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100 1  McGill, Earl|4aut 
245 10 Black Tuesday Over Namsi|h[Elektronisk resurs] /|cEarl 
       McGill 
264  1 |bHelion and Company,|c2022 
300    224 sidor 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
500    |5MoE|aOnline epub (11.83 MB) 
500    |5MoE|aOffline epub med Adobe-kryptering (12.12 MB) 
520    An hour and a half before sunup, nine B-29s of the 307th 
       Bombardment Wing lifted off from Kadena Air Force Base, 
       Okinawa on a bombing mission against Namsi, a North Korean
       airfield under construction in the heart of MiG Alley.  
       Five and a half hours later they would engage in an air 
       battle that would forever change the conduct of strategic 
       aerial bombardment.  Six of the nine would not return, the
       highest percentage of United States bombers ever lost on a
       major mission.Astonishingly, virtually nothing has been 
       published about this event. Official Air Force historical 
       records mention it only in passing and literature of the 
       period too often emphasizes the gung-ho aspect than the 
       grim reality of war. Black Tuesday Over Namsi chronicles 
       the calamitous B-29 daylight-bombing mission flown by the 
       307th Bombardment Wing on 23 October 1951 against Namsi 
       Airfield. What many experts consider the epic air battle 
       of the Korean War and perhaps the greatest jet engagement 
       in the history of aerial warfare has largely become 
       another forgotten battle in a forgotten war. Here, Lt. Col
       McGill presents the facts and circumstances of the mission
       from first briefing to final landing.This book also 
       records, from verifiable historical documents, the broader
       events and conditions that led up to the confrontation, 
       plus the firsthand accounts of aircrew members and ground 
       personnel who were there. Allied and Soviet perspectives 
       are examined; statements made by the MiG pilots describe 
       the attack; and eyewitnesses to the event have supplied 
       photographs of the mission and its aftermath, including 
       the aerial photo of the Namsi Airfield that was used to 
       plan the mission. This thoroughly researched narrative 
       history is enhanced by numerous photographs, a 
       bibliography, and an index to full names, places and 
       subjects. This is the story of the Americans and Russians 
       who clashed in the skies above Namsi, the events leading 
       up to it, Black Tuesday's historical impact on aerial 
       warfare, and, for the first time, fresh conclusions based 
       on a careful analysis of the specific factors that went 
       into the execution of this and other bombing missions. 
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