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Title:Bringing the Thunder : The Missions of a World War II B-29 Pilot in the Pacific
Series:(Stackpole Military History Series)
Author:Gordon Bennett Robertson Jr
ISBN:0811733335 : 9780811733335
Illustrations:50 b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:280
Weight: .473 Kg.
Published:Stackpole Books - September 2006
List Price: 12.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:World history: Second World War: Military history


The B-29 bomber was made to soar in thin, cold air, dropping its massive bomb load from heights so great that the crews might never see their targets through the clouds below. That was just fine with Ben Robertson, pilot in command of one of the big four engine bombers hammering Japan to its knees in a non-stop bombing campaign in the Pacific. When General LeMay ordered the B-29s to switch tactics from daylight, high-altitude bombing runs to night-time, low-level runs, Ben's attitude changed. What was once seen as simply dangerous -- bombing Japan -- now seemed a whole lot more like suicidal.

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