100 Hawks for China: The Story of the Shark-Nosed P-40 That

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100 Hawks for China: The Story of the Shark-Nosed P-40 That Made the Flying Tigers Famous (Tales of the Flying Tigers Book 2)

At the outbreak of war, the Curtiss P-40 was America's best fighter plane, though outclassed by the British Spitfire, the German Messerschmitt 109, and probably the Japanese Zero. But the United States could build them by the thousand. First France, then Britain, and finally China tried desperately to buy the shark-faced Curtiss fighter--a story that historian Daniel Ford tells here with grace and humor. In the end, China was loaned the money to buy 100 planes from a Curtiss production run of "Tomahawks," as the P-40 was known to the Royal Air Force. China also hired 100 pilots to fly them. The result was the American Volunteer Group--the "Flying Tigers" who won immortality over the rice fields of Burma and the mountains of southwestern China from December 1941 to July 1942. This fascinating tribute to the P-40 also contains a facsimile of the RAF Pilot's Manual for the Tomahawk, annotated by AVG veteran Erik Shilling, along with a list of the 100 Hawks and what is known about each of them. Good reading for Flying Tiger buffs, and an essential resource for flight simmers.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label Warbird Books
Manufacturer Warbird Books
PublicationDate 2014-04-15
Publisher Warbird Books
ReleaseDate 2014-04-15
Studio Warbird Books

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Warbird Books
Manufacturer	Warbird Books
PublicationDate	2014-04-15
Publisher	Warbird Books
ReleaseDate	2014-04-15
Studio	Warbird Books

100 Hawks for China: The Story of the Shark-Nosed P-40 That Made the Flying Tigers Famous (Tales of the Flying Tigers Book 2)

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