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We
are honoured to announce that akg-images represents the extraordinary
archive of Flying Tiger Robert T. Smith... To find
out more about Smith's extraordinary life, visit
the official website.
Click on any image to order a high-res scan! |
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7US-S2-T0155
R.T. Smith next to the Disney 'Flying Tiger' decal on the side of
P-40 Tomahawk #40 in Kunming, China on May 23, 1942
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT0132
American Volunteer Group P-40 Kittyhawks at Kungming, China, probably
June 1942.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT5010
First Air Commando Group P-51A Mustangs lined up at Hailakandi, India in early 1944.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT5020
First Air Commando Group Bomber Section Commander Robert T. Smith
in front of his 'Barbie' P-51A Mustang in early 1944
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT5006
The Bomber Section in front of R.T. Smith's B-25H Barbie III at
Hailkandi, India.
Photo:
akg-images / Robert T. Smith
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7US-S2-RT0122
Third Squadron Flight Leader Robert T. Smith standing in front of
P-40 Tomahawk #91 at the Kyedaw airfield in Toungoo, Burma on November
23, 1941.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT5029
Supreme Commander S.E.A.C. Lord Louis Mountbatten visits in early
1944
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT5033
Mountbatten speaking to the men of the 1st Air Commando Group in Hailkandi,
India in early 1944.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT0154
R.T. Smith in the cockpit of P-40 Tomahawk #40 in Kunming, China on May 23, 1942.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT5001
Smith (back right) and colleagues in front of R.T. Smith's B-25H Barbie
III at Hailkandi, India.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT0136
The photograph of the Third Pursuit Squadron - Hell's Angels - of
the American Volunteer Group was probably taken from aircraft #47
on May 28, 1942 near the Salween River Gorge on the China-Burma border.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT0139
P-40 Tomahawk #49 flown by Tom Hayward of the Third Pursuit Squadron
- Hell's Angels - of the American Volunteer Group, probably taken
from aircraft #47 on May 28, 1942 near the Salween River Gorge on
the China-Burma border.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT0141
The photograph of the Third Pursuit Squadron - Hell's Angels - of
the American Volunteer Group was probably taken from aircraft #47
on May 28, 1942 near the Salween River Gorge on the China-Burma border.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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7US-S2-RT0152
Refueling stop at Yunnan-yi, China on May 28, 1942. P-40 Tomahawk
#68 in the background.
Photo: akg-images / Robert T. Smith |
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