21st bomber command tactical mission report 263, 267, pdf

8/6/2019 21st Bomber Command Tactical Mission Report 263, 267, PDF

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~ ~ U , i ~ l l 1 1l.liss1on 262 Was . !Dining opera_t ion t h ~ t will be reported ID asepo.r:t.b Tacticn! 1:18s10n Report_hieh receives only l imited dis ...tr ibut1on.


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, P.E.:.DQU\RTLRSXXI BO:;BSR C(:t:l:'.JJD&0 234

EeTle.'>!. ll!SSION RBl'CRTFil!Ild Order 110. 98 mssions !lo. 263 thru 267.Targets I Urban ~ e s . s of' Dtsunomiye.. IChlnoiil iya, Tsurugll and Owajbaa;and the Kaviasu1 ?etroleUl: l Center

12/13 July 1945Table or Contents

C"age Ro,To.cUed Narrative. . . . . 0 0 0 ,l.nnex , - OpGTations. . 0 0 0 ,.l a r t I - i ~ 3 . 7 i g a t i o n Track Ch'1.rt 0 'S?a r t Il - Radar .:..pproach Charts ,.

Part III - l!ean. ; 'o in ts or Ic.pact, 0 0 0 21' t= l l r t IV - BOIT.bing . 0 0 0 0 22LQrt V - Flight 3;'lgineering Ohart ..?o.rt VI - Radar 0 0 0 0 0 0 as?o.rt VII - Gunnery, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27ra r t VIII - ; ' l r -Sea Rescue Chart. 0 0 0 0 0 ..Part n - .rtJ.r..Sea Rescue Reports, 0 0 0 0 :5Section .... 58th ::lng Report 110. S 0 0 29Section B -31Sth ~ : l n g Report Ko. '. 0 0 0 32kmex B - .:eather . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3?Part I ":"ellther


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HE.\D(.U .RI':EmXXI Bcmber Ctt'lI:::Iilnd

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1I SBOR2 T I:By :,u th d t t e e.G. II XXI Beaber O Q X ; a M II 12 Ju1 0?05 0 -I Do. to Ini ti0.181 1 1 1 1 1 : IIIII 1 III 1 I I II

Report or Attacks aJ . 4 Ci t i e s and 1 Preeisien TargetHmshu en 12/13 July. 1 ~ 5 .TO

1 .Canmanding Genoral. Trrentieth Air Forco, ,/asbiIlgtOl, 25, D.C.

IDE21I'IFICAT1Gl' OF lU':::S1mS:a . Fie ld Order l''u.r:lber 98. P.eadquarters >21 Ea:lber Ctt::D8nddated 12 July 1 ~ 5 r directod the 58th.73rd, 313 th , 314 th , and 315th'

BWbardment ,lings t o par t ic ipato in attacks against 4 c i t i e s and 1 oilprecision target on Honshu in)OCI BQ:J.oor CCJIDand Missions Nutlt:er 263thr"'gh 267.b. Targets S ~ c i f i e d :

(1) PriJ::2e.rv Visual and Radar Tar.getsl

4 GrQJpsForce.1ssi.me d

11Ii88iooNumber Target ;1 i DR;263 Utsuncniya Urban lu'ca (90.13) 58t.264 Icblna:li.ya Urban Area (90.20) 73rd 4 ~ " ...


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(2) r,lission ,,"'uMber 264. Iehingnin.1 Ir.1part'3nt 80S me cLthe main ' feedor- ci t ies into th e Nagoya ai rcraf t center, Iehina:11yais 9 miles narth.1Ost at ' Nagcua en the dQ,l,ble t rack Tokaido main l ine,l I ' 1 a i b a r a ~ en the oastern edge of lake Bina. is Z7 miles ,7(lst at Iehlnall178,Gifu is 9 miles smtheaat of i t and Kia 0 Ge.l7a ie 4 I : l i les :fest. IcbinO!l1yai s repartCid to be a 0017 lll..lniticns conter and the s u ~ a s s c t l b l y plants inthe ci ty had beCQ:le J:l0l"E! impart : lnt due to the d3J:nge dale to r:agO'/a. I tis an old ci ty , l7ith l i t t l e neOl heusina. The buil t -up area extends abmt1 ni le en t he eas t- \7es t axis llnd 1.2 miles en tho nortb-sOJ.th extensiCZl..The ci ty is bui l t in I I spider-l iko fashion. l7ith rends nod railt taysradiat ing fran a contral point . Nikko Gt:l.\7a encircles tho city a t thenorth, but thero are no efflctive fire breaks except te r a shr ine andtho park in tho center of th o city ,;. (: ) ~ < r I l>.\lmbE:r 265. Tsururn: Tsuruga i8 located 11ml.lca narth":1cst of tho northerIllloot t ip Bi::o Ko. 47 z : U l ~ nortbf:!lSt

O!' JCyoto en TSUrua8 .Ian, and has a Pop,11ltion of 31.346. I t has a b. l i l tup area o f 1 square mile and the 2 smnll streams in the c i ty are notc::illSidered to bci adequate f i re broaks. Good landDarks at the ci ty arethe brouk' ;tatcrs and ~ \ a D O G " 1 l Saki . Tsuruga i s ens or the 3 J:1Ol5t i.c.portaD'tof the Korea sm t t l a ports and is en 8 cross-isl! lnd rOJ.te tha t t icsin to the Tokaido.r.uu.D. rallrca.d l ine . The pre_tlar la7 capadty t rar t ichas been great ly lnCTC'1Scd because of shiICents ;rbicl:!. CaD be ;:ade ::::aoesafe ly in the J apan Sea . The c i ty is ioporhn t beceuse 1n i t s c.e.UCa:lp:1ct area i t includes !1 port , \1arcbcuscs, and ra ibey tc .ci l iUC8.A nm1 chemical plant i s located to the seuth .

