Bringing the Thunder : The Missions of a World War II B-29 Pilot in the Pacific (Stackpole Military History Series) -- Paperback / softback

Robertson Jr., Gordon Bennett

Stackpole Books（2006/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 279 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780811733335
• DDC分類 940.544973

Full Description

By March 1945, when Ben Robertson took to the skies above Japan in his B-29 Superfortress, the end of World War II in the Pacific seemed imminent. But although American forces were closing in on its home islands, Japan refused to surrender, and American B-29s were tasked with hammering Japan to its knees with devastating bomb runs. That meant flying low-altitude, nighttime incendiary raids under threat of flak, enemy fighters, mechanical malfunction, and fatigue. It may have been the beginning of the end, but just how soon the end would come--and whether Robertson and his crew would make it home--was far from certain.

Contents

The Baptismal; The Road to Tokyo; Training; First Assignment; The Big Bird; The Blue Pacific; The Missions; It's Over!; Home at Last; Index.