Links we found particularly helpful or interesting in our searches:
http://www.500thbombgroupb29.org/ - New site as of March '11. Very nice site.
http://www.9thbombgroup.org - a history of the B29's of Tinian
http://www.keyproductionstv.com/hawgwild.html - KPTV of Tucson site page featuring "It's Hawg Wild" B-29 last flight from China Lake to England
http://b-29hogwild.com/The_Hog_Wild_Story__Memories_from_those_who_were_there.html - special thanks to Terry Rainey, Barb Hartwig, and Dwight Rider for allowing us to post this very interesting story to our links page
http://b-29.org/ - by Sallyann Wagner
http://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/b29.html - complete story of the restoration of T Square 54.
http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/serial-num.html
http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/500-group.html
http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/73bomb-wing-data.html
http://flgrube1.tripod.com/id157.html - Lt.Robert E. Copelands site
http://b-29.org/73BW/500BG/copeland/copeland1.html - Lt. Robert E. Copeland's War Diary
http://b-29.org/73BW/500BG/heffner/tokyo-raiders/tokyo.html
http://haphalloran.com/ - "Hap" Halloran's site
www.worldwar2database.com - 712 WWII photographs with accompanying narratives. Very good.
www.accident-report.com - Comprehensive listing of casualties etc. Very good.
http://forum.armyairforces.com/m85492-print.aspx- B 29 chat room; Uncle Bob's plane is discussed.
http://ww2chat.com/biographies/4680-bob-copeland-lewiston-idaho.html - Another B 29 chat room; picture of the crew identified.
http://www.fold3.com/document/29442207/- Actual missing air crew government documents.
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/visitors/moskow/face.html - by Michael Moskow
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/visitors/moskow/pow.html - by Michael Moskow
http://www.fold3.com/document/29442207/
http://philcrowther.com/6thBG/6bgcrewm07.html - by Phil Crowther
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/ - National Archives
http://www.archives.gov
http://www.tohonorourfallen.com/wwiipacific.htm
http://flgrube1.tripod.com/id26.html
http://pc-mod-squad.com/B29/Photos/ - great collection of images
http://www.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4503b.html - by T.Matthews
http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/b29.htm - aircraft specs and history
http://ww2-weapons.com/Aircrafts/Bombers/US/Boeing/B-29/Superfortress.htm- by Norman Krahe (also created the B29 3D model animation and granted permission to use it)
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/04/27/on-war-joe-rosenthal-and-iwo-jima/1743/- great WWII images
http://www.cafb29b24.org/a/Book-A-Ride-b29.htm - Book a ride on B29 "FiFi" through CAF
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/04/27/on-war-joe-rosenthal-and-iwo-jima/1743/- Denver's Post's assembly of combat photographer Joe Rosenthal's images
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/1547/
Denver Post's Pacific theatre images
http://armyairforces.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima? - mostly P51's but has interesting images of B-29 incidents
www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk/theme-stars.htm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.71792/ - Douglas F. Bulloch interview (99min.) *very interesting* (You need to have "Realplayer" installed before you can hear the audio)
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.atheyfamily.org/B29/73rdBombWing.htm
http://www.sun-inet.or.jp/~ja2tko/eng/eng.b29/b29.html - Mr. Okada's website "Recollection of B-29". Provides english version with images and memorial site info on crash of Z Square 22.
http://mypages.cityhighflash.com/colliers.html - An article appearing in Colliers Magazine; July 6, 1946; Vol. 118, #1 "The Irish Lassie Gets Home" Edited by Frederick R. Neely. See the video clip link below for crash footage.
