Editing Bombing of Tokyo (section)

===B-29===
* 24 November 1944: 111 B-29s hit an aircraft factory on the rim of the city.{{sfn |Hillenbrand |2010 | pp=261–262}}
* 27 November 1944: 81 B-29s hit the dock and urban area and 13 [[target of opportunity|targets of opportunity]].{{sfn |Hillenbrand |2010 | p=263}}
* 29–30 November 1944: two incendiary raids on industrial areas, burning 2,773 structures.{{sfn |Hillenbrand |2010 | p=263}}
* 19 February 1945: 119 B-29s hit port and urban area.
* 24 February 1945: 229 B-29s plus over 1600 carrier-based planes.{{sfn |Hillenbrand |2010 | p=274}}
* 25 February 1945: 174 B-29s dropping incendiaries destroy 28,000 buildings.<ref name=mission38>{{cite book|title=Tactical Mission Report 38|year=1945|publisher=21st Bomber Command|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/61701398/21st-Bomber-Command-Tactical-Mission-Report-38-Ocr}}</ref>
* 4 March 1945: 159 B-29s hit urban area.<ref name=Mar45Chronology>[http://www.usaaf.net/chron/45/mar45.htm U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology. ''March 1945''.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602071111/http://www.usaaf.net/chron/45/mar45.htm |date=2 June 2013 }} Air Force Historical Studies Office. Retrieved 3 March 2009.</ref>
* 9 March 1945: 334 B-29s dropping incendiaries destroy 267,000 buildings; 25% of city<ref name=Mar45Chronology/> ''(Operation Meetinghouse)'' killing some 100,000.
* 2 April 1945: 100 B-29s bomb the Nakajima aircraft factory.{{sfn|Sloggett|2013|p=154}}
* 3 April 1945: 68 B-29s bomb the Koizumi aircraft factory and urban areas in Tokyo.{{sfn|Sloggett|2013|p=154}}
* 7 April 1945: 101 B-29s bomb the Nakajima aircraft factory again{{sfn|Sloggett|2013|p=154}}
* 13 April 1945: 327 B-29s bomb the arsenal area, killing 1,662.{{sfn|Dorr|2012|}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bombing of Tokyo |url=https://tokyo-sensai.net/about/tokyoraids/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage |language=ja}}</ref>
* 24 May 1945: 250 B-29s bomb the [[Yamanote and Shitamachi|Yamanote area]], killing 762.<ref name=":0" />
* 25 May 1945: 464 B-29s bomb the Yamanote area, killing 3,352 and destroying 166,000 buildings according to the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department|Metropolitan Police]]; [[Tokyo Station]] and the Meiji-built main building of the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] among the casualties.<ref name=":0" />
* 20 July 1945: 1 B-29 drops a [[Pumpkin bomb]] (bomb with same ballistics as the [[Fat Man]] nuclear bomb) through overcast. It was aimed at, but missed, the Imperial Palace.{{sfn|Polmar|2004|p=24}}
* 8 August 1945: 60 B-29s bomb the aircraft factory and arsenal.
* 10 August 1945: 70 B-29s bomb the arsenal complex.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/japan/tokyo/missions-tokyo.html |title=American missions against Tokyo and Tokyo Bay |website=Pacific Wrecks |access-date=31 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005185129/https://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/japan/tokyo/missions-tokyo.html |archive-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>