Ukraine and the History of Fighter Pilot Mercenaries

In April of 1941, lured by a sense of adventure, an escape from the complications of their lives in the United States, and a big pay raise, which included a bonus of $500 for every Japanese airplane, 87 pilots and 300 maintainers, 11 of whom were Chinese-Americans, boarded a ship and sailed from San Francisco carrying phony American passports that listed their occupations as carpenters, sheet metal workers, musicians, electricians, stonemasons or whatever they could come up with at the time. Meanwhile on the other coast a cargo ship was loaded with 99 P-40s. They went on to make military aviation history. Subscribe to THE MOOCH REPORT (this channel's free weekly behind-the-scenes update) here: eepurl.com/hDfbsj Support this channel by using the SUPER THANKS (heart icon above) or by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/wardcarroll Buy one or all three of the books in the PUNK'S TRILOGY, Ward's popular first three novels about life a Tomcat squadron, in KINDLE format here: www.amazon.com/dp/B09R1MX8SY And as an audiobook here: PUNK'S WAR: www.audible.com/pd/Punks-War-Audiobook/B09QH7PW9D PUNK'S WING: www.amazon.com/Punks-Wing-Punk-Book-2/dp/B09QH9V7F… PUNK'S FIGHT: www.amazon.com/Punks-Fight-Punk-Book-3/dp/B09QH9HQ… Get official channel gear at my-store-b7f9c9.creator-sprin...

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