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.
Author: Charles L. Phillips Colonel Usaf Jr.
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 06/06/2020
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9781630504410
ISBN10: 1630504416
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | World War II
- History | North American
- History | Military | Aviation