1960s SPECIAL REPORT: “HELLS ANGELS“

Donate To The Channel: $hezakyanewz# PATREON: The Hells Angels were started on March 17, 1948, by the Bishop family, World War II veterans in Fontana, California followed by an amalgamation of former members from different motorcycle clubs, such as the Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington. The Hells Angels’ website denies the suggestion that any misfit or malcontent troops are connected with the motorcycle club. The website also notes that the name was suggested by Arvid Olsen, an associate of the founders, who had served in the Flying Tigers’ “Hell’s Angels“ squadron in China during World War II. The name “Hell’s Angels“ was inspired by the typical naming of American squadrons, or other fighting groups, with a fierce, death-defying title in World Wars I and II, e.g., the Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) in Burma and China fielded three squadrons o