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Bitter Tea. Under General Stilwell, the U.S. airman commanding these squadrons is Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault, who founded, trained and led the A.V.G. until the Army displaced it (TIME, July 13). Outspoken but discreet, General Chennault last week made no secret of his regret that he had been unable to keep the A.V.G. intact. Only six of his superbly schooled, battle-proved pilots had followed him into Army squadrons. Most of the A.V.G.'s equally skilled and valuable ground staff (including several R.A.F. orphans who were technically ineligible for U.S. service) had also dispersed. They were angry...
China's heart was in the words from Chungking: General Chennault and his company of air knights will always be remembered by the Chinese people as comrades in arms and as the friendly representatives of a friendly people...
...planes destroyed in seven months, as many more probably destroyed, ten A.V.G. pilots and one crew chief killed in action, nine flyers killed in accidents. An A.V.G. squadron had a last flight, shooting down at least six Japs over Hengyang. The Generalissimo gave a dinner for General Chennault. Then, as they all knew it must, came July 4 and with it the formal end of the American Volunteer Group...
Some of the pilots, some of the mechanics, radiomen and other groundmen who made up the Group donned the khaki with winged insignia of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Some were already headed home. For some of these, the end had not been altogether pleasant. General Chennault at first had not looked kindly on their going, although he later relented. Two-thirds of the A.V.G.'s pilots had come out of the U.S. Navy, and they did not relish going into the Army any more than the Navy liked the Army's bid for them. But for those...
...Major "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, commanded the Army squadron which they joined. At the head of their Army group was Colonel Robert L. Scott Jr., a regular who had put in his time with the A.V.G., specializing in one-man raids on Jap airdromes and troops. Brigadier General Chennault commanded all U.S. air forces in China...