1945年4月4日在中国的美国陆军航空队第十四航空队军官参加纪念礼拜仪式

1945年4月4日在中国的美国陆军航空队第十四航空队军官参加纪念礼拜仪式

美军14航空队参谋长阿尔伯特·赫根博格(左)准将和副总指挥上校克拉伦斯·塔尔博特,分别进入了在昆明的圣特雷莎大教堂参加为纪念14航空队所举行的安魂弥撒。当军官们到达弥撒现场时,中美联合仪仗队举枪致敬。从1942年4月4日起,陈纳德将军的美国航天志愿队,或称“飞虎队”,成为中国空中特遣部队。这支部队陆续歼灭了2194架日军飞机和409艘轮船。在1943年3月10日,这支部队被改编为美国第十四航空队。

4/4/45Offices of14th U.S.Army Air Force in China Attend Commemorative Church Service

Brigadier General Albert F.Hegenberger(left)and Colonel Clarence P.Talbot,chief of staff and deputy commander,respectively,of the14th U.S.Army Air Force,enter Saint Theresa Cathedral in Kunming,China,to attend aMilitary Requiem Mass in honor of the dead of the14th Air Force.A combined American and Chinese guard of honor presents arms as the officers arrive for the Mass,which was held in connection with the second anniversary of the14th Air Force.Since July4,1942,when Major General C.L.Chennault's American Volunteer Group,known as the"Flying Tigers",became the China Air Task Force,the unit has destroyed2,194Japanese planes and409ships.On March10,1943,the unit was incorporated into the14th U.S.Army Air Force.