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Author Wetterhahn, Ralph, 1942-

Title The last flight of Bomber 31 : harrowing tales of American and Japanese pilots in World War II's arctic air campaign / Ralph Wetterhahn.

Publication Info. New York : Carroll & Graf, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.544 WETTERHAHN    Check Shelf
Edition First Carroll and Graf edition.
Description xxiv, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of illustrations -- Map of North Pacific during WWII -- Map of the Dutch Harbor-Aleutian invasion -- Map of the capture of Attu -- Map of Shimushu and Paramushiro -- Prologue -- One down on Hamchatka -- Yamamoto's grand scheme -- Niska and Attu invasions -- Attu buildup and Niska evacuation -- Empire Express: On wings of fire and ice -- Missing-in-action -- Death in the Archipelagoes -- Internment in Hamchatka -- North Pacific bombers -- Cowles -- Empire express combat intensifies -- Repatriation -- Rising sun begins to set -- End of the beginning -- Last flight of bomber 31 -- Attu Today -- Epilogue Veterans -- Appendix 1: Empire express squadron deployments on Attu -- Appendix 2: Army Air Force aircraft losses -- Appendix 3: Navy aircraft losses -- Appendix 4: Interned crews, by release group -- Appendix 5: Mitochondria DNA analysis of human bones -- Appendix 6: Aircraft diagrams -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the author.
Summary Through meticulous research and unprecedented interviews with Japanese and American combatants, award-winning author Wetterhahn provides a breathtaking account of the air war between flyers above the Bering Sea during World War II.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Arctic regions.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- Soviet Union.
Added Title Last flight of Bomber Thirty-one
ISBN 0786713607
9780786713608
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