Enola Gay - Mission to Hiroshima

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ABOUT THIS BOOK:
"ENOLA GAY - Mission to Hiroshima" is
the story of the development of Project "Manhattan" and the establishment of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Force to implement the bombing of a Japanese city with the specific aim of forcing the final surrender of the Japanese, bringing to an end their reign of terror in the Far East.
The book telis of the appointment of Colonel Paul W Tibbetts to the command of the 509th, of the establishment of the unit at Wendover Air Base in Utah and of the training programme working up to operational status. The trials and failures of the programme are here, too, as are the successes and the final move to Tinian Island in the Marianas.
Whilst the 509th is working up to its deadly mission, the deputy Mayor of Hiroshima struggles to eke out a meagre living on war rations, serving his master as best he can. A young gunnery officer in command of a hill post overlooking the city keeps watch of the air space above,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
"ENOLA GAY - Mission to Hiroshima" is
the story of the development of Project "Manhattan" and the establishment of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Force to implement the bombing of a Japanese city with the specific aim of forcing the final surrender of the Japanese, bringing to an end their reign of terror in the Far East.
The book telis of the appointment of Colonel Paul W Tibbetts to the command of the 509th, of the establishment of the unit at Wendover Air Base in Utah and of the training programme working up to operational status. The trials and failures of the programme are here, too, as are the successes and the final move to Tinian Island in the Marianas.
Whilst the 509th is working up to its deadly mission, the deputy Mayor of Hiroshima struggles to eke out a meagre living on war rations, serving his master as best he can. A young gunnery officer in command of a hill post overlooking the city keeps watch of the air space above, whilst a young flying instructor at the air-field below trains teenage kamikaze pilots for their sin-gle trip to eternity. Ali pursue their lives and duties in complete ignorance of the shattering blow about to be delivered on their city.
A submarine commander patrols his lonely vessel around the waters surrounding his home base. Then, one day, he sails further afield and spies an American battleship sailing entirely alone. He cannot believe his luck and moves in for the kill, seemingly un-noticed. Minutes later, the ship which carried the atom bomb to Tinian, the USS "Indianapolis", is sent to the bottom of the sea. But the Japanese are still unaware of their impending fate.
Finally, at 8.15:17 a.m. on 6th August 1945, the world's First atomic bomb dropped in anger is released from an altitude of 31,060 feet above Hiroshima and the planet Earth enters a new and dangerous age
Jacket illustrations: The front cover picture is a very rare period colour shot of the "Enola Gay" sitting on the aprón at Tinian. The upper picture on the back of the jacket shows the mushroom cloud of the Hiroshima bomb, photographed from "The Great Artiste". Below it is "Bock's Car", the aircraft which dropped the Nagasaki bomb on August 9th 1945.
A list of other titles from White Owl Press Limited is available upon request from the publisher on receipt of a stamped, self-addressed envelope of C5 size. Vissza