5 - Flaming Till Hell Won't Have It, pages 88-107
Page 88: Japanese activities in Burma are based on the accounts in JDA, Nanpo shinko rikugun koku sakusen (Tokyo: Asagumo Shimbunsha, 1970), translated with Miyuki Rogers; and Umemoto Hiroshi, Burma Kokusen Jyo, I, (Tokyo: Dai Nippon Kaiga, 2003), translated with Difei Zhang. 64th Senati: Izawa Yasuho in Aero Album Summer 1970, Fall 1971.Page 89: Imperial wild eagles: JT&A 5 Jan 1941.
Page 90: Invasion force: Yamaguchi Shiro, "Malaya Invasion Naval Operations" (JM 107, 1959). All the planes: Kato Tateo's diary in JT&A 25 Jul 1942. War preparations: USBS, Japanese Air Power (Washington: GPO, 1946); Tomiokia Sadatoshi, "Political Strategy Prior to Outbreak of War" (JM 144, 146, 147, 150, 152, 1952-53). 682 warplanes: Hata Ikuhiko et al, Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1931-1945 (London: Grub Street, 2002) 28.
Page 91: It occurred to me: Kato diary. Somebody ran in: R.T. Smith, Tale of a Tiger 144.
Page 92: Rushing up and down: Greenlaw & Ford, 55. Also Chennault, Fighter 122; Group War Diary at AFHRC; Robert Keeton diary, Pistole collection. Suggest moving: Chennault papers 18. Everyone was togged: Greenlaw & Ford 56.
Page 93: Hong Kong: Alsop author interview. Wake Island: Currie's cover letter to Fairbank ms. An American task force: Secretary's File 37, FDR Library. Also Chou Chih-jou letter 1941, Chennault papers 18; Currie memos, Hopkins papers 305 and 331.
Page 94: He was knocked: Larry Moore & Ken Sanger in Cosmopolitan Aug-Sept 1942. Also see Hill & Schaupp 104. This was a true: Group War Diary at AFHRC 10 Dec.
Page 95: No aircraft reporting: Chennault papers 18. Understanding: Brook-Popham, loc cit. Also British General Staff, ABDACOM (Delhi: Gov't of India, 1942). After landing: R.T. Smith 148. Also 3rd Sq log. Disposition of Tomahawks: Group War Diary at AFHRC 13 Dec; Shilling, Destiny 105.
Page 96: The damnedest rat race: "Activities of Third Pursuit Squadron" (31 Dec 1941), Pistole collection. Mergui raid: Kasuya Toshio, Yamamoto jubakugetai no eiko (Tokyo: Futami Shobo, 1970) 62; RAF 67 Sq log at PRO, AIR 602-603. Bad day: 3rd Sq log.
Page 97: RAF strafe: Christopher Shores & Brian Cull with Yasuho Izawa, Bloody Shambles I: The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore (London: Grub Street, 1992) 241. Induction: FRUS 1941 IV, 745. Brigadier general: AMISSCA 12 Dec. If Chennault: Hopkins papers 135, FDR Library. Chennault to Madame: Chennault papers 18.
Page 98: Move to Kunming: Bond & Anderson 55-58; C. Joseph Rosbert, Flying Tiger Joe (privately printed, 1985) 73; Greenlaw & Ford 64-65; Frillmann, China 91; Rector author interview. Raid on Kunming: Izawa Yasuho & Hata Ikuhiko, Nihon rikugun sentokitai (Tokyo: Kantosha, 1977) 73. The streets were strewn: Fritz Wolf & Douglas Igells in Air Trails Pictorial Oct 1942.
Page 99: We are driving: R.M. Smith, With Chennault 35. Were hard-drinking: Gerhard Neumann, Herman the German (New York: Morrow, 1984) 80-81.
Page 100: Inside the dank: Don Whelpley in Ex-CBI Roundup May 1989. It's strange: James Cross in Mechanix Illustrated Dec 1942.
Page 101: Capt. Fujii: Suzuki Goichi television interview 1992, supplied by Frank Christopher. It turned out: Rodewald diary. Single tail: Group War Diary.
Page 102: A small fellow, etc: Bond & Anderson 63. It only took a sneeze: Baisden, Flying Tiger to Air Commando 37. I rolled: Bond & Anderson 61. My man was: Wolf & Igells in Air Trails Pictorial.
Page 103: There was the Jap: Cross in Mechanix Illustrated. I tensed myself: Rosbert, Flying Tiger Joe 75-76. Get that goddamned: Rector author interview.
Page 104: Three Lilys shot down: Suzuki interview.