http://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?act=ls&ch=title&obj=&col=y&pg=6&sort=title&dir=up&ct=20 - (item 117 on page 6) Tyndall Field Class 43-4, Flexible Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida
Published: E. M. Berry, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1943 Class book for flexible gunnery class 43-4 at the Army Air Forces Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida
http://www.444thbg.org/ - very interesting and well done site
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37164024/Air-Objective-Folder-Tokyo-Area - 141 pages/45MB download for the serious researcher
http://www.sasmuseum.com/exhibits/restoration/b-29/ - restoration of B-29 #076
http://www.cygnuschronicles.com/ - excellent site by Joe Swann. See the section on B-29 A Square 30 "Star Duster"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msh-images/sets/72157623757839248/with/4486345248/ - set of vintage photos gathered from a photo album that belonged to one of the B-29 air crewmen who was there. 20th Air Force | 73rd Bomb Wing | 498th Bomb Group | 873rd Bomb Squadron - Saipan - WWII (83 images by MSHennessy)
http://www.markstyling.com/index.htm - Awesome print of commisioned artistry. Check this out!
http://www.truepeoplesearch.com/resources/important-people-of-world-war-ii -Nice find by Bill Jackson’s student Sarah
*Movie clip links in this color below:
http://youtu.be/WJLE2pnN9WY -Japan's War in Color | 2004 Documentary with never seen before films
http://youtu.be/rj-DclAxCcc -First B-29 Raid On Japan, Target Tokyo 27 Nov 1945
http://youtu.be/py1vfNKxgb8 -497th, 498th, 499th, & 500th Bomb Group B-29s, Saipan, take off and landings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5D1f_1XU8w -AAF Training Film "The B-29 Flight Engineer" WW2
http://atheyfamily.org/B29/Movies/ASq52IrishLassieAccident.mpg- file footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ged0wsMJ12k&feature=player_embedded - Japanese side version of aircraft shot down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtIL_VjBUGo - R/C B-29 w/X-1 rocket
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26159 - AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- SUPERFORT, AUGUST 1943-JUNE 1944
(B-29 PRODUCTION ON INCLINE; AIRPORTS AND LANDING STRIPS BUILT IN CHINA; SUPERFORTS ARRIVE IN CHINA; AND JAPANESE BLITZ GETS UNDERWAY...)
http://www.archive.org/details/TheLastBomb1945 - "The Last Bomb"
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26162 - AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- AIR WAR AGAINST JAPAN, 1944-1945
(B-29'S LAND ON SAIPAN; GEN LEMAY TAKES COMMAND AND PREPARES A B-29 OFFENSIVE AGAINST JAPAN; TOKYO BOMBED NIGHT AND DAY; ATOM BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI; JAPAN SURRENDERS...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsvLi8QyVwU&feature=fvst - Military training film detailing flight procedure, crew assignments, and armament of the B-29 bomber aircraft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSIZanyY1mk&feature=related - Birth of the B-29 part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdHQ2wtL8s - Birth of the B-29 part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPn-uR6Fms&feature=relmfu - Birth of the B-29 part 3 Conclusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjmO5YdNOc - Color B-29 footage (probably History Channel footage-WW2 in Color)
http://www.archive.org/details/TargetIn1945 - Illustrates the use of radar on a dramatized mission over Japan. (Prelinger Archives) even though a dramatized mission, it's interesting to see the coordination between radar operator, bombardier, and the pilot. Clip is titled "Invisible Target"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7JgXOxOAeQ - The Air Force Story - Chapter 24, Air War Against Japan, October 1944- August 1945.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVS26nATK-s - B29 clip of top ten ranked bombers - Ranked #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cme9JcdSepA - The B-29 seen ditching here is the "Hopefull-Devil" under the command of Captain Bernard "Barney" McCaskill Jr. Aircrew 84-02, 484th Squadron, ... 505th BG ditched McCaskill crew
http://video.pbs.org/video/1548962233/- "B29- Frozen in Time"
http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/shogenarchives/jpnews/movie.cgi?das_id=D0001300370_00000&seg_number=002 - Japanese newsreel of the downing of Z Square 22 -"Leading Lady"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Aj9Jw5MXo - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 1 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMgA9LKrmE&feature=related - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 2 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItTcDaMvTg&feature=related - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 3 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hMf-bnjwG8&feature=related - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 4 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.sleepingdogtv.com/reel/Uncle-Jack.aspx - "Uncle Jack" featuring Gary Sinise by Sleeping Dog TV Productions. Story of Gary's uncle getting surprised by a ride in a B-17. Incredible photography and the clip will put a smile on your face. Gary played Sgt. Dan in Forrest Gump w/Tom Hanks.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1723870789084 - 1945 Airshow Freeman Field
http://www.archive.org/details/WinningYourWings - Lt. Jimmy Stewart
http://youtu.be/vAis9OR4-L4 - Excellent video of Saipan B-29s on bombing missions to Japan
http://youtu.be/KtfBPjXSorg - Night run up of a B-29 3350 engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53qyC8z2HX4&list=UU7woR9EVLEDDiZ9fWFS_dpw - The Life and Death of the B-29 Superfortress
http://youtu.be/EaxtzGJhOTo - March 14, 1945 AAF "Osaka Fire Mission" (full)
Great shots of B-29s simultaneously taking off & landing on both Saipan runways
Reference Books:
XXI Bomber Command. "How to Fly the B-29 Superfortress." Mechanicsburg, Pa. Greenhill Books. 1995.
