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LOT 351
Impressive Grouping
of American Volunteer
Group/Flying Tigers
Memorabilia and
Artifacts, Including
Personal Correspondence,
Photographs, and Related
Items - Grouping includes
a large “blood chit” style
leather patch (10 inches
wide by 9 inches tall, with
leather CBI shield on the
front and no markings on
the back), a Chinese War
Area Service Corps 1946
diary (some handwritten
notes on interior suggesting
a recent arrival in China,
but no identification of the
serviceman who used the
diary), a photograph of
Chiang Kai-shek, Madam
Chiang and General
Chennault with 1991 dated
signature by Madam Chiang
(noted as a commemorative
item celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the AVG/
Flying Tigers), a leather bound photo album bearing the insignia of the Sino-American Cooperation Organization
(SACO) containing many photos of American and Chinese servicemen engaging in joint training and operations,
and a modern 3-ring binder containing many photographs and letters. The letters are from a Francis Robert
Doran, a pilot with the AVG, documenting his journey from Los Angeles to Rangoon and Kunming, and ending
with a June 1942 letter suggesting a return home, as Doran was one of the AVG pilots who opted to let their
contracts expire instead of being rolled over into the newly formed 23rd Fighter Group. Records related to Doran
show that he was recalled to the Air Force shortly after returning to the States, passed officer candidate school,
and resumed a career that would last until retirement in 1968 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Doran passed on
in 2003. The photos include both personal photographs and extracts from publications, showing many members
of the unit (some with names marked on the back) and several AVG aircraft.
CONDITION: Good overall, with minor wear and staining.
Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000
LOT 352
Grouping of China-Burma-India/
Flying Tiger Patches and Artifacts
- Grouping includes: 1) CBI “shield”
patch, silver bullion embroidered stars
on a printed field. 2) 14th Air Force
“Flying Tiger” patch, embroidered.
3) embroidered silk 14th Air Force
bookmark with “flying tiger”
decoration. 4) 21st Photo Recon
Squadron “white eagle” patch, 5 3/4
inches in diameter, embroidered
on felt. 5) Silk “blood chit” with the
Nationalist flag on the top and
embroidered markings at the bottom.
CONDITION: The CBI patch shows
wear and material loss, otherwise
good overall.
Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500
LOT 354
Two World
War II Military
Guidebooks and a
Southeast Asia Map
Set with Escape
Compass - 1) Book,
“Soldier’s Guide
to the Japanese
Army”, dated 15
November 1944,
with information on
Japanese weapons,
uniforms and force
organization. 2) Book,
“Pocket Guide to
China”, dated 1942,
with information on
Chinese customs
and language. 3)
Waterproof pouch
containing a folded
map marked for
“”SOUTHEAST CHINA”
and “FRENCH INDO
CHINA” and a small
escape and evasion
style compass.
CONDITION: Good
overall, with mild wear and handling marks, and some staining of the map pouch.
Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500
LOT 353
Grouping
of China-
Burma-India/
Flying Tigers
Insignia,
with Signed
Copy of “The Pictorial History of the Flying Tigers” by Pistole - Group includes: 1) Three CBI “shield” patches,
one embroidered/printed, the other two leather and suede construction. 2) “Thunderbird” patch, red and black
embroidered on white twill. 3) “Flying Tiger” patch, stitched leather construction. 4) 23rd Fighter Group “Flying
Tiger” patch, embroidered shield. 5) 11th Bomb Squadron “Jiggs” patch, stitched and painted leather construction.
6) Nationalist Air Force 12th Group patch, embroidered on black cloth. 7) Chinese language pamphlet discussing
joint U.S./Chinese pilot training. 8) Book, “Pictorial History of the Flying Tigers” by Larry Pistole. The interior has
been signed and dedicated to George Walters, a documented member of the American Volunteer Group/Flying
Tigers, thanking him for his assistance in producing the work.
CONDITION: Very good overall. The book and pamphlet show mild wear and tear, with the patches showing light
wear, evidence of being stitched to a uniform or jacket, and some stains.
Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 1,800 - 2,750