The American Air Forces #3

1945-01-01 · 52 pages

An anthology issue featuring stories of American air operations during World War II. "The Tigers and the Elephants" (referenced on the cover and continuing on page 19) depicts the Flying Tigers' combat operations, including their transition to the Flying Tigers name and Brigadier General Claire Chennault's role establishing the famous Himalayan airlift route over Burma in 1942 to supply China, with pilots performing hazardous mountain-jumping cargo missions. Another story depicts American airmen targeting German aircraft production facilities, gun and munitions plants, and ball-bearing factories to eliminate enemy aircraft production capability. A separate pictorial narrative follows an airman named Harrison who survives a jungle crash and, aided by native villagers, endures harsh survival conditions including storms, crocodile-infested rivers, and malaria before being rescued.

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