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Missing 20th Century Military Documents

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Missing items on this website may not include all items missing from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holdings.

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Hiroshima Area Target Map

  • Target Chart No. 23A of Target 90.30-748, A-2 Section, XXI Bomber Command, June 1945.

Several copies of the maps were created by the Army Air Corps to plan the dropping of an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. 

The copy that was filed in the Twentieth Air Force Mission Reports is missing.

 

Nagasaki Area Target Map

  • Target Chart No. 22A of Target Area 90.36-542, Nagasaki Area, Target Unit, Intell. Sec., XX Bomber Command, April 1945. 

Several copies of the maps were created by the Army Air Corps to plan the dropping of an Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan during World War II.

The copy that was filed in the Twentieth Air Force Mission Reports is missing.

 

Ploesti Mission Report

  • Mission Report from  August 1, 1943 attack on the oil fields in Ploesti, Romania, code word "Tidal Wave"

Missing from the Army Air Corps 44th Bomb Group Mission Report.

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