books.google.ca - During World War II, in the skies over Rangoon, Burma, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the "Imperial Wild Eagles" of Japan and in turn won immortality as the Flying Tigers. One of America's most famous combat forces, the Tigers were recruited to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Flying_Tigers.html?id=g-NiFRg1khAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareFlying Tigers