Hell for Honshu: An Army Air Corps Navigator Tells the Story of the World War II Bombing Raids on Japan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781432713089)

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.

Author: Larry Nelson
ISBN-10: 1432713086
ISBN-13: 9781432713089
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2007
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d