Farrell, Frank. "No Sweat." Lavergue, Tn. 1st Books Library. 2010.
Jablonski, Edward. "Airwar." New York. Doubleday & Co. 1979.
Lemay, Curtis & Yenne, Bill. "Superfortress." New York. McGraw-Hill. 1988.
Marshall, Chester. "B-29 Superfortress." Osceola, Wi. Motorbooks Intl. 1993.
Marshall, Chester. "Final Assault on the Rising Sun." North Branch, Mn. Specialty Press Publishers. 1995.
Marshall, Chester. "The Global Twentieth." Memphis, Tn. Global Press. 1988.
Morrison, Wilbur. "Point of No Return." New York. Times Books. 1979.
Takai, Koji & Sakaida, Henry. "B-29 Hunters of the JAAF." New York. Osprey Publishing. 2008.
Mann, Robert A. The B-29 Superfortress. Jefferson, North Carolina. McFarland & Co., Inc. 2004
Halloran, Raymond with Chester Marshall. "Haps War." Collierville, Tenn. Global Press. 1998.
Sakaida, Henry. "Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-45." London. Osprey Printing. 1997.
Doty, Andy. "Backwards Into Battle. A Tail Gunner's Journey in World War II." Tall Tree Press. Palo Alto. 1995.
Goldsworthy, Robert F. "OUR LAST MISSION." Martinsville, Indiana. Fideli Publishing. 2010.
Dorr, Robert F. "Mission to Tokyo." Minneapolis, MN. Zenith Press. 2012.
Dorr, Robert F. "US Bombers of World War Two." London, England. Arms and Armor Press. 1989
Gullain, Robert. "I Saw Tokyo Burning." Garden City, NY. Doubleday & Company. 1981.
Kerr, E. Bartlett. "Flames Over Tokyo." New York. Donald I. Fine, Inc. 1991.
Werrell, Kenneth P. "Blankets of Fire." Washington & London. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1996.
Nijboer, Donald & Pace, Steve. "B-29 Combat Missions." New York. METRO BOOKS. 2011.
Ciardi, John. "Saipan-The War Diary of John Ciardi." Fayetteville, Arkansas. The University of Arkansas Press. 1988.
Mansell, Roger. "CAPTURED, The Forgotten Men of Guam." Annapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press. 2012.
Ham, Paul. "HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI." New York, N.Y. St. Martins Press. 2014.
Harding, Stephen. " Last to Die." Boston, Mass. DaCapo Press. 2015 .
Glusman, John. "Conduct Under Fire." New York, NY. Crown Publishing a Group. 2007.
Thomas, James O. "Trapped With the Enemy: Four Years a Civilian POW in Japan." Bloomington, Indiana. Xlibris Corp. 2002.
O'Reilly, Bill & Dugard, Martin. "Killing the Rising Sun." New York, N.Y.. Henry Holt & Co. LLC.
