 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1945, Downs akabatana neboka renhau dzomumhepo dzakarongwa naTex McCrary kunyorera Twentieth Air Force. Boka racho raisanganisira vatori venhau Bill Lawrence, George Silk, Homer Bigart, nevamwe. Vakashanyira Europe mumavhiki pashure peV-E Day vari muB-17 yakagadzirirwa yakagadzirirwa neine simba guru redhiyo ye shortwave. Vakatanga neParis ndokupfuurira kunzvera zvakananga ruparadziko rwakabva mukubhomba kweHamburg neDresden kwakaitwa neAllied. Boka racho rakabva raenda kuCairo, Baghdad, uye kuSri Lanka risati rasvika kuEast Asia muna August kuti rinoparidzira mazuva okupedzisira ePacific Theatre. Kuputsika kwakashumwa kubva kuManchuria mukati mokupinda kweSoviet. Akasvika muManila muna August 1945 uye akaburuka pamwe chete nemapoka okutanga okubata eJapan, gare gare aripo pakusainwa kwekugamuchirwa kweJapan. Mumwedzi inoverengeka yakatevera boka racho rakatenderera Asia, richiita kumira muChina, French Indochina, Thailand, Burma, Malay States, uye Java. Boka racho rakapinda muHiroshima musi waSeptember 4, inenge mwedzi mumwe pashure pokurwiswa kwebhomba reatomu. 