The definitive description and appraisal of this neglected bomber’s development, testing, manufacture, and combat experience.

The author used company design and production information, flight and test evaluations, along with previously unexplored Flight Manuals and Consolidated-Vultee Erection and Maintenance Manuals.

From rare microfilm of original material and insights and personal narratives of the personnel involved, Wolf has gathered information on the pre-combat testing and all the combat missions of the bomber in the Pacific.[AuthorName]By William Wolf[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]William Wolf is a retired dentist whose passion is WWII air combat. He has over 22,000 books and three miles of microfilm on WWII in his library, and is the author of many books and numerous articles on WWII aviation history.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 400 b/w photographs, drawings[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to Scrapyard[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 400 b/w photographs, drawings[/ColorPattern]