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B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 "Tojo"
- Pacific Theater 1944–45
Engelsk Paperback
B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 "Tojo"
- Pacific Theater 1944–45
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
80
ISBN-13:
9781472818867
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472818865
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
19 okt 2017
Længde:
8mm
Bredde:
247mm
Højde:
184mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
19 okt 2017
Forfatter(e):
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