P-40 Warhawk Aces of the CBI (Aircraft of the Aces Book 35)

A good account of the P-40 and flight crews in the CBI campaign. Main reason I got the book is because a close friend of mine (we were stationed in France at the same time and 25 years later we ended up living 10 miles apart in North Texas) was mentioned in the book. Compared to what those guys went through, SEA was a walk in the park for me.

I ordered this book as a reference for a P-40 model I was building, and found it to be everything I needed and more. Plenty of photos, color plates and great reference material. It's also a good read, so it goes beyond a reference book. I highly recommend this book, as well as any book by Carl Molesworth, as well as the entire Osprey line. They've always been a valuable resource.

I'm a HUGE fan of the 'Aircraft of the Aces' series as well as the P-40. I strongly recommend any of the publications by this author as he is an expert on the P-40 and it's theatres of operation. I have learned so much thru these books and I love reading any of them, I currently own 29 out of the series.

thank you

Over my 70 plus years, this is the best coverage of the P-40 in the theater in which it really shined.

An easy read, but not very detailed. However, it wasn't meant to be a technical analysis of the subject. I have read several books on this subject, so the names and events were familiar. If you have an interest in the CBI area of operations, you need this book. It's on my shelf as a keeper.

excellent

I love the air war in the CBI, so even though I am a historian amateur, I have a good knowledge about the air aces of that theater since I have read every book about the 14th Air Force, Flying Tiger, and the 23rd Fighter Group. The one flaw I see in the book is the list of aerial victories by the CBI P-40 aces. Unless, the United States Air Force had revises the confirm air to air victories of its aces, I believes the air to air victory list is incorrect. Otherwise, I would have rate this book as five stars.John Hampshire is suppose to have 17 confirmed air victories. In the book, he is credited with 10 kills.Robert L. Scott is suppose to have been credited with 13 or 14 confirmed air victories. Like John Hampshire, Scott is also credited with 10 kills in the book. After Colonel Scott had walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China in the 1980s or 1990s, he should have set out to get confirmation on 9 aircraft he had claimed to shot down. The man was really tenacious in achieving his goals no matter how incredible the odds were against him. If he really had shot down 22 enemy craft, then theP-40 would be really be seen as the ultimate aircraft symbol that represent the air war in China.

good