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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) Kindle Edition

by Daniel Ford (Author), Erik Shilling (Author), Tye Lett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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 Ford and 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. Revised and updated March 2022.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JQAXRUK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Warbird Books; 2022nd edition (April 15, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 15, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 538 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 86 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Daniel Ford

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Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime studying and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from Ireland's war of liberation to America's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Army veteran and a reporter in Vietnam, he wrote the novel that was filmed as 'Go Tell the Spartans', starring Burt Lancaster. As a historian, he is best known for his prize-winning study of the American Volunteer Group--the gallant 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War. Most recently, he has written a memoir of his life so far: "Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life that Followed." Visit www.DanFordBooks.com and sign up for a monthly newsletter about war, flying, and less important subjects.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good but short
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2014
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Good but short, little history, and then the flight manual, other books would be better read for history of the event
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Gregory W. Westrup
3.0 out of 5 stars Not much here. A little bit about how the ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2014
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Not much here. A little bit about how the deal was made to buy them, and the rest is simply a reference work, with aircraft specifications, checklists, etc. There is a list of the aircraft by serial number, with their eventual disposition.
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Mark
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't wast your time unless you want innane information
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016
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Not very much here. Some reprints of the P40 'pilots manual', a bit of history of the sale, and a breakdown of each P40 by serial number. Not worth the time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2014
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A very informative e-book.
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Charles H Murphy
3.0 out of 5 stars Squadron History
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014
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Was hoping for more history of the squadron. The technical info was interesting but not what I was looking for when I purchased the book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars entire book is just about 25 pages of dry facts ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2014
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entire book is just about 25 pages of dry facts then a reprint of the dash-1 (operators manual for the P-40)
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