(4) Ili.ssicn :t:\mber 266. tmaji..n:lI U:faji.m is locll\Cden U17ajiJ2 Bay Q l the t7est cen t ra l ccast at Sh1kcbl. I t is c!lpe.t:le dhandling ships up to 1000 tons in good anchorages. 'Il:.e city i s alsoa pra:1inent s i lk and t ex t i l e center .


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f o r th e clullters nas chosen t o cet maximw:l. tamage Q'I. the targLt areaand t o attain proper density for each aircraft po.ttern.g. For Vi.issiQ'l. Number 264, the 73rd .li ng ' ; f ~ sinstructed t o direct a nCln:lal effort Of 4 Grcups carrying clusterscontaining ts..69 bQ::lbs t o the extent Of availabil i ty


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:z., For llisaiQ! Number ?t:q, a l l a i r c r a f t CIt the3 l 5 t h \ 'l ing were t o carry 500-po.1Dd general purpose banbs fuzed witha 1/10 sec end delay noae and 1/40 & 1/100 80cQnd dol"1 ':118. '1'. aOO.poundbonb was seleoted since the target instal1atioo.s were or both thestcn"age and refinery type, and th e large number or bcmb h i t s expectedt o be attained 'lias expected t o cause maxim..un damge t o both manutactur...ing and storage f a c i l i t i e s . The 1/40 and 1/100 secOftd delay t a i l fuzel1as selected t o IBrI;J.it penetraticn or the bcc.b beneath the tank topst o a SUfficient depth t o assure det


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Miss1Ql BCl:lbing Axis Of Ienght T>mel!!m Number Al t i tudos Attac.k of fun of " " Drif t(feet) (degrees) (miles) (minutes) (degrees)314th 266 10,000 to10.800 105 34 7, 3 , lett315th 267 15,000 to16,000 42 50 11 2, let t

(2) K'svigatiQl: The 5 ,lings nere to U8e Ino Jioa en rO.1teOJ.t and Q l re turn as per tne XXI BClr!Iber Ca:Jlland Tacticnl Doctrine. FranIno Jil::la to the target and re turn. the r ~ t e plans 'ilere as follcoSI

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3545N-14100EtoJ62JN-140JBE (IF)toTargetto364JN-1404J1ltoJ600N-14119E

bassioD NUmber 263, Utsupom1ya:Reasons for ChoiceThis dead reckoning point eas t of Ches1 Pointwas selected to keep aircraft out .f the Chosiflak: area.In i t i a l point was the easi ly identif ied mouthof the Mito River on the e&3tern shore at&nshu.A r ight turn was to be ~ d af ter the at tack.This point was designated to keep a i rc ra f t CDcourse to land's end. and to a-roid the flakareas at Hitachi.lani ' s end.


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(d) russian NUmber 266. !!naHma IRouto Reasons fo r Choice3242N- 13l50Eto331430"-1314700Eto3 3 2 0 3 0 ! ~ 1 3 2 0 l 0 O E (IP)toTarBet

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1. Equipment Parformo.nce - :.FQ_131 Number or seta opera.tlve .t t""!co-ofr I ... (OOlll).b. Number or seta opel":".tive over t ~ . r g e t l


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l w .. .wrl:1ge lIl11X1mUIII rttnge of Ja.pnneso COtUIt ... 415 na,.u.t1oIl.1 1II11e.,j. R e m ~ k s :

(1) Briefing m n t e r l ~ l . ~ good with tho except10n thAt the73r4 wang B t ~ t e d the r ~ d n r str ip wns of l i t t le vnlue a.nd ~ supplementedby 2 o.dditlonlll shor t r:::.nge pic tures froID. tholr f11ea,(2 ) Methods of relo.:'.se:

(0.) Ro.dar d i rec t non-synchronous(b) Ro.dc.r d i r ec t synchronous.

2. R:cdnT Bombing _ .:..N/;J'Q_7:0.. Nu,lIber o f SGts opernt ive c. t t ' lko-orr : 54b. NUl:lber of sets opere .t ive over t:-.rgotl 54c. Number of sets opero.tive on roturnl 52d. ;"vero..ge ?:o.xiJ!luc T:lnge (1n b'lutiC:l l mile.)1

SO a t 15. 000 tt100 o.t 10,000 ft

e. Interference: \:etl.ther Md ot.hor J.PQ..., seta.f. Const of Jo.po.n 1mB picked up a.t 50 nc.utlclll mile


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b . Number of time cheCked I :52 times.c. 1 l.lo.ltunetion, dUEl to bllrned out ueLIUlll1ttsr, DO .1P&1givilin Ollt.

