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On 1 November 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by an Allied aircraft over the Tokyo region of Japan since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942. This photo reconnaissance sortie returned with 7000 photographs which helped with planning air raids on Japan during the last months of World War II .
The F-13 was the photographic reconnaissance version of the B-29 initially deployed to the Pacific theater in 1944–45. An F-13 conducted the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. F-13A was the B-29A model. Carried three K-17B, two K-22 and one K-18 cameras with provisions for others.
XXI Bomber Command B-29s flew six practice missions against targets in the Central Pacific during October and November in preparation for their first attack on Japan. [70] On 1 November, an F-13 photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29 from the 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron overflew Tokyo; this was the first American aircraft to fly ...
1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan: An American F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by Allied aircraft over Japan since the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. During the Battle of the Scheldt, British and Canadian forces began Operation Infatuate with the goal of opening the port of Antwerp to shipping.
24 November 1944: 111 B-29s hit an aircraft factory on the rim of the city. [46] 27 November 1944: 81 B-29s hit the dock and urban area and 13 targets of opportunity. [47] 29–30 November 1944: two incendiary raids on industrial areas, burning 2,773 structures. [47] 19 February 1945: 119 B-29s hit port and urban area.
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations , from 1 to 5, based on technological level.
Eldridge, mascot of 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron. The 13th Fighter Squadron is a fighter squadron of the United States Air Force.The squadron flies the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and is part of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan.
1944 [18] 100~ 1.106 Reliability improvements of Type 14, occupied Chinese production - Type B 7 mm Nambu pistol [13] Pistol: Sidearm: Short recoil, locked breech: Empire of Japan: Type A 8 mm Nambu pistol: Nambu 7×20mm Nambu: 1909 [13] 6,000~ [19] 0.650 3/4 size of Type A - Hino–Komuro pistol [20] Pistol: Sidearm: Blow-forward: Empire of ...