Book B-29 "Double Trouble" Is "Mister Bee": Radar Photography of and Bombing Japan During World War Ii My Jones, Colonel Charles a.

portada B-29 "Double Trouble" Is "Mister Bee": Radar Photography of and Bombing Japan During World War Ii My North Carolinian Father in the Crew of the "Lone

Type

Physical Book

Author

Colonel Charles a. Jones

Publisher

Xlibris Us

Language

Inglés

Pages

740

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm

Weight

1.07 kg.

ISBN13

9781796095739

Synopsis "B-29 "Double Trouble" Is "Mister Bee": Radar Photography of and Bombing Japan During World War Ii My North Carolinian Father in the Crew of the "Lone"

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.