Indian River Air

Indian River Air Review

This is a Novel about Flying and Romance in 1946 after World War II in the Philippine Islands .
Jim Donovan and George Jones are Combat Pilots from World War II, who flew many missions in the B-24 and B-25 aircraft’s, during the Pacific Campaigns in World War II, such as Bismark Sea, Tinian, Iwo Jima and others.
Near the end of the War in 1945, they decide to take their discharges from the Army Air Corps at Clark Army Air Force Base, near Manila, on the Island of Luzon in the Philippine Islands. Therefore, in January of 1946, rather than return to the United States, they start a New Life and New Air Line, which they named “Indian River Air”. Their goal is to develop the new business into the largest Air Line in all of Asia, which includes flying to China, Japan and Singapore; starting out with hauling freight to Shanghai China and the Island of Mindanao and finally developing Passenger Service from Manila to Tokyo Japan and China.
The story takes you through their day to day trials in their personal lives, Jim’s great love for Sarah an Army Nurse; the marriage of Sarah to Jim.
Jim and Jonesie’s adventures in China and the Philippines developing the business into one of the Major Air Lines in Asia and their discussions regarding some of the Air Battles they were involved.
The book is historically correct, only the names and some locations have been changed, which allows the reader becomes familiar with actual conditions in the Philippines and Asia in 1946 after War’s end.