5 . Abaolllte hI t imetcr - SCR 718 I0 . . Dumbor of opero.tiV6 so 'b : 216.b. Nl.tIlIber or 1nopo1'G\lvo so t s ; 2

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1. No. or ;.Ie f i r ing I None.2. ;'vero.go t u r re t lOad:

I"'0 Ii."":5. ;.vera.ge no. of rounds f ired in cOiDb:1.t per tu r ro t :

.!!l.o l!ioo Io Joi.o JloHo, of rounds t i red 10 comba t: 0


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APRIL 1945 PART mn AtR SEA RESCUE CHART SECRT

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P.)BI IX SECTION .'> _ DITCHING REPORT-

1. l!lsslon No. 263. 12.13 July 45 . Date of Reportl 19 July ts .2. WIng; Group: 458th Squ.o.dron I P1a.ne R o 42-024055.3. C ~ U S $ of Ditching: Fuel t ransfer systom out p r e v $ n t i n ~ t r ~ .of fu.el from. No. 1 ...Mch lI'!lS feo.thered. Time er DitChingl 2l5SZ, 13 July 1915. Location I le3'Tlf.14412ES. Crell':

?OS!t19n J!llll2 !IlllI< kl i t SeepP I R : ~ ' 1 ~ ~ ; ST ....VIN llIt Lt Rescued

Ci E ! > : ~ RD Y. ..R.:':ITsrTE: 2nd Lt Rescued" RICiL..RD B. L;,.CROSSE; 2nd Lt RescuedB DON,;,.lD J . ? i . s ~ U : . R I S L L O 2nd Lt R e s c l I ~ dFE Robert !.!. : ~ t e h o u s e So' RescuedV .i;.LTER J . BIELSKI 2nd L t RescuedR Fr::.nk V. Ort iz . Jr. So' RescuedSG Robert E. Silcox So' RoacuedLG ' J l l l1ao H. rearce Cpl Drown..RG Bruce S. (h1br:li tb Cpl RoacueclTO ';';111iao ho . Teague Cpl DrO'llrDOclS. Na.rro.t1 VEl Report:

I l . t r i o r to Ditching: Over two :lot OSa5 c.irora.ft hod 15'9


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PMt IX SECTION B _ DITCUnlG R E . r O ~ .

1. l7int;: 315th Group! 16th Squo.dron: 16th 8.29 l.J.rero.1't Ro.42-63503.2. l l iuIon Number! 267. 12 July 1945.3. Cause of Bo.I1out: Three runQ.l'I'll)' propel leu . ent,ine. #1. :5 o.n4 4.4. Timo and :'os1tIoD o f Bai lout !

80 mUes North of ll'Cstern t ip of OroteH36N _ Ho125E.193.\1(, 12 July 1945, approxlDatelyfeninsulo., GullA. Coordlno.tea.

5 . Rescue: 13 July 19(.5. Two crew mctlbcrs by LeI 947 o,t 02051OUOI; one by LeI 603 o,t 0746Il:.6, Crcw::i'os11Ion 1!W .ooJ: k i t Seen;.C HUORD ;.. BERRY le t Lt 0531331 In .J.rplCUJIp J.n..Lo:ES 1RlVEI''IE; SR 2nd Lt 0206966"1' ROI'euedN K. " . ~ . . R R E N ROLLInS 1st Lt 0736889 B n 1 l 1 ~ ChrtB REX E. \tERRlN'G. JR . l s t Lt 0732474 RescuedVO IRVING '3. i,l:ERI;7G3R 2nd Lt 02068825 B a 1 l 1 n ~ OutFE l.:orton FInkelsteIn Sgt 32977132 Btlll1ng OutRO Robert E. 4'nch Sgt 16135884. Ba.l1ing OutRS Harold I . S:ha.cffcr S/Sgt 15068491 In .a rp1CU'lOLS Clarence N. Nelson Sgt 13188055 RaaeuodTO :i'bll1p G. Tripp Sgt 31426856 IUled


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.QB!: . lQ ~ J l I . l . l d .d. Bo.il Out"

(1) Exit through F o ~ r d Bomb Bay.The Navigator and Radar Oporator went out f i r s t (orderu r o c n o ~ ) . a.nd the i r chutes were soen to op3n by the B o m b o . r ~ l e r who was

th i rd out. The Radio Opero:tor heslto.tod but l o f t lIol:'lotll1le bet1JOen thetime the Bombnrdier and ?11ot bailed out. Tho Pilot was next out a.ndsa...,. one ehuto open j u s t b o f o T l ~ he l e f t the oirpl :me. 1:fith th o exceptionof the : . lrpla.ne COlMlo.nder. the f ron t of tb3 a.1rpb.no ,,0.. elotl1" when hel e f t . and tho o.lt lccter Indica.tod SOD feet. no difficulty ~ experiencedin l eaving th" ho.tch. Tho BOl:lbo.rdior and .?llot pu t tho1 r h:ulda o . l o n ~ thecdge of the bulkhead door a.nd dovo out in Dna. cation.

