Chennault

Page two of a letter from Chennault to Morse talking about the establishment of the CACW. From the U.S. Government sources.

Page one of a letter from Chennault to Morse talking about the establishment of the CACW. From the U.S. Government sources.

In recognition of his outstanding combat theater duties as recreational director, a direct 2nd Lieutenant commission has been given on the field to Cpl. Lee Wilson, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, 437 N Ardmore St., Los Angeles, Cal., headquarters of Maj Gen C. L. Chennault’s Fourteenth Air Force announced recently. Lt. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wilson, 619...

Chennault and Stilwell pose together in front of wing of transport airplane in Yunnan, China, during WWII.

Chennault and an American VIP sit in a car in China during WWII.

Chennault and others making the decision to blow up the air base before the Japanese advance, fall of 1944, in Guilin.

Major General Claire L. Chennault (left ) and Brig. General Edgar E. Glenn inspect engine repair on a P-51 at an airfield, Kunming, China, 3 November 1944. These are most probably 26th Fighter Squadron P-51C Mustangs. Image by 16th Combat Camera Unit. (Info thanks to TexLonghorn & JBarbaud)

Chennault and Chinese officers pose and chat next to a B-25 Mitchell bomber in China during WWII.

Air Force leadership in China meet to decide to blow up the US air base at Guilin in the face of the Japanese advance during Ichigo in the summer/fall 1944. General Chennault, in pith helmet, is climbing down from the transport airplane, and an unknown general is reaching out in the middle, with Casey Vincent behind, and Tex Hill, always...

General Chennault at a staff meeting in China on November 2, 1944.