On May 9, 1945, a B-29 Superfortress soared over the Pacific, heading toward Osaka, Japan. What followed was a harrowing encounter with Japanese anti-aircraft fire and near-fatal mechanical issues.

U.S. air raids continued against Japan until the day of its surrender in the Pacific War because Tokyo was reluctant to accept the Potsdam Declaration over the ... including 825 B-29 bombers ...

The raid on the aircraft operator based in Saga Prefecture, also in southwestern Japan, was conducted by the Karatsu Coast Guard Office in the same prefecture on suspicion of professional ...

rising to over 100 when counting the Tama region in its western suburbs and other areas. The most devastating was the Great Tokyo Air Raid of March 10, 1945, when more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers ...