Lawrence Drake

Pilots and Painted Ladies

493rd Bomb Squadron and the Air War in the Cbi

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Produktbeschreibung

A Montana farm boy with artistic talent flies B-24 bombers over Burma and C-108 gas-hauling tankers across the dangerous Himalayas into China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781636244952
• ISBN-10: 1636244955
• Artikelnr.: 71161442

Autorenporträt

Born and raised in Montana, Lawrence V. Drake has lived all over the U.S. He has worked as a flight instructor, crop duster, and aerobatic instructor, owning and flying a variety of airplanes including antiques and amateur-built. He became an entrepreneur in manufacturing and established a national trade association. Fascinated by his father's WWII experience from a young age, Lawrence has collected an extensive library on the CBI (China, Burma, India) Theater including first-hand accounts and audio histories. Two of his father's original nose art paintings are in the Commemorative Air Force collection and a reproduction is in the National Museum of WWII Aviation. Lawrence V. Drake is the author of a number of books including Schellville, Red Boots Rebel, and When Silence Calls. He has written articles in dozens of national periodicals.