Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype

The Mac R. Johnson Tokyo Bombing Run Teletype is comprised of United Press war correspondent Mac R. Johnson's teletyped firsthand account as an observer onboard the B-29 aircraft "Little Gem" for a combat mission on November 24, 1944. The mission described in the teletype is the United States Air Force's first B-29 air raid on Tokyo. Johnson wrote a dramatic and detailed description of events onboard as the squadron performed a high-altitude bombing over the target, the Nakajima Aircraft Factory. The teletype was received by United Press machines in newspaper offices throughout the United States; this particular printout was received by the Pueblo, Colorado Star-Journal. Johnson includes the names of each crew member of the "Little Gem" under the command of Captain J. T. O. Archer, including co-pilot Second Lieutenant H. L. Crispi of Kent, Washington, who Johnson stated had worked on the first B-29 ever constructed at Boeing.

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