Firestorm Hell: A Gunner Describes the Superfortress Raid on Tokyo
Firestorm Hell: A Gunner Describes the Superfortress Raid on Tokyo William Carter, a Gunner aboard a U.S. B-29 bomber, lived through harrowing times during missions against the Japanese. Here's What You Need to Know: The Tokyo fire raid marked the beginning of what became known as the fire blitz. When the Boeing B-29 Superfortress crews poured out of the briefing at North Field, Tinian, on the afternoon of March 9, 1945, they were disgruntled. Some were angry. Sergeant William J. “Reb” Carter, the left blister gunner on a B-29, remembered four words: “Heavy losses are anticipated…....
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