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[Aerial view of bombing of Tachikawa Aircraft Co., Tackikawa, Japan] – Vintage Wall Art

[Aerial view of bombing of Tachikawa Aircraft Co., Tackikawa, Japan], [1945] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of bombing of Tachikawa Aircraft Co., Tackikawa, 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 rare historic photograph captures [Aerial view of bombing of Tachikawa Aircraft Co., Tackikawa, Japan] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The picture shows the bombing of the Tachikawa Aircraft Company plant in Tachikawa, a city on the western edge of Tokyo. In 1945, American bombers repeatedly struck Japanese aircraft factories during the final air campaign against the home islands, and Tachikawa was among the sites hit. The print comes from an album titled *Precision targets*, which appears to have been compiled to judge how accurately bombs fell on their intended aims. The aerial vantage lets viewers trace the layout of the works and the pattern of damage across the grounds.

Created / published[1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesIn album: Precision targets, vol. 3, p. 58-45.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Tachikawa-shi. Aerial bombings--Japan--Tachikawa-shi--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,286 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191674

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