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B-29 Units of World War II Paperback – July 25, 2002

by Robert F. Dorr (Author), Mark Styling (Illustrator)

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The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War II (1939-1945), the first production B-29s were delivered to the 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing in the autumn of 1943. By the spring of 1944 the Superfortress was bombing targets in the Pacific, and by war's end the aircraft had played as great a part as any weapon in ending the conflict with the Japanese. Indeed, the final dropping of two atomic bombs from the B-29 convinced the Japanese to sue for peace. This book traces the wartime career of the B-29, as the aircraft went from strength to strength in the Pacific Theatre.

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July 25, 2002
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Full colour battlescenes Beautifully illustrated battlescenes are included to bring the narrative of the conflict to life.	Aircraft profiles Each illustration is meticulously researched to depict the machines used in combat. The profiles are accompanied by fully detailed captions that bring their histories to life.	Photographs The books feature a wide range of archival photographs sourced from official and private collections, and these provide unparalleled detail of the aircraft.

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Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.

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Robert F Dorr is a well respected author of long-standing reputation - he has written over a dozen books for Osprey over the years. His histories on modern American combat aircraft like the F-101 Voodoo and A-6 Intruder have set the standard for works of this type. His ability to combine 'crew speak' with concise editorial comment gives his books a unique and revealing style of their own.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing; First Edition (July 25, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1841762857
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1841762852
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.23 x 0.24 x 9.95 inches

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bob c

great historical accounts of B-29 units in the Pacific

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020

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B-29 Superfortress Units of World War 2 is an outstanding historical account both of B-29 units and missions and the geopolitical framework of their activity. It presents a very realistic picture of the developmental struggles of the B-29 and of the many aircraft losses due to mechanical malfunctions as well as to enemy action. 39 individual B-29s are illustrated in Colour Plates and the history of each is detailed in an Appendix at the end of this book. This detail is marvelous. For example more than half a page of text is devoted to 42-24457, Battlin' Beauty, the subject of the first of the Colour Plate images. The description of the 14 August 1945 final B-29 mission of the war by The Boomerang and the concurrent Palace Revolt which could have blocked or delayed Emperor Hirohito's decision to surrender answers some very crucial historical questions. Also of great interest is confusion related to the decision to bomb Nagasaki and the fact that a third atomic bomb had been irreparably damaged in transit to Tinian and had Japan not surrendered could not have been employed in the effort to avert an amphibious invasion to end the war. This book is far more than just an airplane book, it also is a significant contribution to military and political history.

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Robert Anderson

Good color profiles concise history

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019

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Great paintings of the magnificent aircraft, and a nice concise history of their operations. Great for a model builder or casual historian. There are more detailed in depth books out there if you are looking for that, but this is a great value.

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GREAT BOOK

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OK but wanted more info

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Book was good but I expected more based on the intro writeup. I was particularly looking for more detailed info on the 468BW that my father served in and survived 29 days in the CBI jungle after their plane was disabled when an engine went out while flying over the Hump. It also was a little short but I did enjoy it nevertheless. I have many books on the B-29 and a lot of the info in all of them is redundant from book to book.

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Louise M. Bateman

Recommended

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2013

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Good sold reference material with the usual high standards from Osprey. Dorr does a goid job with unit histories and the illustrations are well done for modellers and historians. Recommended.

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John Owens

Waste of time, waste of money

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2014

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Poorly written, poorly edited. There is so much history here, but this book does not do it justice. To be fair, there are some decent photos.

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Mike O'Connor

Boeing's B-29 at War!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2009

Noted aviation historian Robert Dorr summarizes the WWII combat career of Boeing's 'heavy hauler' in this 2002 Osprey Publishing release, #33 in their 'Combat Aircraft' series. Though the B-29 didn't enter combat until the spring of 1944, it played a decisive role in the defeat of Japan, firebombing its cities and mauling its shipping through mining. Dorr's book provides comprehensive coverage of the B-29 wings that forced Japan to its knees.

Aftre summarizing the sometimes troubled development of the B-29, Dorr details events in 1944, when the first B-29 attacks were launched from Chinese bases, and 1945, when the Superforts flew from Pacific Islands. Aircraft problems and faulty tactics were both eventually resolved, 20th AF bomb groups soon laying waste to city after city. Though Superfort missions to Japan didn't suffer the horrendous losses 8th AF crews experienced over Germany, the B-29s had their share of hard missions, losing a fair number of aircraft to ramming attacks by IJAF and IJN fliers.

Dorr does a workmanlike job of summarizing the exploits of the various CBI/PTO bomb groups - the 40th, 6th, 9th, 444th, 462nd, 468th, 497th, etc. - but this is one Osprey publication that could have benefitted from extra pages. B-29 SUPERFORTRESS UNITS OF WORLD WAR 2 is a good overview of B-29 ops but there's an awful lot of Superfort history left over that couldn't fit into the book's 80-page limit.

Along with over 70 photos, the book features 16 pages of Mark Styling color artwork including three pages of close-up nose art.

All in all, Dorr's book is a comprehensive, nicely illustrated volume on the career of a mighty warbird...could have used some extra pages but that's just me. Recommended.

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Bernardo Wu

Boeing's Silver Fleet

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2010

The most advanced bomber of the world in his date, the huge silver cigar-shaped Boeing B-29 derived from a requirement from the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) in 1938 for a long-range, four-engine strategic bomber. After an accident with the first XB-29 that killed test pilot Eddie Allen and 19 other people and delaying the project for almost a year, the second prototype flew on August 1943. During the previous July, the now re-designated Army Air Forces established the new 58th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy). Later, in November 73rd Bomb Wing was activated and both wings would made up the XX Bomber Command, starting operations in April 1944 from bases in China.
After the invasion of the Marianas Islands of Saipan, Guam and Tinian (July/August 44), the XXI Bomber Command was activated and in November the first two bomb groups started operations from the new bases in the Pacific. In February 1945, Iwo Jima was occupied and transformed into a huge air base for B-29 emergency landings and for P51D and P47N long-range escort fighters.
Besides the color profiles in the central plates, there also have several pages dedicated to nose-art, the gaudy and sometimes gorgeous paintings made by anonymous artists on the fuselage and nose of the planes.

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Jordi Haro Sancho

Clear and direct book about B29

Reviewed in Spain on February 18, 2018

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The book gives a clear view of the B29 partitipation on WW2 and clarifies some topics that have been repeating themselves for long time. It's a good book for B29 history entry in the tradition of other Opsrey books. Recommended.

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