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Fighting For Our Lives, Our Freedom, Our Future | The B-29 Pacific War Bombing Missions ©6th Bomb Group Association, 2020

In this exceptional exposé, 6th Bomb Group B29 Aircraft Commander Ed Vincent describes the frightening experience of the 15 hour non-stop B29 bombing missions over Japan from briefing to return. The narration is given with impressive 6th BG archive photos and included the perils of overweight take-offs, celestial navigation over 1500 miles of open ocean, extreme turbulence, conventional, incendiary and mining missions, flak and zero attacks, casualties, bombing impact and justification.

Narration: Filmed in 2020 at the home of Ed Vincent
Video Presentation and Introduction: Kent Vincent May 2020
Duration: 33:00 min