<P> The US first mounted a seaborne , small - scale air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 . Strategic bombing and urban area bombing began in 1944 after the long - range B - 29 Superfortress bomber entered service , first deployed from China and thereafter the Mariana Islands . B - 29 raids from those islands began on 17 November 1944 , and lasted until 15 August 1945 , the day of Japanese surrender . </P>
<P> The US first mounted a seaborne , small - scale air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 . Strategic bombing and urban area bombing began in 1944 after the long - range B - 29 Superfortress bomber entered service , first deployed from China and thereafter the Mariana Islands . B - 29 raids from those islands began on 17 November 1944 , and lasted until 15 August 1945 , the day of Japanese surrender . </P>
when did the us bomb japan after pearl harbor
when did the us bomb japan after pearl harbor
April 1942
April 1942