Word: 29s
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Japs departed, grey skies closed In again on the grey ships, and there was a steady drone in the sky. The drone became a deafening roar, and a mass of U.S. planes swept over the ships-400 B-29s and 1,500 fleet carrier planes-in a final salute. Then it was quiet again. The ceremony-and the war-were over...
June: First B-29s to raid Japan bombed Yawata from China bases...
November: B-29s began bombing Tokyo from the Marianas...
...March: B-29s began fire-bomb raids...
August 2: More than 800 B-29s dropped 6,632 tons of explosives on Japan in a single day. Halsey's Third Fleet roamed up & down the Japanese coast, shelling cities without opposition...