B-45 Tornado - North American USAF Bomber - Best Book Recommendations?

[Madoc]

What's everyone's recommendations for the best book on this American Cold War bomber?

 

[AL]

You might want to wait for the Air Force Legends book from Ginter.

 

[ov-101]

The B-45 Tornado: An Operational History of the First American Jet Bomber

 

[brontolino]

Hi, another title to you: North American Aviation B-45/RB-45 Tornado by Kev Darling Big Bird Aviation Publications. The contents of book are similar to Naval Fighter Series by Steve Ginter.

 

[Madoc]

OV-101,

Thanks. The Fredrickson book is more an operational account one. Ideally, it'd be a Ginter type book that would be what I'm after and the one Brontolino suggested seems closer to that.

I also see that Ginter has the Tornado listed as his next upcoming release.

All this is spurred by Valom's soon to be released B-45 kit in its several variations.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

 

[gatoraptor]

The problem is that Ginter has had the book listed that way for quite some time and has bypassed it with a number of the actual releases, including the YF-23 and XB-46 books. So no guarantees that it will appear anytime soon.

I wish he'd also do a book on the XF-12 Rainbow, but the release of Mike Machat's book a few years ago makes that a bit less of a priority. I'd also like to see books on the C-74 (without the C-124), the XC-120, the XCG-18/YC-122 and the C-132.

 

[Grey Havoc]

On a tangent:

NAA RB-45C Tornado: Eye in the sky.

The first USAAF jet bomber, the Tornado was conceived at the end of WW2, and it shows. In essence it was nothing more than a late-piston engine bomber airframe matted to four J47s placed in a pair …

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NAA JB-45A Tornado: An aircrat glued to an engine.

The old story of old bombers testing new engines. In this case a B-45A, the first USAAF/USAF jet bomber. This Tornado showed the ropes to a plethora of future stars and flops: J40, J47, J57, J73, …

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[gatoraptor]

The problem with ancient threads: Ginter's book was published, in 2021:

 

[hesham]

Did Crowood make a book about it ?.