Korea 1950–53, 9781472855558
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B-29s face jets in Korea: bombing to negotiate peace.

Korea 1950–53

b-29s, thunderjets and skyraiders fight the strategic bombing campaign

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    96 pages

  • Release Date

    2 January 2024

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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
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
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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