(2) Exit through Ronr B o ~ b Bo.y.The Right Sc:mnor hOod boon br ie fed to ba.il out f i r s tand wc.s fu l ly goo.:r6d a.nd roady to go . The Left Seann.:.r a;,otionod Mil out.but he (Right Sco.nner) "looked b l ~ " . The Lort SCeuvt&r thon Qslcod h1ato step l1Sida so ho(Left Seann....r) could go out, thinking tM t 10 4 o i ~tho R ight S c ~ n n e r might gain confide nCo. The Rigpt Scannor stepped a 3 .ida, s t i l l mute. end tho Left SC:lnnor dovo out tm prossl,lTo b u l k h o ~ d

door. Tho Right SCo.nner Wa..6 never secn to loo.vo tho a i rp lue .SOO f t .=n.

(3) . ~ . l t i t u d e and t ine to r Ba.1loutl BetweoD 1500 f t wTlr::J.o intervnl a.pproxioo.tely I i minutos betwoen f i r s t aDd lut

e. Survival:(1) Lt. Trive t te :

(a) There w:l.S no shock fe l t on opon.1ft1 of tb o chu te .


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o.nd f irod another f la ro .and f irod I I fln.ro jus t nsby ~ picked him up,

Soon he SD.W n ehip outlined on tho horitonit was nbout to run him down. Tho ship sto04

(0.) Lt. ' 'Terring did not expcrience Elny opening shock.Upon hi t t ing the water ho infla.ted his J!no 'r:u;t (no recollection of get_t i n ~ out of the ho.rness) and retrieved his dinghy. :.bout th::J.t time heS n tho airplane oxplode about 50_200 f eo t ::J.bovc tho water in n wingdoun at t i tude . He heard the N"avlgntor ca.ll for help o.nd could hoa..r him.COu'::;h1ng. Lt. l 'krring t r ied to svJ11:1 in th:l.t direct ion o.nd drag h i . d i with him but hnd l i t t l e success. He thon went about Inflo.t ing the dinghyn.rd 11ke Lt. Trivette looked for n wheel vo.lve. He flno.11y 'I=;ro.bbed a.hnnrlful of s t r ing ' . nnd i n fh tod the ra f t . Hs S::J.W one flo.ro (2 star-red)bO off in whnt seemed to bo th o o pp osite direct ion from where the a.irpllUlOoont down but wo.s not cer ta in of th e direct ion.

(b) ' ;!hilo attel!lpting to Got in the nft a.n aJrpla.neCircled overhend but he couldn ' t get f la res to signal i t . Sa took sOIDef la res from his pocket a....ld shot one off jus t as the nirpla.ne po.ssed onn roturn run. The plnne turned :md Lt. ~ ' : o r r 1 n g shot ::J.nother flo.re uDd 0.couple of t rncers . The plnne dropped 0. SUr!'::lCO fb.re o.bout 15 Y::lrds fromthe rn f t :md blinked his recognition l igh ts . :.11 in :l.ll the plc.ne 4ropped:3 surfo.ce f la ros . It ci rc led onco mora and then took eff . (The : u r p l ~or"uitlnb a.bove tho ra f t h:l.d engine troublo .md had to return to bi1Se.)

(c ) Lt. l lerring bec:une ill, dozed off , :3J1d SQllletl_l a to r was tnmkened by Il. plane overmnd. IJ ' tor two misfires be ~ o onetro.COr off . Thero w(lre qui te a few plo.nes sO:J.rching w ith lan din g l1gbtaon. smo.ll ship CQQe by. running without l ights except one small ODe


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( .)op=ned p ~ r ~ c h u t eit i s Considerod

Q Q l! E 1 J.l ~ . N ! 111.1,

The body of tM to.i 1 gunner wall recovered with I lf t_~ t t a c h e d . I t is not known u h c t h ~ r he b ~ i l e d out. butunlikoly since he wos burnod o.bout the f ~ c e o.nd ho.nda.

8. Suggc.stions by tho cro",:0. . ..SR vessels should have b e t t e r search l i g h t faci l i t10s ll.l'Idusc thee continuously in tho search o.ron whon tho c h ~ n c e s of enemy ac_t iv1 ty o.re slie;ht ..

been b. Corner r e f l e c t o r s on the ono-man l i f e r a f t s might ho.veeffect ive in londing the surfiloe vessels to tho r a f t .c. Tho f l a r e s should be judiciously usod o.nd not fired o.t air_

cr:U't ' l\1thout sa.ving S O l t ~ t o s i g n ~ l surfo.o:;l vossols lJoro tho.n twoflo.ros should bo Co.rried.

tho.t d. I t should be SO? for planes to 'hlink t h e i r l ights t e abowsurvivors have been sighted.e. ..5R. vessels should ho.vc; radio aid:: to nnvig:l.tion. such Q.SLoran ~ q u i p m c n t and Rildio COI!Ipo.s::les.

