Signed C. L. Chennault First Day Cover + Photo Print Flying Tigers
CHENNAULT SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER FROM 1946. Rare signed United States Merchant Marine First Day Cover. Postmarked in Washington DC on February 26. This First Day Cover is in very good condition and perfect for matting and framing. Also comes with an 8.5 x 11 photo print of.
All autographed items come with a Choice Autographs COA. 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 Republic of China Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the U. Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment.
Chennault retired from the United States Army in 1937, and went to work as an aviation adviser and trainer in China. Starting in early 1941, Chennault commanded the 1st American Volunteer Group (nicknamed Flying Tigers). One mission which never came to fruition was the bombing of Japanese cities; the bombers did not arrive before Pearl Harbor (B-29's started bombing from China in 1944, but they were not under Chennault's command). He headed both the volunteer group and the uniformed U.
Air Force units that replaced it in 1942. He feuded constantly with General Joseph Stilwell, the U.
Army commander in China, and helped China's leader Chiang Kai-shek to convince President Roosevelt to remove Stilwell in 1944. The China-Burma-India theater was strategically essential in order to fix many vital elements of the Imperial Japanese Army on the Chinese mainland to limit their use against Allied forces advancing towards Japan in the two Pacific campaigns. Thanks for visiting Choice Autographs! Martin, Drew Brees, Lana Turner, George W.
Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Alan Shepard, Eddie Vedder, Robert Mondavi, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Arnold Palmer, Frank Herbert, Ginger Rogers and many other great offerings! Chennault First Day Cover + Photo Print Flying Tigers" is in sale since Monday, April 10, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Autographs\Military". The seller is "choice_autographs" and is located in Seattle, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States, Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Signed by: C.