2 - The Special Air Unit, pages 27-43

     Page 27: This thing is beyond: Nelson Johnson in FRUS 1940 IV, 887.
     Page 28: When we chase: Horikoshi Jiro, Eagles if Mitsubishi (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1981) 100-103. Far superior: Chennault diary. It would assist: Byrd 106. Japanese bombing: FRUS 1940 IV, 673.
     Page 29: I am told: FRUS 1940 IV, 671. Shifty as the devil: James McHugh 2 Oct 1938, supplied by David Dunlap.
     Page 30: Mao-Chennault conversations: Arthur Young, China and the Helping Hand (Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1963) 141. Want list: Hopkins papers 305. Yellow man: Time 26 Jun 1939.
     Page 30: Corcoran as fixer: Official File 1560, FDR Library. To check with: Thomas Corcoran, "Pacific Wars" typescript supplied by Anna Chennault. New fast pursuit: Byrd 111.
     Page 31: The president just: U.S. Senate 293. After lunch etc: Morgenthau Diary 342-A.
     Pages 32-33: Half-baked etc: John Blum, From the Morgenthau Diaries (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1965) II:368.
     Page 34: Dividing up aircraft: U.S. Senate, 334-336; Morgenthau Diary 342. To see the Curtiss: Mao Air Force interview.
     Page 35: Radiator change: Daniel Whitney, Vee's for Victory (Atglen PA: Schiffer, 1998) 94. AVG P-40s: Francis Dean, America's Hundred Thousand (Atglen PA: Schiffer, 1997) ch 4; Terrill Clements, American Volunteer Group Colours and Markings (Oxford UK: Osprey, 2001); and Chuck Baisden, Flying Tiger to Air Commando (Atglen PA: Schiffer, 1999).
     Page 36: I am indebted to Corey Jordan and Erik Shilling for their letters, emails, and internet postings, which convinced me that the planes sent to Burma more closely resembled the earlier P-40B (Tomahawk II) than the C model (Tomahawk IIB) then being assembled for the RAF. American pilots: Young, Helping Hand 149.
     Page 37: Negotiating extensive: William Pawley to army historian 1950, National Archives HIS 330.14. Soong has asked: U.S. Senate 352.
     Page 38: My brother David: Corcoran ms. With this comparative: Joseph Alsop in Washington Post 25 Mar 1941. If Roosevelt was: Corcoran ms.
     Page 39: Rejected parts in Allison engines: Whitney 123, 126. $9.3 million: E.R. Stettinius letter 1941, Hopkins papers 305. The Chinese government: Chennault papers folder 8.
     Page 40: Aviation people: Walter Pentecost in AAHS Journal (Summer 1970). CAF mechanics: Shah Konsin author interview.
     Page 41: As many coolies etc: Byron Glover in Aviation Dec 1942.
     Page 42:When it is not: Glover. Ever helpful: Fairbank ms.
     Page 43: If this program: Fairbank ms. Also James McHugh, "The History and Status of the First American Volunteer Group" 1941, Cornell Univ. Library 2770.

3 - Too Good To Be True, pages 44-63

     Page 44: Recruiters: William Pawley, Americans Valiant and Glorious (privately printed, 1945); Claude Adair author interview 1986; Austin Brady letter 1941 in Morgenthau Diary 346:112.
     Pages 45-46: The only way the Chinese etc: Edward Rector author interviews 1986, 1988, 1989. Also David Hill & Reagan Schaupp, Tex Hill: Flying Tiger (Spartanburg SC: Honoribus, 2003) 69-71.
     Page 47: Adair then started: Wanda Cornelius & Thayne Short, Ding Hao (Gretna LA: Pelican, 1980) 103-104. Most of the brass, Matthew Kuykendall Columbia interview.
     Page 48: All I'd ever lived for: Rector author interview 1986. I'd always wanted and And as far as knowing: David Hill and Robert Neale Columbia interviews.
     Page 49: I've got a deal: Robert Layher Columbia interview. But the overriding reason: Duane Schultz, The Maverick War (New York: St. Martin's, 1987) 84. F4F: James Howard, Roar of the Tiger (New York: Orion, 1991) 56. For the past few months: Time 23 Jun 1941.
     Page 50: We each have a thousand etc: R.T. Smith, Tale of a Tiger (privately printed, 1986) 8-22. The next day: Charles Bond & Terry Anderson, A Flying Tiger's Diary (College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, 1984) 20. When you're young: Syd Love in San Diego Union 10 Jul 1986.
     Page 51: The Japs are flying etc: Gregory Boyington, Baa Baa Black Sheep (New York: Putnam, 1958) 15. Perry-Conant: Joseph Brown in Argosy Sep 1963.
     Page 52: Baumler's passport: Lauchlin Currie cover letter for Fairbank ms. Whereas the Employer: AVG archives.
     Page 53: Medical personnel: Lewis Richards and Emma Jane Hanks author interviews 1989. I would have signed etc: Robert M. Smith, With Chennault in China (Blue Ridge Summit PA: TAB Books, 1984) 16.
     Page 54: I wasn't motivated etc: Frank & Terry Losonsky, Flying Tiger: A Crew Chief's Story (Atglen PA: Schiffer, 1996) 11.
     Page 55: Joe Jordan's experience: his Columbia interview. I had just turned 21: Baisden, Flying Tiger to Air Commando. This is Commander Irvine: Allen Fritzke author interview 1985.
     Page 55: Tom Trumble's experience: his Columbia interview. Staff officer: Frillmann, China 51-59. He was a genius: Alsop author interview.
     Page 56: Joe Jordan: his Columbia interview. Go away, soldier etc: Frillmann, China 51-59. Drove the Limeys wild: Paul Perry author interview 1989. Thirty United States: N.Y. Times 10 Jul 1941.
     Page 57: Send-off: Howard 62. When I left my darling: Charles Mott diary, AVG archives.
     Pages 58: Navy escort: Fairbank ms. She was a beautiful: Doreen Reynolds author interview 1986.
     Page 59: friendly, attractive: Alicia Schweizer author interview 2001. Also see Greenlaw & Ford, foreword.
     Page 60: Zero reconstruction: William Leary in Aerospace Historian Winter 1987.
     Pages 61-62: An understanding: Robert Brook-Popham in Supplement to the London Gazette 22 Jan 1948. Description of Toungoo from on my visit there, December 1986.
     Page 63: The incendiary bombing: Michael Schaller, The U.S. Crusade in China (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1979) 80-81.

