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Title: B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 "Tojo" Condition: New EAN: 9781472818867 ISBN: 9781472818867 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Format: Paperback Type: Paperback Release Date: 19/10/2017 Item Height: 248mm Item Length: 184mm Item Width: 8mm Item Weight: 265g Author: Donald Nijboer Illustrator: Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector Contributor: Jim Laurier (Illustrated by), Gareth Hector (Illustrated by) Language: English Subtitle: Pacific Theater 1944–45 ISBN-10: 1472818865 Description: By the time the Americans began their aerial bombardment of Japan in 1944, both the JAAF and IJNAF were spent forces. What the Japanese did have though was the Ki-44 "Tojo". Armed with two 40 mm cannon, it was the most heavily armed and feared single-seat fighter to see action against the new American bomber, the B-29 Superfortress. For the bomber crews, they had what they believed was their ‘ace in hole’: a fully armed B-29 carried four remotely operated gun turrets and a tail gunner's position, making it the world's most advanced self-defending bomber.In every respect the Ki-44 pilots were fighting a desperate battle. Many who made their mark did so using suicidal ramming attacks or "taiatari". Illustrated with full colour artwork, this volume examines why the Ki-44 was unable to break up bomber formations conventionally during the Pacific War, and how its ramming tactics, while terrifying, graphically revealed Japan's inability to stop the B-29. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Law & Politics Book Series: Duel Topic: History, Military History Release Year: 2017
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