Civil Air Transport
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Civil Air Transport was a Nationalist Chinese airline, later owned by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, that supported the United States' covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia. Duri
Convair 880 pre delivery photo
The Willauer Box
CAT Curtiss C-46s at Sanya Air Base on Hainan Island evacuated from Mainland China November 1949
A CAT C-46D in Indochina
Claire Lee Chennault
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Claire Lee Chennault was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II.
Civil Air Transport
…particularly in Laos and Vietnam), was a spin-off of CAT, as was the CIA's Taiwan-based aviation maintenance facility, Air Asia. CAT was created by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer in 1946 as Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (CNRRA) Air Transport. Using surplus World War II aircraft…
Claire L. Chennault
Chennault's birthplace and his home located in Commerce, Texas.
Capt. C.L Chennault poses in front of a Boeing P-12E, 1934 as leader of "The Flying Trapeze".
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk "Joy" at the USS Kidd Louisiana Veterans Memorial & Museum in Baton Rouge