“The first B-29 flight to airfields in China (over the Himalayas, or “The Hump”) took place on 24 April 1944.”
Good catch! They had the right date, wrong year. April of 42 was a very different war than April of 44 for us!
There is a great book called ‘1942’ written by Winston Groom about how that year was the pivotal year of WWII.
Can’t recommend it enough.