Aerial view of Tokyo as seen from cockpit interior, Japan, 1945

Gift in Memory of Vearl John Chapin
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Photograph, aerial. Aerial view of Tokyo as seen from cockpit interior. Official caption (Front): "20AF-5M Display of force - 207H- 24 9:2:45 6"-0 Tokyo 0-15 Restricted." Japan. 02 September 1945

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09/02/1945
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Items from the service of Vearl Chapin, who was born in Redding, California, on September 30, 1926. He enlisted in the Army in February of 1945 and was shipped to the Pacific Theatre, where he served with the 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in the Philippines and Marianas. Collection consists of aerial photographs showing bomb targets in Japan.
Geography: 
Tōkyō
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35.667
Longitude: 
139.750
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Aerial photographs--Japan