List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
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. The Death of Chan Lim-pak
14. Convoy Hi-87
15. Devils Incarnate
16. Gangway Special
17. Playing with Fire
18. Bold Venture
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Steven K. Bailey is an associate professor of English at
Central Michigan University, where he teaches nonfiction writing
courses and specializes in writing program administration. He has
published articles on wartime Hong Kong in the Journal of the Royal
Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch and is the author of Strolling in
Macau: A Visitor’s Guide to Macau, Taipa, and Coloane and Exploring
Hong Kong: A Visitor’s Guide to Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New
Territories.
"Bold Venture undoubtedly emerges as a catchy book focusing on a
topic that has not been fully explored. . . . For anyone interested
in this kind of dramatic aviation history with a human face . . .
it's worth investing a few dollars and a few hours to read about
what happened in the sky above Hong Kong from 1942 through
1945."—Stone & Stone: Second World War Books
"Bold Ventures is a worthwhile read for
historians and military aviation enthusiasts."—Robert
Marshall, Air University Press
"Bailey’s book provides sobering insight into the
sometimes-overlooked air war in China. It is a dynamic and quite
readable account and will be an excellent addition to the bookshelf
of aviation enthusiast and historian alike."—Frank
Willingham, Air Power History
“This book about an important and overlooked aspect of USAAF
operations in China during World War II takes us inside prison
camps where POWs cheered and feared the American bombers appearing
over Hong Kong through long, dark years. It shines in accounts of
the travails and heroism of USAAF airmen.”—Bill Yenne, author of
When Tigers Ruled the Sky
“The accumulation of details conveys the story of Hong Kong in
World War II within a quickly moving narrative. I found myself
caught up in closely observed nuances of human interaction in the
most extreme of circumstances. The horror of this theater of combat
demands attention, as does the sacrifice of its participants.”—John
Peterson, instructor in the Program of Writing and Rhetoric at
Stanford University
“A brisk and readable account of China-based American pilots and
their years-long campaign against the city-island of Hong Kong,
with due attention to the Japanese pilots who tried to stop
them.”—Daniel Ford, author of Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and
His American Volunteers, 1941–1942
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