Flying Tiger nose art revived for WWII commemoration in Taiwan

Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-14
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

Two of the fighter jets set to take part in a military display in Taiwan in July have been

Visitors pose for a group photo with a Sherman tank in Hukou, Hsinchu, June 11. (File photo/CNA)

Visitors pose for a group photo with a Sherman tank in Hukou, Hsinchu, June 11. (File photo/CNA)

painted with iconic livery as part of the events marking the 70th anniversary of the Republic of China’s victory over Japan in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The eight-year war against Japan (1937-1945) started earlier than World War II but would become a theater of the war that ended when Japan and the other Axis Powers were defeated.

The two fighters will be among more than 20 aircraft taking part in a flyover at the military display set for July 4 at an army base in Hukou, Hsinchu County.     [FULL  STORY]

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