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Flying Tigers

# 1

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group (Daniel Ford)

Definitive history of the Flying Tigers, and the first to identify the Japanese squadrons and pilots who flew against the AVG. "War history as it should be written" -- The Hook


Lady and the Tigers

# 2

The Lady and the Tigers (Olga Greenlaw)

A new edition of her 1943 memoir, with notes and photos, where she came from, and what became of her and Harvey after their tumultuous year with the AVG.


Buffaloes Over Singapore

# 3

Buffaloes Over Singapore: RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters In Action Over Malaya and the East Indies 1941-42 (Brian Cull with Paul Sortenhaug and Mark Haselden)

Meticulous history of the Buffalo's tribulations over Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia


# 4

AVG Colors & Markings (Terrill Clements)

The last word (maybe) on how those "sharks" were decorated. Many fine color profiles and black-white photos.


Remains

# 5

Remains (a story of the Flying Tigers) (Daniel Ford)

A novel about the American Volunteer Group. Fitz, Blackie, their English and Anglo-Burman girlfriends, and a Japanese suicide pilot: they meet in Rangoon as the British Empire is falling.


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