{"product_id":"9781472818881","title":"B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 \"Tojo\": Pacific Theater 1944-45","description":"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 operated gun turrets and a tail gunner's position, making it the world's most advanced self-defending bomber.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn every respect the Ki-44 pilots were fighting a desperate battle. Many who made their mark did so using suicidal ramming attacks or \"taiatari\". Illustrated with full colour artwork, this volume examines why the Ki-44 was unable to break up bomber formations conventionally during the Pacific War, and how its ramming tactics, while terrifying, graphically revealed Japan's inability to stop the B-29.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144413495536,"sku":"9781472818881","price":18.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472818881_p0.jpg?v=1763599041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472818881","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}