Download or read book Superfortress written by Curtis E. LeMay and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds from Hell written by Wilbur H. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saga of the Superfortress written by Steve Birdsall and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history with photographs of the plane that carried the atomic bomb to Japan, its pilots and their missions.
Download or read book Superfortress written by Curtis E. LeMay and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Story of the Design, Development, and Deployment of an Iconic Aircraft Among the most sophisticated aircraft flown during World War II, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress was designed to replace the B-17 as the primary long-range bomber of the U.S. Army Air Forces. With its distinctive glazed nose and long, thin wings that provided both speed at high altitude and stability at takeoff and landing, the Superfortress was the first operational bomber with a pressurized crew cabin and featured advanced radar and avionics. Armed with remote-controlled machine gun turrets and a 20,000 pound bomb load, it was the first USAAF bomber capable of mastering the vast distances of the Pacific Theater of World War II. The prototype flew in September 1942 but a series of post-production modifications delayed the bomber's first mission until April 1944. Superfortresses began attacking Japan in daylight with conventional ordnance from high altitude, but their mission was redirected in March 1945, with massive low-level formations dropping incendiary bombs! at night on Japanese cities. The ensuing firestorms, followed by the complete destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by atomic bombs dropped from two specially modified "silverplate" B-29s, forced Japan to cease fighting. Written by the man who led the B-29 into combat, Superfortress: The Boeing B-29 and American Airpower in World War II is an important document of one of the most turbulent times in world history. General Curtis LeMay recalls the early debate about whether or not the United States needed a long-range bomber, how the B-29 was created and produced despite the enormous logistical difficulties of the design, and the decision to conduct fire-bombings against Japan and ultimately drop the atomic bomb. Highly praised when it was first published, this new edition is complete with photographs, a new introduction, and statistical tables.
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 Hunters of the JAAF written by Koji Takaki and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B-29!' No other term struck such terror in the hearts of the Japanese public during World War 2 than this single, most-hated name. It was then only natural that the pilots who attempted to shoot these high-flying Boeing bombers out of the skies over Tokyo, Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Kobe should become known as the elite of the Japanese Army Air Force. This book details the exploits of the 'Dragon Slayers' who, flying the very latest singleand twin-engined fighters, exacted a heavy toll on the AAF Boeing bombers using a range of tactics including ramming.
Download or read book Boeing B 29 Superfortress written by William Wolf and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2005 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many books have been published about the B-29, none has been an in-depth look, with most being either superficial pictorials or focusing on the bombing campaigns, particularly the incendiary attacks and atomic bombings. This book, using rare, previously unexplored sources, intends to provide the definitive look at the bomber and crew, detailing every facet for the air enthusiast, historian and modeler. The author was granted rare access to the Pima Air & Space Museum's restored B-29 "Sentimental Journey" for inspection and photography, resulting in the most extensive photographic documentation of the B-29 ever published. The Pima Museum's archives, filled with B-29 technical and crew manuals also gave the author extensive information that had not been previously published. These sources, the author's extensive personal library, and microfilm resources enabled the author to produce this comprehensive look at the bomber and its crew in the context of the bomber's development and operational use. It is truly monumental in scope, both in words and photos.
Download or read book Bombers Over Japan written by Keith Wheeler and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profusely illustrated text documents the decisive part played by bombers in bringing about the ultimate capitulation of Japan in World War II.
Download or read book B 29 Double Trouble Is Mister Bee written by Colonel Charles A. Jones and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story of Elmer C. Jones, a young man who grew up during the Great Depression and who joined the military in 1943, becoming a member of the Army's Air Corps in 1944. He was the radar observer of a B-29 Superfortress bomber crew flying 28 combat missions over Japan in 1945--13 bombing missions and 15 photographic reconnaissance missions, including the longest mission of the war: 4,650 miles in 23:00 hours. He accumulated 489:50 combat flying hours during the war.
Download or read book Proof Through the Night written by Ernest Pickett and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping addition to WWII literature. Little-known history of the B-29 in India and China and a pilot's thirteen months of captivity in Japan.
