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Description
Scale model of the "City of San Jose" B-29 Superfortress bomber, previously owned by pilot Robert Locks, who flew the original airplane over Japan during World War II. On August 15, 1945, the bomber juoined more than 160 other bombers that dropped 20,000 pounds of napalm and TNT over cities north of Tokyo. The mission is detailed in a San Jose Mercury News article dated Sunday, July 28, 1985, with photographs of the original crew and Locks holding his B-29 model.
Type
image
Identifier
B75A585F-C14C-4377-A6C0-247910464200 1997-1x-950
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 Bombers Airplanes Air pilots (LCSH) Soldiers
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