Men of the United States Army 1st Cavalry Division examining the freshly discovered launch site for the Fu-Go balloon bombs at Otsu, Japan Apr 1947. The dark barrel-shaped devices are gas generators for the hydrogen gas.

Caption     Men of the United States Army 1st Cavalry Division examining the freshly discovered launch site for the Fu-Go balloon bombs at Otsu, Japan Apr 1947. The dark barrel-shaped devices are gas generators for the hydrogen gas. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army via Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Identification Code   SC 283809-S
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Photo Size 963 x 779 pixels
Photos at Same Place Otsu, Ibaraki, Japan
Added By David Stubblebine
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