Reconnaissance photo showing B-29 bomb damage to the Marifu rail yards (now Iwakuni Station) outside Hiroshima, Japan, 14 Aug 1945. This was the last bombing strike on this scale of the war.

Caption   Reconnaissance photo showing B-29 bomb damage to the Marifu rail yards (now Iwakuni Station) outside Hiroshima, Japan, 14 Aug 1945. This was the last bombing strike on this scale of the war. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Library of Congress
Identification Code   Lot 10423-12
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Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photos on Same Day 14 Aug 1945
Photos at Same Place Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 20 Aug 2019

This photograph has been scaled down; full resolution photograph is available here (2,832 by 2,384 pixels).

Licensing  Public Domain



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WW2-Era Place Name Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
Lat/Long 34.1718, 132.2256
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