Pilots and Painted Ladies - Hardcover AptifyID2722948 thoughts and actions during the

thoughts and actions during the Vietnam conflict

It's great to have your own helicopter

and drawings

The haunting images are accompanied by a text that includes a historical account of the aircraft by military historian Alan Axelrod

unit histories

Pilots and Painted Ladies - Hardcover AptifyID2722948 thoughts and actions during theRaised on a farm in Montana, Vernon Drake enlisted in the Army Air Corp in the spring of 1942. Assigned to the 493rd Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group of the 10th Air Force stationed in India, he piloted B 24 bombers into Burma in a fight to prevent the Japanese from advancing north to China, then flew C 108 gas hauling tankers across the formidable Himalayas to support the U. S. and Allied armies. This dangerous airlift saw tons of fuel and supplies