4 - Looks Mean as Hell, pages 64-87

     Page 65: Hello, Frillmann etc: Frillmann, China, 62-64. The First American: Chennault papers 10.
     Page 66: And that's how: Perry author interview. Corn flakes like cardboard: Wilfred Schaper diary, AVG archives. Got us more or less: Robert Neale Columbia interview.
     Page 67: Black wench: Schaper diary ("wensh" in original). Squadron leaders: Howard, Roar of the Tiger 79. There were no guns: Rodewald Columbia interview.
     Pages 68-69: AVG armorer Chuck Baisden recalled that the majority of the AVG's rifle-caliber machine guns were chambered for the U.S. cal.-.30 cartridge, with a smaller number of 7.92 mm guns. The available documents support the version presented here. Reflecting sight: Howard 86; Baisden, Flying Tiger to Air Commando; Chennault papers 19; Charles Mott author interview 1988; Rector author interview. As Chennault stepped: Howard 80.
     Page 70: While he had a etc: Howard 83, 90. The executive officer has a wife: Kenneth Jernstedt author interview 1988.
     Page 71: The more I see: Mott diary. He showed us these things: Hill Columbia interview. British and Japanese manuals: Chennault papers 13.
     Page 72: The Japs are very: Hill & Schaupp, 92-93.
     Page 73: The collision sounded: J. Gilpin Bright in Atlantic Oct 1942. I do hereby certify: Chennault papers 30. Bloom gang arrives: Hill & Schaupp 86.
     Page 74: Traffic sign: Muriel Sue Upfill, An American in Burma, 1930 to 1942 (Tempe: Arizona State Univ. Program for Southeast Asian Studies, 1999) 171. That damn engine: Rector author interview.
     Page 75: I closed the canopy etc: R.T. Smith, Tale of a Tiger 67-68. Get off of active duty: Arvid Olson, "A Story of the American Volunteer Group," AVG archives.
     Page 76: He started to pull out: Rodewald diary. After Pete's funeral: Losonsky, Flying Tiger 55. If these guys can't: Jernstedt author interview. Japanese tactics: Chennault to C.W. Pulford 1941.
     Page 77: British knew about overflights: Bruce Scott to Chennault 1941, Chennault papers 37. A strange silver ship: R.T. Smith 99-100. Japanese flights: Ikari Yoshio, Shinshitei (Tokyo: Sankei Shuppan, 1981) 119-120. I translated this and most other Japanese books with the aid of Miyuki Rogers.
     Page 78: Leveled off: R.T. Smith 104. A wash out etc: Losonsky, Flying Tiger 57. Circus Day is further described in the Chennault and Schaper diaries. Typical of these problems etc: Chennault papers 44.
     Page 79: Joe was always: Trumble Columbia interview. We need six ounces: Chennault papers 43.
     Pages 80-81: By its very nature: McHugh, "History and Status." Serious threat: AMISSCA 18 Nov 1941, If this air force: Secretary's File 37, FDR Library. On the chance: Chennault papers 39.
     Page 82: He was about five feet: Greenlaw & Ford 49. Boyington and car keys: Noel Bacon author interview 1990. Rev. Klein: Schaper diary; Harold Klein letter to author 1987. Shark face: Richard Ward, Sharkmouth, 1916-1945 (New York: Arco, 1979); Illustrated London News Sep 1941; Bond & Anderson 44. Also claiming credit: Eriksen Shilling, Destiny: A Flying Tiger's Rendezvous With Fate (privately printed, revised 1997) 94-95.
     Page 83: Chennault said no: Eriksen Shilling, "Origin of Shark Teeth," undated typscript in AVG archives 10. Looks mean as hell: R.T. Smith 122. Brandt as pilot: Neil Frances, Ketchil: A New Zealand Pilot's War in Asia and the Pacific (Masterton: Wairarapa Archive, 2005) 42. Shilling had a dog fight: Schaper diary.
     Page 84: For the past few weeks: Lin Wen-kuei letter, Chennault papers 30.
     Page 85: Cruel treatment etc: Williams letters, Chennault papers 15, 44. We are preparing etc: Blum, From the Morgenthau Diaries 676-678. In the next few months: Official File 150, FDR Library.
     Page 86: Hudsons to bomb Japan: McHugh, "History and Status." Crews ship out: Chennault papers 44; Hopkins papers 305. For more about the 2nd AVG, see the Annals of the Flying Tigers. British squadrons: AMISSCA 30 Nov 1941; Pawley, Americans Valiant; Alsop author interview. Rush organization: Chennault papers 52. How we should maneuver: U.S. 79th Congress, Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Hearings (Washington: GPO, 1949) 5433.
     Page 87: Currie's shipments: Chennault papers 19; Hopkins papers 305. Census of planes and pilots: AVG archives 7.

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