Top row, from left: Col. Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent, Lt. Col. John R. Alison (commander of the 75th Fighter Squadron), and Col. Bruce K. Holloway (commander of the 23rd Fighter Group, and later commander of the Strategic Air Command). Foreground, from left: Lt. Col. Albert T. "Ajax" Baumler and Lt. Col. Grattan "Grant" Mahony (commander of the 76th Fighter Squadron) in China (1943). (U.S. Air Force photo)
Fighter unit commanders were subordinate to Major General Claire Chennault.
All 5 also test-flew a Japanese Zero that had crash landed in China Nov 26, 1941.
