TOKYO — The family of a lost American World War II aviator tossed lily petals into Tokyo Bay on Friday near the spot where his B-29 Superfortress bomber crashed 78 years ago. Bill O’Connor, 70, his ...
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B-29 Over Tokyo: Could You Survive This Raid?
You’re a crew member aboard a B-29 Superfortress, flying a real mission to bomb Tokyo in December 1944. With no fighter escort and veteran Japanese pilots in the sky, your odds are steep. This isn’t ...
March 27 (UPI) --Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber was shot down over Tokyo in March 1945. Hodak, 23, was ...
The famous WWII-era B-29 Superfortress bomber is the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in combat, as it was the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircraft was ...
Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...
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