Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Horikoshi ya kamu da cutar pleurisy a ranar 25 ga Disamba kuma ya kasance a gado har zuwa farkon Afrilu. A wannan lokacin, ya yi rikodin dalla-dalla game da mummunan hare-haren sama da aka yi a kan Tokyo da Nagoya, ciki har da mummunar "Operation Meetinghouse" Tokyo da aka yi a ranar 9 zuwa 10 ga Maris.
Ka yi haƙuri. Washegari da daddare, aka kai wa Nagoya hari da jiragen sama masu yawa, kuma aka jefa "dubban bama-bamai masu sa wuta" a birnin. A ranar 12 ga Maris, Horikoshi ya aika da yawancin danginsa, gami da tsohuwar mahaifiyarsa, yara da surukinsa, zuwa ƙauyensa kusa da Takasaki don samun aminci daga fashewar bama-bamai, kodayake matarsa ta kasance tare da shi a Nagoya.