B-29 “Double Trouble” Is “Mister Bee” (eBook)

Radar Photography of and Bombing Japan During World War II My North Carolinian Father in the Crew of the "Lone B-29" Boeing Superfortress Bomber Flying the Longest Nonstop Combat Mission of World War II

Colonel Charles A. Jones (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
740 Seiten
Xlibris Us (Verlag)
978-1-7960-9572-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is the story of Elmer C. Jones, a young man who grew up during the Great Depression and who joined the military in 1943, becoming a member of the Army's Air Corps in 1944. He was the radar observer of a B-29 Superfortress bomber crew flying 28 combat missions over Japan in 1945--13 bombing missions and 15 photographic reconnaissance missions, including the longest mission of the war: 4,650 miles in 23:00 hours. He accumulated 489:50 combat flying hours during the war.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.10.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Schlagworte: aviation • Pilot • war
• ISBN-10: 1-7960-9572-9 / 1796095729
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7960-9572-2 / 9781796095722