Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin farko na wannan nau'in a Tokyo ya kasance a daren 23 zuwa 24 ga Fabrairu lokacin da 174 B-29s suka hallaka kusan murabba'in kilomita 3 na birnin. Bayan wannan nasarar, kamar yadda Operation Meetinghouse
, Jirgin B-334 ya kai hari a daren 9 zuwa 10 ga Maris, wanda 282 Superforts ya kai ga burin su, ya sauke kimanin tan 1,700 na bama-bamai. Kimanin murabba'in kilomita 16 (41 km2) na garin ya lalace kuma an kiyasta cewa sama da mutane 100,000 sun mutu a cikin guguwar wuta. Ya kasance mafi hallakaswa na al'ada kai hari, da kuma mafi m guda bom kai hari na kowane irin a cikin sharuddan rayuka rasa, a duk soja jirgin sama tarihi, ko da lokacin da manufa a Hiroshima da Nagasaki suna dauka a matsayin guda events. Birnin ya kasance da katako ne da takarda, kuma wutar ta ci gaba da ci. Sakamakon fashewar bom na Tokyo ya tabbatar da tsoron da Admiral Yamamoto ya furta a shekara ta 1939: "Biranen Japan, da aka yi da katako da takarda, za su ƙone da sauƙi. Sojojin suna magana mai girma, amma idan yaƙi ya zo kuma akwai hare-haren iska mai yawa, babu wanda zai iya faɗi abin da zai faru. "