Roster of the Flying Tigers: attached
Shown below are the civilian and military personnel--American, Chinese, and British--who worked with the AVG at some point in Burma or China.
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Roster of the Flying Tigers: attachedShown below are the civilian and military personnel--American, Chinese, and British--who worked with the AVG at some point in Burma or China.
CAF Flight SchoolThe AVG recruiters hired 10 U.S. Army pilots as flight instructors for the CAF Flight School at Yunnan-yi, and one of the men hired for the combat squadrons also joined this group. In the spring of 1942, the flight school was closed down and the remaining check pilots joined the combat squadrons. |
| Name (joined from) | Assignment | comments |
| Marion Baugh (army) | instructor | killed 3 Jan 42 |
| John Blackburn (army) | instructor | joined AVG; killed 28 Apr 42 |
| Harry Bolster (army) | instructor | joined AVG; served two extra weeks |
| John Farrell (army) | instructor | joined AVG; served to disbandment (AAF) |
| Henry Fuller (army) | instructor | discharged Dec 41 |
| Lester Hall (army) | instructor | joined AVG; served two extra weeks (CNAC pilot) |
| Ernest Loane (army) | instructor | joined AVG; served two extra weeks (CNAC pilot) |
| Arnold Shamblin (army) | instructor | joined AVG; missing 10 Jul 42 |
| Van Shapard (army) | instructor | joined AVG; served two extra weeks (CNAC pilot) |
| Gail Stubbs (army) | instructor | discharged Dec 41 (AAF; test pilot; died 2002) |
| Allen Wright (army) | instructor | joined AVG; served two extra weeks (CNAC pilot; killed 18 Dec 43 China) |
Civilian personnel |
| Name | Assignment | comments |
| Arne Butteberg | Allison tech rep | worked for CAMCO at Rangoon and Loiwing |
| Marion (Ma) Davidson | CAMCO housekeeper | ran the American Club hostel at Loiwing |
| Chun Yuen Gee | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| Byron Glover | CAMCO test pilot | CAMCO employee Rangoon |
| Daniel Gurley | CAMCO supervisor | Directed CAMCO operation at Rangoon |
| Hank Hoteko | radio engineer | CAMCO employee at Loiwing 1942 |
| Charles Hunter | CAMCO factory foreman | in charge at Loiwing |
| Teh Chang Koo | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon; then CAF? |
| Pak On Lee | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| Tye Lett | Allison tech rep | worked for CAMCO at Rangoon & Loiwing |
| George Lum | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| Kee Jeung Pon | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| Walter Pentecost | Allison representative | worked for CAMCO at Rangoon, Loiwing & Kunming |
| Mamie Porritt | CAMCO secretary | Loiwing and Rangoon, 1939-1942 |
| Andrew Sargeant | CAMCO line chief | in charge of crew assembling Tomahawks at Rangoon |
| George Wing Shee | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| "Johnny" Tseng | CAMCO staff, Loiwing | -- |
| Muriel Sue Upfill | AVG secretary | Calcutta & Delhi office, Feb-Jul 1942 |
| M. D. "Doc" Walsh | CAMCO comptroller, Loiwing | pilots elected him "mayor" so he could officiate at Fred Hodges's wedding |
| R. C. Wertz | CAMCO staff, Loiwing | -- |
| Lem Fong Wu | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| Francis Yee | Allison mechanic | CAMCO employee at Rangoon (later joined AVG) |
| John Yee | translator | worked on observation network for AVG & 14th AF; 1944 to US to train Chinese pilots; naturalized |
U.S. military personnel |
| Name | Assignment | comments |
| Capt Albert (Ajax) Baumler | P-40 pilot/staff | USAAF attached Apr-Jul, flew at least two combat missions & scored one victory with AVG |
| 1st Lt Burrall Barnum | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Leonard Butsch | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July; flew at least one AVG mission |
| 2nd Lt Vaden Carney | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Dean Carter | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Martin Cluck (Gluck?) | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| Cmdr Robert DeWolfe USN | hq staff; Calcutta office | attached Jan-May; ran supply office in India |
| 2nd Lt James Dumas | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 1st Lt Joseph Griffin | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 1st Lt J. W. Hitchcock | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 1st Lt Howard Krippner Jr | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July (MIA 08/27/1943) |
| 2nd Lt Romney Masters | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Joseph Mikeworth | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Lee Minor | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Mack Mitchell | P-40 pilot | USAAFattached June-July |
| Lt Col Robert Scott | P-40 pilot | USAAF Ferry Command; designated commander 23rd FG; flew at least one AVG mission |
| 1st Lt W. A. Smith | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 1st Lt J. Q. Stratton | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 2nd Lt Harold Stuart | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| 1st Lt M. J. Wilkinson | P-40 pilot | USAAF attached June-July |
| Name | Assignment | comments |
| R. T. Bayliss RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| R. Bevan RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| H. D. Carter RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| LAC Fred Crakes RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| W. Duckwith RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| H. Frost RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| Sgt Ernest Hudson RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 (invalided home, died in hospital) | |
| Cpl C. P. Hutton RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| AC-1 Wilfred Jepson RAF | Radio mechanic | on loan to AVG, Rangoon & Kunming, Feb-Jul 1942 |
| LAC Gerald Jones RAF | Radio mechanic | on loan to AVG, Rangoon & Kunming, Jan-Jul 1942 |
| J. McCarthy RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| J. P. McGuinness RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| A. Reyner RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| H. J. Thomas RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 | |
| C. D. Worrow RAF | assigned to AVG in Kunming, Apr?-Jul 1942 |
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