Download or read book 58th Bomb Wing written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history covers the 58th Bomb Wing from its activation in June of 1943 through World War II. With service biographies and special stories from the men who served, this is a wonderful addition to the library of anyone interested in World War II.
Download or read book B 29 Superfortress Combat Chronicles written by Robert Hilton and published by MMD-Squadron Signal. This book was released on 2012 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its pressurized cabins for high-altitude operation, its long range, large bomb capacity, and turbo-supercharged engines, the B-29 Superfortress was the epitome of cutting edge American air power during WWII. The author, a photographer with the 40th Bomb Group and a veteran of 83 Superfortress missions, offers a first-hand, eye-witness account and shares his experiences on reconnaissance and bombing missions, flying the 'Hump' and taking off from an advanced base in Sichuan, China, to pummel Japanese occupation forces throughout Asia. Then in early 1945, the 40th BG moved to newly-liberated Tinian from which they took part in the final chapter of WWII - the aerial assault on the Japanese home islands. Introduces you to fellow veterans of the 40th who relate their no-less extraordinary experiences - ditching in the Bay of Bengal, lost in the Siberian Taiga, downed behind enemy lines in China, taken prisoner after bailing out over Tokyo. Personal accounts from the men who served on the front lines of the air war in the Pacific, a unique primary historical source and a truly exciting read.
Download or read book Boeing B 29 Superfortress written by Ben Skipper and published by Air World. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-29 Superfortress was the definitive expression in piston-powered offensive air power. It was designed for an air force that was slowly realizing it needed larger and heavy aircraft to support its operations, especially in the Pacific. Riding on the waves made by the equally ground breaking B-17, the B-29 was a bigger, more capable and more complex platform which incorporated myriad lessons learned from the European air war. It was soon decided to utilize the B-29’s exceptional range of 3,250 miles in the Pacific Theater, where its payload would go on to wreak havoc among the forces of Imperial Japan. As well as military targets, the B-29s of the specially formed 20th Air Force would strike hard against the Japanese home islands, initially from bases in India and China, before following on behind MacArthur’s push towards Japan. It was from the island of Tinian that B-29s would drop atomic bomb over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The B-29 was a genuine behemoth of the skies, and its flight endurance would see its ten-man crew provided with rest bunks, remotely operated defensive guns and a tunnel linking the front and rear of the aircraft. It was also tough, capable of using the most basic landing strips, providing they were long enough. As a new aircraft it presented both new and converting pilots with a challenge, notwithstanding the B-29’s high-wing loading. From flying the large aircraft to operating its many systems, the B-29 was as complex as it was large, and each member of the ten-man crew had to know their role and perform it flawlessly to ensure operational efficiency. In the post-war era the B-29 was retained by the USAAF and, from 1948, the USAF as the primary strategic bomber. Indeed, the B-29’s fighting days were far from over and it would go on to see action over the skies of Korea. It would also supplement the Royal Air Force’s bomber capacity while Bomber Command awaited the arrival of the Canberra and its next generation of jet-powered V-bombers. The B-29 has more than earned its place in the halls of aviation fame. It was an aircraft ahead of its time that helped usher in a new age of military aviation and provided a tangible bridge between new and old ways.
Download or read book 73rd Bombardment Wing written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om den amerikanske "73rd Bombardment Wing" og dens indsats med B-29 "Superfortress"--Bombeflyet i Stillehavskrigen under 2. verdenskrig.
Download or read book The B 29 Superfortress Chronology 1934 1960 written by Robert A. Mann and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-09-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress lived an operational life of only 26 years, but what a life it was. The introduction to this book provides basic information on the physical plane: dimensions, specs, leading particulars and operational usages. Then an exhaustive day-by-day chronology of the B-29 is presented--from the earliest designs in 1934 through thousands of missions and aircraft events in World War II and Korea to the 1960 retirement of the last operational B-29. The book also includes an extensive glossary and three appendices, which provide a discussion of the general anatomy of a mission, a sample of operational voice or radio codes used in 1945, and a guide to (very unofficial) aircraft names.
