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B-29 Superfortresses bomb mainland Japan...
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June 16, 1944
BOSTON TRAVELER, Massachusetts, June 16, 1944
* B-29 Superfortresses bomb mainland Japan (1st time)
* Post D-Day news
This 28 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "2 Planes Lost in Raid On Japan's Mainland" with subheads that include: "Air Raid Crushed Jap Steel Works" 1st report coverage on the 1st Superfortress air attack on Japan.
Other World War II reporting as well including reporting on the ongoing invasion of France just after D-Day. Good condition.
wikipedia notes: On 15 June 1944, 47 B-29s launched from Chengdu, China, bombed the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata Japan. This was the first attack on Japanese islands since the Doolittle raid in April 1942. The first B-29 combat losses occurred during this raid, with one B-29 destroyed on the ground by Japanese fighters after an emergency landing in China, one lost to anti-aircraft fire over Yawata, and another, the Stockett's Rocket B-29-1-BW 42-6261,[10][11] disappeared after takeoff from Chakulia, India, over the Himalayas (12 KIA, 11 crew and one passenger)(Source: 20th Bomb Group Assn.) This raid nearly exhausted fuel stocks at the Chengdu B-29 bases, resulting in a slow-down of operations until the fuel stockpiles could be replenished.
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