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03396aam a22004698i 4500 001 94EE133E223B11EF96E545AA58ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240604012727 008 240119s2024 nyu b 000 0deng 010 $a 2023058453 020 $a 1250283248 020 $a 9781250283245 035 $a (OCoLC)1393206216 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- $a a-ja--- $a e-ur--- 100 1 $a Hampton, Dan, $e author. 245 10 $a Vanishing Act : $b The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo / $c Dan Hampton. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2405 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2024. 300 $a 302 pages; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a vital secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War. In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China. The eighth plane, however, did not follow the other raiders. Instead, Plane 8's pilots, Captain Edward "Ski" York and Lieutenant Bob Emmens, never attacked Tokyo, but headed across Japan to the Soviet Union, supposedly due to low fuel. Yet, this bomber was the only plane on the mission with maps of the Soviet Union aboard. And why did Plane 8's route, recently discovered in the Japanese Imperial Archives, show them nowhere near their target? Uncovered facts reveal that bombing Tokyo was merely a cover for Plane 8's real mission, but what was their secret objective? No one, aside from the two pilots and whomever sent them on this mission, truly knew why they were there, nor has the reason ever been revealed. Until now. In Vanishing Act, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author and former fighter pilot Dan Hampton definitively solves the final mystery of the Doolittle Raid with never-before-published documents and photographs in exclusive collaboration with Japanese researchers and the Raiders' descendants"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Emmens, Robert G., $d 1914-1992. 600 10 $a York, Edward J., $d 1912-1984. 600 10 $a Doolittle, James Harold, $d 1896-1993. 600 10 $a Arnold, Henry Harley, $d 1886-1950. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Japan. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Soviet Union. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, Russian. 650 0 $a Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) 650 6 $a Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 $x Campagnes et batailles $z Japon. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0343584 650 6 $a Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 $0 (CaQQLa)201-0439897 $z URSS. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0439897 650 6 $a OpeÌrations du preÌt-bail (1941-1945) $0 (CaQQLa)201-0010191 651 0 $a Tokyo (Japan) $x History $y Bombardment, 1942. 651 6 $a ToÌkyoÌ (Japon) $x Histoire $y 1942 (Bombardement) $0 (CaQQLa)201-0274021 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240604014522.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=94EE133E223B11EF96E545AA58ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search