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===Memorials to fallen American crewman===

In addition to the memorials across Japan for the Japanese that were killed during the air raids, there are also memorials created in Japan for American bomber crews that were killed in action.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miyamoto |first=Archie |title=They Bombed Japanese Cities, Yet B-29 Crew Members Are Remembered in Memorials Across Japan |url=https://japan-forward.com/they-bombed-japanese-cities-yet-b-29-crew-members-are-remembered-in-memorials-across-japan/ |website=JAPAN Forward |date=November 28, 2019 |access-date=May 18, 2025}}</ref> One such memorial is in [[Higashimurayama, Tokyo]], that commemorates the eleven American crewmen who were killed when their [[B-29]] crashed on April 2, 1945.  A local farmer, whose land upon which the plane crashed, sought out the families of the fallen crewmen after the war and built a memorial in the form of a Heiwa Kannon Buddhist statue.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shimaoka |first=Masaharu |title=THE STORY OF PEACE KUWANNON STATUE in HIGASHIMURAYMA, TOKYO JAPAN |url=https://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~shimaoka/kuwannon.pdf |language=en |format=PDF |access-date=May 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>On-site descriptive signage at the Heiwa Kannon statue, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan ({{coord|35.7738|N|139.4961|E}}). Accessed May 18, 2025.</ref>
[[File:Higashimurayama-HeiwaKannon-B29Memorial-Site.jpg|thumb|Heiwa Kannon B29 Crash Site Memorial]]