Katharine Dunlop Bond… China’s Wings’ undersung heroine
Bond’s wife, Katharine Dunlop Bond, generally known as Kitisi, didn’t get near the quantity of column inches she deserves in China’s Wings, bu...
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Posts related to my book, CHINA’S WINGS
Taiping Diptych — two superb books on the most destructive war of the 19th Century
Ever heard more than a tidbit about the Taiping Rebellion, the civil war that convulsed China in the 1850s and 60s? I hadn't either. It's virtually unknown in t...
China’s Wings events in Santa Barbara and San Diego, June 2012
I have three China’s Wings events scheduled in quick succession on 10, 11, and 12 June, 2012. Santa Barbara, Sunday, June 10, 2012, 4:00 p.m.: I’m o...
China’s Wings’ connection to Fedex…
Why, every time you send a package via Federal Express, you're connecting to the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), China's Wings, and the Hump Airlilf...
How a bomb dropped in 1937 complicated my life, 2004-2012
Continued from this post about Ernie and Florence Allison at the outbreak of war in Shanghai, August 1937… A flight of Japanese warplanes roared across th...
China’s Wings in the Huffington Post
Happy to see China’s Wings get such positive ink from Christine Negroni in the Huffington Post. (Her mention is about halfway down the page.) Hope she has...
Shanghai, August 1937: Ernie and Florence Allison at the outbreak of war
Shanghai, August, 1937: Allison grabbed his binoculars and dashed to the veranda to watch the dogfights. Florence begged him to come inside, but Allie couldn’t ...
Moon Chin’s first air raid, part II
Nanking, August 15, 1937: The bomber peeled from formation and banked toward them. It leveled out and bore in at two-hundred feet, targeting the Generalissimo’s...
Moon Chin’s first air raid, part I
What happened to some of the CNAC pilots during the dark days of August, 1937, when a colossal battle between Japan and China erupted in Shanghai.
China’s Wings reviewed in World War II magazine
I'm pleased! I've been worried about the reception China's Wings might get from the academic world, and I'm very gratified to get such a glowing review from a p...