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Flying Tigers Claire Chennault & His American Volunteers 1941-42 by Daniel Ford
Flying Tigers Claire Chennault & His American Volunteers 1941-42 by Daniel Ford
Updated and Revised Edition
Soft Cover
384 Pages
Copyright 1991, 2007 Updated & Revised
Contents
Map: Burma Road, 1941-1942v
Map: Free China, 1937-1942vi
Preface to the New Editionix
Chapter 1 Presenting Colonel Chennault1
Chapter 2 The Special Air Unit27
Chapter 3 Too Good to Be True44
Chapter 4 Looks Mean as Hell64
Chapter 5 Flaming Till Hell Won't Have It88
Chapter 6 Such a Bright Red!108
Chapter 7 He Just Went Spinning Away126
Chapter 8 Leaning Forward141
Chapter 9 They Fell in a Straight Line163
Chapter 10 Hoffman Down and Dead179
Chapter 11 Get the Heck Out of Here197
Chapter 12 Did You Have Any Warning?220
Chapter 13 Like a Movie, Only Better239
Chapter 14 The Pilots' Revolt255
Chapter 15 Auction Sale at Loiwing274
Chapter 16 Piss on Bissell292
Chapter 17 Worse Than You Know310
Chapter 18 Passing into History330
Appendix 1: Identifying Japanese Aircraft351
Appendix 2: Warplanes Used in Burma and China353
Appendix 3: Victories Credited to AVG pilots359
Sources363
Index377
Back Cover
During World War II, in the skies over Rangoon, Burma, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the "Imperial Wild Eagles" of Japan and in turn won immortality as the Flying Tigers. One of America's most famous combat forces, the Tigers were recruited to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month and a bounty of $500 for each Japanese plane they shot downfantastic money in an era when a Manhattan hotel room cost three dollars a night.
To bring his prize-winning history of the American Volunteer Group up to date, Daniel Ford has completely rewritten his 1991 text, drawing on the most recent U.S., British, and Japanese scholarship. New material from AVG veteransincluding Erik Shilling and Tex Hillhelp fill out the story, along with newfound recollections from Japanese and New Zealand airmen. Ford also takes up the rumors that Royal Air Force pilots "sold" combat victories to the Flying Tigers in order to share in the bounties paid by the Chinese government.
"Admirable," wrote Chennault biographer Martha Byrd of Ford's original text. "A readable book based on sound sources. Expect some surprises." Even more could be said of this new and more complete edition.
DANIEL FORD has spent a lifetime chronicling the wars of the twentieth century. He lives in Durham, New Hampshire, where he is a recreational pilot and writes for the Wall Street Journal.
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