Author: Steve Pace
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the most advanced and successful of all World War Two bombers. Conceived in the late 1930s as a high-speed, high-altitude, long-range super bomber, the first prototype B-29 did not fly until September 1942. It entered the war in time to make a significant impact, including the dropping of the two atomic bombs that led to the surrender of Japan and the end of the war.
This is the complete history of this extraordinarily advanced aircraft, and includes full details of its design and manufacture and service with American and British air forces during World War Two, the Korean War and after.
Features:
tA well-researched and indispensable book this extraordinarily advanced and most successful of all WW2 bombers - the "Superfort".
tFully illustrated with black & white photographs and an eight-page color section.
tWritten by a professional aviation history writer with twenty-four books to his credit.
Hardcover - 8-1/2" x 11" - 208 pages - 8 color
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 208
Length: 8.5w x 11h
ISBN-13: 9781861265814
ISBN: 1861265816
Catalog ID: 136588AE