Black Tuesday Over Namsi

Black Tuesday Over Namsi
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Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781908916082
ISBN-13 : 1908916087
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Book Synopsis Black Tuesday Over Namsi by : Earl. J. McGill

Download or read book Black Tuesday Over Namsi written by Earl. J. McGill and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping true account of warfare in the skies over Korea, when American bombers and North Korean jet fighters would change the course of air combat. On October 23, 1951, an hour and a half before sunrise, nine B-29s of the 307th Bombardment Wing took off from Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, on a bombing mission against Namsi—a North Korean airfield under construction in the heart of the shooting gallery known as MiG Alley. In under six hours, they would engage in a battle that would forever change the conduct of strategic aerial bombardment. Six of the nine aircrafts were shot down; the highest percentage of US bombers ever lost on a major mission. Unfortunately, this event that many experts consider the epic air battle of the Korean War—and perhaps the greatest jet engagement in the history of aerial warfare—has become another forgotten fight in a forgotten war. Here, Earl J. Hill presents the facts and circumstances of the mission from first briefing to final landing using historical documents, firsthand accounts of aircrew members and ground personnel from both sides, and photographs of the mission and its aftermath. This is the story of those who clashed in the skies above Namsi, the events leading up to it, and Black Tuesday’s historical impact on the aerial warfare tactics.


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