When We Dropped The Atomic Bombs On Japan?

[George Cantstandya]

Found this in an article:

https://worldwarwings.com/crucial-reason-why-the-atomic-bomb-missions-conducted-without-fighter-escorts/

Quote:Earlier B-29 raids on Japan were met with little resistance this late in the war. The anti-air guns were unable to target the high-altitudes that B-29s reached. Japanese fighter planes were also quite limited at the time due to lack of qualified pilots and low fuel reserves. Essentially, there was no aerial defense that Japan could put up against bombings this late in the war.

The 509th Composite Group conducted practice flights with B-29s over Japanese cities and found that lower numbers of bombers attracted little attention. So in the end, the less is more proved to be the right way to drop the atomic bomb without the need for a fighter escort.