Day Tripping: March 9

Bombing, Blasting, and Blondes?

Welcome to my daily feature where each day on the calendar marks a part of our shared history.

By Source: the Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland (United States)., PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22014220

Mass Destruction

Over three hundred Superfortress B-29 bombers were stripped of all guns except for rear turrets to fly faster and carry larger capacities totalling 120000 firebombs which were dropped on the city of Tokyo in…