14 - The Pilots' Revolt, pages 255-73

     Page 255: AVG raids: Bond & Anderson 147; Group War Diary 8 Apr. Kittyhawk: George Burgard diary. My God, do we: Greenlaw & Ford 157. Decals: Clements, American Volunteer Group Colours 78.
     Page 256: Assaults: Bond & Anderson 158; Greenlaw & Ford 161-162; Rodewald diary. Frank Metasavage and I: Losonsky, Flying Tiger 87.
     Page 257: The man who did it: Greenlaw & Ford 168. For firing his gun: Chennault papers 28. His value to China: AMISSCA 31 Mar. After hour's conference: Secretary's File 38, FDR Library. Cardinal principal: AMISSCA 2 Apr.
     Page 258: It is recommended: AMISSCA 4 Apr. Told him I couldn't and I was the boss: Stilwell & White 77, 82-83. There is something: Keeton diary. AVG meeting: Bond & Anderson 150. Through private channels: AMISSCA 16 Apr. For Chennault induction, see AMISSCA 8 Apr, 17 Jul.
     Page 259: Mission to Mengzi, There is definately: Keeton diary. Hill and Chennault to Loiwing: Group War Diary 9 Apr; 3rd Sq log. Return of 64th Sentai: Yasuda in Eiko Hayabusa sentai 144-146; Hinoki, Hayabusa 258-264; JDA, Nanpo 175. Some one hollered: 3rd Sq log. Also Keeton diary; Group War Diary 10 Apr.
     Page 260: I made three passes: Brouk combat report, Pistole collection.
     Page 261: After firing at one, etc: R.T. Smith combat report, Pistole collection. Decided to die: Hinoki, Hayabusa 265; his return and Kato's actions: 267-270. Also Izawa in Aero Album. RAF losses and claims: Group War Diary 10 Apr; Hemingway, Wings Over Burma 187-188; Shores et al, Bloody Shambles II:365. He went wild: Older Columbia interview.
     Page 262: All I can do: Yasuda 149. For the next half, I looked south: Older and Smith combat reports, Pistole collection. Japanese losses: Hinoki, Tsubasa appendix.
     Page 263: Saturday events: R.T. Smith 276; 3rd Sq log; Keeton diary; RAF 113 Sq log. We hit our checkpoints Peter Wright in Sportsman Pilot Mid-May 1943.
     Page 264: I was scared: Wright loc cit. Also Hill & Schaupp 149; combat reports in Group War Diary 14 Apr. Request you arrange: Group War Diary 14 Apr. Mutaguchi: Hata Ikuhiko in The China Quagmire (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1983); JT&A 1 July 1942.
     Page 265: Petach crash: Group War Diary 15 Apr; Gordon Seagrave, Burma Surgeon (New York: Norton, 1943) 206. Chennault commissioned: AMISSCA 17 Jul. It is believed: 3rd Sq log; also R.T. Smith 282; George Burgard diary. Please issue instructions: AMISSCA 20 Apr.
     Page 266: If you want to show: Keeton diary; Greenlaw & Ford 193. You fellows: Rector author interview. The pilots are bitter: Hotz, With General Chennault 216. We the undersigned: Chennault papers 28.
     Page 267: His cherubic face: Howard, Roar of the Tiger 143. Look, I don't like: Hill & Schaupp 146. White-painted Army 98: Shores et al II:368.
     Page 269: There wasn't much: Keeton diary. We had circled and Situation here: Group War Diary 20 Apr. Fujimori: Shores et al II:368. Namsang mission: 3rd Sq log; Group War Diary 21 Apr.
     Page 270: JAAF movements: Hinoki, Hayabusa 271; JDA, Nanpo 213, 215. As they approached: Group War Diary 21 Apr. One bullet: Seagrave 218. Brigadier general: Army Directory 20 Oct 1942. Following from Chennault: AMISSCA 22 Apr.
     Page 271: Boyington in Kunming: Boyington, Black Sheep 110-117; Bond & Anderson 158; Boyington to USMC historian 1981, AVG archives; Gamble, Black Sheep One 200-206. Groh's journey: Group War Diary 9 Jun; Robert M. Smith, With Chennault 91; Bond & Anderson 161.
     Page 272: Schwartz in Calcutta: Bond & Anderson 153; Robert DeWolfe letter, Chennault papers 7. Instructors to squadrons: Chennault papers 20. Ajax Baumler: Kirk Setzer on the Annals of the Flying Tigers.

