Donald Nijboer: B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 "Tojo" [2017] paperback ZCULT Snaefellsjoekull National Park

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Donald Nijboer: B-29 Superfortress vs Ki-44 "Tojo" [2017] paperback ZCULT Snaefellsjoekull National ParkBy 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