Hardwood, Eugene R., “Honorable Heart.” Rochester, MN., Bookstand Publishing, 2000.
http://www.9thbombgroup.org - a history of the B29's of Tinian
http://www.keyproductionstv.com/hawgwild.html - KPTV of Tucson site page featuring "It's Hawg Wild" B-29 last flight from China Lake to England
http://b-29hogwild.com/The_Hog_Wild_Story__Memories_from_those_who_were_there.html - special thanks to Terry Rainey, Barb Hartwig, and Dwight Rider for allowing us to post this very interesting story to our links page
http://b-29.org/ - by Sallyann Wagner
http://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/b29.html - complete story of the restoration of T Square 54.
http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/serial-num.html
http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/500-group.html
http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/73bomb-wing-data.html
http://flgrube1.tripod.com/id157.html - Lt.Robert E. Copelands site
http://b-29.org/73BW/500BG/copeland/copeland1.html - Lt. Robert E. Copeland's War Diary
http://b-29.org/73BW/500BG/heffner/tokyo-raiders/tokyo.html
http://haphalloran.com/ - "Hap" Halloran's site
www.worldwar2database.com - 712 WWII photographs with accompanying narratives. Very good.
www.accident-report.com - Comprehensive listing of casualties etc. Very good.
http://forum.armyairforces.com/m85492-print.aspx- B 29 chat room; Uncle Bob's plane is discussed.
http://ww2chat.com/biographies/4680-bob-copeland-lewiston-idaho.html - Another B 29 chat room; picture of the crew identified.
http://www.fold3.com/document/29442207/- Actual missing air crew government documents.
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/visitors/moskow/face.html - by Michael Moskow
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/visitors/moskow/pow.html - by Michael Moskow
http://www.fold3.com/document/29442207/
http://philcrowther.com/6thBG/6bgcrewm07.html - by Phil Crowther
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/ - National Archives
http://www.archives.gov
http://www.tohonorourfallen.com/wwiipacific.htm
http://flgrube1.tripod.com/id26.html
http://pc-mod-squad.com/B29/Photos/ - great collection of images
http://www.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4503b.html - by T.Matthews
http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/b29.htm - aircraft specs and history
http://ww2-weapons.com/Aircrafts/Bombers/US/Boeing/B-29/Superfortress.htm- by Norman Krahe (also created the B29 3D model animation and granted permission to use it)
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/04/27/on-war-joe-rosenthal-and-iwo-jima/1743/- great WWII images
http://www.cafb29b24.org/a/Book-A-Ride-b29.htm - Book a ride on B29 "FiFi" through CAF
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/04/27/on-war-joe-rosenthal-and-iwo-jima/1743/- Denver's Post's assembly of combat photographer Joe Rosenthal's images
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/1547/
Denver Post's Pacific theatre images
http://armyairforces.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima? - mostly P51's but has interesting images of B-29 incidents
www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk/theme-stars.htm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.71792/ - Douglas F. Bulloch interview (99min.) *very interesting* (You need to have "Realplayer" installed before you can hear the audio)
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.atheyfamily.org/B29/73rdBombWing.htm
http://www.sun-inet.or.jp/~ja2tko/eng/eng.b29/b29.html - Mr. Okada's website "Recollection of B-29". Provides english version with images and memorial site info on crash of Z Square 22.
http://mypages.cityhighflash.com/colliers.html - An article appearing in Colliers Magazine; July 6, 1946; Vol. 118, #1 "The Irish Lassie Gets Home" Edited by Frederick R. Neely. See the video clip link below for crash footage.
