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[Aerial view of Tokyo, after bombing (?) by U.S. 20th Air Force] – Historic Photograph Print

[Aerial view of Tokyo, after bombing (?) by U.S. 20th Air Force], [1945] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of Tokyo, after bombing (?) by U.S. 20th Air Force], [1945]. Historic photograph from the Asia, Africa & Australia 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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An aerial view of Tokyo from 1945, taken after a bombing raid (the catalog record marks the cause with a question mark), comes from an album of 20th Air Force operations assembled by Ira Clarence Eaker. The 20th Air Force flew B-29 bombers from bases in the Mariana Islands, and in March 1945 its incendiary raids on Tokyo destroyed large parts of the city's densely built wooden neighborhoods. Photographs like this one were used to assess damage and report results, and they now show how much of the urban fabric was lost in the final months of the war.

Created / published[1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesIra Clarence Eaker Collection. in album: 20th Air Force Operations, v. 2.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Tokyo. Aerial bombings--Japan--Tokyo--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,267 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-190090

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