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The Flying Tigers: A Tale of Bravery and Sacrifice

Jim Gordon leads the Flying Tigers, a squadron of volunteer American pilots who fly Curtiss P-40C fighters against Japanese aircraft in the skies over China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The pilots are a mixed bunch, motivated by money (they receive a bounty for each aircraft shot down) or just by the thrill of aerial combat.

Woody Jason’s Arrival and Impact

One day, Jim’s old friend Woody Jason shows up. An arrogant, hot-shot aviator, he starts causing trouble immediately. When the Japanese raid the Flying Tigers’ airbase, the new arrival goes after them, taking up a P-40 fighter without permission, not realizing until too late that it has no ammunition. As a result, Woody is shot down. He is unharmed, but the precious fighter is a total wreck. As time goes on, Woody shows that he has little use for teamwork, alienating and endangering the other pilots. He abandons his wingman, Blackie Bales, in order to shoot down a Japanese aircraft. As a result, Blackie is attacked and bails out of his burning P-40. While hanging suspended in his parachute, he is strafed and killed by the Japanese pilot.

The Tragic Turn of Events

Woody starts romancing nurse Brooke Elliott, who is considered by all the Tiger pilots to be Jim’s girlfriend. One night, they go on a date. When he is late getting back for a night patrol, Jim’s right-hand man, “Hap” Davis, secretly takes his place, despite having just been grounded by Jim because his vision had deteriorated, especially at night. In the resulting dogfight, Hap is unable to judge distances accurately and winds up dying in a collision with a Japanese aircraft he is pursuing. This proves to be the final straw; Jim fires Woody, telling him “It’s out of my hands now. None of these men will ever fly with you again. And they have to fly.” The date is Sunday, December 7, 1941, the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing America into World War II.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

A day later, Jim is notified that a vital bridge must be destroyed. The target is so heavily defended that the only chance of success is to fly in very low with a single, unescorted bomber and hope not to be spotted; it is likely a suicide mission. Jim volunteers to fly the bomber, but Woody invites himself along at the last second, much to Jim’s irritation. They destroy the bridge too late to keep a crucial enemy supply train from crossing. The bomber is hit by flak and catches fire. Jim bails out, (with an unexpected push from Woody), expecting Woody to follow. Woody, however, has concealed the fact that he has been mortally wounded by the flak. He crashes into the train, destroying it at the cost of his own life.

Back at the airbase, Jim finds that Woody has willed his leather jacket to fellow pilot Reardon, and his address book to the squadron as a whole. At Woody’s additional request (from the letter), Jim passes his friend’s silk scarf along to a new recruit. “Take good care of that,” Jim urges him. “It belonged to a pretty good flyer.”

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