クレア・リー・シェンノート
On her way back from China to India, Ève Curie also met one of the so-called Flying Tigers, and during a stopover in Kunming she could interview their commander – Claire Lee Chennault. The Flying Tigers were American pilots who had been fighting the Japanese voluntarily in the ranks of the Chinese air force since 1941; they were known as daring, even though often undisciplined soldiers.