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78 April 1945TAB LE O F C ON I'E N l ' S

To.ctical Narrative . . ,. . .. " . ..Annex.A Operat ions

Part I - .i'hvigution Chart. Part II - Banbardiersl Aiming Pointe. Fort III .. Flight Engineering Charts Port IV ~ Radar Scope Photos Part V - Air--5ea Rescue Chort. A nn.E iX B ~ weather. .. Port I - "\;eather Sumnary Part II - Forecast \"ieather VB.

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Part I - Radar Counter Measures. 25Part II - Radio. 2 5Allilex D - Intelligence ... ,Part I - Enemy Ail;' Opposition.Part I I - EnemyAnt iairc.raft Part III - Damage Assessment . .Annex E - Consolidated Statistical SUI1Im'lry" 29Annex F - J!XI Bomber COIl1Im,ndield Order 39Annex G - Distribution , . . . . . .

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SUBJOOT: Report of Operations. 7 - 8 April 1945TO Ccm:mandingGeneral, Twentieth A1rFol'Oo" ~ D.C.1. Identificmtion of Missions:

a. Field Order No. 54. Headquarters XXI Banber CCIIIIIImd,dated 7 April 1945. directed the 73rd aId 31J1;h Banbardment lfiDgsto participate i.n an attack against targets on I"1wshu.b. Targets Specified:

(1) Primary Visual:(a) 7.3rdWing, Mission No. 60. D.noya Airfielcl.(b) 31_3th Wing, Mission No. 61: D.nO)'ll.East Airfield.

(2) Secondary Visual:(a) 73rd Wing. Mission No. 60: Izumi Airfield.(li) 31.3thWing, Mission No. 61: K"okubuAirfield.

(3) Primary Radar. Missions 60 and 61: Center of Cityo f IOlgoshima.2. Strategy am Plan, of Operations:a. (1) A.request by the U.s. Navy fOX'attacks against

.Japanese Airfields in support of the Okinal1aoperations VIastheprimary reason far these e.~tacks.. '(2) These 2 airfields Vi"~e selected far attaok sincethey were the most important of the ~hu ba se s fr om which the.Japanese were stagins aircraft far a:ttacks directed, againet unitsengaged i~ the QlQ.nawa campaign.

b. Det'ails of Plannipg - Operat12nal:(1) BombingPlans:

(a) Determination of BombLela'!:1. ~: The 500-pound general-purposebomD'ffiS cOD.sideredthe most effective high-explosive '11eapon,inasmuch

as the prinei pal buil di.ngs in the target are of simple truss strue ..tures with long coniinuous span. The most destructive effect o fthese bombson this type installation is one of blast and fragmen~tation. The presence of smaller buildings and parked aircraft inthe target area were also considered. This mission was canmittedto an attack on the target lluilding area. The assumed large numberof hits' obtainable by use of the 500-pound bcmb1T0uld assure a


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i. Fuzing: The instantaneous fuze was selectedto obtain bomb burst on roof structure level. Blnst would bringthe structure down, thereby destroyiD8 equipnent inside the buildins.This fuzing was also selected so that._in the event af'ZllDGI' JAt . .. . .,banb bursts would be obtained at ground level. oausing maximum blasteffect to parked airoraft a n d nearby buildings. The . 025 delay taUfuzing was an aasurance fuze only.

better chance of interrupting operation. Itia considered tobe more effeotive ton for ton against these airfield installati0D8than other ai ze bcmbs ,

J. Aircraft were to be loaded to obtain maximumtonnage of high explosives on the target.A l. Minimum train release was seleoted in orderto give the greatest possible concentration of high explosi'W88withiD.the target area.