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 My Stories All True written by Pamela A. LeBlanc and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. David Bamberger has been profiled in the New York Times and the New Yorker, interviewed on NPR, and featured in a National Geographic video. He and his Texas Hill Country ranch have been the subject of many articles and two books published by Texas A&M University Press. In My Stories, All True, Bamberger, now in his nineties, tells the story of his life as an entrepreneur and conservationist in his own way. He recounts to journalist and friend Pamela LeBlanc how he made a living as a vacuum cleaner salesman, struck it rich as a partner in a wildly successful chain of fried chicken restaurants, and bought, then brought back to life, the “sorriest piece of land” in Blanco County, Texas—the rural oasis he calls Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve. For more than a year, Bamberger and LeBlanc roamed the preserve—five thousand acres nursed back to environmental health with money earned from the sale of Church’s Chicken—as Bamberger reminisced about losing his father in a steel factory accident; gathering mushrooms to sell to neighbors when he was a kid; making a living as a door-to-door salesman; running a multimillion-dollar restaurant business; rubbing shoulders with the likes of Sam Walton, Jane Goodall, and Lady Bird Johnson; and, finally, turning to his land for the work that has earned national acclaim. With a storyteller’s flair and insightful commentary from LeBlanc, Bamberger shares the tales of a remarkable life—as a resourceful country boy, a savvy entrepreneur, and a consummate conservationist whose vision has set the standard for the restoration of nature on private lands worldwide.
Download or read book The Last Mission written by Jim Smith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late—World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Rescript of surrender and issue false orders forged with the Emperor’s seal commanding the widely dispersed Japanese military to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on Allied forces, costing huge casualties and just possibly provoking the Americans to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan over Tokyo–and continue to drop more bombs as Japanese resistance stiffened. Meanwhile, in the midst of an “end-of-war” celebration on Guam, Air Force radio operator Jim Smith and his fellow crewmen received urgent orders for a bombing mission over Japan’s sole remaining oil refinery north of Tokyo. As a stream of American B-29B bombers approached Tokyo, Japanese air defenses, fearing the approaching planes signaled the threat of a third atomic bomb, ordered a total blackout in Tokyo and the Imperial Palace, completely disrupting the rebels’ plans. Smith and his fellow crewmembers completed the mission, and a few hours later, the Emperor announced the surrender over Japan’s airwaves, dictating the end of the war. The Last Mission is an insightful piece of speculative investigation that combines narrative storytelling with historical contingency and explores how two seemingly unrelated events could have profoundly changed the course of modern history.
Download or read book B 29 Superfortress written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains stories of missions, details of squadrons that flew the B-29, as well as "then and now" photos of veterans of the B-29. Many photos.
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Download or read book Short Stories of Growing up in Milford and Other Faraway Places written by Jamie Boss and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir is about alternative paths of viewing life. How the creative mind can set its own course. How youthful adventure can grow into something others may find terrifying. How youth can be fortunate to survive the folly of its own nature. How consequences are learned by practical experiences. How practical experiences become the most efficient teacher. Having led an unconventional childhood, I was always captivated by unusual circumstances during my formative years. I grew up viewing life differently. To me, dangerous was adventurous. A challenge was something that required action. I sought creativity where others sought common place. The word “trite” was not in my vocabulary. Creative inspiration pushed me towards my life’s goals. As I grew older, it was my love of unusual experiences that developed my mindset. I listened carefully to the advice those over 60 offered. I questioned what others ignored. I chose the direction of my life based on fulfillment rather than wealth. This memoir was written out of pure joy. Part adventure, part insight of the human condition, and part foolhardy examples of youth; This book will reveal a colorful perspective on life. Happy reading.
Download or read book The Hobday Connection written by Dane Hobday Hays and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a style reminiscent of Forest Gump, the author of The Hobday Connection weaves a tale that encompasses the lives of several individuals through a remarkable sixty-five year journey. This is not a war story nor is it just a love story. It is the account of people who overcame adversity and challenges in their everyday lives, while dealing with their loves, fears and emotions. Told through the eyes of six main characters the narrative is in both first person and third person views. Their lives are tied together by family secrets, deceptions, love, hate and war. Intermixed within the chapters are cameo moments with real celebrities and war heroes. Among the celebrities mentioned are Howard Hughes & Ava Gardner, Kirk Douglas, John Wayne and J.P. Getty. While searching for lifes answers the main characters find surprises and experiences that they had never expected or imagined. An old soldier facing death discovers a hidden family secret that changes his life forever. An elderly Nun, trying desperately to bury the past must relive fifty year old memories and deal with new challenges. A young man seduced by an older married woman must make life changing decisions. A child born out of wedlock faces a tough life of physical and emotional abuse yet achieves success far beyond his wildest dreams. The Hobday Connection is not a war story by any means, though portions are dedicated to events before and during the Korean War. Yet there are no strong depictions of sex or violence within the book. It is more than a love story in that family dynamics, social drama and history are also involved while revealing one mans journey through life. The many choices he has and the paths he must follow to overcome challenges presented to him. These themes are of particular interest in todays market and should attract a wide audience.
