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Ford, Daniel. Flying Tigers: Claire
Chennault and His American Volunteers (New York: HarperCollins, 2007)
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Dictionary of the U.S. Air Force (New York: Greenwood Press, 1992)
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18:China Air Task Force
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1255:443d Troop Carrier
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262:2020–present
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247:1940–1959
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