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THE SHADOW TIGER IBD

BARBARA L EVENSON / WILLIAM C MCDONALD III
SHADOW TIGER LLC
11 / 2016
9781945333057
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Sinopsis

Born to FlyChina&rsquo,s wide-open skies were perfect&hellip,áif you didn&rsquo,t mind typhoons, sand storms, áblizzards, uncharted mountains and áJapanese Zeros hunting you.Billy McDonald of Birmingham, Alabama, had an adventurous and dangerous career as a pilot in the Golden Age of Flight, and into World War II.áHe jumped from military cadet to wingman in Chennault&rsquo,s famed aerobatic flying group Three Men on a Flying Trapeze. In China, he moved from instructor for the Chinese Air Force to combat pilot flying Chennault&rsquo,s legendary Hawk 75 Special against the Japanese over Nanking in 1937. He began by ferrying world-famous passengers like Hemingway and high-value cargo like gold for the China National Aviation Corporation and then flew gasoline and gunpowder over The Hump (Himalayas) for Chennault&rsquo,s Flying Tigers and the Chinese Army.áThrough it all, controversial and legendary aviator Claire Lee Chennault remained his mentor, often his boss and always his friend, indelibly shaping his life.áThis is the story of a remarkable career, and a man who bore witness to some of the twentieth century&rsquo,s historic events and pivotal characters. Mac tells us the tale in his own words through newly-discovered photos, correspondence and manuscripts.á