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[Aerial view of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Co., Musashino Plant, Japan] – Antique Photo Print

[Aerial view of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Co., Musashino Plant, Japan], [1945] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Co., Musashino Plant, Japan], [1945]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Taken from the air in 1945, this view shows the Nakajima Aircraft Company's Musashino plant in the city of Musashino, on the western edge of Tokyo, under attack. Nakajima was one of Japan's largest makers of aircraft engines and airframes, and its Musashino works were among the industrial sites American B-29 bomber crews struck during the final year of the Pacific War. The photograph comes from an album titled *Precision Targets*, a compilation of images of specific industrial objectives that shows how closely U.S. planners tracked and assessed these factories.

Created / published[1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesIn album: Precision targets, vol. 3, p. 19-31.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Musashino-shi. Aerial bombings--Japan--Musashino-shi--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,312 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191672

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