Skip Bombing Contributor(s): Murphy, James T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275945405 ISBN-13: 9780275945404 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Strategy |
Dewey: 940.542 |
LCCN: 92-43434 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |