Lucky Ace

by John C. Mouat



Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 6/6/2003

Format : E-Book
Dimensions : E-Book
Page Count : 600
ISBN : 9781410742322
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 600
ISBN : 9781410742315
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 600
ISBN : 9781410742308

About the Book

Ace Roberts was, in his own words, "The Best Damn Fighter Pilot Ever Born!” This Clark-Gable look-alike got his nickname by shooting down ten Jap Zeros in a P-40 Tomahawk in 1942 as an American mercenary for Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek. He reinforced this reputation in the Korean War by shooting down ten Russian-built MiG- 15's in his F-86 Sabrejet. He was, in fact, a double ace, two times over.

Ace was also very, very lucky! He survived three years of inhuman torture in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps in World War II; being shot down behind enemy lines in Korea and a year of aerial combat in "MiG-Alley," high above the Manchurian skies.

Women were irresistibly attracted by his devilish good looks and magnetic charm. These included Suzy, a pretty MASH nurse; An Liu, exotic confidant to Madame Chiang Kai Slick; and, if truth be known, Madame Chiang herself!

But Ace had a penchant for taking chances. He chased two Chinese pilots across the Yalu River into Manchuria, shooting them down in violation of Air Force Regulations and getting cashiered from the service for this infraction. A year later, he vanished while flying an X-99 experimental jet over California’s High Sierras, resulting in Madame Chiang’s dispatching An Liu to assist in the search for her favorite American.

Read LUCKYACE to find out if this intrepid airman can escape his latest rendezvous with death.


About the Author

John C. Mouat was born in 1921 in a log cabin at Custer, Montana near the battlefield where General Custer and many of his troops were massacred in 1876.

During World War II, the author piloted 8th Air Force Flying Fortresses to targets in Germany and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by General Curtis LeMay for bravery on a bombing mission to ball-bearing plants in Schweinfurt.  He also flew combat missions in the Korean War, from 1950 to 1953.

During his military career, the author was secretary to General Dwight D. Eisenhower; congratulated by Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen of England; kissed by actress Hedy Lamar; and dined with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai Shek.

This is Colonel Mouat’s fourth book.  The first and second are titled “TALES OF THE BEARTOOTH” and describe his exciting adventures with wildlife, cowboys and dudes while owning and operating a guest ranch in Montana’s magnificent Beartooth Mountains outside Yellowstone Park.  The third is titled “FROM INDIAN FORT TO FLYING FORT – And Far Beyond” and traces his life from growing up on America’s Last Frontier to piloting combat aircraft during three wars.  He is currently writing a third TALES OF THE BEARTOOTH book which will be called “YELLOWSTONE BURNING” and has plans for still another in the BEARTOOTH series which will be titled “THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE BEARTOOTHS.”

Colonel Mouat lives with his wife, Carolynn, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.