Unsung heroes of the B-29's

Resource Information

The work Unsung heroes of the B-29's represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Unsung heroes of the B-29's

Statement of responsibility

the History Channel ; A & E Television Networks

Title variation

Unsung heroes

Contributor

• Arts and Entertainment Network
• History Channel (Television network)
• New Video Group

Subject

• B-29 bomber
• Bomber pilots -- United States
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

Language

eng

Summary

"The B-29 bomber, which saw action almost exclusively in the Pacific Theater during World War II, represented a giant leap forward technologically from the B-17s and B-24s that flew over Europe. And while the crews of these older bombers won fame for their exploits, the B-29 flyer didn't enjoy the same accolades, for the public perception was that their seemingly perfect planes allowed them to perform their missions with impunity. As UNSUNG HEROES OFTHE B-29s reveals, the truth was far more complicated. The perfect missions from high above Japanese defenses were balanced by scores of dead-low bombing runs without guns into the face of determined kamikaze defenses. Captured crews suffered horribly in Japanese prison camps. And the rush to develop the B-29 claimed scores of lives in hurry-up testing, where design and manufacturing flaws were paid for in blood before the plane even entered active service. UNSUNG HEROES OF THE B-29 also includes a blow-by-blow account of the mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima from Paul Tibbets, the pilot" - Amazon.com product description

Cataloging source

CIB

Characteristic

videorecording

Runtime

50

Series statement

American history in video

Technique

live action