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 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 down--fantastic 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 twice rewritten his original text; drawing on the most recent U.S.; British; and Japanese scholarship; along with new information about AVG pilots and crewmen; their Royal Air Force colleagues; and their Japanese opponents."Admirable;" wrote Chennault biographer Martha Byrd of Ford's original text. "A readable book based on sound sources. Expect some surprises." Flying Tigers won the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence in the year of its first publication. Keywords: Flying Tigers; Claire Chennault; Tex Hill; Pappy Boyington; Curtiss P-40
#5302861 in Books 2014-04-29Original language:English 11.00 x .39 x 8.50l; #File Name: 0692212612172 pages
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