 With an agreement reached, General Mow returned to China aboard the SS "Lurline", departing from Los Angeles, California on January 24, 1941.Chennault followed shortly after with a promise from the War Department and President Roosevelt to be delivered to Chiang Kai-shek that several shipments of P-40C fighters were forthcoming along with pilots, mechanics, and aviation supplies.The 100 planes were crated and sent to Burma on third-country freighters during spring 1941.