China Air Task Force

GPTKB entity

Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1941
1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:B-25_Mitchell
gptkb:Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_Government
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Claire_Lee_Chennault
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Chengdu,_China
gptkb:Kunming
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:China-Burma-India_Campaign
gptkb:Burma_Campaign
gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_Attack
Doolittle Raid
Battle of China
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first American volunteer group in China
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label China Air Task Force
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Chinese_Air_Force
Allied Forces
gptkbp:legacy inspiration for future air units
gptkbp:motto Defend the Skies
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Flying_Tigers
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Flying_Tigers
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:B-25_Mitchell
gptkb:P-40_Warhawk
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Flying_Tigers
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Burma
gptkbp:operationalStatus 1941-1945
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:primaryMission air support
gptkbp:secondaryMission transport
gptkbp:strategicGoals defending_China_against_Japan
supporting_Allied_operations
gptkbp:successor 14th Air Force
gptkbp:supportRole air superiority
ground troops
supply lines
gptkbp:tactics guerrilla warfare
reconnaissance missions
escort missions
bombing missions
hit-and-run attacks
gptkbp:training American_pilots
Chinese_pilots
gptkbp:type fighter squadron