Inside the cabin of a B-29 on a 3,000 mile trip to bomb Japan! Larry Nelson, a farm boy from South Dakota, enlisted in the Army Air Corps to fulfill a romantic dream to become a pilot. Romance turned to harsh reality when he failed an eye exam and became a navigator instead. Harsh reality became terror inside the cabin of a B-29. When high altitude bombing raids on Japan failed, they turned to devastating night fire raids on Japanese cities. These raids resulted in the near total destruction of Tokyo-Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka ...
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Inside the cabin of a B-29 on a 3,000 mile trip to bomb Japan! Larry Nelson, a farm boy from South Dakota, enlisted in the Army Air Corps to fulfill a romantic dream to become a pilot. Romance turned to harsh reality when he failed an eye exam and became a navigator instead. Harsh reality became terror inside the cabin of a B-29. When high altitude bombing raids on Japan failed, they turned to devastating night fire raids on Japanese cities. These raids resulted in the near total destruction of Tokyo-Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and other smaller cities.
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Near Fine. 5" X 8", 165 pages. Larry Nelson enlisted in the Army Air Corps the summer of 1942. He was called to active duty in January, 1943. Larry became an aviation cadet and completed the Army Air Corps navigator training program. After he was assigned to the newly created B-29 program, he few to Saipan in October, 1944. Hell for Honshu tells the story of Larry's crew as they few thirty five combat missions from Saipan to Japan. He doesn't spare the dangers and tragedies of the war, but also reveals some lighter, and even fun, moments. One small crease on front cover.
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