15 - Auction Sale at Loiwing, pages 274-91

     Page 274: To Lashio: Greenlaw & Ford 177.
     Page 275: Karen guerrillas: Harold Klein to author 1987. Through continuous: Terakura, "Burma Operations Record." Disaster at Loikaw etc: Stilwell & White 90, 92. I could see etc: Group War Diary 24 Apr.
     Page 276: Mail: John Hennessy author interview 1988. Perhaps someone: Greenlaw & Ford 203. Hit him with a burst: Laughlin combat report, Pistole collection. The Jap burst: Raine combat report, Pistole collection. Also Group War Diary 25 Apr; R.T. Smith 291.
     Page 277: Determined to avenge: JT&A 12 Jun. Use all available: Group War Diary 26 Apr. 64th Sentai to Loiwing: Hinoki, Hayabusa 271.
     Page 278: Reconnaissance?: Stilwell & White, 93. Your urgent message: Group War Diary 27 Apr. Evacuating Loiwing: 3rd Sq log; 113 Sq log; Hemingway, Wings Over Burma, 188. Ferry Command: Greenlaw & Ford, 216; Caleb Haynes to U.S. Army historian 1943, via Martha Byrd. We got as much done: Rodewald diary.
     Page 279: Tried to get: Group War Diary 28 Apr.
     Page 280: Fell off, I heard, I saw Older: Bishop, Olson, and Jernstedt combat reports, Pistole collection.
     Page 281: Pulled up, After about three, Large sloppy, and I still had speed: Overend, Haywood, Smith, and Green combat reports, Pistole collection.
     Page 282: Guess we're going etc: Robert Scott, God Is My Co-Pilot (New York: Ballantine, 1956) 75-77. Also Haynes letter. Flying to Mangshi: R.T. Smith 294.
     Page 283: Shot up by a P-40: Izawa in Aero Album. Also Yasuda in Eiko Hayabusa sentai; Kuroe, Aa Hayabusa sentotai 163-166; Hinoki, Tsubasa 309. We knew you were battling: Kuroe 168. Airborne mission: JDA, Nanpo 717-720; Yasuda loc cit; Shores et al, Bloody Shambles II:370.
     Page 284: Burma reporting net: Group War Diary 30 Apr; also 1 May. Looks like a gorilla: Ex-CBI Roundup Jul 1989. Took off about etc: Haynes letter.
     Page 285: Auction sale etc: Haynes letter. To Mangshi: 3rd Sq log; R.M. Smith, With Chennault 83; Keeton diary; R.T. Smith 296-298; Hill & Schaupp 152.
     Page 286: To Baoshan: Group War Diary 2 May; Bond & Anderson 161; Neale diary. Advance by bounds: Terakura, "Burma Operations Record." The Japanese are making: R.M. Smith, With Chennault 82.
     Page 287: British stragglers: Frank Dorn, Walkout (New York: Crowell, 1971) 145. Also Jack Belden, Retreat With Stilwell (New York: Knopf, 1943) 277, 285, 301. No fires and My second burst: Group War Diary 4 May. I followed: Neale diary. A great many stores: JDA, Nanpo 722.
     Page 288: Note the peculiar: JT&A 24 May. On my third: Bond & Anderson 164.
     Page 289: I swung my head etc: Bond & Anderson 165-168.
     Page 290-91: Evacuating Baoshan: Neale diary; Haynes letter. Through the calm etc: Group War Diary 5 May.

