The Saga of Pappy Gunn

Story of a guy who started as a navy mechanic in WW1. Learned to fly via the enlisted flight program before booted from the navy in the drawdown. Moved to the Philippines and started a airline in the thirties. Drafted into the Army Air Corps along with his airplanes as his wife and family were captured by the Japanese. Quickly rose to the rank of Colonel as he begged, borrowed, stole, rebuilt and redesigned the aircraft the army had in the pacific while flying hundreds of combat missions in many different aircraft. General Kenney commander of the Pacific AAF considered him one of the most important men in the Pacific. The Army ordered him back to the US at one point to go to flight school when they discovered he was not a rated army aviator despite thousands of hours and more combat missions than almost any other pilot. Read the book to see how it turned out!