Editing Curtis LeMay (section)

==Japan–Washington flight==
LeMay piloted one of three specially modified B-29s [[1945 Japan–Washington flight|flying from Japan to the U.S. in September 1945]], in the process breaking several aviation records, including the greatest USAAF takeoff weight, the longest USAAF non-stop flight, and the first ever non-stop Japan–Chicago flight. One of the pilots was of higher rank: Lieutenant General [[Barney M. Giles]]. The other two aircraft used up more fuel than LeMay's in fighting headwinds, and they could not fly to Washington, D.C., the original goal.<ref name=40th>{{cite book |title=40th Bombardment Group (VH) history |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EB-0VUI11NsC&pg=PA46 |year=1989 |publisher= Turner Publishing |isbn= 0-938021-28-1 |pages= 45–47}}</ref> Their pilots landed in Chicago to refuel. LeMay's aircraft had sufficient fuel to reach Washington, but he was directed by the War Department to join the others by refueling at Chicago.<ref name="Potts PDF">{{cite web | url= http://www.40thbombgroup.org/DCFlight.pdf |title=The Japan to Washington Flight: September 18–19, 1945 |last=Potts |first=J. Ivan Jr |publisher= 40th Bomb Group |access-date=October 19, 2010}}</ref>