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FLYING TIGERS : CLAIRE CHENNAULT AND THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP; Smithsonian History of Aviation Series
by Ford, Daniel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1560980117
- ISBN 13
- 9781560980117
- Seller
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About This Item
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 450. Purple photographic dust jacket with red black and white type. Red cloth over gray boards with gold gilt type. Includes index.
Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light foxing to all page edges. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. The author "portrays the Flying Tigers in a new and acurate light. Reviewing the personal papers of Claire Chennault andhis men, as well as Japanese, British, and American records, Ford scours the myth to revealthe still-awesome truth about the 'only Western fighting force that gave better than they got from the triumphant Japanese.' Vastly outnumbered, the Tigers nonetheless destroyed more than one hundred Japanese planes while losing only fourteen of their own pilots on combat missions..." (front flap notes.
Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light foxing to all page edges. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. The author "portrays the Flying Tigers in a new and acurate light. Reviewing the personal papers of Claire Chennault andhis men, as well as Japanese, British, and American records, Ford scours the myth to revealthe still-awesome truth about the 'only Western fighting force that gave better than they got from the triumphant Japanese.' Vastly outnumbered, the Tigers nonetheless destroyed more than one hundred Japanese planes while losing only fourteen of their own pilots on combat missions..." (front flap notes.
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- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317
- Title
- FLYING TIGERS : CLAIRE CHENNAULT AND THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP; Smithsonian History of Aviation Series
- Author
- Ford, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1560980117
- ISBN 13
- 9781560980117
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Military; Pacific Theatre; Curtis P-40B Tomahawk; Nakajima Ki-27 Nate.
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