Air raids persistent, and on August 6, the day on which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, four cars including Moha 43038, the top number of Handen Moha 43, were damaged from an air raid at Sumiyoshi Station.
それでも執拗な攻撃は止まず、奇しくも広島に原爆が投下された8月6日には、住吉駅構内で半流モハ43のトップナンバーであるモハ43038ほか4両が被災した。