After Searching For Over 20 Years I Found A Copy Of "The Fighting Flying Tigers" Audio Drama - Archived (1950)'s
I am sharing a full digitized preservation of an obscure audio drama digitized from cassette tape, The Fighting Flying Tigers by Ferde Grofe Films.
This tape has been something I've been personally searching for since the mid 2000's. I originally had a duplicate my father made and a photocopy of the J-Card. I listened to this tape religiously. At some point I lost the tape, and started on a multi-decade long search for another copy.
I've searched archives, collectors, The Library of Congress, Reddit, radio drama forums, etc. For a long time this effectively existed as a memory.
Recently I found an original copy of the tape from USNews Video from their Air Combat Video Collection.
The Fighting Flying tigers is an audio drama from an unknown production date. It follows the WW2 fighter squadron by the same name who flew missions against the Japanese. Beyond me FINALLY finding a physical copy of the tape, there is little surviving public information. At one point I even tracked down Ferde Grofe Jr and we corresponded briefly but he stopped responding.
This recording does not appear to be cataloged in any major public archive or database, and I have not been able to find evidence of other surviving copies.
My goal here is to ensure it is preserved and accessible for historical and research purposes, especially for anyone studying obscure aviation media, cassette-era audio dramas, or independent distribution recordings.