Kammala wannan jumla: Raid na farko don amfani da waɗannan sababbin fasahohi ya kasance a kan
a daren 9 zuwa 10 ga watan Maris da Tokyo. Wani reshe - 314th Bombardment Wing (19th, 29th, 39th, da 330th BG) wanda Brig. Janar Thomas S. Power ya umurce shi - ya isa Marianas kuma an ajiye shi a Filin Arewa a Guam. Kimanin 302 B-29s sun shiga cikin harin, tare da 279 da suka isa kan manufa. Rundunar 'yan bindiga ta musamman ce ke jagorantar farmakin da suka yi niyya a wurare na tsakiya. Ya yi awoyi biyu. Fashin ya yi nasara fiye da yadda Janar LeMay ya yi tsammani. Wutar da bama-bamai suka haifar sun haɗu don haifar da babban tashin hankali saboda iska mai ƙarfi na kimanin 17 zuwa 28 mph (27 zuwa 45 km / h) a matakin ƙasa, wanda ya hana wani abin da ya faru na musamman. Lokacin da aka gama, mil goma sha shida (kilomita goma sha shida) na tsakiyar Tokyo ya ƙone da wuta kuma kusan mutane 84,000 aka kashe. An rasa B-29 guda goma sha huɗu. B-29 a ƙarshe ya fara yin tasiri.