9. Comoonts of Interrogation Board:a. Thc nood f o r more i nt en s ive t r: .i ni ng i s plo.inly indico.ted.tro.ining t h a t w i l l emphasize r ~ i n f l a t i o n 3nd the use ot ~ r i o u s items

of oquipment. Lecturo work i s not suff iCient..b. The importance o f s ecu rin g the emergcncy equ.ipaent on th o


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Q Q.B t i lL,; J:{ I 1 A11i. A mature off icer I)xperienc.d in ~ . s R work 'houl4 be .tat10ft0l

n b o ~ r d 3 u r f ~ c o vessel invQstigct ing each ~ ) in cid en t to t ~ coamanda t tho sceno of 0.11 pla.nes a.nd vesse l . sea.rehi:'& for sl l rvivors.

10. J.ction T:lkon by th i s H c ~ C l U o . r t e r s :~ ;.11 onC-lan l i fo r:d'ts wil l o.:-..rry only the lover type

vo.lvo 0.5 soon Q.S tho eho.nge ovor Cl.'..n be com,lotOd.b. Tho proper mea.ns of c ~ r r y i n g f l ~ r o s eserBGftcy oqulp_

cen t in tho summer f ly ing su i t to provent loss on ba.i lout ho.s beon stres_sod. A pOUCh to hang from tho be l t in which tho equipment might boCa.rried i s undor development.

c . '71ng m o c o r ~ n d l 1 r . l 55_7, wh ich list.::: tho l:l.1n1mum t r dn l ng J'O_qUirod of 0.11 crews in emergency proceduros, h ~ been r e c C l p ~ S i & o d . "letdinghy d r i l l i s boing Conducted a.nd o.ction h:l.s boen ta.lc&n to prontSetro.ining in eSCape f rom par llChute harness .

4. The personal uso of i tems of C:1cq;oney equipment bas heea..~ o r h i d d o n .

0 . ?erc iss ion hes been secu red f roe CTF 94 to r the ~ l t t t Groaa4St=-.tlon to use 4475 Kcs. to cot'lmunico.te with :..5iI. voue l . seo.rching to rsu rn vors of 3l5th Bomb '"ring pinnes .

orr t.Northwest h reques t fo r o.dditlono.l soarch l leb ts on tel',Field runW:l.Y ha.s bocn son t to CTU' 9/.,7.1.g.

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Obsened 'iJeatborPart I I I - lTognostic ....pPart IV .. Synoptic kBp


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PoRT I - 'IMTHER SU!4WUR.ANNING FQRECA'3l'

4-6/10 l o clouds, base 1500 fect . tope 6 ~ 8 0 0 0 f t . witb tewto 20,000 f t . and 4-6/10 middle aDd hiGh clouds. Occasionslmoderate shot7era during day.Route: To 310NI Base conditions slollly improving to sTerage or5/10 l o clouds, base 2000 r t , tops 6000 f t .To cosst ; 6-8/10 loa clouds, 6-8/10 middle am high clOUdsin uarm f ront o ri en ted Nn-SE over uestern Honshu.Targetsl Tokyo: 6-8/10 Ion clouds, baso 1500 f t . tops 4-5000 f t .and 5/10 middle and high clouds, increasins to O't'6rcast

layers in arternnoD am evening.W, l : Broken to overcast multiple layers of lov. middleand h iSh c louds except Shikoku and south Yvoushu "blch vi11bo in ..,ar:n sector and have 8/10 Ion clouds. baso 1500 f t .tops 7000 ft. ni th scattered upp:lr clouds.

Base a tTake-Ofr:Routel

Broken 10>7. middle am high clouds m th scattered aha:Jars.There n i l l be broken Ion. middle and high clouds vithBcatteroci l ight sho"3crs to 25n. FrCll:l 25Dr1 to 300!l' theret7ill bo s c a t t e r ~ lcr.1. middle and high clouds. " '-tr on ta lzone batuoon JO N am 33N ni l l gi't'o overcast 10'11, middleani h igh c louds nith moderate rain and aodcrate ri::lB 1c1111:.From 33U to target there vi11 be broken 107 clouds amseat tcred middle clouds. 'Tsuruga: 8/10 cumulus. base 2000 r t , top 6000 f t ; 4/10a lt o st ra tu s a t 15.000 f t . 17inds at 12.000 f t . m.U bo280 at 35 knots .


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Targets!

Bases onReturn:

To Empire; Overcast 10\7 c loud s w it h tope 10.15,000 t t .and \J'l.kncmn amounts of upper clOUd. !-1odorate turbulence.Cloud tops dec re as ed aDd some breaks sppca rod Dear Ibpirecoas t .TsuruA;a: 10/10 lcm clouds, t op s 8 -10.000 t t . n tb tewto 12,000 f ' t . and ovorcast of' th in middlo cloud in layorencar 10,000 f t . Winds a t 12,000 f t . nore 2600 a t 40 knots.tb a Jima: 10/10 middle clouds abovo aDd beloa f'l1ghtaU i tude of 15.000 f t . other elouds unobserved. l1inda a t15.000 f t . uoro 2800 a t 40 knots .Kanasak11 5-10/10 var iable 1


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Part I - RCM1. Purpose:

a . To D/F e n radars.b. To Conduct a general sea rch in the 20-)000 megacycle

regions.c. Te barrage jam enomy gun-laying and searchlight radarsin the 72-84 megacycle and 190-210 mesacycle regions aDd to spotjam any GL or SL radar signals appearing outside the barrage.d. To confuse e n radar defenses by the uso ot rope.