Page 105: I didn't even know: Neale Columbia interview. We had the battle Suzuki interview. Chinese reports: Group War Diary 20 and 25 Dec.
Page 106: Soon we heard: Rospert, Flying Tiger Joe 77. The Old Man: Whelpley. Blood for the Tigers: Time 29 Dec 1941.
Page 107: Origin of name: Chennault papers 43; Corcoran, "Pacific Wars"; Byrd 136; Joan Corcoran author interview 1992.
6 - Such a Bright Red!, pages 108-25
For this chapter, I read the individual combat reports in the Pistole collection, and also the Dec 31 briefing entitled "Activities of Third Pursuit Squadron" (hereafter "Activities"). Flight leader summaries are in the Chennault papers 42. Frank Olynyk broke out the AVG victories in "AVG & USAAF (China-Burma-India Theater) Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat" (privately printed, 1968); I have used his figures throughout.Page 108: Churchill stores: Tsuji Masanobu, Singapore: The Japanese Version (London: Constable, 1962) 187.
Page 109: Across the grain: Archibald Wavell in Supp. London Gazette 5 Mar 1948. A sweet old gentleman: Greenlaw & Ford 44.
Page 110: Obviously it was: Wavell loc cit. Lost squadron: R.T. Smith, Tale of a Tiger 154.
Page 111: Oxygen tanks: "Activities." JAAF moves on Burma: Ikari, Shinshitei 120; JDA, Nanpo 335-337; Ishikawa Shin et al, "Southwest Area Air Operations Record" (JM 55, 1946); Kasuya, Yamamoto 63; Izawa & Hata, Nihon rikugun sentokitai 201-202. Olson refused mission: "Activities."
Page 112: Travelling south: 67 Sq log. Rangoon formations: Hayashi Iwao in Shichi jusan butai kaisoki (Tokyo: Reimeisha, 1980) 120; JDA, Nanpo 339-340; Izawa Yasuho, Nihon rikugun jubakutai (Tokyo: Gendaishi Shuppankai, 1962) 166. The morning of the twenty-third: Upfill, An American in Burma 183. Two large waves: 67 Sq log.
Page 113: I heard McMillan: "Activities." Hey Mac: R.T. Smith 3. Hell! Showers: H.R. Dean, The Royal New Zealand Air Force in South-East Asia 1941-42 (Wellington: War History Branch, 1952) 26; Frances, Ketchil 53. There were hordes: Robert Hedman, author interview 1986.
Page 114: Thirty Buffaloes: Hasegewa Naoyoshi, Rikunwashi nanpo sakusen (Tokyo: Nihon Gunyo Tosho Kabushi Kigaisha, 1943) 78. And now it was etc: R.T. Smith 3, 160.
Page 115: And all this time etc: R.T. Smith 3, 160. Fell off: Haywood combat report. Indescribable horror: Hayashi 46.
Page 116: Very eager: Umemoto, Burma Kokusen Jyo. Why don't we: Charles Older Columbia interview. Huge conglomeration: Older author interview 1986. I aimed at: Older combat report; also Edmund Overend combat report.
Page 117: I saw him go down and parachute fall.: Paul Greene author interview 1989; Greene combat report; 3rd Sq log.
Page 118: One of the wings: JT&A 28 Dec 1941. In string etc: Parker Dupouy author interview 1985; also his combat report.
Page 119: Martin broke away (Curt Smith): "Activities." I don't know: Jernstedt author interview. Turned away and Usui's death: Hasegewa 80; also Izawa, Nihon rikugun jubakutai 166-168. AVG claims: combat reports; 3rd Sq log; Olson to D.F. Stevenson 1942 in Pistole collection.
Page 120: Beneath its folds: Upfill, An American in Burma 184. Plenty of time etc: Emile Foucar, I Lived in Burma (London: Denis Dobson, 1956) 116-118.
Page 121: There comes the enemy and Oh, strike the rascal: M.I. Omar in Rangoon Guardian Dec 1960. The streets were thronged, Upfill 186.
Page 122: After the scramble: Baisden, Flying Tiger to Air Commando 41. Suddenly bullets: Losonsky, Flying Tiger 71. Damage: 3rd Sq log; 67 Sq log; Robert M. Smith 48-49; R.T. Smith 162; O'Dowd Gallagher, Action in the East (New York: Doubleday, 1942) 23.
Page 123: Awaiting further etc: Chennault papers 28.
Page 124: He was always: R.T. Smith author interview. Demon flight: Group War Diary 23-24 Dec; 3rd Sq log; Eriksen Shilling, undated audio tape via Martha Byrd.
Page 125: I am all right and disciplinary action: Chennault papers 28.
