Flying Tigers (game)
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Flying Tigers is a board wargame published by Gamescience in 1969 that simulates aerial combat over China by the Flying Tigers during World War II.
After the Japanese invasion of China in 1936, Claire Lee Chennault solicited aid in the form of an air squadron from the American government. The result was the Flying Tigers, an ostensibly Chinese air squadron of Curtis P-40B Warhawk aircraft, but under American command and control.
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Flying Tigers is a game based on General Chennault's airborne forces against the Japanese invading forces from December 1941 to July 1943. In addition to historical scenarios, the game includes a "what if?" scenario against Japanese naval aircraft.[1]
Publication history
Lou Zocchi began designing aerial combat games with Eagle Day: The Battle of Britain in 1968 and Twelve O'Clock High in 1969 (later published by Avalon Hill as Luftwaffe). Zocchi's third aerial combat game was Flying Tigers, published by Gamescience in 1969. A second edition was published by Third Millennia in 1973.