tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160420984375021558.post3346482507060390790..comments2014-08-19T02:20:15.250-04:00Comments on Writing Adventures and Exploration of History: Let 'em Roar: Flying Tigers, Disney, Air America and the CIA.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841108214261296318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160420984375021558.post-85961231382557932602008-03-06T07:51:00.000-05:002008-03-06T07:51:00.000-05:00Hi Dan! Good point! I just found this update in ...Hi Dan! Good point! I just found this update in addition to the data you provided:<BR/><BR/>"... (Many stories about the AVG tell of fights with the Japanese Zero. In actuality, the Flying Tigers never faced the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. By December 1941, it had been withdrawn from China for employment elsewhere in the Pacific. The AVG’s opponents were the Japanese Army’s Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar, which strongly resembled the Navy’s Zero, and the Nakajima Ki-27 Nate. According to Flying Tiger communications tech Robert M. Smith, “The AVG called all Japanese fighter planes Zeros.”)..."<BR/><BR/>Source: http://www.afa.org/magazine/dec2006/1206tigers.asp<BR/><BR/>Your book looks great!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841108214261296318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160420984375021558.post-60841765399203616942008-03-06T07:28:00.000-05:002008-03-06T07:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for the memory of the AVG Flying Tigers! Bu...Thanks for the memory of the AVG Flying Tigers! But note that they never met the Mitsubishi Zero in combat. Instead, they were fighting the Japanese Army Air Force, which flew two versions of Nakajima fighters, one rather similar to the Zero but perhaps not as formidable. More about all this at <A HREF="http://www.FlyingTigersBook.com" REL="nofollow">Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942</A>, published last year by HarperCollins. Also see the <A HREF="http://www.warbirdforum.com/avg.htm" REL="nofollow">Annals of the Flying Tigers</A>. Blue skies! -- Dan FordDaniel Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502949808815331803noreply@blogger.com