Comments on: Korean War: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Served Throughout the Air War http://www.historynet.com/korean-war-the-boeing-b-29-superfortress-served-throughout-the-air-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J. McKinney http://www.historynet.com/korean-war-the-boeing-b-29-superfortress-served-throughout-the-air-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-93028 J. McKinney Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:35:30 +0000 #comment-93028 Interesting read. My father, Floyd George McKinney, 1stLt, was on the Sept 1952 bombing mission at Siuho Dam mentioned above and was awarded at least one medal for that run. With 307th Bomb Wing, 372nd Squadron. Would be nice to hear from others connected to that group. Interesting read.
My father, Floyd George McKinney, 1stLt, was on the Sept 1952 bombing mission at Siuho Dam mentioned above and was awarded at least one medal for that run.
With 307th Bomb Wing, 372nd Squadron.
Would be nice to hear from others connected to that group.

]]> By: Earl J. McGill, Lt. Col.USAF (ret.) http://www.historynet.com/korean-war-the-boeing-b-29-superfortress-served-throughout-the-air-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-78673 Earl J. McGill, Lt. Col.USAF (ret.) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:05:13 +0000 #comment-78673 A lot of good material in this article--also a lot left out. Much of what is left out is chronicled in my book, Black Tuesday Over Namsi, a True History of the Epic Air Battle of the Korean War (Heritage 2008). To put together, in narrative form, a 15-minute battle between MiG-15s and B-29s escorted by F-86s and F-84s took over seven years and several hundred pages of notes taken from both American and Russian eyewitnesses (including my own observations). The result is an accurate, detailed account of what was perhaps the greatest jet engagement in the history of air warfare, one that forever changed the nature of aerial bombardment. Until this book, Namsi was just another forgotten battle in a forgotten war. Details of Black Tuesday are available on the Google Preview page. EJM A lot of good material in this article–also a lot left out. Much of what is left out is chronicled in my book, Black Tuesday Over Namsi, a True History of the Epic Air Battle of the Korean War (Heritage 2008).

To put together, in narrative form, a 15-minute battle between MiG-15s and B-29s escorted by F-86s and F-84s took over seven years and several hundred pages of notes taken from both American and Russian eyewitnesses (including my own observations). The result is an accurate, detailed account of what was perhaps the greatest jet engagement in the history of air warfare, one that forever changed the nature of aerial bombardment. Until this book, Namsi was just another forgotten battle in a forgotten war.

Details of Black Tuesday are available on the Google Preview page.

EJM

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