Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1991. 1st thus, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. Illustrated with b & w photos and one map. Includes chapter notes, bibliography and index. The first bombing raid ever performed on a nation's capital city (Tokyo). 16 B-25 bombers took off from an aircraft carrier, complete their mission but getting the planes to safety was the real problem because they did not have fuel enough to return to the carrier. So it was the sea, Russia and China. Their is an appendix which details alll the members of the mission and what happened to each of them. One of the classic stories of WWII. Nice copy, 258 pp.
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., PA. The full story of Jimmy Doolittle's famous raid on Tokyo, as told by the Raiders official historian. The raid was America's first offensive operation against the Japanese home island. Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle and his sixteen B-25 Bombers flying from the aircraft carrier "Hornet" hit targets in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya and flew on to China. Doolittle won the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading the raid and at the same time the action raised the American public's morale. Originally printed in 1988 this is the 50th Anniversary edition. Fine copy of the hard cover book in a fine dust jacket. 272 pages.
Hardcover. It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittle's legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders' official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto. Author: Carroll V. Glines has personally interviewed most of Doolittle's surviving raiders to produce this dramatic and autnetic story. He is the author of some 20 nonfiction books about flight as well as hundreds of articles. A former colonel and command pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Glines was editor of Air line Pilot magazine from 1971-1985, and until recently was editor of Professional Pilot magazine. 35 photos The complete account of one of the biggest gambles and most harrowing stories of courage to come out of World War II. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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