructor/P-40 pilot | served two extra weeks (AAF test pilot; killed 10 Oct 44) |
| Charles Bond (army ferry pilot) | P-40 pilot | served two extra weeks (AAF) |
| Ernest Bonham | communications | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| Gregory Boyington (VMF-2 San Diego) | P-40 pilot | discharged Apr 42 (USMC; PW Japan; Medal of Honor) |
| James Brady | clerk | served to disbandment |
| Kenneth Breeden | clerk | served to disbandment |
| George Brice | crew chief | served to disbandment |
| J. Gilpin Bright (navy VS-42) | P-40 pilot | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| Robert Brouk (army) | P-40 pilot | discharged Apr 42 (AAF; killed training accident 19 Dec 42) |
| Carl Brown (navy) | P-40 pilot | to CAF flight school (CNAC pilot) |
| Everette Bruce (civilian) | medical staff | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Alfred Bryant | clerk | discharged Oct 41 |
| Carl Bugler | admin chief | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| George Burgard (army ferry pilot) | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment (American Export Lines pilot) |
| Richard Buxton | medical staff | discharged Feb 42 |
| Michael Callan | ground crew | served to disbandment (USN) |
| * Boatner Carney (civilian) | hq staff | to CAF flight school |
| John Carter | line chief | served two extra weeks |
| Herbert Cavanah (Patrol Sq 12, USN) | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment (USN) |
| Melvin Ceder | hq staff | served to disbandment (AAF?) |
| Charles Chaney (USN) | crew chief | served to disbandment (USN) |
| * Claire Chennault (civilian) | commander | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| Keith Christensen | armorer | served to disbandment (USN) |
| A. Bert Christman (navy VS-41) | P-40 pilot | KIA 23 Jan 42 |
| L. Paul Clouthier | clerk | discharged early (USN) |
| Thomas Cole (VP-44 San Diego) | P-40 pilot | KIA 30 Jan 42 |
| Leon Colquette | crew chief | medical transfer Mar 42 (worked for Pan Am, Africa) |
| + Edwin Conant (PBY pilot Patrol Sq 13) | P-40 | served to disbandment (USN) |
| Elmer Cook (8th Pursuit Grp Mitchel) | pilot | discharged Sep 41 |
| Jack Cornelius | crew chief | served to disbandment (CNAC?) |
| Charles Cribbs | medical staff | served to disbandment (USN) |
| Albert Criz (army; some P-40 time) | pilot | discharged Dec 41 |
| John Croft (army) | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment |
| Jesse Crookshanks | crew chief | served to disbandment (AAF bomber pilot; PW Germany) |
| Harvey Cross | communications | served to disbandment |
| James Cross (army ferry pilot) | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment (Pan Am pilot) |
| John Crotty | clerk | discharged Apr 42 |
| George Curran | crew chief | served to disbandment |
| Albert Cushing | clerk | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Otto Daube | crew chief | served two extra weeks (AAF) |
| * Doreen Davis (civilian) | hq staff | worked for AAF in China |
| * William Davis (civilian) | hq staff | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| John Dean | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment (CNAC pilot; killed 17 Nov 42 Hump) |
| Walter Dolan | crew chief | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| John Donovan (navy) | P-40 pilot | KIA 12 May 42 |
| Francis Doran | clerk | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Carl Dorris | clerk | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Francis Dudzik | clerk | discharged Feb 42 |
| Parker Dupouy (P-40 pilot 8th Pursuit Grp Mitchel) | P-40 pilot | served to disbandment (Republic test pilot) |
| + Estill Durbin | not assigned | quit before reaching Burma; discharged Sep 41 |
| Eugene Durall | clerk | served to disbandment (AAF) |
| + James Dyson | not assigned | quit before reaching Burma; discharged Sep 41 |
| Charles Engle | crew chief | served to disbandment |
| * John Engler | communications | commissioned in China (AAF) |
| Richard Ernst | communications | enlisted in China (USN) |
|
* Joined the AVG in Asia.
+ Conant was born John Perry and joined the navy under an assumed name. AVGs who served to disbandment, served two extra weeks, or accepted induction in China were given an "honorable discharge." CNAC: China National Aviation Corporation. |
Other sites: War in the Modern World | Flying Tigers: the book | Piper Cubs | signed books | Proust | UNH '54 | Sail to Antarctica
Posted March 2008.
Websites ©1997-2008 Daniel Ford; all rights reserved.
page views