The Flight Of Tokyo Rose

"The Flight of Tokyo Rose" Nov. 1, 1944, the 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (3rd PRS) from Isley Field, Saipan, made history while flying a reconnaissance mission over Tokyo. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress served as the basis for the late-WWII F-13 long-range reconnaissance conversion model. The event was the start of 20th Air Force B-29 bombing missions of Japan from the Mariana Islands and was also the first U.S. aircraft to fly over Tokyo since Doolittle's Raid on May 18, 1942. Music by George Gershwin, "Rhapsody In Blue" (edited)

Aircraft History: Boeing B-29A-5-BN Superfortress
42-93852 Delivered to USAAF 11 Aug 1944. Modified to F-13A; redesignated 1948 as RB-29A
Assigned to 873rd Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group.
Departed CONUS for PTO, arrived Saipan 1 Nov 1944
Accident 6 Jun 1945 taxying at Harmon Field, Guam
Assigned to 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Named ‘Tokyo Rose’.
Reclaimed at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 27 Jun 1949.