e. To record enemy cCllIllDJ,D.ieations e . ' i\7onty-nino RO,1 Observers part icipated and \l5od ther o l 1 ~ i n g equiJlllOnt to accomplish th e 130arch and ja:lD1ngl 220 -

.APr-l. 116 .:. ..\PQ.-2. 16 ,;. A R ~ 8 , 22" APr-3 ( tb i i t iod) . 29 - AI'R-lj..13 _ l P ~ - l l . 7 APA-24. 1 kRR-1. 2 - APR-5 and 3 - A P ~ .b . RoPO >las dispensed a t the rate of 3 bundles ~ .. t()..

aOCDndl'whon"protootion was nooded from sear .bliGhts .c . 'fuo special jamming ai rcraf t :rore employed by tho 58thWing, to e irc le the target area during tbe s t r ike . 'fuo special

jflTllTl'ng airplanes Tiere furnishod by tho 314th WiDS to Coyer the

s t r ike of the 315tb l7ing. These special ja lZing ai rp lanos 7et'Gequipped to barrage the onemy GL and SL radar trcquoney baa:1a am tospot jam any signals that appeared outside tho barrage. A4ditiOll&1

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0500 35 31501'1 1315U1: 0713 5 0033 21 tJ:""' "'"0074 Ob..OO 30 3250r: 13710::; 071345 0002 21 121 _.,00076 , ~ " I0495 30 321011 13354 071345 0105 21 122 P "... Cl:I00075 0400 20 ,32001: 132h5s 071345 0005 21 12100076 S ".:'"" ~ H 0700 05 352011 1362O E: 071345 0110 21 12100078 2000 08 34131 1 3 6 ' 1 ~ S071345 0040 21 121 O'r IP300078 0750 08 34101: 1500$

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PART I I _ RADIO

1. Strlke Renortsl Thir ty-n ino St rike Reports. ~ o r e reeeiyeaby tho Wing Ground Sta t ions . Follon-iog i s a tabull l t iOn by oJing oftho s tr ik6 r epor ts received: 58th. 8; 73rd. 8, 313th. 4; 314th. 12and 315th. 7.

2 . Fox Transmissions: In addition to the l1eual noathcr andtimo signals t ransDit tcd from the Ground Stat ion. each :nna: t ranaoi t ted 2 aod 3 . ~ messages to a i rc ra f t . The 58th l ing roported85.8 per cont of a i rcraf t received both of tho i r t r a ~ s s i o n s .Tho 7)rd ';ling averaged 92.3 per cent of operatora logging 2 mcs!laaeaTho 313tb Wing reportod 75 per cont of tho i r a i rcraf t receipted far3 'F ' typo messages. The 314th \1il18 reported 86 per cont of l.t:.eiroperators copied 2 ~ s s a g e B from tho Ground Stat ion . Included inroaAons fo r not copyi I l { ; lhc$sages :Jore inoporat iYc equip:xmt, sloeping . landing a t 1\'10 JiIi1a. a i r sick. bolpina navigat


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star ted

b. 6615 Kcs I(1) en bettteen 0940Z and llJ0Z. waa 1nef ' fecthe .( 2 ) Cr1 and u.C",'1 always eamo in \'Thon a i r e;t'OUnd I lItaUonsonding and uas par t ia l ly effect ivo.

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( J ) C7f ;tith no ident if icat ion betl'Toen 12061. aDd l209Zvery effect ive .

(4) C',1 '\7ith ca l l signs 9Dr and 71K bct>feon 1230Z1400Z nas par t ia l ly ef fect ive .

(5 ) V's f ran l.4ooZ to 1445Z f18S very er tec t ive .(6) Unintelligible code. keying m.tb no idcntU'icat1.on

b c t ~ e n 1 5 4 0 ~ and l 6 4 5 ~ uaa partial1] effectivo to yory cftoctiye.A rnt' zer o boa ting signal fra::l 21003 to 2305Z UM

inoffoot ive.c . 10305 Kcs: Negligible.d. 3145 Xc.; This frequency flU replaced by )160 Kca.o. 6055 K C ~

( l ) Jap voico a t 121105Z gas offective.(2) Pulsating tono bot'l7oen 1500Z tlII! 1530Z."411 IJU"-

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j. 3999 Xes:(1) High pi tcb tone a t l035Z I18Il1 par t ia l17 et'teetlYe.(2) Bu';!;';!; san affect a t 12J5Z 178S par t ia l ly e r t . e the .

k . 7415 KcSI(1) Keyed C;1 a t 1420Z and 1130Z U8a par t ia l ly ortectiYe.(2 ) Tono. motor boat otfoct a t 20102 ~ a p a r t i a l ~

effocti1'o.1 . 10820 Kc;: Nagllgib1o ..m. 3810 Keg:

(1) C'J Jap traJlSl:1issions trOQ l4502. to 15)02 -:7eroeffoctivo.

(2) High speed sta t ion se:x11ng a scries o f doU 1J1tor-cit tontly ~ a effective.

n. 6640 Kcs a q l 10165 Rca: NegligiblAl.7. Distross ' Thora ;;ere no distress ClCssagoS int.orcop1;ol!during tOO80 mesions on tho mng s tr ike fToqucnciea. 1bcre 'itOZ"G

SO!OO roports or warn ing messageS to tho 1\70 Jllllll Air-Soa ReaCWIS t a t i o n ~ .

