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The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima »
Authors: Norman Polmar
ISBN-13: 9781574888362, ISBN-10: 1574888366
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Date Published: February 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Norman Polmar
Norman Polmar is a leading expert on naval and aviation matters. An internationally known analyst, consultant, and award-winning author, Polmar has written more than 40 books, including, with K. J. Moore, Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines (Brassey’s, ISBN 1-57488-594-4) and Historic Naval Aircraft: From the Pages of Naval History Magazine (Brassey’s, ISBN 1-57488-572-3). He is a columnist for the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings and Naval History magazines. Polmar lives in the Washington, DC, area.
Book Synopsis
The story of the most famous airplane of World War II
Table of Contents
| Director's Foreword | ||
| Curator's Viewpoint | ||
| Author's Perspective | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Glossary | ||
| 1 | The B-29 Superfortress | 1 |
| 2 | The Enola Gay | 13 |
| 3 | The Mission | 23 |
| 4 | B-29 Postscripts | 43 |
| 5 | The Artifact | 59 |
| App. A | Enola Gay Chronology | 65 |
| App. B | B-29 Models and Variants | 67 |
| App. C | B-29 Characteristics | 69 |
| Notes | 79 | |
| Bibliography | 83 | |
| Index | 85 | |
| About the Author | 89 |
Subjects
History
American History United States Armed Forces
History American History United States History - 20th Century - Wars & Conflict
History Asian History Japanese History
History Military History Aviation - Military
History Military History Strategy & Weapons of War
History Military History United States Armed Forces
History Military History World War II
Nonfiction Transportation Aviation
Nonfiction History American History
Nonfiction History Asian History
Nonfiction History Military History
American History United States Armed ForcesHistory
American History United States History - 20th Century - Wars & ConflictHistory
Asian History Japanese HistoryHistory
Military History Aviation - MilitaryHistory
Military History Strategy & Weapons of WarHistory
Military History United States Armed ForcesHistory
Military History World War IINonfiction
Transportation AviationNonfiction
History American HistoryNonfiction
History Asian HistoryNonfiction
History Military History
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