Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index.
Summary
"An overview of the bombing campaign against Tokyo in World War II as well as a detailed account of a specific bombing mission from a Pacific island airfield on Tinian to Tokyo and back, told in the veterans' words, including pilots and other aircrew, groundcrew, and escort fighters that accompanied the B-29 bombers on their perilous mission"--Provided by publisher.
Contents
Wake-up -- Starting -- Warm-up -- Struggling -- Way up -- Soldiering -- The way in -- Striving -- Squabbling -- To the target -- A city ignited -- Thirty seconds over Tokyo -- The way out -- "What's a B-52 Dominator?" -- Flexing the fire -- The way home -- The fire blitz -- Air campaign -- "Destroyer of worlds" -- Mission to Hiroshima.
