BRINGING THE THUNDER

The missions of a World War II B-29 Superfortress pilot in the Pacific. * A fast-paced, riveting account that puts the reader in the cockpit of a four-engine bomber over enemy territory * Detailed account of combat, mission by mission * Illustrated with dozens of never-before-published photographs of the B-29 in action The B-29 bomber was made to soar in thin, cold air, dropping its massive bomb load from heights so great that the crews might never see their targets through the clouds below. That was just fine with Gordon Bennett Robertson, pilot in command of one of the big bombers hammering Japan to its knees in a non-stop bombing campaign in the Pacific. When General LeMay ordered the B-29s to switch tactics from daylight, high-altitude bombing runs to nighttime, low-level runs, Robertson's attitude changed. What was once seen as simple damgerous - bombing Japan - now seemed a whole lot like suicide.