Few different points made in that episode, some relevant to this discussion some not and some I&#x27;m not remembering.<p>1) The B-29s had god-awful bombing accuracy in their original mission (high altitude level bombing) because of the as-of-yet-undiscovered jet stream over Japan. So when they flew too high and fast to be intercepted, they were basically useless when it came to doing damage.<p>2) This was already in the Kamikaze era of the war, and many B-29s were lost to that.<p>Anyway, I&#x27;m not going to rewatch the whole 45-minute long episode again. I found some stats that listed a total of 74 lost from fighters, but I&#x27;m hesitant to post because I can&#x27;t dig up the original source (it 404s now). Will if you so desire. The number lost due to weather, mechanical failure, etc., dwarf the number lost to fighters by a huge factor but it does make the original quote here sound like some amount of propaganda bullshit.