8 . EguiJ!!mt Malfunctions' ANjART-:3: 1 no aide tClDO' 1channel 2 inoporativo; 1 inopcrati9'O on voicol 1 antCDll8 c\&lTQ1l\


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.'""""D

INTEWGENCE

Part I _ ~ i OppositionPart I I - ,Ene. -..otiaircrattPart I I I ll3mago .,ascs8lllCd1t

$cct ion :.. _ Utsuncmi)'a, Mission 110. 2 ~ Section B _ I c h i ~ a . Mission Ro. 2ftIa.Socti on C _ Tsuruga. Ja,saiOD. Ho. 26.5


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P:.RT I _ ENEMl .U:R QPPOSITION

l On th is s ~ r i e s of night 8 t r i k ~ s o n a ir opposit ion vasnoSl1g1blo. Only 2 at tacks 17ere made by approximately 67 OOOlll3' a i r c ra t 'oncountcrod. No loss or damage 17a8 attributod to onC!QY aircraft ; hooaver. 1 e",z9 : 'lSS los t to unknO:7I1 causes. No claims \'Ioro mado.2. 'Mission No. 263. 58th ~ i n s , Utsunomiy,: Thore ~ o r c no att3ckBreported. and only 9 enc:ny sircr ' lf t goro soon. None ot thoso sho ;cd any

tracos or aggrossivonoss.3. Mission No 264. 13rd ;7ing. lchinor.:liy,,: Tho B-29's n througha layer of broken c louds 'i7itb 10/10 undorcast ar.d overcast . ...lthough12 ono:!tf aircrai ' t uero reported. a l l sightings ot c n a i rcraf t ';2crebaaed solely on t h obscrv'ltion of rod or goon l ights and. in 1 in stanco. an Reber hgh t . Tfiese may havo been B-29 running l1.Bht.s aDdin the exception m c n t 1 0 n ~ d . a B-29 a:cbcr colered recn


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feot and th o at tack uas made from 7 o 'c lo ck l ovol. The onomr a i rcraf t .:,i th running l igh ts on. closed in to 300 yards and broko away aftt;r t i r ~ n 2 bursts . Tho t a i l gunner did not f i re ae his guns uoro inoperatiyeduo to a j6lDll:lod chargor. Tho cnany a i rcraf t bad a red l ight on eachrring.

7. Passes Ia. One s i ngle plano made a pass. het:7ocn ItLDdfa11 and IP . Tbeunidentif ied o n o ~ a i rcraf t c a in frOm 10 o'clock at 15.400 foot.

l o v e ~ , headod for tho nose of the B-29. closing in to m thin 100 yO'da.c o n t ~ n u i n g on to 3 o'clock ~ h e r o i t uent inte 3 c l i ~ b .

b ~ o t h e r pass uas made bot:7oen ta rget to land'e cnd. Asingle unidentif ied enenw a i rcraf t ca:nc in fran 11 o'clock hib-lot. doyofor the nose of tho B-29. closed in to loss than 100 yards and b::-okoauay sb:1rPly to tho l o f t . Using a climbing turn tbe enm:v 3irerat ttook a rociprocal heading from the B-29 a t about 1.000 yards. thOQ dO't'eand climbed to a para l le l heading 71th the B-29 at about 1.000 yards,s t i l l on tho r ight s ide .

c . Fif ty miles out f reo land ' s end an unidentified cnCQ;V a i r -craf t CaI:lC in froc 7 o'clock lovel , clo!cd. in to about 100 yards. brokeS:7ay to the r igh t a t 5 o 'c lock.

d . i.. series of passos by tmnonginc a i rcraf t ;rorc C3TI'iodout against one of tho B-29's ove r a period of 28 minutes. Tho en.;;slQ'a i rc ra f t s ta r ted i t s pass a t 7 o'clock. flerr over ~ the B-29and turnod in . closing in to about 600 yards ':l'bcrc it . follO':lcd tboB-29 for a period of 5 minutes ':Iben i t cut ac ro ss p as t the hil Of tbeB-29. turned in again and remained a t the 5 o'clock: posi t ion far about1 minuto. breaking a'Jay to the r igh t . Tb;;:ro i s a possibi l i ty tbat the


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ReM ai rcraf t orbited the tlU'gct area fo:t' Bo minutos jamning tho 75 meand 200 mc radar bands. I t cncountered. during th is p ~ r i o d . only 15bursts of inaccurate and hoa'lty f lak. One !l .ircratt bOC!.bad Sonda.i as illT.O. and oncountered i nt en so . i naccu ra te , medium fl3k for t minute.Clouds ',7ere 10/10. One a i rcraf t bOlDbed Taira (3704N 14054) as 8. T 0Flak was ni l . Clouds were 10/10.

d. On..,i t hd ra rml very lllCager arn in!l.ccurato. heavy f lak waaencountered a t Onhama (J657N 14055).

o. No ai rcraf t ~ l C r o lost or da.magod as a rosult of flak Oilt his m s sio n.

