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Escape From Hell: An Avg Flying Tiger's Journey Hardcover – January 1, 2005

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Escape from Hell is a dramatic tale of a Flying Tiger pilot. Lewis Bishop was one of four American Volunteer Group (AVG) members to become a POW in World War II. Lew flew combat missions for Claire Chennault's covert group that came to China's defense before Pearl Harbor. Lew's life exemplified patriotism, heroism, courage, and perseverance. His story helps us understand all POWs' invisible wounds.
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    254 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    Tiger Eye Pr
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0976303701
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0976303701
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Shiela Bishop Irwin completed the manuscript her father wrote in the 1940s. As a chronicler of family history and oral stories, researching and writing her dad’s story was a natural path to pursue. She was born in Pensacola, Florida where her father attended naval flight training and later instructed cadets. Raised by her maternal grandparents, she heard stories of his heroic deeds and treasured these stories. She spent 30 years in the Washington DC area, and is a graduate of George Washington University and Marymount University. She has been an economist, a church educator, a secretary, and a corporate trainer, but she enjoys most being an author, a wife, and mother of three gifted sons. She and her husband currently

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tiger Eye Pr; 0 edition (January 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0976303701
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0976303701
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, I even missed my subway stop because I was so taken by the story.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015
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Great read, I even missed my subway stop because I was so taken by the story. Carefully edited but clearly explained, I learned so much about a part of World War II, I was not familiar with.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Thanks so.much for this effort Sheila!
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2015
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This book was really 3books in one.And each of the three sections(adventure,family and history)were equally good reading.It gets a little bit messy when storylines are subjugated with other testimony and opinions but overall well worth the patience to overlook those places.A great and honest account!
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Rosy
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! It makes significant reading especially since a daughter ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2015
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Wow! It makes significant reading especially since a daughter of one of the WW II flyers lives in out community! EWB
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Mike Porcari
3.0 out of 5 stars Fair, not great.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2015
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Was interesting but kond of dry.
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Capt. Lou Costello
5.0 out of 5 stars WARTIME POW HORROR
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
This is a deeply moving and very human story. AVG pilot Lewis Bishop was shot down over Vietnam and suffered three years of unimaginable hell at the hands of his brutal Japanese captors.

The first three chapters of the book are written by Lewis Bishop about his cruel captivity. He was shot down over what is now Vietnam and taken prisoner on May 17th, 1942 while leading a low level attack on transport facilities at Lao Kay in what was then French Indochina. He spent three years as a POW and suffered terribly at the hands of his depraved captors. He wrote his part of the book immediately after the war.

The rest of the book is written by his daughter, Sheila Bishop Irwin. It details Lewis Bishops experience with the AVG and the terrible effect it had on his life. It also deals with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) although it was not recognized as such at the time. The book is well researched and is also most importantly, heartfelt and emotional, as this also greatly affected the authors life as well.

A very fine book and I unreservedly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the Flying Tigers, the POW experience, and the CBI (China, Burma, India) theater of war.
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Rev. Lane Loman
4.0 out of 5 stars Honest WWII Story
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2016
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A remarkable story of survival and an honest look at what war and imprisonment can do to a person. The research of the daughter, who compiled the story, is very impressive.
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John Matlock
5.0 out of 5 stars A Flying Tiger POW and the Aftermath
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2005
This is quite a book.

Nominally it is the story of the war time exploits of Lew Bishop, an Ace and Vice Squadron Leader of the Flying Tigers. This part of his story is broken into two parts, the first part of the book begins when he bails out of his P-40 over what is now Vietnam and talks about his three years as a prisoner of the Japanese, his subsequent escape and return to the U.S. This part was written by Lew Bishop.

The second part goes back to his earlier life both in the United States and his activities in China. Remember that this was before the U.S. actually entered the war. The Flying Tigers, technically called the American Volunteer Group (AVG), were American military pilots who left the American military with the promise that they could return with senority continuing through their Chinese service. They were sort of mercenaries, sort of part of the Chinese Air Force, and sort of a covert action of the United States.

While this part of the book is not unlike others on the Flying Tigers, it is very well done and has numerous side panels that provide very informative insight into points like Roosevelt's role in the establishment of the AVG, the theories of Gen. Chennault and the way he was treated by the military establishment (the military does not treat original thinkers very well, and even worse when they are proven correct).

Finally the third part of the book goes into life after Lew Bishop returned to the U.S. This is a story of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder before we even knew what it was. Mr. Bishop was never really able to put his life back into order. The effect on his life and that of his daughter (who wrote the rest of this book) is described tenderly and with insight.

Really not until after Mr. Bishop's death did his daughter begin the 'journey of discovery' (raising three boys of her own took a lot of her time) that led to this book. I, for one, am glad that she made the journey and that she has shared it with us.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Just heard the author speak at a DAR State meeting ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015
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Just heard the author speak at a DAR State meeting. She is very proud of her father. That is how I heard about the book.
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