BOEING 29 SUPER FORTRESS: The Ultimate Look (Schiffer Military History): The Ultimate Look: From Drawing Board to VJ-Day - Hardcover

WOLF, WILLIAM

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764322575 ISBN 13: 9780764322570

Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD, 2013

Synopsis

Although many books have been published about the B-29, none has been an in-depth look, with most being either superficial pictorials or focusing on the bombing campaigns, particularly the incendiary attacks and atomic bombings. This book, using rare, previously unexplored sources, intends to provide the definitive look at the bomber and crew, detailing every facet for the air enthusiast, historian and modeler. The author was granted rare access to the Pima Air & Space Museum's restored B-29 Sentimental Journey for inspection and photography, resulting in the most extensive photographic documentation of the B-29 ever published. The Pima Museum's archives, filled with B-29 technical and crew manuals also gave the author extensive information that had not been previously published. These sources, the author's extensive personal library, and microfilm resources enabled the author to produce this comprehensive look at the bomber and its crew in the context of the bomber's development and operational use. It is truly monumental in scope, both in words and photos.

About this title

About the Author

William Wolf is a retired dentist whose passion is WWII air combat. He has over 22,000 books and three miles of microfilm on WWII in his library, and is the author of many books and numerous articles on WWII aviation history.

Edition details

• Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764322575
• ISBN 13: 9780764322570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360