"The Three Musketeers of the Army Air Forces" : from Hitler's Fortress Europa to Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Robert O. Harder.

Author/creator Harder, Robert O. author.
Format Book
PublicationAnnapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015]
Descriptionxv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007.
Ferebee, Thomas, 1918-2000.
Van Kirk, Theodore Jerome, 1921-2014.
United States. Army Air Forces--Officers. --Biography.
Bomber pilots--United States. --Biography.
Bombardiers--United States. --Biography.
Flight navigators--United States. --Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History. --Bombardment, 1945.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History. --Bombardment, 1945.

Portion of title From Hitler's Fortress Europa to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Contents Tibbets -- Ferebee -- Van Kirk -- Sarasota -- Fortress Europa -- The generals and North Africa -- Interregnum -- Wendover -- Tinian -- The big one -- Hiroshima -- The rest of the story -- Appendix. The near-catastrophic Nagasaki mission.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Harder, Robert O. "The three musketeers of the Army Air Forces" Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2015] 9781612519036
LCCN 2015020274
ISBN9781612519029 (alk. paper)
ISBN1612519024 (alk. paper)