Skip Bombing

by James T. Murphy

Describes how the tactic of skip bombing helped the US win the war in the South Pacific in 1943. The author was one of a very few volunteer pilots who bombed at low altitudes in B-17 flying fortresses at night and at 250 miles per hour. Twenty two Japanese ships were destroyed this way.

200 pages, Hardcover

First published May 30, 1993

Reviews

[Scout · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting perspective of the Army Air Corps strategy in Japan