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Blankets of Fire:

U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II
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Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996 - World War, 1939-1945 - 350 pages

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Contents

Target for Strategic Bombing
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Best Bomber
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Operations
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Copyright

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TitleBlankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II
Smithsonian history of aviation series
AuthorKenneth P. Werrell
PublisherSmithsonian Institution Press, 1996
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized7 Mar 2008
ISBN1560986654, 9781560986652
Length350 pages
  
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