Flyboys, Round Engines and Spooks - Paperback

by Lee Croissant (Author)

Fasten your seat belts and join young Lieutenant Eddie Werner as he flies old World War II era transport aircraft in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The mission? Fly all kinds of freight into South Vietnam. Join Eddie in the cockpit as he struggles to avoid enemy gunners and other unexpected war zone hazards. Along the way we discover international smuggling and illicit sex operations. Eddie soon finds himself in the cockpit of Top Secret EC-47 aircraft, flying intelligence gathering missions for the CIA's secret war. What secrets of this strange mercenary sideshow will Eddie reveal that still haven't been admitted to the American public? Try and keep up with Eddie's off duty escapades and his efforts to find the legendary Asian Lady that isolated clues indicate actually exists. Meet the handful of hardened women he encounters during his search. The culture of the old freighter crews is authentic and the flying is depicted as it occurred. Only the names and the characters' stories are fictio A must read for those too young to remember the Vietnamese fiasco and for those who still don't understand what happened.