Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 3 of 7), 1991
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Adair, Claude Bryant "Skip", “Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 3 of 7), 1991,” Digital Collections, accessed April 22, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41898.
Title
Skip Adair interview (video and transcript, 3 of 7), 1991
Creator
Contributor
Boring, Frank (interviewer)
Christopher, Frank (director)
Fei Hu Films
Description
Interview of Claude Bryant "Skip" Adair by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Skip Adair trained as a pilot and was recruited by Col. Claire Lee Chennault in 1938 to serve as an instructor for the Chinese Air Force. During the months leading to the formation of the AVG, he toured Army Air Corps bases recruiting pilots and ground personnel in secrecy for the AVG. As part of the AVG Headquarters Staff, Adair acted as the Operations and Supply Group Executive Officer. In this tape, Adair discusses hearing the news of Pearl Harbor while being treated for malaria, in addition to the supply situation during the training period in Kunming.
Date
1991-06-06
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives.
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