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[Aerial view of American bomber dropping bombs on Nakajima Aircraft Co., Musashino Plant, Japan] – Historic Photograph Print

[Aerial view of American bomber dropping bombs on Nakajima Aircraft Co., Musashino Plant, Japan], [1945] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of American bomber dropping bombs on Nakajima Aircraft Co., Musashino Plant, Japan], [1945]. Historic photograph from the The West collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This aerial view shows a bomber releasing its load over the Musashino plant of the Nakajima Aircraft Company, which lay in the western suburbs of Tokyo. Nakajima was among Japan's largest makers of aircraft engines, so factories like this one were central targets of the United States' air campaign in 1945. The photograph comes from an album titled *Precision targets*, a collection of images that military analysts used to study bombing accuracy and the layout of industrial sites. Its value lies in showing how the attack was seen from above, with the target, the bomb run and the surrounding ground all visible at once.

Created / published[1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesIn album: Precision targets, vol. 3, p. 18-31.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Musashino-shi. Bombers--American--Japan--Musashino-shi--1940-1950. Aerial bombings--Japan--Musashino-shi--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,264 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191671

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