[Destroyed vehicle and damaged Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft]

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Identifier2008-08-29_image_226SourceThe Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection (2008-08-29), Box 2, Folder 13DescriptionPhotograph of a destroyed vehicle and a damaged Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the American Volunteer Group, Rangoon, Burma, January 1942. The aircraft, piloted by Pete Wright, struck the vehicle during a night landing on January 8. Ken Merritt, who was inside the vehicle, was killed in the crash.Creation Datecirca 1941-1942SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945China. Kong jun. American Volunteer GroupCurtiss P-40 Warhawk FamilyAirplanes, MilitaryAircraft accidentsVehicles, MilitaryMerritt, KenWright, PeterOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Robert H. Neale Flying Tigers Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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Source consulted: Ford, Daniel. Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. (pg 169)

Source consulted: Hotz, Robert B. With General Chennault: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Coward-McCann, 1943. (pg 136)

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