God is my co-pilot
By: Robert L. Scott, Jr. ... with a foreword by Major General C.L. Chennault
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780345252791
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: God is My Copilot belongs in the top tier of aviation history books. It follows General Scott's early career in the Air Force and throughout WWII. The majority of the book covers his role as commander of the AVG, a collection of some of the best fighter pilots of WWII, many of whom came from the infamous Flying Tigers. He provides a perspective from the seldom talked about front of the China Burma India Theater. This book ends with a winsome poem by an RAF officer about the transcendent and supernatural experience of flight. The last line of the poem reads, "[I] put out my hand and touched the face of God."