Flying Tigers Association Catalog

AVG 50th Anniversary
Embroidered Patches,
6 colors, 2 �" x 4".
Price: $10

AVG 50th Anniversary Medallions
Numbered Limited Edition made for the 1991 Flying Tigers Reunion. These make a very interesting mat insert when framing AVG lithos. 2" diameter.
Price: $10

AVG 50th Anniversary
Belt Buckle
These were made for the 1991 Flying Tiger Reunion. Less that 500 were made and less than 400 offered for sale. 1�" x 3". Metal.
Price: $20

Men's AVG Flying Tiger Watch

These gold colored watches, with black faux alligator band, have the AVG logo on the face. They come with a velvet-lined gift box.
Price: $35

AVG Warhawk Buckle
Buckles are made of pewter and have been colored individually, by hand, with enamel paint. The features of the P-40 Warhawk, AVG logo, and the three squadron insignias are all raised on a sky blue background. General Chennault's name appears under the Group logo. Buckle measures 3-1/2" by 2-1/2"
Price: $25

Chennault Stamp Cachet
First day of issue limited and numbered. These envelopes were prepared by the printing class of Palm Springs High School and partially hand colored by Dick Rossi. They were taken to Monroe, Louisiana for the cancellation on the day of issue. Due to the fact that the stamps have the incorrect year of Chennault's birth, they are now a collector's item.

With 25 AVG signatures.
Price: $75

AVG Caps and Tote Bags

Caps $15 Tote Bags $12

Silk Ties

Silk, with three squadron insignias and three signatures.
Price: $35

1996 DFC Bronze Star Award Reunion Program
36 pages, full roster and ID photos.
Price:

$20 (unsigned)

1999 Reunion Program, 24 pages

$20 (unsigned)

$100 (21 AVG signatures)

2001 Reunion Program, 32 pages

$15 (unsigned)

AVG Patches in leather
Round 4�" diameter. Individually hand made with gold and silver thread. These patches have the words "Flying Tiger" on the upper part, the AVG logo in the center and the letters AVG on the lower part. Limited number available.
Price: $25

Polo Shirts

Cotton, with design on back and logo on chest pocket

Price $20 L/XL/XXL XXXL available for $22

A Pictorial History of the Flying Tigers by Larry Pistole
With three AVG signatures $40.

Roar of the Tiger by James Howard
SOLD OUT
The last of the hardback copies with 21 AVG signatures for $85. Jim Howard was a squadron leader in the AVG and an ace in China. After the AVG was disbanded he joined the USAF and introduced the P-51 in the ETO. He also became an ace against the Germans and is the only fighter pilot in the ETO to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He left the USAF as a brigadier general.

Tale of a Tiger by R.T. Smith
SOLD OUT
This 384 page book includes his unedited diary, plus many photos. These hard cover books have been autographed by R.T. Smith and 31 other AVG Flying Tigers. This book is available for $90 per copy.

FEI HU: The Story of the Flying Tigers
DVD

By Fei Hu Films, 1997. One of the best documentaries of the Flying Tigers for both accuracy and story. Frank Christopher, an Academy Award-nominated film maker and Frank Boring, American playwright and writer team up to make this video a standard for all AVG videos. A "must see" for all AVG fans and aviation enthusiasts.
90 minutes.
PRICE $25

