Mission to Tokyo: The American Airmen Who Took the War to the Heart of Japan
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    [synopsis] => From Hell Hawks! author Bob Dorr, Mission to Tokyo takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield on the western Pacific island of Tinian to Tokyo and back. Toldin the veterans' words, Mission to Tokyo is a narrative of every aspect of long range bombing, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the heavy bombers on their perilous mission.Several thousand men on the small Mariana Islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were trying to take the war to the Empireâ€"Imperial Japanâ€"in B-29 Superfortresses flying at 28,000 feet, but the high-altitude bombing wasn't very accurate. The decision was made to take the planes down to around 8,000 feet, even as low as 5,000 feet. Eliminating the long climb up would save fuel, and allow the aircraft to take heavier bomb loads. The lower altitude would also increase accuracy substantially. The trade-off was the increased danger of anti-aircraft fire. This was deemed worth the risk, and the devastation brought to the industry and population of the capital city was catastrophic. Unfortunately for all involved, the bombing did not bring on the quick surrender some had hoped for. That would take six more months of bombing, culminating in the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.As with Mission to Berlin (Spring 2011), Mission to Tokyo focuses on a specific mission from spring 1945 and provides a history of the strategic air war against Japan in alternating chapters.| Contents Chapter One: Wake-UpChapter Two: StartingChapter Three: Warm-UpChapter Four: StrugglingChapter Five: Way UpChapter Six: SoldieringChapter Seven: The Way InChapter Eight: StrivingChapter Nine: SquabblingChapter Ten: To the TargetChapter Eleven: A City IgnitedChapter Twelve: Thirty Seconds over TokyoChapter Thirteen: The Way OutChapter Fourteen: "What's a B-32 Dominator?"Chapter Fifteen: Flexing the FireChapter Sixteen: The Way HomeChapter Seventeen: The Fire BlitzChapter Eighteen: Air CampaignChapter Nineteen: "Destroyer of Worlds"Chapter Twenty: Mission to HiroshimaAcknowledgmentsAppendix One: Bomb GroupsAppendix Two: What Happened to Them?NotesBibliographyIndex |Robert F. Dorr (Oakton, VA) is an Air Force veteran (Korea, 1957â€"1960), a retired senior American diplomat (1964â€"1989), and the author of seventy books and thousands of magazine articles and newspaper columns about the Air Force and air warfare. Bob has written for Air and Space Smithsonian, Flight Journal, Air Forces Monthly, Air Power History, and many other publications. He is a columnist for Air Force Times newspaper and writes the Washington Watch feature for Aerospace America magazine. Mission to Tokyo is a follow-up to his previous book, Mission to Berlin.|March 9, 1945: Operation Meetinghouse. While the Allies struggle to prepare for amphibious landings in the Japanese home islandsâ€"“the Empire,â€? as it was called by troopsâ€"Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay devises a new strategy. Taking advantage of the tra| â€œIn this epic story, Robert F. Dorr expertly takes us along on one of the highest-stakes missions of World War II.â€?â€"Robert Gandt, author of The Twilight Warriors  From the Pacific island airfields of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian to Tokyo and back, Robert F. Dorr (Mission to Berlin) takes the reader on a bombing mission against Imperial Japan in World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, the Tokyo firebombing of March 9â€"10, 1945, is estimated by many to be the most destructive bombing assault in history. Told largely in the veterans’ own words, Mission to Tokyo covers all the men in a B-29 Superfortress mission, including pilots and other aircrew, ground crew, and the escort fighter pilots that accompanied the bombers to Japan. In addition to placing the reader in the middle of the planning and execution of Meetinghouse, Mission to Tokyo provides a broad overview of the bombing campaign against Japa
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