
Korea 1950–53
b-29s, thunderjets and skyraiders fight the strategic bombing campaign
$68.17
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2024
Summary
Korea 1950-53: The Last Stand of the Superfortress
A spectacularly illustrated new history and analysis of the strategic bombing campaign in the Korean War, which saw the last combat of America’s legendary B-29s.
Just five years after they defeated Japan, at the dawn of the jet age, the most advanced bomber of World War II was already obsolescent. But the legendary war-winning Superfortresses had one more war to fight, in the strategic air campaign against N…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781472855558 |
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ISBN-10: | 1472855558 |
Series: | Air Campaign |
Author: | Michael Napier, Mads Bangsø |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 96 |
Release Date: | 2 January 2024 |
Weight: | 310g |
Dimensions: | 246mm x 184mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Michael Napier
Michael Napier joined the RAF in 1978 as a University Cadet and studied Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College, London. He qualified as a fast jet pilot in 1985, and his military flying career encompassed both the Cold War and operations over Iraq after the Gulf War. Michael left the RAF in 1997 and joined British Airways. Michael has written extensively for aviation magazines, and he is the author of In Cold War Skies and Korean Air War. Michael lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
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