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Finucane's Spitfire has a thorned shamrock painted outside the cockpit and the letter "W" (for his first Spitfire, "Wheezy Anna") near the shamrock. Such small personal idiosyncrasies this great fighter pilot permits himself. For the rest, like U.S. Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault, he insists on team play in the air and will stand for no Hell's Angels antics from his fighters. Officially credited with 28 German ships. Finucane for months has led a squadron made up of Australians, Czechs, French, Irish, Scots, Welsh, Canadians, South Africans, Hollanders and Britons...
According to one estimate, the Jap has hardly more than 300 planes in China-although, of course, he is putting them to maximum use. U.S. bombers-and more fighters for Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers-should make a difference...
Apologia for Optimism. The Gissimo had his reasons: the day he made his statement (but, significantly, the day before it was announced) three top-ranking U.S. generals-Brereton of the U.S. Air Forces in India, Chennault of the A.V.G., Stilwell of Burma-met with the Gissimo in Chungking. Two of them have long been strongly pro-Chinese; two of them are airmen. What they said was not announced, but obviously they discussed U.S. air aid to China. The next day, informed sources in Chungking were saying: "Swarms of American bomber and fighter planes are coming to China...
...eleven categories (climb, speed, firepower, etc.). Beside that record he set the performance of the old P-40, decided the P-40 was superior in two or three categories. He concentrated on these categories, and no A.V.G. man thenceforth tried to compete with the Zero except in power plays Chennault laid out for his ships...
...Chennault doctrine will spread even more widely than his transfer suggests. For the A.V.G. is also to be transferred to U.S. service. Every pilot, a devout student of the Old Man, will spread his gospel of the flying team. They will spread it with authority, too, for each man is good enough to command a fighter squadron...