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May 09 1945 – WW2: Operation Meetinghouse - 334 B-29’s raid Japan with 279 of them dropping 1,665 tons of bombs on Tokyo. This firebombing was the single deadliest air raid of WWII. Casualties and losses: US 14 B-29’s – JP 88,000 killed, 41,000 injured, and1 million residents lost their homes. ................
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