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...down; but the flak was the thickest and deadliest that U.S. crews had ever encountered. "Flak burst in a mass," said one radioman, "a forest of it so dense that we could only get occasional glimpses of the formations ahead of us. It was a solid wall at the target...
...first Superforts had arrived over Tokyo flying high and riding tail winds that boosted their speed to around 400 m.p.h. The Japs were surprised, their defenses were weak. The big Forts laid a pattern of bombs across the main target, sprawling Nakajima Aircraft plant, eleven miles from Tokyo's center. They saw heart-warming fires spring up, then high-tailed for their island home...
...time later waves got over the target, the Japs had come to and begun to fight. But only one Superfort went down; a Jap Tony (single-engined fighter) crashed into its tail and fell with it. Another B-29 crash-landed at sea with engine trouble, but the crew got out in rubber rafts and was picked up by Navy rescuers within 24 hours. Said Rosie O'Donnell: "One of the easiest missions I've been...
...chief components of the sight were revealed to be a stabilizer and the sighting mechanism, together weighing 90 lbs. The bombardier makes only three adjustments by hand: one for the weight of the bombs (which can be done before the flight), the others for altitude and sighting on the target. The bombardier's adjustments in lining up the target through the crosshair sight turn the plane in the right direction by means of an automatic pilot. Everything else-the bombing plane's speed, altitude, wind drift, etc. is registered automatically. The bombsight even releases the bombs...
...Japanese artillery and the failure of the enemy to employ mines with anything like the diabolical thoroughness of Kesselring's Army in Italy. The 1st Imperials have perhaps four .75s on the Ormoc road. Their fire has been woefully ineffective except against an easy point-blank target. . . . You can drive right up to the front without drawing a storm of artillery or getting blown skyhigh by mines...