Tokyo firestorm – deadliest bombing raid ever B29A30BN () on a longrange mission in 1945 In November 1944 the USAAF' largest bomber, the B29 Superfortress, had become operational from airfields on the Marianna islands and were now within range of Tokyo Previously they had operated from bases in China which were not withinHowever, the air raids of March 1945, and particularly on the night of March 9, were a different story altogether In what is generally referred to as strategic or area bombing, waves of bombers flew low over Tokyo for over two and a half hours, dropping incendiary bombs with the intention of producing a massive firestorm (AP Photo/The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, Eugene Hoshiko) This combo of two photos shows initial destruction and reconstruction after the March 10,1945 firebombing The top photo taken on shows an incendiary bombdevastated area and Sumidagawa Bridge after Tokyo firebombing
Families Mourn Victims Of 1945 Tokyo Air Raid Event Downscaled Due To Virus Fears The Mainichi
