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Title: Chow Shih-lin 周石麟 papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-2019
Collection Number: 2021C26
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese and English
Physical Description:
17 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, digital media
(10 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Chow Shih-lin (Zhou Shilin) attended the Nationalist Chinese air force in the 1940s, became a member of General Chennault's
Flying Tigers, was a founding member of Taiwan's Air Force Thunder Tigers and fought in the 1958 Offshore Island crisis. The
Chow Shih-lin papers includes personal diaries, Flying Tigers journals, photograph albums, videotapes, optical disks, and
miscellaneous publications related to the Flying Tigers.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.
[Identification of item], Chow Shih-lin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Chow Shih-lin (Zhou Shilin) was born in Changde, Hunan Province. He attended the Nationalist Chinese air force in the 1940s
and was among the first to be chosen and sent to the United States for air force training program. After returning to China,
Chow became a member of Genera l Chennault's Flying Tigers fighting against the Japanese. After 1949, Chow went to Taiwan
and became a founding member of Taiwan's Air Force Thunder Tigers. He fought in the 1958 Offshore Island crisis, and was later
promoted to head of air force combat command, head of the political department, air force, and deputy command-in-chief of
air force. He died in Taipei in April 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Chow Shih-lin papers (1940-2019) includes personal diaries, Flying Tigers journals, photograph albums, videotapes, optical
disks, and miscellaneous publications related to the Flying Tigers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Air forces
Pilots and pilotage
China
Taiwan
Audiotapes
Compact discs
Diaries
Photograph albums
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group