( 1 : 1 ) ' BanbiPBPl!! lUl iM I1. The prim!ry obj'ective of this mission wasthe destruction at aircraft installationsr and o.iJOr.ettJ theret-o~t.lleaxes of attack were planned so that the M PI would be centered onha~ws and on aircraft JBrked in the vicinity of beDS81's., g , . To achieve proper dietritiutlon of bcmbB,2aiming points were assigned the 73rd Wing; these aiming pOints were

selected in han&ar areas on opposite sides of the airfield. Oneaiming point was assigned the 3l3th Wing; this aiming point was sur-rounded by workshops. Hits on any of the surrounding buildings wouldcause crippling damage to these installations .1 . B'ombing altitudes, axes of attack, drift andothr pertinent infor.mation are listed below:

_!. 73rd Wing:BombingAltitudes: 18,000 to 19,000 feetAxis of attack: 288 degrees true from initial point(3l/17'N - 13~08'E)

Drift: 13 degrees rightLength of Run: 21 miles Aiming Points: See Part II, Annex AGround Speed: 193 m.p.h.Time of Run: G min1,l.tes30 s eco ndsInt~valCl!Jeter Setting: MiIUml l l l lj'. 3l.3~h Wing:BombingAltitude: 17,000 ~o 18,000 ~eet

Azis of Attack: 273 degrees true fran initial point( 3 1 / 2 2 IN . - 1 ) 1 / 2 l ' E )Drift: 2 aegree,s left!Aiming Point I See Part II, Annex ALength of Run: 28 mileeGroundSpeedl 200 m.p.h.T ime of Run: 8 minut~s 30 secondsInterval ometer S ett i.ng: M ' il l imur n

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(2) Navigational Planning:Baseto

Assembly VlSS to be made in the Iwo Jima area inasmuchas the radio range could be utilized. The area a180 wouldprovide good visual landmarks for assemlUy.woAreato3117N :.. l3108E {#60)3 12 2N - 1~ 121E (# 61) landfall and IP would provide a good upwind runon the target.,to ,A left turn was to be madeafter leaving the target.ARGEl 'toIwotoBase

A good check point halfway between the target and base.It would also provide an emergency landing field.

(3) Flight Engineerins:(8) Flight Plan: Speeds and altitudes. except tarbombingrun. were used to obtain maximum fuel econemyand safety.(b) Loading: Fuel reserve data of formation missionsto Kyushunt the altitude planned indicated that the average aircraftof the 73rd Wingwould require full wing and center wing tanks. Total

fuel Wouldbe approximately 67.50gallons. It uas estimated that theaverage aircraft of the 3l3th Wing ..auld need, in addition to fulluing and center 'fling tanks. 1ull banb bay tank for a total fuel ofapproximately 7300 gallons.1 . . . BombLoad:

!_. Nomaximumor minimumload uas specified.The average bombload for the 7Jrd 'fiing,fused on previous missions,was estimated a1l approxima.tely 9000 pounds. That for tre 3l3th Wing(based on previous missions) uas estimated at 8000 pounds.]'. .Ammunitionload was estimated at 1.500pounds.

(4) Radar Planning:(a) Radar scope photographs on hand gave no indicationthat the airfields could be bombedby direct radar methods. Offsettechnique might have been used b u t the results would probably not havebeen good. Therefore, the center of the City of Kagoshimawas chosenas the primary radar target. All effort was to be made to fly directlyov.er the visual target. If cloud c'over were to 'SlCist, all aircraftwere 1:'0 turn right and bombKagoshim. The IP and landfall were identi-cal and easily indent:i1'h.bl~ on the AFQ.-13.(Il) Actual scope photos of the area (with a mapgiviIlfthe location of the pic.turesJ were provided for the radar operators.They were also provided with a :uadar navigOltion chart. (See AnnexAtPart IV). ' I '

(5) Radar Counter Measures: There were no ReMsearchesplanned for these missions.

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(6) Air-Sea Rescue Planning:(a) The Navy was furnished 17ith the details of the

missions and requested to furnish facilities for air-sea rescue pur-poses. The following facilities Tiers madeavailable:1. Three submrines were to be at the following

positions for the entire mission: 30/001N - 13l/30IE; 30/00'N - 132/00 IE;30/001N - 132/30IE.2. Tr...o surface craft were to be at the following

positions: 26/451N - 138/00'E frcm07220az.to o8080OZ;IS/OO'N - l44I30'Efor the entire mission.1. OneNavyDumbowas to be at 20/00'N- 143/00'Bfrom 080630Ztill the end of the mission.,It. Crash boats w~e to be in the Vicinity ofSaipan ani Tinien during take off and landiIl8S until such times as re-

lieved by the control, tower.(b) This Commandssigned I Super-Dumboairplane (B-29)to 26/00'N - l39/00'E fran oB040azto O B 0 5 3 0 Z .

c. Details of Planning - Intelligence:(1) EnemyAir Opposition: Defense forces assigned toK;yushuat the time of this mission planning were not considered adequateto offer more than moderate opposition to B-29s.(2) Enen.vAntiaircraft Ooposit ion: Fran interpretation ofavailable photography of the BanoyaAirfield area, there were a totalof 32 heavy antiaircraft guns and 200 automatic 'l7eapons. The heaVyguns are dispersed in an oval defense around Kanoya B.nd Kanoya EastAirfields.

