KEVY - WWII Flying Tigers Exhibit

[AJ88V]

Driving back from my Delaware house, we stopped off at KEVY Summit Airport, Middletown, DE, to check hope-against-hope that they might have an open hangar for rent (no, sigh...).  This is the airport I actually grew up with, my father keeping planes there 60 years ago.

What they did have was a small collection of Flying Tigers artifacts that I'm posting here for your interest.  From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tigers

• The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), and was commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. Their Curtiss P-40B Warhawk aircraft, marked with Chinese colors, flew under American control. Recruited under President Franklin Roosevelt's authority before Pearl Harbor, their mission was to bomb Japan and defend the Republic of China, but many delays meant the AVG first flew in combat after the US and Japan declared war.

Not sure it's worth a detour if you're in the area, but fun to see when it was unexpected. 

[Danb]

Not today?, KEVY has been closed on Sundays it’d be nice if there now open again..

[AJ88V]

13 hours ago, Danb said:

Not today?, KEVY has been closed on Sundays it’d be nice if there now open again..

I think we stopped by EVY on Saturday a week ago.

ILG used to be a common destination for me - and will be once I get airborne again.  I have a house in New Castle.  Hence, hangar hunting in northern Delaware.

98RG looks like quite a girl!  Cheers! AJ