Originally Posted by kwg020
It was important because it had a long enough runway for crippled B29s to land on and it was much closer to japan than any previous Island airfield


It wasn't Japanese occupied, either. It was a Japanese owned island, IIRC. There was a psych component there also, as for the first time we were on their territory - but the B-26 thing was vital at the time.

Last edited by las; 03/19/21.

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