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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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- ISBN
- 9780760341223
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760341222
ISBN-13
9780760341223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114109909
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mission to Tokyo : the American Airmen Who Took the War to the Heart of Japan
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Military / World War II, Asia / Japan, Military / Aviation
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-017849
Reviews
"Dorr has an exceptional understanding of war from the perspective of the individual airman and is a skilled writer who captures this perspective very well. For the reader who wants an appreciation of what air warfare was like for individuals and crews and is willing to overlook factual misstatements, the book is well worth reading." - Air Power History, "Robert F. Dorr's Mission to Tokyo captures in rich detail what it waslike logistically and emotionally for the airmen who delivered that deadly ordnance and whose efforts helped hasten the war's end. Mission to Tokyo is a good story well told." - Smithsonian's Air Space Magazine, "Robert F. Dorr's Mission to Tokyo captures in rich detail what it waslike logistically and emotionally for the airmen who delivered that deadly ordnance and whose efforts helped hasten the war's end. Mission to Tokyo is a good story well told." - Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine, "Robert F. Dorr's Mission to Tokyo captures in rich detail what it waslike logistically and emotionally for the airmen who delivered that deadly ordnance and whose efforts helped hasten the war's end. Mission to Tokyo is a good story well told." - Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.54/252135
Table Of Content
Contents Chapter One: Wake-UpChapter Two: StartingChapter Three: Warm-UpChapter Four: StrugglingChapter Five: Way UpChapter Six: SoldieringChapter Seven: The Way InChapter Eight: StrivingChapter Nine: SquabblingChapter Ten: To the TargetChapter Eleven: A City IgnitedChapter Twelve: Thirty Seconds over TokyoChapter Thirteen: The Way OutChapter Fourteen: "What's a B-32 Dominator?"Chapter Fifteen: Flexing the FireChapter Sixteen: The Way Home
Synopsis
From Hell Hawks author Bob Dorr, Mission to Tokyo takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield on the western Pacific island of Tinian to Tokyo and back. Told in the veterans' words, Mission to Tokyo is a narrative of every aspect of long range bombing, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the heavy bombers on their perilous mission. Several thousand men on the small Mariana Islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were trying to take the war to the Empire--Imperial Japan--in B-29 Superfortresses flying at 28,000 feet, but the high-altitude bombing wasn't very accurate. The decision was made to take the planes down to around 8,000 feet, even as low as 5,000 feet. Eliminating the long climb up would save fuel, and allow the aircraft to take heavier bomb loads. The lower altitude would also increase accuracy substantially. The trade-off was the increased danger of anti-aircraft fire. This was deemed worth the risk, and the devastation brought to the industry and population of the capital city was catastrophic. Unfortunately for all involved, the bombing did not bring on the quick surrender some had hoped for. That would take six more months of bombing, culminating in the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As with Mission to Berlin (Spring 2011), Mission to Tokyo focuses on a specific mission from spring 1945 and provides a history of the strategic air war against Japan in alternating chapters., Mission to Tokyo covers a World War II bombing mission from an airfield on the island of Tinian to Tokyo and back, in the words of pilots and other aircrew., From Hell Hawks! author Bob Dorr, Mission to Tokyo takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield on the western Pacific island of Tinian to Tokyo and back. Told in the veterans' words, Mission to Tokyo is a narrative of every aspect of long range bombing, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the heavy bombers on their perilous mission. Several thousand men on the small Mariana Islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were trying to take the war to the Empire-Imperial Japan-in B-29 Superfortresses flying at 28,000 feet, but the high-altitude bombing wasn't very accurate. The decision was made to take the planes down to around 8,000 feet, even as low as 5,000 feet. Eliminating the long climb up would save fuel, and allow the aircraft to take heavier bomb loads. The lower altitude would also increase accuracy substantially. The trade-off was the increased danger of anti-aircraft fire. This was deemed worth the risk, and the devastation brought to the industry and population of the capital city was catastrophic. Unfortunately for all involved, the bombing did not bring on the quick surrender some had hoped for. That would take six more months of bombing, culminating in the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As with Mission to Berlin (Spring 2011), Mission to Tokyo focuses on a specific mission from spring 1945 and provides a history of the strategic air war against Japan in alternating chapters., From Hell Hawks! author Bob Dorr, Mission to Tokyo takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield on the western Pacific island of Tinian to Tokyo and back. Told in the veterans' words, Mission to Tokyo is a narrative of every aspect of long range bombing, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the heavy bombers on their perilous mission. Several thousand men on the small Mariana Islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were trying to take the war to the Empire--Imperial Japan--in B-29 Superfortresses flying at 28,000 feet, but the high-altitude bombing wasn't very accurate. The decision was made to take the planes down to around 8,000 feet, even as low as 5,000 feet. Eliminating the long climb up would save fuel, and allow the aircraft to take heavier bomb loads. The lower altitude would also increase accuracy substantially. The trade-off was the increased danger of anti-aircraft fire. This was deemed worth the risk, and the devastation brought to the industry and population of the capital city was catastrophic. Unfortunately for all involved, the bombing did not bring on the quick surrender some had hoped for. That would take six more months of bombing, culminating in the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As with Mission to Berlin (Spring 2011), Mission to Tokyo focuses on a specific mission from spring 1945 and provides a history of the strategic air war against Japan in alternating chapters.
LC Classification Number
D767.25.T6D67 2012
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- i***h (95)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat condition and packaging, prompt shipong