Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Flight Jacket including a cell phone pocket

including a cell phone pocket

16" H × 10" W — largest in the collection

Read What Is a Blood Chit

Integrated sunglass holder on left chest pocket

The AVG operated over China and Burma

Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Flight Jacket including a cell phone pocketThe Flying Tigers blood chit was carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) civilian American aviators who flew P 40 Warhawks for the Chinese Air Force against Imperial Japan beginning in 1941, months before the United States officially entered WWII. The AVG operated over China and Burma, where downed pilots depended on Chinese civilian assistance to survive in Japanese controlled territory. The blood chit printed instructions in Chinese