http://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?act=ls&ch=title&obj=&col=y&pg=6&sort=title&dir=up&ct=20 - (item 117 on page 6) Tyndall Field Class 43-4, Flexible Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida
Published: E. M. Berry, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1943 Class book for flexible gunnery class 43-4 at the Army Air Forces Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida
http://www.444thbg.org/ - very interesting and well done site
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37164024/Air-Objective-Folder-Tokyo-Area - 141 pages/45MB download for the serious researcher
http://www.sasmuseum.com/exhibits/restoration/b-29/ - restoration of B-29 #076
http://www.cygnuschronicles.com/ - excellent site by Joe Swann. See the section on B-29 A Square 30 "Star Duster"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msh-images/sets/72157623757839248/with/4486345248/ - set of vintage photos gathered from a photo album that belonged to one of the B-29 air crewmen who was there. 20th Air Force | 73rd Bomb Wing | 498th Bomb Group | 873rd Bomb Squadron - Saipan - WWII (83 images by MSHennessy)
http://www.markstyling.com/index.htm - Awesome print of commisioned artistry. Check this out!
http://www.truepeoplesearch.com/resources/important-people-of-world-war-ii -Nice find by Bill Jackson’s student Sarah
*Movie clip links in this color below:
http://youtu.be/WJLE2pnN9WY -Japan's War in Color | 2004 Documentary with never seen before films
http://youtu.be/rj-DclAxCcc -First B-29 Raid On Japan, Target Tokyo 27 Nov 1945
http://youtu.be/py1vfNKxgb8 -497th, 498th, 499th, & 500th Bomb Group B-29s, Saipan, take off and landings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5D1f_1XU8w -AAF Training Film "The B-29 Flight Engineer" WW2
http://atheyfamily.org/B29/Movies/ASq52IrishLassieAccident.mpg- file footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ged0wsMJ12k&feature=player_embedded - Japanese side version of aircraft shot down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtIL_VjBUGo - R/C B-29 w/X-1 rocket
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26159 - AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- SUPERFORT, AUGUST 1943-JUNE 1944
(B-29 PRODUCTION ON INCLINE; AIRPORTS AND LANDING STRIPS BUILT IN CHINA; SUPERFORTS ARRIVE IN CHINA; AND JAPANESE BLITZ GETS UNDERWAY...)
http://www.archive.org/details/TheLastBomb1945 - "The Last Bomb"
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26162 - AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- AIR WAR AGAINST JAPAN, 1944-1945
(B-29'S LAND ON SAIPAN; GEN LEMAY TAKES COMMAND AND PREPARES A B-29 OFFENSIVE AGAINST JAPAN; TOKYO BOMBED NIGHT AND DAY; ATOM BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI; JAPAN SURRENDERS...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsvLi8QyVwU&feature=fvst - Military training film detailing flight procedure, crew assignments, and armament of the B-29 bomber aircraft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSIZanyY1mk&feature=related - Birth of the B-29 part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdHQ2wtL8s - Birth of the B-29 part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPn-uR6Fms&feature=relmfu - Birth of the B-29 part 3 Conclusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjmO5YdNOc - Color B-29 footage (probably History Channel footage-WW2 in Color)
http://www.archive.org/details/TargetIn1945 - Illustrates the use of radar on a dramatized mission over Japan. (Prelinger Archives) even though a dramatized mission, it's interesting to see the coordination between radar operator, bombardier, and the pilot. Clip is titled "Invisible Target"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7JgXOxOAeQ - The Air Force Story - Chapter 24, Air War Against Japan, October 1944- August 1945.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVS26nATK-s - B29 clip of top ten ranked bombers - Ranked #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cme9JcdSepA - The B-29 seen ditching here is the "Hopefull-Devil" under the command of Captain Bernard "Barney" McCaskill Jr. Aircrew 84-02, 484th Squadron, ... 505th BG ditched McCaskill crew
