For anyone interested in the B-29 bomber used by the United States during World War Two and in the aerial bombardment of Japan in 1945, you should read my book B-29 "DOUBLE TROUBLE" IS "MR. BEE."  

My father (1924 to 2014) was the radar observer on a B-29 during 1945 with 28 combat missions over Japan:  13 bombing missions and 15 photographic reconnaissance missions.  That is 28 credits for missions, but he received 29 since one of the missions was the longest nonstop aviation combat mission of World War Two:  23:00 hours and 4,650 miles from base on Guam to Northern Japan to Guam.  

The mission was "single ship" meaning no fighter or bomber escort and of course no aerial refueling.  The plane also did not have the benefit of U.S. Navy ships and submarines as "lifeguards" in the Pacific along the flight's route.  

He finished the war with 30 credits since the crew flew one last mission that was classified as combat although the war was over:  the crew flew over USS MISSOURI after the documents ending World War Two and of course the Pacific War had been signed.  

The book is available on Amazon.  The website is B29elmerjones.  The book is for sale on Amazon.  

The book was a labor of love.  I spent most of 2018 sorting my father's war records, flight equipment, and Japanese souvenirs.  I learned much myself by writing the book especially how devastating the aerial bombing was on Japan.  It was so intense the Japanese feared for their survival, and the Army Air Forces thought it would run out of Japanese targets to bomb.  

If you have questions, my email is cajonesdt@grmail.com  

Semper Fidelis,
Colonel Charles A. Jones U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)