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Enola Gay

From the New York Times best-selling coauthors comes a "fascinating...unrivaled" history of the B-29 and its fateful mission to slip the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (New York Times Book Review).

Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the Enola Gay to bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources. From diplomatic moves behind the scenes to Japanese actions and the US Army Air Force's dial to action, no detail is left untold.

Touching on the preliminary days of the Manhattan Project and the first inkling of an atomic bomb, investigative journalist Gordon Thomas and his writing partner Max Morgan-Witts take WWII enthusiasts through the training of the crew of the Enola Gay and the challenges faced by pilot Paul Tibbets.

A must-listen audiobook that offers "minute-by-minute coverage of the critical periods" surrounding the mission, Enola Gay finally separates myth and reality from the planning of the flight to the moment over Hiroshima when the atomic age was born (Library Journal).

Enola Gay

From theNew York Times–bestselling coauthors: A “fascinating . . . unrivaled” history of the B-29 and its fateful mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (The New York Times Book Review).

Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to transmit the Enola Gayto bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources. From diplomatic moves behind the scenes to Japanese actions and the US Army Air Force’s call to action, no detail is left untold.

Touching on the early days of the Manhattan Project and the first inkling of an atomic bomb, investigative journalist Gordon Thomas and his writing partner Max Morgan-Witts, accept WWII enthusiasts through the training of the crew of the Enola Gayand the challenges faced by pilot Paul Tibbets.

A page-turner that offers “minute-by-minute coverage of the critical periods” surrounding the mission, Enola Gayfinally separates myth and reality from the planning of the flight to the moment over Hiroshima when the atomic age was born (Library Journal).

Enola Gay; Mission To Hiroshima

The most important event of World War Two. The bombing of Hiroshima is told for the first time from first-hand sources. Myth and reality are finally separated from the planning of the mission to that moment over Hiroshima when the atomic age was born.It was quite probably the most adj event of World War II. Its consequences were greater than those of any other event of the war. Yet the story of the bombing of Hiroshima, the momentous flight into the future of B-29 Enola Gay, has never before been revealed from firsthand sources. Here, then, is a reading experience you will not ever overlook, from a book that has already received worldwide recognition.Award-winning writers Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts, once again separate myth from reality as they retrace the steps that led the world into the atomic age. Major Claude Earthly, believed so many to be the Hiroshima pilot who later went insane out of remorse, wasn’t aboard the Enola Gay. The true pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, was said to be unwilling to talk. He talked to the authors of t

Soft cover. Condition: As Adj. 1997 Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd Printing. Inscribed "Paul W. Tibbets & Thomas Ferebes. On August 6th, 1945 Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, of the 509th Bomber Group and pilot of the Enola Gay, received his orders and in the early morning hours roared down a runway bound for Hiroshima. The B-29 Superfortress lifted off Tinian Island at 2:45AM for the six and one half hour flight to Hiroshima. At 31,600 feet, with a ground speed of 328 m.p.h., a bomb weighing 9,700 pounds, containing 137.5 pounds of Uranium 235 was released. The firebomb that erupted was equivalent of thirteen thousand tons of TNT and thousands of degrees hotteer than the surface of the sun. It melted granite and vaporized people leaving only their shadows on the few remaining buildings left standing in the city after the blast. Very scarce signed by Tibbets Please note shipping is valid for all books up to 1kg. Above this please ask for a quote. Signed by Author(s).