China Starts Building U.S. ‘Flying Tigers’ Park

March 26, 2009 by editor  
Filed under China, News

Construction of a park began Sunday in Lingui county in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to commemorate the U.S. Flying Tigers air squadron who helped the Chinese fight the Japanese in the World War Two.

The park, covering 17 hectares, will be built on the site of the Yangtang airport that hosted American planes during WWII, about 15 kilometers from Guilin City.

The 23.4-million-U.S. dollar park will become an important place for Flying Tigers members and relatives of the…

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