THE WARBIRD'S FORUM
Three AVG pilots were killed in accidents while the Flying Tigers trained in Burma. They were buried at St. Luke's graveyard on the southeast corner of the town. I tried to find the site in 1986 without success. More recently, John Armstrong's family launched a search for the graves so that his remains can be repatriated. The search is complicated by the fact that the Burmese authorities have evidently demolished St. Luke's, bulldozed the headstones off to the side, relocated the remains to another site, and turned the old graveyard into a housing development, Southeast Asian style. Photos and background here.
Machine guns are endlessly fascinating gadgets, dealing death across the length of three football fields. Two recent books deal, respectively, with AK-47s and Gatling Guns. I'm not blown away by either, as it happens.
Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
Welcome to the Warbird's Forum!
Here are 600 files on airplanes, pilots, and military history, grouped under these headings:
- Annals of the Flying Tigers
- Annals of the Brewster Buffalo
- Japan at War, 1931-1945
- Glen Edwards and the Flying Wing
- Remembering Bluie West One
- The Spadguys Speak (carrying a nuke to Sevastopol)
- Annals of Vietnam
Plus these excellent places to look for more:
- Book(s) of the month
- Reviews of worthwhile military+aviation titles
- The Flying Tigers store
- The A6M Zero Store
- The Brewster Buffalo Store
- The Flying Wing Store
- The Piper Cub Store
Five great books about flying
Search
You can search the roughly 600 military+aviation files on the Warbird's Forum by using the Google engine below. Use your back button to return here, or click on the P-40 banner.
| "Every page contains a new tidbit of information and rich, long-forgotten detail.... A riveting read." -- World War II magazine, November 2007 |
You can order Flying Tigers at Amazon.com in the U.S. Or get an autographed copy for list price plus shipping:
You can also write a check. If all else fails, send email and we'll work something out. Read more here
Veterans can find help receiving their Certificate of Eligibility to obtain a VA Loan