Claire Lee Chennault
US military aviator, fl. World War II
Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958)[1] was an American military aviator. He was best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic of China Air Force in World War II.
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Nickname | "Old Leatherface" |
Born | Commerce, Texas, U.S. | September 6, 1893
Died | July 27, 1958 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 64)
Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
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Years of service | 1917–1945 |
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Chennault was twice married and had a total of ten children. From 1947 until his death in 1958, he married Chinese reporter Anna Chennault.
Chennault was promoted to lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force on July 18, 1958, nine days before his death on July 27, at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans.[2] He died of lung cancer in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 27, 1958 at the age of 64.
References
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change- Flying Tigers Memorial in China (in Chinese)
- Short biography of Chennault
- Biographical sketch at USAF Museum at the Wayback Machine (archived July 18, 2006)
- Chennault at Arlington Cemetery Archived 2018-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Time magazine Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, 1942 article on Chennault
- Claire Lee Chennault papers at the Hoover Institution Archives