f . ' Fran 1 to 5 inc.ffectivc s o a r c h l i ~ t s "1ere obeorvod in thetarget area. and 1 boam :las observed a t Mito.2. Mission No .. 264 - Ichinomiva Urban .renl

a . The primary target nas banbcd by 121:. a i rcraf t (includias1 :7eather plano) of tho 7]rd :7ing botucon 155Jz...1745Z fro: l 6000-12.200f ec t ...xos of at tack varied fra!!. 78.840 ;o.:1thcr -:las reported 'l S10/10 undercast :7ith :7inds of 37 knots (rOC!. 2600.

b. Flak nas nil on route to ta rg ot.c. Over

heavy ard ocdium.tho t31"gct arca.cast.

the ta rg et f la k a5.S doscribed 3S meager. iaaccura.to.estimated 3 to 5 searchlights wero o b s c r v ~ in:'tero completely ineffocti .o due to solid ~ c r -

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b. En route to ta rget flak was ni l .c. Over the target f lak >7as described aa meagor. inaccurate.

hoavy aOO aodium by 30 ai rcraf t ; the rl3lllllindcr roportod i t as ni l .F r 1 to 2 ineffect ive searchlights ~ e r e observed trying to pierco tho5011d undercast in the target aroa .d. On , l i thdrallsl ono ai rcraf t \'faa ' rocked ' by IllOdcratc. accurate and heavy f lak just af tor leaving tho ta rg et a rea. ..notb...r a1r

craf t oneountcrod r:u:sger. inaccurato and heavy f lak at 320511 134001.e. No aircraft \'lore los t or danagcd as a resul t or f lak OIl

this mission.5. Mission No. 267 - Ka"1asaki l'etrolou:::l. Centcrl

a . Tho primary targot nae ba:J.bcd by 53 aircr3! t or the 315th:ling b c t ~ o c n 1506Z-1619Z f1'O:D 15.300-16.700 fe ..t . .l.,Z05 or 9.tt.ack: yuicd frem 380-520 (avorago - 44). ., 'cather gas repo rted as 8/1O-in/lOundorcast .

b. En route to the ta rget f lak ms oncountered as tabulatedbolo'illLocationFuj i Sa'l18.Inatori

Coordinates. Rtmerlqa35211< 13923" Woascr'to cod.cratc ... ,.....curate. boa...,..J445lI 1 3 9 0 ~ 14cagcr and inaccun.'ta .... " .3445N 13655E I&:agcr and inaccurate ........


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P.RT I I I _ SECTION A _ U T S U N a , l 1 Y . ~ - D,JL.CE . I 3 S E ~

1. SJ.nr:lary ef Damage'Built-up area: Sq. Mi.. to ta l ... 2.75; Sq. l . ~ . dcstroyed - .94Porcent destroyed - 34.2

SlurS.g.!Ji,

Percent destroyed I 67.1Percent of buil t U;l aroql 34.2

&..iilt-up aroa (Urban)Built-up area ( Indus tr ia l )B u i l t ~ u p area (Total)Damago to targets 1

:!!:2!!.. dacap;ed from current s t r ike 12. Da:napo l'Iithin l imits of bu il t. -up are":

Utsunomiya F!R Stat ion 40% dostroyodTobu-Utsunomiya IV\ Stat ion No apP3l'cnt ~ RR Yards & Freight Depot 2 destroyed.&imozuk i Papc r Mill l O dostro1

odMonopoly Bureau 100% dcstroyedGov I t Tobacco :7arehousos No apparent ds:-se

Targets da.":lagod by current s t r ike : 0 numbered; 4 otherNote: NO provious d ~ c .

Planod target :ueC\: 1.4 sq. mi.Total da:::e.gc to dsto: .94 sq mi.

MI'-IOEI'ITIAL 1- . .,'/.., .-- -


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~ - b a n-Mission 26313 t1uly 1945f_C.I.U.-20AF


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0 . . ll:lmago'to the c i ty of Iehinomiya rosult ing 'from XlI BomberCommand Mission 264. 12/13 July 1945 to ta ls .01 aq. mi .. llhieh roprosontsabout .B5' of tho bui l t -up port ion of tbe ci ty (1.28 I!lq. mi. a l l detll1"lllilWllfroc raconnaissanco photographs). D:unaso ie seattered in tbo nortb aD!n o r t h ~ c s t scctions of tho ci ty .

b . The t ex t i l o s mi l ls ( reported lllUnitiona) in tho north s ldnortlmost par ts of th6 01ty recoivod some dacage, ...n tb one building,about 114.700 sq . f t , . baing l O O ~ gut ted . Nino soa l l buildings vcrcdestroyed.

c.01 ty totaled fu-nagc outside the l imits of tho buil t-up portion of theabout ,?01 sq. 01.

RclforODco8 l.\.. Target Informat ion Sheet - Ichino=1ya - Target Section,....-2. XXI Bomber Cotcr.am.

B. ,...F' .>ir Objective Foldor 90.20 )4...11 July 1944,

Inclosure I Blou-up annotated to sh()':;' damage to1103.

Basod on .xxI B.C. oro D. . . . . Report No. 1)8


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