| Five fighters and two bombers were assigned a mission to drop propaganda leaflets on the city. |
| Cynical bombers telephoned a warning which drove civilians into the danger area. |
| These forces are a mixture of assets that includes fighters, bombers, and support aircraft. |
| Then the atomic bomb came along, and two of them were dropped by air force bombers. |
| In all, the bombing mission cost the Eighth Air Force 37 heavy bombers and six fighter aircraft. |
| Quite often, the enemy would provide important details on targets for Allied bombers and attack aircraft. |
