NASM.1995.0037

1945

David Dibelius, Gift, 1995, 1995-0037, unknown

0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection includes leaflets, photos and reports relating to the United States bombing missions, both conventional and atomic, against Japan during 1945. Included are propaganda leaflets dropped by the United States over Japanese cities warning of bombings, including English translations of the leaflets. There is also a formerly restricted comment on engine pressure ratios, and a copy of eight congratulatory telegrams to the bombers. The photographs include aerial photos and negatives of bombings of Japanese cities of Kobe, Kyushu, Tokyo, Kure, and Nakajima, as well as the Mitsubishi Engine Plant; Boeing B-29s over Fujiyama and Yokohama; and two photographs of Hiroshima before and after the atomic bomb was dropped. There are formerly confidential bombing reports by the 499th Bombardment Group from March, 1945, for the cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, and the Tachiarai Machine Works; and a report, "Incendiary Raids by B-29s," from the 73rd Bombardment Wing dated 6/15/45.'

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda

Aeronautics, Military

Aeronautics

Airplanes, Military

Atomic bomb

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Reports