A Flying Tiger's Diary

by Charles R. Bond Jr., Terry H. Anderson

Overview

" Draws aside the curtain of mythology and shows the AVG members—pilots, mechanics, nurses, and Chennault himself—as recognizable humans with a full spectrum of virtues and faults. Yet, the glory remains undiminished . . . A Flying Tiger's Diary is highly readable and is wholeheartedly recommended."—Military Review

The Flying Tigers, under the leadership of Claire Chennault, fought legendary air battles in the skies over Burma and China. This journal of ace pilot Charles Bond, now in its fifth printing, vividly preserves his experiences in aerial combat against the Japanese, all recorded within twenty-four hours of the action. It also documents the training and living conditions of the men whom Gen. Bruce K. Holloway has called "the most colorful group of warriors in modern times."

A limited, specially bound edition of A Flying Tiger's Diary, signed and with a laid-in print by Terry Pyles, is available while supply lasts.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890964088
Publisher:	Texas A&M University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1988
Series:	Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University , #15
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

CHARLES R. BOND is a major general retired from the U.S. Air Force and living in Dallas. TERRY H. ANDERSON is a professor in the history department at Texas A&M University.

Editorial Reviews

"His diary is an intimate record of the war in the air above China and Burma. It is probably unique in the literature of World War II."—Rod Gragg

Rod Gragg