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Avon Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth first edition is near fine. Jacket has wear to top of spine. Inscribed by Sweeney to title page. ; 5.75 X 1.25 X 8.75 inches; 290 pages; Signed by Author . 1997. Avon Books ISBN 0380973499 9780380973491 [US]

Avon Books. Very Good. Date: 1997. Third Edition. Hardcover. 0380973499 . Inscribed by author to Dan McMakin, USAFA 1987, pilot, etc D j lightly rubbed and worn. ; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.2 inches; 290 pages; Signed by Author . 1997. Avon Books ISBN 0380973499 9780380973491 [US]

New York Avon Books 1997 First Edition. First Printing Hardcover Very good in Good jacket xiv, 290 pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight soiling and scratches to DJ. This book is an Association Copy--inscribed on 28 September 1997 by Captain Jeff Smiley, Aide-de-Camp, to a Major General, thanking him "for the opportunity to serve in a position of this level." The author recounts his World War II encounters with Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the revolutionary B-29 bomber who would eventually select him to lead the atomic mission to Nagasaki. Charles W. Sweeney served as a major in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the Great Artiste as the aircraft commander and participated in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as co-pilot of the Great Artiste. Days later, he was the aircraft commander on strike plane Bockscar during the Nagasaki Mission. Then Major Charles Sweeney piloted the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the second atomic bomb in Nagasaki, for which he was awarded the Silver Star. He retired from the military in May 1976 with the rank of Major General. When the Enola Gay dropped its uranium bomb on the city, unleashing the power of atomic energy for the first time as a weapon of war, the Great Artiste dropped measuring instruments. On Aug. 9, Major Sweeney piloted the Bockscar, carrying a plutonium bomb even more powerful than the Enola Gay's bomb. At 11: 01 a.m., the bomb was dropped on the industrial city of Nagasaki, killing and wounding tens of ...

ISBN10: 0380973499, ISBN13: 9780380973491, [publisher: Avon Books] Hardcover
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New York: Avon Books, Date: 1997. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xiv, 290 pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight soiling and scratches to DJ. This book is an Association Copy--inscribed on 28 September 1997 by Captain Jeff Smiley, Aide-de-Camp, to a Major General, thanking him "for the opportunity to serve in a position of this level." The author recounts his World War II encounters with Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the revolutionary B-29 bomber who would eventually select him to lead the atomic mission to Nagasaki. Charles W. Sweeney served as a major in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the Great Artiste as the aircraft commander and participated in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as co-pilot of the Great Artiste. Days later, he was the aircraft commander on strike plane Bockscar during the Nagasaki Mission. Then Major Charles Sweeney piloted the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the second atomic bomb in Nagasaki, for which he was awarded the Silver Star. He retired from the military in May 1976 with the rank of Major General. When the Enola Gay dropped its uranium bomb on the city, unleashing the power of atomic energy for the first time as a weapon of war, the Great Artiste dropped measuring instruments. On Aug. 9, Major Sweeney piloted the Bockscar, carrying a plutonium bomb even more powerful than the Enola Gay's bomb. At 11:01 a.m., the bomb was dropped on the industrial city of Nagasaki, killing and wounding tens of ...

New York: Avon Books, Date: 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 290 p. Includes index, illustrations. Written inscription to previous owner inside front cover.. 1997. Avon Books ISBN 0380973499 9780380973491 [US]

Dresden, Tennessee, U. S. A. Avon Books 1997 Reprint Hard Cover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 0380973499. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear.

ISBN10: 0380973499, ISBN13: 9780380973491, [publisher: Avon Books, Dresden, Tennessee, U. S. A.] Hardcover Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear.
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ISBN10: 0380973499, ISBN13: 9780380973491, [publisher: William Morrow & Company, New York] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. As New condition in As New dust unclipped dust jacket. Clean, unruffled, unmarked pages. A fine copy. 8vo. 290 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.
[Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

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ISBN10: 0380973499, ISBN13: 9780380973491, [publisher: Avon Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition Clean interior, good binding, mild wear to the unclipped jacket. Previous owner's name was at top of ffep, whitened out by prior owner
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ISBN10: 0380973499, ISBN13: 9780380973491, [publisher: Avon Books] Hardcover First Edition
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ISBN10: 0380973499, ISBN13: 9780380973491, [publisher: Avon Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition Sweeney, who died in 2004 aged 84, was the last military officer to command an atomic mission. This is an account of the months of planning leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sweeney flew the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the original target, Kokura, was covered by clouds. Tipped in is a copy of the NYT obituary of Sweeney.
[Dublin, DUBL, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1997]