Evening star., 1944-11-29

Tokyo, as told to his ,oite by the
pilot OF the first Super Fortress
to bomb the japanese capital.
B-2s BASE, sAIPAN, Marianas
Islands, Nov. az delayed tvia Navy
Radio (P.-Maj. Robert K. Morgan,
whose B-29 Dauntless Dotty was the
first to bomb Tokyo, had big news to
tell the folks back home.
But there are no telephone or tel
egraph facilities here, and airmail
might take a week or more So the
Associated Press Is transmitting this
letter to his wife Dorothy of Ashe-
vile, N. C.
Maj. Morgan, who won fame pilot
ing the Flying Fortress Memphis
Bell in the European theater, wrote
1t in pencil on a ruled paper pad as
he was returning from his second
trip to Tokyo this afternoon and
handed to the Associated Press on
his arrival at this base Here it is:
November q, 1914.
After leaving Tokyo.
My Dearest Darling:
I am writing this after having
just left the coastline of Japan be-
hind. The target again today was
Tokyo, Only 72 hours ago 1 was over.
the same coastline. Dauntless Dotty
has done wonderful job. Your
namesake is living up to her name.)
Friday I led the whole fight, a
thrill that comes once in a lifetime.
You remember that was my one
ambition, to lead the first B-29
raid on Tokyo.
Today I led just one element, but
even so it was nearly as big a
thrill as before. John Mai. John
A. Carroll, Fredericktown, Pa flew
as my deputy leader in the first
raid. Capt. Cox Ueonard Cox,
Tulsa, Okla) flew az my deputy
today. I had Maj. Joe Baird,
Tempe, Ariz., with me in the plane
today and, as you know, Gen.
'ODonnell BRIG. Gen. Emmett
ODonnell, Jamaica, N. " was with
me on the first one.
The first raid was for you, darling
Today's was for our 2-week- old
daughter, Sandra Lea. All those
raids to come will be for you both
and the things you stand for.
You know all about my trips over
Germany and so the best way to
describe today's mission is to COM
pare it with those raids over
Germany.
The trip to the target is a long
one-twice as long as some complete
missions to Germany. AS we ap-
preached Japan about noon Mount
Fuji stuck out above the clouds like
a traffic light directing us to the
target.
AS we turned toward the target
the gunners kept their eyes search
ing for sky fighters, but all we saw
was B-29s leaving the target after
having dropped their bombs. Since
we were the high flight today, all
the other planes were below us as
they left the target.
We turned onto our bombing run
and opened the bomb doors and be-
gan the bomb run. Less than a
minute later the bombs fell forth
from all the planes in my squadron.
Downward they fell toward Tokyo.
The sight of all those bombs drop
ping on the Tokyo war machine
does my heart good. Even more
satisfaction is gained than was in
dropping bombs on Germany. I
have waited a long time to drop
those bombs. Now my wishes are
coming true and this Is only the
beginning
Fighter opposition on both raids
has been very light. The fax also
has been extremely light and mac
curate. Therefore it goes without
much debate that both of these raids
were much easier than any I had
over Germany. I can add that I am
surprised as are John and Leonard
who were with me over there.
We have left Tokyo behind with
many fires burning in the industrial
area and soon We will be back at
our base.
I might add that my boys have
done swell job and I am proud OF
them. We have only begun the
bombing of Tokyo and there is
much. ahead. l know our fighting
outfit will be on top. We take a
second best to no one.
I must close now and get the