THE AIR FORCE STORY CHAPTER 24 AIR WAR AGAINST JAPAN B-29 BOMBING RAIDS 1944-1945 65474

“Chapter XXIV: Air War Against Japan, Oct. 1944-Aug. 1945” (SFP 263-24) of The Air Force Story gives viewers a look at the Air Force’s operations against Japan in the final eleven months of WWII. This “chapter” opens with B-29 Superfortresses flying over the Pacific Ocean (01:49) then landing at Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. “Joltin’ Josie” makes its landing on the island and is greeted by U.S. troops. An aerial shot shows a half-dozen B-29s parked on the airfield (03:31). General Curtis E. LeMay meets