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Flying Tigers (1942)

American War Movies
Flying Tigers (also known as Yank Over Singapore and Yanks Over the Burma Road) is a 1942 American black-and-white war film that was produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by David Miller. An internationally well know cast includes stars like John Wayne, John Carroll and Anna Lee.
This 1942 comic book is showing you the airmen, marines, sailors and soldiers of the U.S. Armed Forces in action with their planes, ships, tanks, jeeps, etc. An overview of medals and rank insignia is also included. On page 10 surprisingly a brief presentation of a German Junkers JU 87 Dive Bomber (Stuka, German: from Sturzkampfflugzeug or Sturzkampfbomber) can be found.
The Willys MB (known as a Jeep, or formally as the U.S. Army Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4) is a four-wheel drive utility vehicles that was manufactured during World War II (Produced from 1941 to 1945 with a total of 361,339 units. This truck was the first military vehicles mass-produced in the United States.
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