Rain of Fire
B-29's Over Japan, 1945 80th Anniversary Edition
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Publisher Description
The remarkable story from a 26 year old Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps, piloting B-29s during the final stages of WWII in the Pacific Theatre.
Beginning on Thanksgiving Day 1944, B-29 fire bomb raids began on Japan from Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
Receiving a Distinguished Flying Cross for piloting the largest planes used in during WWII, his last mission was August 6th, 1945 — the day of Hiroshima — the same day he was forced to ditch his aircraft into the sea.
GENRE
History
RELEASED
2020
May 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
248
Pages
PUBLISHER
Xulon Press
SELLER
South Tx Broadcasting dba Xulon Press
SIZE
16
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Customer Reviews
B-29er
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Go To Book About the B-29 Engagement in Japan
I highly recommend dad’s book to anyone interested in B-29’s and what it was like going on bomb runs attacking Japan from Saipan, Mariana Islands Pacific Ocean SW of Hawaii 1945.