B-29 Superfortress Vs Ki-44 Tojo: Pacific Theater 1944-45

by Donald Nijboer

By the time the Americans began their aerial bombardment of Japan in 1944, both the JAAF and IJNAF were spent forces. What the Japanese did have though was the Ki-44 "Tojo." Armed with two 40 mm cannon, it was the most heavily armed and feared single-seat fighter to see action against the new American bomber, the B-29 Superfortress. For the bomber crews, they had what they believed was their "ace in hole" a fully armed B-29 carried four remotely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472818865
• ISBN13: 9781472818867
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.8"