Formed by Claire Chenault, it included pilots like James Howard and Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, both of of whom went on to win the Medal of Honor.
Per the book "The Flying Tigers", copyright 1943 by Russell Whelan, this is the list of pilots as listed on the memo to the unit from the commanding officer.
First Pursuit Squadron
W. Bartling
C. Bond
G. Boyington
C. Brown
G. Burgard
J. Croft
J. Cross
J. Dean
J. Farrell
J. Hennessy
M. Kuykendall
E. Leibolt
R. Little
W. McGarry
E. Mickelson
R. Neale
R. Prescott
A. Probst
J. Rossi
R. Sandell
C. Sawyer
F. Schiel
R. Smith
F. Wolf
Second Pursuit Squadron
N. Bacon
P. Bartelt
N. Bright
W. Fish
H. Geselbracht
H. Gilbert
D. Hill
J. Howard
L. Hurst
T. Jones
R. Keeton
F. Lawlor
R. Layher
N. Martin
R. Moss
C. Mott
J. Newkirk
G. Paxton
J. Petach
E. Rector
F Ricketts
F. Swartz
P. Wright
Third Pursuit Squadron
F. Adkins
L. Bishop
R. Brouk
H. Cavanah
J. Donovan
P. Dupouy
B. Foshee
P. Greene
C. Groh
T. Haywood
R. Hedman
F. Hodges
K. Jernstedt
C. Laughlin
G. McMillan
C. Older
A. Olson
E. Overend
E. Raines
W. Reed
E. Shilling
R. Smith