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Ford wrote the first serious history of the American Volunteer Group, published in 1991 by Smithsonian Institution Press. Not surprisingly, some of the Flying Tiger veterans weren't pleased by his finding that they'd destroyed "only" 115 enemy planes, as shown in Japanese records. (The Tigers lost 14 pilots on combat operations.) They're still arguing that the Japanese lied about their losses in Burma and China.
However that may be, Ford's account of the day-to-day adventures of the American Volunteer Group--and the political maneuvering behind the scenes in Washington and Chungking--make fascinating reading. Now HarperCollins has released a new, revised, and updated edition of this important history.
Must reading for anyone interested in World War II military aviation.
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Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 by Daniel Ford
erik the pale, August 12, 2007
Ford wrote the first serious history of the American Volunteer Group, published in 1991 by Smithsonian Institution Press. Not surprisingly, some of the Flying Tiger veterans weren't pleased by his finding that they'd destroyed "only" 115 enemy planes, as shown in Japanese records. (The Tigers lost 14 pilots on combat operations.) They're still arguing that the Japanese lied about their losses in Burma and China.However that may be, Ford's account of the day-to-day adventures of the American Volunteer Group--and the political maneuvering behind the scenes in Washington and Chungking--make fascinating reading. Now HarperCollins has released a new, revised, and updated edition of this important history.
Must reading for anyone interested in World War II military aviation.
(3 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)