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Nightstalkers: The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II

Richard Phillip Lawless

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Description:"This story of the Wright Project comprehensively captures an important but under-appreciated element of airpower history…" ― Lieutenant General Bruce “Orville” Wright, USAF (ret)In August 1943, a highly classified US Army Air Force unit, code-named the “Wright Project,” departed Langley Field for Guadalcanal in the South Pacific to join the fight against the Empire of Japan. Operating independently, under sealed orders drafted at the highest levels of Army Air Force, the Wright Project was unique, both in terms of the war-fighting capabilities provided by classified systems the ten B-24 Liberators of this small group of airmen brought to the war, and in the success these “crash-built” technologies allowed. The Wright airmen would fly only at night, usually as lone hunters of enemy ships. In so doing they would pave the way for the United States to enter and dominate a new dimension of war in the air for generations to come.This is their story, from humble beginnings at MIT’s Radiation Lab and hunting U-boats off America’s eastern shore, through to the campaigns of the war in the Pacific in their two-year march toward Tokyo. The Wright Project would prove itself to be a combat leader many times over and an outstanding technology innovator, evolving to become the 868th Bomb Squadron. Along the way the unit would be embraced by unique personalities and the dynamic leadership, from Army Air Force General Hap Arnold through combat commanders who flew the missions.In this account, the reader will meet radar warfare pioneers and squadron leaders who were never satisfied that they had pushed the men, the aircraft, and the technologies to the full limit of their possibilities. Comprehensive and highly personal, this story can now be revealed for the very first time, based on official sources, and interviews with the young men who flew into the night.Table of ContentsPrologueIntroductionChapter 1 World War Comes to America January-May 1942Chapter 2 Rad Labs and Microwave Radar 1940-1943Chapter 3 Langley Field and the First Sea Search Attack Group June-December 1942Chapter 4 Low-Altitude Bombing January-July 1943Chapter 5 The Wright Project July-August 1943Chapter 6 Guadalcanal August-September 1943Chapter 7 Battles in the Slot October-December 1943Chapter 8 Munda and Rabaul December 1943-March 1944Chapter 9 Mighty Truk, Deadly Truk March-June 1944Chapter 10 Vince Splane and “Devil’s Delight” September 1943-March 1944Chapter 11 Munda to Momote April-June 1944Chapter 12 Art De Land and Crew and “396” April-June 1944Chapter 13 Radar Reflections 1943-1944Chapter 14 Ever Forward Toward Tokyo July-November 1944Chapter 15 Balikpapan and Makassar Strait October 1944Chapter 16 The Philippines November-December 1944Chapter 17 Captain Earle Smith and Lieutenant Ron Moyer August 1944Chapter 18 Tough Times January-February 1945Chapter 19 Turnaround and Baylis Harriss March 1945Chapter 20 Morotai Missions April 1945Chapter 21 Bob Thompson and Crew November 1944-June 1945Chapter 22 Strangling the Empire, Morotai Operations May-June 1945Chapter 23 Morotai to Okinawa Via Leyte July 1945Chapter 24 Okinawa and Japan August 1945Chapter 25 Coming Home September-October 1945Chapter 26 The “Other Snoopers”: The Scott and Hopson SB-24 Projects 1943-1945EpilogueAppendicesBibliographiesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nightstalkers: The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II. To get started finding Nightstalkers: The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "This story of the Wright Project comprehensively captures an important but under-appreciated element of airpower history…" ― Lieutenant General Bruce “Orville” Wright, USAF (ret)In August 1943, a highly classified US Army Air Force unit, code-named the “Wright Project,” departed Langley Field for Guadalcanal in the South Pacific to join the fight against the Empire of Japan. Operating independently, under sealed orders drafted at the highest levels of Army Air Force, the Wright Project was unique, both in terms of the war-fighting capabilities provided by classified systems the ten B-24 Liberators of this small group of airmen brought to the war, and in the success these “crash-built” technologies allowed. The Wright airmen would fly only at night, usually as lone hunters of enemy ships. In so doing they would pave the way for the United States to enter and dominate a new dimension of war in the air for generations to come.This is their story, from humble beginnings at MIT’s Radiation Lab and hunting U-boats off America’s eastern shore, through to the campaigns of the war in the Pacific in their two-year march toward Tokyo. The Wright Project would prove itself to be a combat leader many times over and an outstanding technology innovator, evolving to become the 868th Bomb Squadron. Along the way the unit would be embraced by unique personalities and the dynamic leadership, from Army Air Force General Hap Arnold through combat commanders who flew the missions.In this account, the reader will meet radar warfare pioneers and squadron leaders who were never satisfied that they had pushed the men, the aircraft, and the technologies to the full limit of their possibilities. Comprehensive and highly personal, this story can now be revealed for the very first time, based on official sources, and interviews with the young men who flew into the night.Table of ContentsPrologueIntroductionChapter 1 World War Comes to America January-May 1942Chapter 2 Rad Labs and Microwave Radar 1940-1943Chapter 3 Langley Field and the First Sea Search Attack Group June-December 1942Chapter 4 Low-Altitude Bombing January-July 1943Chapter 5 The Wright Project July-August 1943Chapter 6 Guadalcanal August-September 1943Chapter 7 Battles in the Slot October-December 1943Chapter 8 Munda and Rabaul December 1943-March 1944Chapter 9 Mighty Truk, Deadly Truk March-June 1944Chapter 10 Vince Splane and “Devil’s Delight” September 1943-March 1944Chapter 11 Munda to Momote April-June 1944Chapter 12 Art De Land and Crew and “396” April-June 1944Chapter 13 Radar Reflections 1943-1944Chapter 14 Ever Forward Toward Tokyo July-November 1944Chapter 15 Balikpapan and Makassar Strait October 1944Chapter 16 The Philippines November-December 1944Chapter 17 Captain Earle Smith and Lieutenant Ron Moyer August 1944Chapter 18 Tough Times January-February 1945Chapter 19 Turnaround and Baylis Harriss March 1945Chapter 20 Morotai Missions April 1945Chapter 21 Bob Thompson and Crew November 1944-June 1945Chapter 22 Strangling the Empire, Morotai Operations May-June 1945Chapter 23 Morotai to Okinawa Via Leyte July 1945Chapter 24 Okinawa and Japan August 1945Chapter 25 Coming Home September-October 1945Chapter 26 The “Other Snoopers”: The Scott and Hopson SB-24 Projects 1943-1945EpilogueAppendicesBibliographiesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nightstalkers: The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II. To get started finding Nightstalkers: The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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