Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... April and the other two groups by 15 April . In the interim the unit was to conduct limited operations from India.95 An advance echelon from the 58th arrived in the Marianas in late March . Ground personnel followed by boat , leaving ...
... April and the other two groups by 15 April . In the interim the unit was to conduct limited operations from India.95 An advance echelon from the 58th arrived in the Marianas in late March . Ground personnel followed by boat , leaving ...
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... April assaults on Japanese aircraft production . On 1 April , it bombed the Musashino plant at low level and at night , but achieved zero results . Two nights later , the unit tried similar tactics against three aircraft targets and ...
... April assaults on Japanese aircraft production . On 1 April , it bombed the Musashino plant at low level and at night , but achieved zero results . Two nights later , the unit tried similar tactics against three aircraft targets and ...
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... April . Thus the Twentieth discontinued night precision missions and increasingly relied on medium - altitude operations.31 Although Tokyo was the target of fewer bomber sorties than the air- craft factories during April , it received ...
... April . Thus the Twentieth discontinued night precision missions and increasingly relied on medium - altitude operations.31 Although Tokyo was the target of fewer bomber sorties than the air- craft factories during April , it received ...
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