Not really a book, but an expanded magazine article which may be of interest.
It originally appeared in
America in WWII magazine, in December of 2010. The article is a look at the first combat mission of the American Volunteer Group, aka Flying Tigers, written by Daniel Ford who has written quite a bit on the Flying Tigers.
First Blood for the Flying Tigers: Twelve Days After Pearl Harbor, a Band of American Mercenaries Took Their Revenge on the Empire of Japan
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Quote:
Enter the Tigers
When Japanese planes laid waste to Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, the United States had exactly one air combat unit on the continent of Asia. That was the 1st American Volunteer Group - sponsored by the White House, equipped and paid by a U.S. loan, but officially part of the Chinese Air Force. On December 20, this band of mercenaries won immortality over the city of Kunming. An expanded version, with new photographs, of the cover story for America in WWII magazine, December 2010.
The first of five articles and books included in the collection, Tales of the Flying Tigers.
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