Narrated by then-actor and later President of the United States Ronald
Reagan, TARGET TOKYO presents the story of the first bombing raid on
Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces flying
out of Saipan. B-29 crews are followed from their training staging at
Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation point on the island
of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant
outside Tokyo is depicted.
The story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress
bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Crews are followed from their
training staging at Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation
point on the island of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the
Nakajima aircraft plant outside Tokyo is depicted. What this film
doesn't mention is this raid was a technological success, but a
strategic failure. Through no fault of the air crews, few bombs hit
anywhere near the target.The culprit was the jet stream which made
high-level conventional bombing accuracy nearly impossible.
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