Tigers Over Burma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781492285663)

Claire Chennault a distinguished veteran pilot from WWI, who had the ear of the president, was putting together a group of mercenaries. They would come to be known as the Flying Tigers. The book follows the exploits of two former Navy pilots and an OSS operative in Rangoon, Burma. They Tigers were tasked with stopping or slowing the Japanese onslaught seeking to take over the Asian countries with natural resources like oil and rubber. Follow the characters in aerial combat, flying the single seat Curtiss P-40. Ride along inside the cockpit with the American Volunteer Group as they learn the new aerial warfare tactics developed by Chennault.

Author: Andy Wenner,Robert T. Pearse
ISBN-10: 1492285668
ISBN-13: 9781492285663
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2014
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.80d