Download or read book B 29 Superfortress written by John Pimlott and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book B 29 Superfortress Units of World War 2 written by Robert F Dorr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War 2, the first production B-29s were delivered to the 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing in the autumn of 1943. By the spring of 1944 the Superfortress was bombing targets in the Pacific, and by war's end the aircraft had played as great a part as any weapon in ending the conflict with the Japanese. Indeed, the final dropping of two atomic bombs from the B-29 convinced the Japanese to sue for peace. This book traces the wartime career of the B-29, as the aircraft went from strength to strength in the Pacific Theatre.
Download or read book 7th Bombardment Group Wing 1918 1995 written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om den amerikanske "7th Bombardment Group/Wing" og dens indsats under såvel 1. som 2. verdenskrig, hvor den var aktiv både i Stillehavskrigen og over Europa.
Download or read book 40th Bombardment Group VH History written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the 40th Bomb Group in the Pacific is told in this fantastic account - India, China, Tinian, Japan, etc.
Download or read book 92nd Bombardment Wing written by William W. Semmler and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 390th Bomb Group written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 390th Bombardment Group (H) contained the 568th, 570th, and 571st squadrons.
Download or read book 92nd Bombardment Wing written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Army Air Forces in World War II Men and planes written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 99th Bomb Group written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 99th Bomb Group contained the 346th, 347th, 348th, and the 416th squadrons.
Download or read book My B 29 Story written by Lawrence Roger Sandstedt and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2003-09-29 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MY B-29 STORY AN ENLISTED MAN'S FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF B-29 AIRCREW TRAINING AND THE BOMBING OF JAPANESE TARGETS DURING WORLD WAR II This book contains a wealth of information about the 58th Bomb Wing's Operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during the last quarter of 1944 and the first quarter of 1945, and it's Operations from West Field, Tinian (Bombing Japan) during the May - August 1945 period. The focus is on the 468th Bomb Group's missions, aircraft losses and aircrew members. Many of our Crew's Experiences are covered in detail: Traveling to India, Flying the Hump, Bombing the Singapore Naval Base, Life in India, the Move to Tinian, and Bombing Missions over Japan, Iwo Jima Stopovers, the Atomic Bombs, etc. January 11, 1945, I was hit by three explosive machine gun bullets from a Japanese fighter over Singapore. After two months of Hospitalization and ten days at Rest Camp, I returned to combat status. Some Reviews of the 2003 Limited Printing of "My B-29 Story" Dear Sandy, Your documentary My B-29 Story is a marvelous tale of our wartime experiences. I was impressed by the enormous amount of research you developed. It was so well written that I could identify with almost every event. Anyone who is interested in the B-29 and CBI and Pacific Theaters of War will find your book fascinating. Only you could write such an authentic piece because you and crew actually lived it. Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment. Sincerely yours, Bill Captain William J. Stoops (Navigator -Shafer's Crew - 58th Wing, 468th Group, 792nd Squadron) Dear Roger, I was really overwhelmed by your book, My B-29 Story. I started reading it, a few days after receiving it, and could hardly bring myself to put it down. It was that kind of book. One of the best accounts of the war I have ever read. I kept telling myself that my personal involvement in the story made it seem better than it really was; but the more I read, the more I realized that it was written by a great story teller. Your recall of events seems incredible. You somehow were able to awaken memories that I thought were lost forever. As I read, I kept thinking this would be a great resource book for historians and others researching not only the war; but the personal experiences of those who were intimately involved in it. It's there in the story as you recount your adventures. Thanks for creating this great documentary of our adventures of long ago and far away. Glen Carlson (Radio Operator - Keathley's crew - 58th Wing, 468th Group, 792nd Squadron) Air Power History, the Quarterly Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation.A very favorable review of MY B-29 STORY is in the spring 2005 Issue. The Reviewer is Col. Scott A, Willey, USAF (Ret.). As one of the caretakers of the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian, Col. Willey is highly interested in B-29 material. Col. Willey states: MY B¬29 STORY is one of the finest first-person stories of the war that I have read. Sandstedt takes the story of this marvelous weapon system into areas I've never read anywhere else. Sandstedt's story telling ability is excellent throughout.
Download or read book United States Air Force and Its Antecedents written by James T. Controvich and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.
