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Captain Claire Chennault


Steve Brannan
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Steve Brannan

Ran across this picture of a young Capt Claire Chennault circa 1933 when he was stationed at Maxwell Field. He is wearing WW1 vintage wings with gold US. I think he earned his wings in 1919. He flew with an Army Air Corps flight demonstration team called the Flying Trapeze.

 

 

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Historic photograph Steve!  Thanks for sharing it with us.  Looks like Captain Chennault choose to wear a Robbins Company-made pilot badge in the early years of his career... 

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Great photo and thanks for posting.

By the way, he is also wearing the DI for the Air Corps Tactical School, which was approved in 1929.

John

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Steve Brannan

Chennault was Commissioned through the ROTC program and not from West Point. He challenged the Army establishment for their neglect of Pursuit (fighter) aircraft in the 1930s. He was repeatedly denied promotion pass Major and took an early retirement and went to China is 1937. In 1942 he was brought back into the Air Corps and was eventually promoted to General. 

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I have always enjoyed the old quote about Chennault, It was said of him that

he made two mistakes in his career, he openly disagreed with his superiors, and

he then had the audacity to prove them wrong.

 

Thar is, and always has been, my kinda guy................

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