JW 37 - The Flying Tigers Traditional Cache
JW 37 - The Flying Tigers
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This series is a tribute to John Wayne's film career. We have enjoyed MANY hours watching him in both western and military films.
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Flying Tigers is a 1942 black-and-white war film, starring John Wayne and John Carroll as mercenary fighter pilots fighting the Japanese in China prior to the U.S. entry into World War II. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Effects, Special Effects for Howard Lydecker (photographic) and Daneil J. Bloomberg (sound); Best Music for Victor Young and Best Sound, Recording for Daniel J. Bloomberg. The pilots are a mixed bunch, motivated by money (they receive a bounty for each aircraft shot down), patriotism or just the thrill of combat. Actual Flying Tigers Lawrence Moore and Kenneth Sanger were technical advisers but they had been dishonorably discharged from the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in February 1942. None of the real Flying Tigers are mentioned by name in this film, which went into production when the original AVG was still in operation. Actual combat footage was used in some of the scenes. Movie models were used to portray the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft the Tigers actually flew, although they were only mock-ups which did no more than taxi. The covers protruding over the cylinder heads of the V-8 automobile engines that propelled the mock-ups are noticeable, and the aircraft lack elevators on the rear horizontal stabilizers. The goggles that John Wayne wears in the promotional posters is actually a set of tanker goggles. The release date was October 8, 1942 with a running time of 102 min.
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