1942, ISBN: 02c32d1c99df9ac85e36978cd0d1f0bf

New York 1991,Smithsonian. Blue cloth over buff boards,405p, index, bibliography, many b.w. photos,like NEW, unused copy, in excellent dust jacket in Mylar protector. THE AUTHOR'S SIG… More...

New York 1991,Smithsonian. Blue cloth over buff boards,405p, index, bibliography, many b.w. photos,like NEW, unused copy, in excellent dust jacket in Mylar protector. THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY: "BLUE SKIES DAN FORD 2009." * FIRST EDITION * . *** **** *** . . THE AUTHOR CELEBRATED BOOK ON THE FAMOUS . . . "A.V.G" ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] . . .IN THE "C.B.I." CHINA-BURMA-INDIA] THEATER OR WORLD WAR II . * 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 "FLYING TIGERS" also known as the A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group]. The "Tigers" were recruited to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month and a bounty of $500 for each Japanese plane they shot down, a "fantastic" amount of money in an era when a Manhattan hotel room cost three dollars a night. . *** To bring his prize-winning history of the A.V.G. [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 A.V.G. veterans including Erik Shilling and "Tex" Hill help 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." Flying Tigers won the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence in the year of its first publication. . *** NOTE: Please visit our website to view other items by Ford, and or the "A.V.G." ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] later know as the world famous "FLYING TIGERS." . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . Other Books by Ford on the "A.V.G." ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] later know as the world famous "FLYING TIGERS" of Burma & China. . FORD, Daniel: REMAINS: A Story Of The Flying Tigers. . --.RISING SUN OVER BURMA: Flying Tigers Wild Eagles 941-1942:How Japan Remembers the Battle (Tales of the Flying Tigers]. . --.TALES OF THE FLYING TIGERS: Five Books about the American Group, Mercenary Heroes of Burma and China. . * . ., 0<

1942, ISBN: 02c32d1c99df9ac85e36978cd0d1f0bf

[SC: 33.4], CHINA: SOCIAL SCIENCE, ECLECTIC, ALL SUBJECTS & DISCIPLINES [NO ART]; MILITARY IN WAR, ACTIVITIES, THE ARMY NAVY; JAPAN:, New York 1991,Smithsonian. Blue cloth over buff board… More...

[SC: 33.4], CHINA: SOCIAL SCIENCE, ECLECTIC, ALL SUBJECTS & DISCIPLINES [NO ART]; MILITARY IN WAR, ACTIVITIES, THE ARMY NAVY; JAPAN:, New York 1991,Smithsonian. Blue cloth over buff boards,405p, index, bibliography, many b.w. photos,like NEW, unused copy, in excellent dust jacket in Mylar protector. THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY: "BLUE SKIES DAN FORD 2009." * FIRST EDITION * . *** **** *** . . THE AUTHOR CELEBRATED BOOK ON THE FAMOUS . . . "A.V.G" ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] . . .IN THE "C.B.I." CHINA-BURMA-INDIA] THEATER OR WORLD WAR II . * 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 "FLYING TIGERS" also known as the A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group]. The "Tigers" were recruited to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month and a bounty of $500 for each Japanese plane they shot down, a "fantastic" amount of money in an era when a Manhattan hotel room cost three dollars a night. . *** To bring his prize-winning history of the A.V.G. [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 A.V.G. veterans including Erik Shilling and "Tex" Hill help 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." Flying Tigers won the Aviation/Space Writers Association Award of Excellence in the year of its first publication. . *** NOTE: Please visit our website to view other items by Ford, and or the "A.V.G." ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] later know as the world famous "FLYING TIGERS." . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . Other Books by Ford on the "A.V.G." ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] later know as the world famous "FLYING TIGERS" of Burma & China. . FORD, Daniel: REMAINS: A Story Of The Flying Tigers. . --.RISING SUN OVER BURMA: Flying Tigers Wild Eagles 941-1942:How Japan Remembers the Battle (Tales of the Flying Tigers]. . --.TALES OF THE FLYING TIGERS: Five Books about the American Group, Mercenary Heroes of Burma and China. . * .<