Sharks Over China: The 23rd Fighter Group in World War II

by Carl Molesworth

Book Overview

Based on interviews with groups of survivors and containing numerous rare photographs, this book stitches together the missions of the Flying Tigers as they outfought Japanese aircraft in WWII.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785814019
• ISBN13: 9780785814016
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Booksales
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Revealing About the Untold War in China

"Sharks Over China" is a great book for any historian or anyone who likes war stories. This book details the true account of the fight in China in WWII after the Flying Tigers disbanded. You hear about Europe and the Pacific quite often, but few TV shows or books bring up the fight in China. It is an interesting scenario as US and Chinese forces tried to put the vice on Japan as the Allies were taking back the Pacific. If any historian ever wondered what happened to the AVG and the fight in China, this book answers them. The US finally took control and expanded Chennault's tools. Unfortunately you find out that the campaign still didn't receive everything it needed to defeat the Japanese. I urge anyone to buy this book, you'll enjoy it. "God Is My Copilot" is good to read about thte AVG, and this book will pick up where Col. Robert L. Scott left off.

Strap yourself in and fly away!

I always wanted to be a fighter pilot. When I was young I read "God Is My Co-Pilot" and imagined myself in China with the Flying Tigers (AVG). That book ends with the author (Robert L. Scott) still in China, and I always wondered what happened afterward.Carl Molesworth's book does just that. Utilizing information gathered from diaries, interviews, and official war records, he presents a detailed and personal history of the 23rd Fighter Group, from it's creation after the dissolution of the famous AVG, to the end of World War II.The book is very detailed, presenting a seeming blow-by-blow account of the air war in China as the 23rd Fighter Group fought it. There are stories of the various missions they flew, the hardships they endured, and the amazing feats they performed as one of the most undersupplied units of the war. At the same time the book is very personal, with many anecdotes and stories. There are quite a few photos of the pilots and their planes as well, a major plus. The text is well written, flows smoothly, and keeps the reader's interest from start to finish. While reading it was very easy to imagine that I was in China with them, behind the stick of my very own P-40. This is a book that any lover of war or aviation stories will enjoy.