MISC Vanishing Act: The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
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| AUTHOR | D Hampton |
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| LANGUAGE | English |
| BINDING | Hardback |
| NO OF PAGES | 320 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS | Photos & Illustrations |
| ISBN | 9781250283245 |
| PRODUCT CODE | 83245AVI |
| PUBLISHER | St Martins Press |
After the devastating Pearl Harbour attacks in the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan - Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China. The eighth plane, however, did not return with the rest of the raiders. Instead, Plane 8’s pilots, Captain Edward “Ski” York and Lieutenant Bob Emmens, did not attack Tokyo, but headed across Japan to the Soviet Union, supposedly due to low fuel. Yet, this bomber was the only plane on the mission with maps of the Soviet Union aboard.
And why did Plane 8’s flight plans, recently discovered in the Japanese Imperial Archives, show them nowhere near their target? The facts have long indicated that bombing Tokyo was merely a cover for Plane 8’s real mission, but what was their secret objective? No one, aside from the two pilots and whoever sent them on this mission, truly knew why they were there, nor has the reason ever been revealed. Until now. In Vanishing Act, for the first time, retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton definitively solves the final mystery of the Doolittle Raid, including never-before-published documents and photographs in exclusive collaboration with Japanese researchers and the Raiders’ descendants.
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