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[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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This aerial view shows Tokyo after bombing raids carried out by the U.S. Army Air Forces' 20th Air Force, which flew B-29 Superfortresses against Japan from bases in the Mariana Islands and China in 1944 and 1945. The print comes from an album of 20th Air Force operations assembled among the papers of Gen. Ira C. Eaker, a senior American airman. Its subject is the wartime destruction of a major city, and the most devastating raid on Tokyo, in March 1945, burned out large sections of the capital. Aerial photographs like this one were used to assess damage and guide later missions.

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 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-190092

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