Now Available on DVD: $25

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AVG Symposium Video

June 14, 2003

2.5 hrs of Interviews

Price $15

	Typical AVG Odds by Terry Pyle Full color limited edition. A special AVG series of 300 prints, of which 100 went to AVG members. The AVG copies have 23 AVG signatures. This depicts a Japanese raid over Paoshan by a flight of 27 enemy bombers and some fighters. It features the plane of Charlie Bond, the only Flying Tiger to get airborne at the time. Bond shot down two bombers and was himself shot down by the fighters. He bailed out of the flaming plane, clothes afire. He later became a major general in the USAF. Image size 28" x 20" Overall size 32" x 24.5" Price: $195
By Dawn's Early Light by John Shaw Part of a limited edition for the Flying Tigers Association depicting the early morning surprise attack at Chiang Mai, Thailand, featuring a strafing run led by Charlie Bond. Signed by at least 28 AVG members. Image size 31" x 17.5" Overall size 37" x 27" Price: $400
	Tigers Turn the Tide by Michael Short Full color limited edition print depicting an attack on the Japanese column advancing up the Burma Road and the Salween River Gorge Bridge. This mission was led by David Lee "Tex" Hill, in the P-40E, equipped with bomb racks. These prints are signed by the artist and 25 AVG members, including "Tex" Hill. Image size 18" x 27" Overall size 25" x 33" Price: $200
American Volunteer Group in China by John Shaw Part of a special edition for the Flying Tigers Association of 350 prints. This beautifully executed litho depicts a scene at Kweilin, as Chennault is briefing Bob Neale and other pilots between missions and as the planes are being serviced for a return to combat. Image size 27"x18" Overall size 31"x25" Price: $275
	Christmas over Rangoon by Roy Grinnell Full color limited edition, commissioned by the American Fighter Aces Association, with 5 AVG signatures. A special AVG edition of 200 copies with 14 AVG signatures is offered by the Flying Tigers Association. Features the plane of Charles "Chuck" Older. (As a judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Older presided over the trial of Charles Manson.) Image size 25"x18" Overall size 30"x24" Price: $275
Flying Tigers by Stan Stokes Full color limited edition print featuring the Flying Tigers battling over Rangoon. The copies offered by the Flying Tigers Association are the only ones with more than 50 AVG members' signatures. Features the planes of Duke Hedman, Chuck Older and R.T. Smith. Priced less than other copies with 25 signatures. Image size 25" x 18.5" Overall size 30" x 26" Price: $500
	Encounter Over Kweilin by David Poole Full color limited edition, signed by 12 AVG pilots. Features the first battle over Kweilin and the first encounter of the Flying Tigers with the Japanese twin engine fighter (I-45). Features the plane of Joe Rosbert who shot down one of the twin engine fighters. Image size 27" x 17" Overall size 32" x 24" Price: $245
AVG Spirit by Dan Kelly Full color limited edition. Some copies have 5 AVG signatures and some 12 or more. This lithograph was most popular with Flying Tiger Line people. Image size 28.5"x20" Overall size 30.25x22.75" Price: $200 (11 signatures)
	Heart of the Tiger by Art Siordia Full color limited edition. Of this edition only 140 were offered for sale with more than 50 AVG signatures. This features the planes of the three squadron leaders of the AVG over Kweilin. Price: $400
Full color poster of AVG P-40E by Fox Has the signatures of 10 AVG members. 150 copies were signed. Image size 27" x 17" Overall size 36" x 24" Price: $75
	The Decisive Moment by Roy Grinnell Full color limited edition. Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the American Volunteer Group and featuring the battle of the Salween River Gorge. Has 23 AVG signatures Price: $295
The Legend Begins by Roy Grinnell The AVG began their legendary fame on their first combat, December 20, 1941, over the skies southeast of Kunming, China. A formation of Japanese Kawasaki Ki-48 "lilys" from the 21st Hikotai was heading to Kunming. Suddenly, the tight formation of bombers was intercepted by P-40Bs of the First and Second Squadrons of the AVG. The fighters came out of the sun from 20,000 feet. Through the overcast sky they dove, guns blazing in defiance at the intruders. Three bombers were officially credited to the AVG. Chennault was elated - it was their first combat and not a pilot was lost. Only one of the Ki-48 bombers made it back to its home field. Madame Chiang Kai-shek soon would address the American volunteers as, "My boys, my flying tigers." Signed by: Tex Hill, Ed Fobes, Rich Richardson, "Red" Petach Hanks, PJ Greene, Irv Gove, Ed Stiles, Joe Poshefko, Al Kaelin, Leo J. Schramm, "Catfish" Raine, Ken Jernstedt, Chuck Baisden, Burma Bob Locke, Bus Keeton, Pete Wright, George R. Bailey, Dick Rossi, Charlie Mott, Erik Shilling, Chuck Older, Joe Rosbert, Paul Clouthier, Frank Losonsky, Morgan Vaux, Frank A. Andersen, Bob Layher, Keith Christensen, George Tyrell. Size 30" x 24" Price: $350
	Summer of '42 by John Shaw Twenty signatures including the artist: Charlie Bond, Ed Stiles, Red Petach Hanks, Peter Wright, Morgan Vaux, Charlie Mott, Leo Schramm, Joe Poshefko, Keith Christensen, Frank Losonsky, Bob Layher, Ken Jernstedt, Joe Rosbert, Dick Rossi, Chuck Baisden, Ed Janski, Tex Hill, Frank Andersen, Paul Clouthier, and John Shaw. Overall Size: 29.5 x 21 Image Size: 34.5 x 15 Price: $295.

	Black & White sketches of the art of Lonnie Ortega. The prints feature the picture and plane of AVG ace "Chuck" Older and Dick Rossi. and are signed by five aces. This art has been created as a fine pencil sketch and reproduced on heavy white paper measuring 11" x 14". All prints are signed by the pilot in the print and other original AVG members. Price: Sketch of Older, with 21 signatures $125 Sketch of Rossi, with 14 signatures $100
	Black & White sketches by aviation artist Roy Grinnell One features "Tiger Surgery" and the other a P-40 and a Jeep. Both prints are adopted from actual photographs of maintenance crews working on the AVG Tomahawks. Multiple AVG signatures. Price: $30 each