16 - Piss on Bissell, pages 292-309

     Page 292: The brave and gallant: JT&A 20 May. Also Hayashi Iwao in Shichi jusan butai kaisoki; Terakura, "Burma Operations Record"; Young, China and the Helping Hand 242; JDA, Nanpo 717-723; anon, "Southern Area Air Operations" (J.M. 31, no date).
     Page 293: JAAF losses: British Military Intelligence, "Japanese Air Losses" (Tokyo, 1953) at Imperial War Museum AL 5190. Last autumn: JT&A 17 May. Pursue the enemy: Terakura. For the Red Dragon division, see Hill & Schaupp, Tex Hill 158-160, and Howard, Roar of the Tiger 146. The fiction's creator seems to have been Robert Hotz in With General Chennault 224.
     Page 294: To destroy the Burma Road: Group War Diary 7 May. Also Group War Diary 6 May; Chennault, Fighter 163. Russian bomb: Hill & Schaupp loc cit. Made first pass: Group War Diary 8 May. Also R.T. Smith 305. Dive bombing: Donald Lopez author interview. His first burst etc: Group War Diary 9 May. Also R.T. Smith 305; Neale diary; Ikari, Shinshitei 122, 126.
     Page 296: The trucks were and Two or three: Group War Diary 10 May. McAllister's odyssey: 3rd Sq log. Tom Jones: Greenlaw & Ford 171.
     Page 297: Chennault lays the raid etc: C.H. Laughlin in Foundation (Spring 1983). A DC-3 type etc: Group War Diary 12 May.
     Page 298: Like a gas well: Laughlin loc cit. Japanese version: Izawa & Hata, Nihon rikugun sentokitai 73. If we destroy: Group War Diary 13 May. Promotions: Chennault papers 28. Dear folks: Donovan radiogram in Pistole collection.
     Page 299: If the Navy: Donovan letter 3 May, Pistole collection. Lancers: Jasper Harrington author interview 1989; Ex-CBI Roundup Nov 1989; Chennault papers 52; Bond & Anderson 180. Cross refused to fly: George Burgard diary 24 May, 10 Jun. Ferry Command: Haynes to U.S. Army historian; Scott, God Is My Co-Pilot 66, 93; Robert Layher author interview 1989. Thanks very much: Chennault to Haynes 10 May, via Martha Byrd.
     Page 300: To serve as our: Chennault to Haynes. We're closing the office, prostrate in the May heat etc: Upfill, An American in Burma 202-204. Harvey wanted a commission: Jernstedt author interview. Support for Chinese army: Group War Diary 12-15 May; Neale diary.
     Page 301: Chennault letter to Madame: Samson, Chennault 146-147. To blow up: Bright in Atlantic. With steam squirting: Laughlin loc cit. Jones's death: Howard, Roar of the Tiger 154. Lao Kai mission: Keeton diary; Group War Diary; Scott loc cit 106; R.T. Smith 312; Bright.
     Page 302: We approached: "Statement of Peter Wright," Pistole collection. At the time when: JT&A 2 Jun. Even my eyelashes: Harrington author interview.
     Page 303: He is all through: Burgard diary 10 Jun. Geselbracht refused: Keeton diary. Might do it: Neale diary. Financial terms: Chennault papers 18; Bond & Anderson 178. They didn't offer: Rodewald diary.
     Page 304: And for any of you: Chennault, Fighter 172. Instead of keeping: Keeton diary. Up to and including: AMISSCA 10 Apr.
     Page 305: AVG has been: AMISSCA 2 May. The conspicuous: AMISSCA undated; also Group War Diary 6 May. Chennault and others: AMISSCA 19 May. Doolittle in Kunming: Greenlaw & Ford 228; Byrd 149.
     Page 306: After making several: Group War Diary 22 May; also Neale diary.
     Page 307: Salween and Vietnam missions: Group War Diary 24-30 May. Our two eager etc: Keeton diary. Weather was very bad: Group War Diary 28 May.
     Page 308: Pilots to Chongqing: Chennault papers 28; Bond & Anderson 184; Burgard diary. Fully qualified etc: AMISSCA 14 Jun.
     Page 309: Piss on Bissell: Byrd 149.

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