[.uk] The Flying Tiger: The True Story of General Claire ... (ISBN 1592287115)

not the best source!:
A far more accurate and interesting biography of Chennault was written by Martha Byrd: Chennault: Giving Wings to the Tiger. That's the one I suggest you buy. It's true that Jack Samson served with the Old Man in China, but the book he wrote falls short in several respects--not least in getting Chennault's birth date wrong by three years! (Curiously, the two biographies were published within a few weeks of one another.) Both writers were generous in their help when I was researching my history of the AVG: Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942. But Byrd's biography is the one I keep near at hand, and refer to regularly and often. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford