{"product_id":"rain-of-fire-b-29s-over-japan-1945-80th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"Rain of Fire: B-29's Over Japan, 1945 80th Anniversary Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor, Colonel Charles L. Phillips, Jr., having own 31 combat missions, with 500 combat hours logged, was the recipient of 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses. is is the story from a 26 year old Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps piloting the B-29 during the nal stages of WWII in the Paci c eatre. General Jack Catton, who landed Joltin' Josie on Saipan's Isley Field in October of 1944, endorses Rain of Fire!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Jack Catton, who landed Joltin' Josie on Saipan's Isley Field in October of 1944, endorses Rain of Fire!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Memories, vivid and exciting, abounded as I read Col. Phillips' account of the last seven months of our B-29 air assault against Japan, which brought their unconditional surrender in August of 1945. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie and I were members of the same combat unit, the 873rd Bomb Squadron, a part of the 73rd Bomb Wing's 498th Bomb Group operating from Saipan. I know what he has written is completely authentic since we both served as aircraft commanders in that fine unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe B-29 was remarkable, ahead of its time, a truly superb combat airplane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie's account is an historic record of events from the perspective of a combat aircraft commander and squadron operations officer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367979811039,"sku":"9781630504410","price":41.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/E7WyqZYwSo9781630504410.webp?v=1789117005","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/rain-of-fire-b-29s-over-japan-1945-80th-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}