BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS; The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to Vj-Day

Wolf, William

ISBN 10: 0764322575 / ISBN 13: 9780764322570

Published by Schiffer Military History, Atglen, 2005

About this Item

With photographic illustrations in colour and black & white throughout, bibliography and index, A fine copy in fine dustjacket.; 290 x 225mm; 360 pages.

Seller Inventory # 28155

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS; The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to Vj-Day
• Publisher: Schiffer Military History, Atglen
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764322575
• ISBN 13: 9780764322570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Aviation
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

Comprehensive look at the Boeing B-29  in the context of the bomber’s development and operational use. It is truly monumental in scope, both in words and photos.

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. 

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.