
Hell for Honshu
by Larry Nelson
"An Army Air Corps Navigator Tells the Story of the World War II Bombing Raids on Japan"
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Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Bombers
Military Unit:
US Air Force
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Pacific
Page Count:
165
Published Date:
2007
ISBN13:
9781432713089
Description
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.