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 particularlySupport Our Channel https//wwwpatreoncom/PeriscopeFilmNarrated by thenactor and later President of the United States Ronald Reagan, TARGET TOKYO presenAnd the air raids by B29s from the Mariana airbases began in November 1945 From August 1944 to February 1945, about 40 B29ers and fighter pilots were captured by the Japanese They were all moved to Tokyo Kempei Tai HQ for interrogation As the B29s bombed mainly military targets in this period, the captured fliers were not
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