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Summary:

""Bold Venture" tells an important and riveting wartime story of the American airmen who flew combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second World War."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Eyes over Hong Kong
• 2. Chennault
• 3. Fried Eggs or Scrambled?
• 4. Tai-tai! Planes Are Coming!
• 5. Paddy Mud
• 6. Night Raid on North Point
• 7. Somewhere in Southern China
• 8. Dud Bombs and Dead Fish
• 9. It Was a Honey
• 10. Colbert's Walk Out
• 11. Sweepy-Time Gal
• 12. Gulls, Pigeons, and Jays
• 13. Death of Chan Lim-pak
• 14. Convoy Hi-87
• 15. Devils Incarnate
• 16. Gangway Special
• 17. Playing with Fire
• 18. Bold Venture.

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Steven K. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Bold venture: the American bombing of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945 [by Bailey, S.K.]

Subjects:

United States Army Air Forces — China Air Task Force

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 — Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — China — Hong Kong

Bombing, Aerial — China — Hong Kong

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American

Hong Kong (China) — History, Military — 20th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 14, 2019).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

DS777.533.A35 B34 2019eb

ISBNs:

9781640121645 (electronic bk.)
1640121641 (electronic bk.)
9781640121041 [Invalid]
1640121048 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1082136399

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5631377 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp15973875