B-29 Superfortress Units of World War 2

Informationen zum Autor Robert F Dorr is a well respected author of long-standing reputation - he has written over a dozen books for Osprey over the years. His histories on modern American combat aircraft like the F-101 Voodoo and A-6 Intruder have set the standard for works of this type. His ability to combine 'crew speak' with concise editorial comment gives his books a unique and revealing style of their own. Mark Styling is better known to readers of Osprey Publishing's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series as the profile artist for such books as Hellcat Aces of World War 2, Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937–45 and P–61 Units of World War 2 . A full-time commercial artist, Mark works from his home in the East London suburb of Hackney. Klappentext The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War II (1939-1945), 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. Zusammenfassung A study of the wartime career of the B-29, as the aircraft went from strength to strength in the Pacific theatre. It draws on the first-hand accounts of the men who flew the B-29 in combat, and features scale plans of all major wartime variants of this machine. Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER ONE 1938 TO 1943 CHAPTER TWO 1944 CHAPTER THREE 1945 APPENDICES COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY INDEX

Summary

A study of the wartime career of the B-29, as the aircraft went from strength to strength in the Pacific theatre. It draws on the first-hand accounts of the men who flew the B-29 in combat, and features scale plans of all major wartime variants of this machine.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Dorr, Robert F Dorr, Robert F. Dorr
• Assisted by: Mark Styling (Illustration), Styling Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9781841762852
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-285-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Osprey Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft; Osprey Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Air