Flying Tigers Page #6

radio communication.

Request you locate and signal him to

return to base immediately. Go ahead.

Okay!

Get your checkbook out, general.

Woody! Woody! Woody!

Woody, are you all right?

Oh, I'm all right.

Well, I walked away

from that one.

Hey, whose side

are you on?

Report to my office

immediately.

Okay, pappy.

A few more landings like that,

and he'll be a japanese ace.

Where do you think you are, with

some broken-down flying circus?

It would have been a cinch. I was riding

the murder spot right above those japolas.

If I had ammunition, I'd have

blown them clear out of china.

And you washed out

a good ship.

You talk like that crate

is more important than me.

I can't afford to lose

either planes or pilots.

Pappy, it's like I told you

down at the barracks:

All I get out of this is the dough,

so you can't blame me for trying.

In a skeet match, the guy who knocks

down the most pigeons wins the cup.

I can't have grandstanders

trying to hog the show.

Results here are based on

cooperation and understanding.

Discipline in the air is strict

because that's the only way...

An outfit like this

can operate.

Wait, hap. All right,

I'll admit I was wrong.

I made a mistake.

Okay.

In this kind of warfare, a fella likes to

feel he's flying with somebody he can trust.

What do I care? It's every man for

himself, isn't it? Not these days.

Wait till you look back and see

a jap sitting on your tail...

In a ship

that you can't outmaneuver.

Then you'll know what I'm

talking about. Okay, pappy.

From now on, I'll study my lessons

and practice the piano every day.

There won't be

any more trouble.

I'll be a modest, respectful

soldier if it kills me, I swear.

okay, woody.

you got a cigarette?

Keep them.

Thanks.

You got a match?

Afraid you're gonna have a little

trouble with that ball of fire, skipper.

Oh, woody's all right.

Gets a little off beam

once in a while,

But he's gonna develop into

the best flier in this squadron.

That's what counts.

You see how he went after those

three japs? That took nerve!

Yeah, he's got nerve,

all right.

Got a cigarette?

These are the planes

you'll be tangling with.

Know them

so you can identify them.

Plenty of these planes carry

detachable auxiliary gas tanks,

Which give them

great range.

These tanks are dropped when

they reach the objective,

So they don't lessen the

plane's fighting efficiency.

The kawanishi 96 can carry about a

half a ton of bombs as well as scout.

But the most modern fighter, and the

toughest one to crack, is the nakajima.

It isn't fast,

but it's light and maneuverable.

If you find yourself in trouble and have to bail

out, there's one important thing to remember:

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