Dan Hampton - Vanishing Act

Dan's new book  Vanishing Act: The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo uses never-before-published documents and photos in exclusive collaboration with Japanese researchers and the Doolittle Raiders’ descendants, to tell the story of a secret WWII mission and definitively solve the final mystery of the Doolittle Raid.

The book was in the WSJ over the weekend  https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/vanishing-act-review-the-doolittle-raids-side-quest-990f66c2?st=r6dzpcn8o4nc2fk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attacks, 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 return with the rest of the raiders.Instead, Plane 8’s pilots did not attack 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.  Why did Plane 8’s flight plans, recently discovered in the Japanese Imperial Archives, show them nowhere near their target? The facts have long indicated 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 whoever sent them on this mission, truly knew why they were there, nor has the reason ever been revealed. Until now.

 

AUTHOR BIO

LieutenantColonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years(1986–2006) in the United States Air Force. For his service in the Iraq War,Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School and USAF Special Operations School. A frequent guest on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing foreign affairs and geopolitics,he has also appeared as an analyst on Bill O’Reilly, Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Anderson Cooper 360. He is the nationally bestselling author of Viper Pilot,Lords of the Sky, The Hunter Killers, The Flight, Chasing the Demon, Vengeance,Valor, and a novel, The Mercenary.