Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Product Type_Motorcycle Jacket Sold as a pair

Sold as a pair

and others — reflecting the operational reality that a downed pilot might land in any of several countries and encounter civilians speaking entirely different languages

The four-language format reflects the specific threat environment of the peninsula in the early 1950s — fewer languages than the Vietnam-era chit's 12 or the Persian Gulf chit's 13

Underarm grommets for ventilation

Dimensions: 2

Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Product Type_Motorcycle Jacket Sold as a pairThe Flying Tigers blood chit was carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) civilian American aviators who flew P 40 Warhawks for the Chinese Air Force against Imperial Japan beginning in 1941, months before the United States officially entered WWII. The AVG operated over China and Burma, where downed pilots depended on Chinese civilian assistance to survive in Japanese controlled territory. The blood chit printed instructions in Chinese