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...Americans'. The Chinese were grateful indeed. But China's ultimate hope was a self-reliant force of her own, strong enough to insure her national safety. Air Force Day was the anniversary of Aug. 14, 1937, when 103 old Chinese planes made eight raids on the Jap in Shanghai...
Again the same tough routine. Hurl a few score bombs, dive into a whirling Richthofen Circus with 30 Jap Zeros. Home again, grab yourself a plateful of chow. Flop in your bed at ten. And here is the boy again calling you at a quarter to two in the morning...
...stumble into the dining room. The crew-as fresh as I am tired-preparing to go out on another mission, doggedly eager to get at the Jap. Again it is Canton, the main Japanese air base. For two weeks they have been falling on us with waves of 40 to 50 bombers, trying to wipe out our fighter base. We've got to strike them in their own home...
...away to the west, Cocky Daniels has run into his first Jap. He told me about it afterwards. He reached for the switch, said to himself: "Ah, at last." But the Zero jumped on Cocky's tail. He pulled up, but his plane stalled. When he came out of it at 4,000 feet he found two Zeroes on his tail. He dove, ending up with the altimeter reading 1,000 feet and doing 500 an hour, hedgehopping and gradually pulling away from the three Japs who had followed him all the way. His exhaust was shooting smoke...
...pulling away from all but one Zero. Then, Cocky said, he began thinking to himself: "Here I'm the guy who's been doing all the talking and I'm running away." He made a turn and found himself coming head-on toward the Zero. The Jap made a quick half-roll, momentarily flying upside down and attempting to get on top. Cocky pulled up and poured three or four bursts into the Jap, whose plane began spitting blue flame. The planes whizzed by each other 150 feet apart and Cocky caught a glimpse of the Jap...