Flying Tigers (a.k.a. Yank Over Singapore and Yanks Over the Burma Road) is a 1942 American black-and-white war film drama from Republic Pictures that was produced by the late Edmund Grainger, directed by the late David Miller, and stars the late John Wayne, the late John Carroll, and the late Anna Lee.
Jim Gordon (John Wayne) is the head of a group of American pilots working for the Chinese government against the invading Japanese two years prior to Pearl Harbour. Hothead Woody Jason joins them but despite being a hotshot flyer, he's also a liability. When he causes the death of veteran pilot Hap Davis, the rest ostracise him and only an ultimate sacrifice will wipe the slate clean.
Victims[]
- Unnamed Male Japanese Gunner - Shot to death by Captain Jim Gordon with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Shot by "Alabama" Smith with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Crashed after "Alabama" Smith caused the plane to crash by shooting the other pilot with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Shot in the face by Captain Jim Gordon with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Shot down by "Hap" Davis with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Blown up after Captain Jim Gordon shot him with the gun turret on his plane causing him to crash it.
- Dale - Bled out after being shot by a Japanese pilot with the gun turret on his plane.
- Four Unnamed Male U.S. Pilots - Killed by Japanese pilots off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Pilot - Killed by Japanese pilots off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Gunner - Shot to death by "Blackie" Bales with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Shot in the face by Woodrow "Woody" Jason with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Crashed after Woodrow "Woody" Jason caused the plane to crash by shooting the other pilot with the gun turret on his plane.
- "Blackie" Bales - Shot to death by a Japanese pilot with the gun turret on his plane while "Blackie" was parachuting out of his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Shot in the face by Captain Jim Gordon with the gun turret on his plane.
- Unnamed Male Japanese Pilot - Shot to death by "Hap" Davis with the gun turret on his plane.
- "Hap" Davis - Blown up after accidentally crashing his jet into a Japanese plane.
- Seven Unnamed Male Japanese Soldiers - Blown up when Woodrow "Woody" Jason crashed into the train they were on.
- Woodrow "Woody" Jason - Committed suicide by crashing his plane into a train.
Deaths[]
- Total - 27
- All Men
Kill Counts[]
- Woodrow "Woody" Jason - 9 (Deceased)
- Captain Jim Gordon - 4 (Alive)
- "Alabama" Smith - 2 (Alive)
- "Hap" Davis - 2 (Deceased)
- "Blackie" Bales - 1 (Deceased)