Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... Sky Giants over Japan ( Winona , Minn .: Apollo , 1984 ) , 185 ; Bob Stanworth , " Fireball , " 40th Bomb Group Memories , no . 7 , Jan. 1986 , 2 ; Enzo Angelucci and Paolo Matricardi , World War II Air- planes ( Chicago : Rand McNally ...
... Sky Giants over Japan ( Winona , Minn .: Apollo , 1984 ) , 185 ; Bob Stanworth , " Fireball , " 40th Bomb Group Memories , no . 7 , Jan. 1986 , 2 ; Enzo Angelucci and Paolo Matricardi , World War II Air- planes ( Chicago : Rand McNally ...
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... Sky Giants over Japan ( Winona , Minn .: Apollo , 1984 ) , 161. In April , the Twentieth Air Force suggested to LeMay that aircraft be named after marine divisions . One aircraft was named after Admiral Nimitz . COMAF 20 to COMGENBOMCOM ...
... Sky Giants over Japan ( Winona , Minn .: Apollo , 1984 ) , 161. In April , the Twentieth Air Force suggested to LeMay that aircraft be named after marine divisions . One aircraft was named after Admiral Nimitz . COMAF 20 to COMGENBOMCOM ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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