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God Is My Co Pilot Col Robert L Scott Hero of AVG
The text recounts Col. Robert L. Scott’s rise from West Point to earning his wings at Kelly Field, joining the AVG in China, and flying with the 23rd Fighter Group over Burma. It highlights the Flying Tigers’ bravery, specific missions against Japanese gunboats, and the air warning net organized by General Chennault that saved pilots and guided operations from Kunming.
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West Point
Robert Scott
Kelly Field
California
India
Chennault
Burma
Kunming
AVG
Flying Tigers
23Rd
Bob Neal
Charley Bond
George T. Burgard
Frank Lawlor
John E. Petack
Jim Howard
Hill
Rector
Schiel
Bright
Sawyer
Kweilin
Ed Rector
Tex Hill
Hengyang
China
Gil Bright
Johnny Alison
Ajax Baumler
Charlie Sawyer
Japan
Yunnan
Frank Schiel
Baumler
Alison
Lee Minor
Elias
Yangtse
Hankow
Frome
Col
C. V. Haynes
Tex
Nanchang
Johnny Petack
Ajax
Petack
John Petack
Kwansi
U. S A
Colonel Cooper
Cooper
Air Corps
Waterproof
Louisiana
Ence
Free
Richardson
Mihalko
Miller
Sasser
Lufeng
Assam
Indian Ocean
North China