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Missions That Changed The War: Flying Tigers

UK PREMIERE SERIES SUNDAYS FROM 16TH OCTOBER, 10.00PM

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This four-hour miniseries is based on the extended first person narratives of David Lee “Tex” Hill and Johnny Alison, two of the most celebrated members of the AVG ( American Volunteer Group ) Flying Tigers. The AVG was a band of mercenary volunteers charged with menacing Japanese aircraft over China. One mission, that seemed routine, prevented the Japanese Army from linking up with their German allies, in oil-rich North Africa and kept both China and India in allied hands for the remainder of the war.