Description

Part history and part memoir, this is the story of the conditions, political and aeronautical, which lead to the development of the long range B-29, of the not always efficient process by which young Americans were trained to man and fly this superb machine, and of the combat experiences of one of its crews in the campaign which brought about the collapse of Japan. Includes judgments and reflections on the triumphs and tragedies surrounding the events of that fatal summer of 1945. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs.