Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... raid and 984 attacks on the second , the highest numbers of Japanese attacks during the entire war . During these two raids the gunners claimed thirty - three and sixty Japanese fighters destroyed , and they lost one and nine bombers to ...
... raid and 984 attacks on the second , the highest numbers of Japanese attacks during the entire war . During these two raids the gunners claimed thirty - three and sixty Japanese fighters destroyed , and they lost one and nine bombers to ...
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... raid is one of the deadliest air raids of all time , surpassing Hamburg , Dresden , and Nagasaki , and on the scale of Hiroshima , and is certainly one of the most destructive . The bombing of Tokyo was a great triumph for the AAF . The ...
... raid is one of the deadliest air raids of all time , surpassing Hamburg , Dresden , and Nagasaki , and on the scale of Hiroshima , and is certainly one of the most destructive . The bombing of Tokyo was a great triumph for the AAF . The ...
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... raid , it took three weeks or so for absenteeism to return to normal levels . Absen- teeism in undamaged aircraft ... raids to 49 percent in July 1945 , and averaged 56 percent in bombed plants . With this came a dramatic lowering of ...
... raid , it took three weeks or so for absenteeism to return to normal levels . Absen- teeism in undamaged aircraft ... raids to 49 percent in July 1945 , and averaged 56 percent in bombed plants . With this came a dramatic lowering of ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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