23rd Fighter Group: Chennaults Sharks

STAFFED WITH INEXPERIENCED USAAF PILOTS AND LED BY A HANDFUL OF SEASONED VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP (AVG), THE 23RD FG WAS FORMED IN THE FIELD AT KUNMING, IN CHINA, ON JULY 4, 1942 AND FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS THAT SAME DAY. ALL SQUADRONS ADORNED THE NOSES OF THEIR AIRPLANES WITH FEARSOME AND ICONIC SHARKSMOUTH DESIGNS.