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Author : Anthony P Cima
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Thrilling Story of Boeing's B-29 Superfortress written by Anthony P Cima and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Thrilling Story of Boeing's B-29 Superfortress.
Author : Playmore Publisher
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ISBN 13 : 9781258054144
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (541 download)
Download or read book The Thrilling Story of Boeing's B-29 Superfortress written by Playmore Publisher and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Curtis E. LeMay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594160394
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)
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.
Author : William Wolf
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
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.
Author : Thomas Collison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Superfortress is Born written by Thomas Collison and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Curtis E. LeMay
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780425118801
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Superfortress written by Curtis E. LeMay and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1989 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress--the first long-range bomber of World War II--is remembered in one of the most dramatic, inspiring war stories of our time. Here is an astonishing tribute to a revolutionary aircraft and the men and women who dreamed it, built it, and flew it.
Author : Robert A. Mann
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078645413X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
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.
Author : Curtis E. LeMay
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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:
Author : Gene Gurney
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359808727
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (598 download)
Download or read book B-29 Superfortress: The Plane that Won the War written by Gene Gurney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B-29 Superfortress: The Plane that Won the War is the definitive work on the crucial role played by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress during World War II. Author Gene Gurney takes the reader from the super plane's inception, test flights and production to its combat deployments and its ultimate purpose of dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Author : Steve Birdsall
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
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.
Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764359378
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (593 download)
Download or read book B-29 Superfortress, Vol. 1 written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was not only the largest and most advanced US aircraft to see combat in World War II, it was also the most expensive weapons system of the war, even exceeding the cost of developing the atomic bomb--the weapon that ultimately would be delivered to Hiroshima and Nagasaki by a pair of B-29s in August 1945. Through a broad range of photos gathered from around the world, this book, the first of a two-volume series, chronicles the design, development, and World War II combat of the iconic Superfortress. The story of this historic aircraft is told through carefully researched photos, which are reproduced in remarkable clarity. Large, clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, unlock the secrets of this aircraft.
Author : Peter M. Bowers
Publisher : Specialty Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 9780933424791
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Boeing B-29 Superfortress written by Peter M. Bowers and published by Specialty Press (MN). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This top-flight series provides a review of the world's most exciting combat aircraft.
Author : Robert A. Mann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The B-29 Superfortress written by Robert A. Mann and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-29 Superfortress was, for many years, one of the cornerstones of American military aviation. While it is best known as a bomber, it also served in military and weather reconnaissance, as a tanker, and as a rescue plane. The B-29 has a long and storied history, and was a crucial tool for American and Allied forces during World War II, Korea and beyond. This operational history of the B-29 gives in-depth information on the career of each plane. A brief introduction explains each section. There is a list of the names and serial numbers of the planes, each plane's history from delivery date to removal from service, a description of the B-29's physical characteristics and performance parameters, and a description of the five B-29 variants. Sections of the book give complete mission data for the B-29's World War II service in the China-Burma-India theater of operations, operations over Japan, aerial mining missions and test atomic bombing runs. Mission lists are provided detailing the B-29's service in Korea, and there is a list of B-29s loaned to the British Royal Air Force. A list of definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations for relative terms is included. An appendix provides a matrix reference system for determining full serial numbers from the last three digits, and there is a bibliography.
Author : Ben Skipper
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399040677
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
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.
Author : David Doyle
Publisher : MMD-Squadron Signal
ISBN 13 : 9780897476492
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (764 download)
Download or read book B-29 Superfortress in Action written by David Doyle and published by MMD-Squadron Signal. This book was released on 2015 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilbur H. Morrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
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:
Author : Carl Berger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book B29: the Superfortress written by Carl Berger and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
