| Electrifying
chronicle of top-secret bomber missions with the famous Flying
Tigers
This book records the World War II experiences of Capt. Elmer
E. Haynes, who flew low-altitude night radar strikes against
Japanese shipping in the South China Sea and daylight raids
against various enemy land-based installations in eastern
and central China. Haynes flew secretly developed B-24 Liberator
bombers that were equipped with radar that had been integrated
with the Norden Bombsight for night missions. These B-24s
operated with the 14th Air Force — General Chennault's
Flying Tigers. The bombing attacks were so accurate and successful
that, in a little over a year, Haynes and his fellow pilots
sank approximately a million tons of Japanese shipping.
"Reads more like a novel than a diary."
— World War II magazine
A. B. Feuer is a military historian and freelance
newspaper and magazine journalist. He has published several
books and articles.
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