With the Tigers over China, 1941-1942 /Jerome Klinkowitz.
Klinkowitz, Jerome,
With the Tigers over China, 1941-1942 /Jerome Klinkowitz. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1999. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The War that Wasn't First -- Tigers over Burma -- At Odds in China -- The RAF's Less than Finest Hour -- An Adventurers' War.
"In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII While leaders in Washington and London viewed the Far East as a lost cause, pilots including Claire Chennault, "Pappy" Boyington, and Art Donahue bought time for an Allied regrouping against Japan's relentless assault in the China-Burma-India theater."--Jacket. "Formed by Chennault, also known as the Flying-Tigers, were contract employees working for the Chinese government. As a result, they received virtually no official American recognition for their efforts. The group was known for-their romantic, reckless spirit. They performed remarkably with outdated planes and equipment in ill-repair, were almost always heavily outnumbered in battle, and were seen by outsiders as hard-drinking rebels."--Jacket. "Jerome Klinkowitz brings together not only the commanders' stories but the often more colorful - and sometimes more accurate - accounts of life and battle by the men who flew these planes and the women who participated on the ground."--Jacket.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780813157719
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Electronic Books.
D790 / .W584 1999
With the Tigers over China, 1941-1942 /Jerome Klinkowitz. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1999. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The War that Wasn't First -- Tigers over Burma -- At Odds in China -- The RAF's Less than Finest Hour -- An Adventurers' War.
"In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII While leaders in Washington and London viewed the Far East as a lost cause, pilots including Claire Chennault, "Pappy" Boyington, and Art Donahue bought time for an Allied regrouping against Japan's relentless assault in the China-Burma-India theater."--Jacket. "Formed by Chennault, also known as the Flying-Tigers, were contract employees working for the Chinese government. As a result, they received virtually no official American recognition for their efforts. The group was known for-their romantic, reckless spirit. They performed remarkably with outdated planes and equipment in ill-repair, were almost always heavily outnumbered in battle, and were seen by outsiders as hard-drinking rebels."--Jacket. "Jerome Klinkowitz brings together not only the commanders' stories but the often more colorful - and sometimes more accurate - accounts of life and battle by the men who flew these planes and the women who participated on the ground."--Jacket.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780813157719
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Electronic Books.
D790 / .W584 1999