Boeing B-29 Superfortress (2ª GM): libri illustrati di storia e guide

B-29 / B-50 Superfortress (Vol. 2) - Post-World War II and Korea (Legends of Warfare)

Il B-29 Superfortress, l'aereo da combattimento americano più grande e avanzato della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, era anche il sistema d'arma più costoso della guerra, costando più dello sviluppo della bomba atomica. Rimase in servizio dopo la guerra e combatté di nuovo in Corea.
Questo secondo volume esplora l'evoluzione del B-29 nel B-50 e il suo ruolo di deterrenza nucleare precoce. Copre anche varie adattazioni, tra cui le navi madri per aerei X, gli aerei da ricognizione meteorologica e gli aerei da rifornimento in volo. Il libro presenta la progettazione, lo sviluppo e la storia operativa di queste ultime varianti attraverso una collezione di fotografie da tutto il mondo.

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B-29 Superfortress (Vol. 1) - Boeing's XB-29 through B-29B in World War II (Legends of Warfare)

Il Boeing B-29 Superfortress era l'aereo da combattimento americano più grande e avanzato della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e il sistema d'arma più costoso della guerra, costando più dello sviluppo della bomba atomica. Nell'agosto 1945, due B-29 sganciarono le bombe che colpirono Hiroshima e Nagasaki.
Questo primo volume di una serie in due parti traccia la progettazione, lo sviluppo e il servizio del B-29 durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale attraverso una raccolta di fotografie accuratamente documentate da tutto il mondo. Immagini di alta qualità, accompagnate da didascalie dettagliate, offrono una panoramica di questo aereo storico.

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B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 'Tojo' - Pacific 1944-45 (Osprey)

By the time the Americans began their aerial bombardment of Japan in 1944, both the JAAF and IJNAF were spent forces. What the Japanese did have though was the Ki-44 "Tojo". Armed with two 40 mm cannon, it was the most heavily armed and feared single-seat fighter to see action against the new American bomber, the B-29 Superfortress.

For the bomber crews, they had what they believed was their `ace in hole': a fully armed B-29 carried four remotely operated gun turrets and a tail gunner's position, making it the world's most advanced self-defending bomber.
In every respect the Ki-44 pilots were fighting a desperate battle. Many who made their mark did so using suicidal ramming attacks or "taiatari".

Illustrated with full colour artwork, this volume examines why the Ki-44 was unable to break up bomber formations conventionally during the Pacific War, and how its ramming tactics, while terrifying, graphically revealed Japan's inability to stop the B-29.

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The famed B-29 Superfortress is presented in this all new collection of World War II and Korean War era photographs. Many of the 850+ photographs appear here for the first time and are identified as to unit and location.

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The B-29 Superfortress - a Comprehensive Registry of the Planes and Their Missions

The B-29 Superfortress was for many years a cornerstone of American military aviation. Best known as a bomber, it also served in reconnaissance, as a tanker, and as a rescue plane. It was a crucial tool for American and Allied forces during World War II, Korea and beyond.
This operational history of the B-29 gives in-depth information on the career of each plane. A list of the names and serial numbers of the planes, each plane's history from delivery date to removal from service, a description of the B-29's physical characteristics and performance parameters, and a description of the five B-29 variants are provided.
Sections of the book give complete mission data for the B-29's World War II service in the China-Burma-India theater of operations, operations over Japan, aerial mining missions and test atomic bombing runs.

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The B-29 Superfortress Chronology 1934-1960

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress lived an operational life of only 26 years, but what a life it was. The introduction to this book provides basic information on the physical plane: dimensions, specs, leading particulars and operational usages. Then an exhaustive day-by-day chronology of the B-29 is presented - from the earliest designs in 1934 through thousands of missions and aircraft events in World War II and Korea to the 1960 retirement of the last operational B-29.
The book also includes an extensive glossary and three appendices, which provide a discussion of the general anatomy of a mission, a sample of operational voice or radio codes used in 1945, and a guide to (very unofficial) aircraft names.

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B-29 - Missions de combat : Témoignages uniques d'équipages de Superfortress

The history of the B-29 Superfortress has been associated with two pivotal events in history: Enola Gay's devastating and controversial bombing of Hiroshima and, three days later, Bockscar's bombing of Nagasaki.
But the aircraft is also the basis for fascinating stories of courage and innovation that unfolded throughout operations in World War II and the Korean War.

Hastily produced, the B-29 included the latest military technology for the time, many of which had not been tested. Many of its systems were not fully functional, and some - the Wright Cyclone engines, for example - were far from being ready for operational use.

Early Cyclone models proved more dangerous to aircrew than the fighters and anti-aircraft fire they faced on their missions. But the tenacity and courage of the airmen, both in flight and on the ground, the robustness and power of the B-29 made real miracles possible.

"B-29 Les missions de combat" tells the story of the remarkable Superfortress, both historically and through the eyes of the men who flew it.

Approximately seventy-five people testify to triumphant successes and near-death experiences...as well as heartbreaking and tragic stories of loss. The bond between this remarkable aircraft and its intrepid crews made it more than just a collection of sheet metal and rivets.

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