http://video.pbs.org/video/1548962233/- "B29- Frozen in Time"
http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/shogenarchives/jpnews/movie.cgi?das_id=D0001300370_00000&seg_number=002 - Japanese newsreel of the downing of Z Square 22 -"Leading Lady"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Aj9Jw5MXo - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 1 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMgA9LKrmE&feature=related - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 2 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItTcDaMvTg&feature=related - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 3 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hMf-bnjwG8&feature=related - WORLD WAR 2 AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO - PART 4 by worldwar2treasure
http://www.sleepingdogtv.com/reel/Uncle-Jack.aspx - "Uncle Jack" featuring Gary Sinise by Sleeping Dog TV Productions. Story of Gary's uncle getting surprised by a ride in a B-17. Incredible photography and the clip will put a smile on your face. Gary played Sgt. Dan in Forrest Gump w/Tom Hanks.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1723870789084 - 1945 Airshow Freeman Field
http://www.archive.org/details/WinningYourWings - Lt. Jimmy Stewart
http://youtu.be/vAis9OR4-L4 - Excellent video of Saipan B-29s on bombing missions to Japan
http://youtu.be/KtfBPjXSorg - Night run up of a B-29 3350 engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53qyC8z2HX4&list=UU7woR9EVLEDDiZ9fWFS_dpw - The Life and Death of the B-29 Superfortress
http://youtu.be/EaxtzGJhOTo - March 14, 1945 AAF "Osaka Fire Mission" (full)
Great shots of B-29s simultaneously taking off & landing on both Saipan runways
Reference Books:
XXI Bomber Command. "How to Fly the B-29 Superfortress." Mechanicsburg, Pa. Greenhill Books. 1995.
Farrell, Frank. "No Sweat." Lavergue, Tn. 1st Books Library. 2010.
Jablonski, Edward. "Airwar." New York. Doubleday & Co. 1979.
Lemay, Curtis & Yenne, Bill. "Superfortress." New York. McGraw-Hill. 1988.
Marshall, Chester. "B-29 Superfortress." Osceola, Wi. Motorbooks Intl. 1993.
Marshall, Chester. "Final Assault on the Rising Sun." North Branch, Mn. Specialty Press Publishers. 1995.
Marshall, Chester. "The Global Twentieth." Memphis, Tn. Global Press. 1988.
Morrison, Wilbur. "Point of No Return." New York. Times Books. 1979.
Takai, Koji & Sakaida, Henry. "B-29 Hunters of the JAAF." New York. Osprey Publishing. 2008.
Mann, Robert A. The B-29 Superfortress. Jefferson, North Carolina. McFarland & Co., Inc. 2004
Halloran, Raymond with Chester Marshall. "Haps War." Collierville, Tenn. Global Press. 1998.
Sakaida, Henry. "Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-45." London. Osprey Printing. 1997.
Doty, Andy. "Backwards Into Battle. A Tail Gunner's Journey in World War II." Tall Tree Press. Palo Alto. 1995.
Goldsworthy, Robert F. "OUR LAST MISSION." Martinsville, Indiana. Fideli Publishing. 2010.
Dorr, Robert F. "Mission to Tokyo." Minneapolis, MN. Zenith Press. 2012.
Dorr, Robert F. "US Bombers of World War Two." London, England. Arms and Armor Press. 1989
Gullain, Robert. "I Saw Tokyo Burning." Garden City, NY. Doubleday & Company. 1981.
Kerr, E. Bartlett. "Flames Over Tokyo." New York. Donald I. Fine, Inc. 1991.
Werrell, Kenneth P. "Blankets of Fire." Washington & London. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1996.
Nijboer, Donald & Pace, Steve. "B-29 Combat Missions." New York. METRO BOOKS. 2011.
Ciardi, John. "Saipan-The War Diary of John Ciardi." Fayetteville, Arkansas. The University of Arkansas Press. 1988.
Mansell, Roger. "CAPTURED, The Forgotten Men of Guam." Annapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press. 2012.
Ham, Paul. "HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI." New York, N.Y. St. Martins Press. 2014.
Harding, Stephen. " Last to Die." Boston, Mass. DaCapo Press. 2015 .
Glusman, John. "Conduct Under Fire." New York, NY. Crown Publishing a Group. 2007.
Thomas, James O. "Trapped With the Enemy: Four Years a Civilian POW in Japan." Bloomington, Indiana. Xlibris Corp. 2002.
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