ISBN: 9780275945404

Murphy was one of a very small number of volunteer pilots who, with their flight crews, started bombing at low altitudes in B-17 flying fortresses in the Southwest Pacific. The aircraft w… Mehr…

Murphy was one of a very small number of volunteer pilots who, with their flight crews, started bombing at low altitudes in B-17 flying fortresses in the Southwest Pacific. The aircraft were flown at a 200-foot altitude and at 250 miles per hour at night. One-thousand pound bombs, equipped with four-to-five second fuses, were dropped from the B-17s. On March 3, 1943, the Japanese made a desperate move to re-supply their forces on New Guinea. Twenty-two cargo, transport, and war ships proceeded toward New Guinea using bad weather for cover. They were found in the Bismarck Sea. The Allied Air Forces-using skip bombing-sank all twenty-two Japanese ships. Murphy was credited with sinking nine Japanese ships during his year of combat, including one in the Bismarck Sea battle. Skip bombing became a tactic that helped the U. S. win the war in the South Pacific. | Skip Bombing by James T. Murphy Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > History > Military History > World War II P10103, James T. Murphy<

ISBN: 9780275945404

Murphy was one of a very small number of volunteer pilots who, with their flight crews, started bombing at low altitudes in B-17 flying fortresses in the Southwest Pacific. The aircraft w… Mehr…

Murphy was one of a very small number of volunteer pilots who, with their flight crews, started bombing at low altitudes in B-17 flying fortresses in the Southwest Pacific. The aircraft were flown at a 200-foot altitude and at 250 miles per hour at night. One-thousand pound bombs, equipped with four-to-five second fuses, were dropped from the B-17s. On March 3, 1943, the Japanese made a desperate move to re-supply their forces on New Guinea. Twenty-two cargo, transport, and war ships proceeded toward New Guinea using bad weather for cover. They were found in the Bismarck Sea. The Allied Air Forces-using skip bombing-sank all twenty-two Japanese ships. Murphy was credited with sinking nine Japanese ships during his year of combat, including one in the Bismarck Sea battle. Skip bombing became a tactic that helped the U. S. win the war in the South Pacific. | Skip Bombing Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Military P10103, ABC-Clio, LLC<

2005, ISBN: 9780275945404

Parlux, Relié, 179 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-03-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Livre, 0.89 kg, Livres anglais et étrangers, Boutiques, Livres, Politique, Sciences humaines, Thèmes, Océanie e… Mehr…

Parlux, Relié, 179 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-03-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Livre, 0.89 kg, Livres anglais et étrangers, Boutiques, Livres, Politique, Sciences humaines, Thèmes, Océanie et pôles, Monde, Histoire, XXe siècle, Grandes Périodes de l'Histoire, Parlux, 2005<

1993, ISBN: 0275945405

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