3. Execution of the Missions:a. Take-Off: Actual take-off uas accomplished as follows:

Aircraft First Aircraft Last Aircraftiling Airborne Take-Off Take-Oft73rd ,32 07l715Z 071734Z313th . . . .L 071724Z 071804 ZTOTAL 53 071715Z 071804Z

b. Route Out: The course floon was generally as briefedwith an eddi.tionnL 12 to 15 minutes necessary for reassembly due toinstrument conditions at the point of clim'Q.c. Over T"lrgets: Forty-t,wo aircraft dropped a total of 166tons ofbombson uhe City of Kagosh,inJl,.y radar through 10/10 clouds.SU: aircraft dropped a total of 26.3 tons of banOOon Banoys EastAirfield by radar. Five ai;rcre.ft were non-effective.d. Route Back: Return to bases was eecanplished withoutincident.

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e Landill8:(1) Aircraft landed at bases under good weather con-

di tions as l'011oos :First l&nding Last landing

7 3 r d313thTOTALOB073OZo 8 0 6 4 4 Z0 8 0 6 4 4 2 0

0 8 O f t! O ZOB075OZ080820zThe above d.oes not include 5 aircraft landing at l'I1o J1neto refuel and returning late. '

(2) Losses: One aircraft -from the 313th Wing crash-ed and exploded approxilm tely 2,m.iles from the end of the ! l ' W I W l lfshortly atter taking off. Four survivors and one body were pickedup by crash boats.

f. Operations SUDl!Mry:(i) Navigation: (See AnnexA, Part I, for track omrt)(2) Bombing: (See Annex AI Part II. far aimiDg Points)

(a) In one Wing seme confusion was caused by theplurality of targets and sorne aircraft bombedt;he primary visualts.rget by radar. There was also.some difficulty with assembly pro ..cedure, resUlting in mixed formations over the target .Correcti'UIaction has been taken by adopting the policy of assigning specificassembly points to each Wing.(b) Other minor deviations fram the briefed planwere made by formations over the targets. For example, one forma-tion did .not bombon the .specific axis of attack 'iIIhile another madea second run over the target ~

charts): (3) Flight Engineerins:(See Annex A. Part III, for

!. Initial Cruise and.Assembly: The initialcruise to the w.ingassembly point at IV10Jima was :flown byindivid-ual aircraft. The balsn.ceof the low-level cruise uas flown between1500 and 7000 fe\'lt in. Wing forlmtiOD.2. Clim.btobOlJlb.ingaltitude (17 .50'0 ftan average of 4 e minu.tes .2. Cruise to Target: The eruise to targe~in format.ion was madewithout difficulty . ! . ' Return to Base: The return was made byindividual aircraft from. 1 5 . D O D to 2 5 ,000 iJeet. Fuel consumptions

f(E both \"fings were as predict!;'ld.(4) Badal": (Sse A.nnexA, Part IV, for Scope Photos)

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(8) Equipment Performance:1. AJG. -13 sets ners 93 per cent operative averthe target. and 94 per cent operati va on landing.g. SCR-718 and SCR-695were 100 per cent

operative.3 . . - APN - 4 was 92 per cent operative.

(b) Radar Navigation:1. Total Loran fixes numbered 364. Meu: iD iumrSllBe. statioIi No.2. was 900 nautical miles and ] ] 2X iDnun range .

station No.3, was 1000nautical miles.g. Max imum . range of APQ.-13 was 100 miles, theaverage being 69 miles. Average range of japanese coastline at

lB,OOOfeet altitude was. 57 miles.1. Tworadar winds were repcrted:. Averaged;Viation from average wind was 5 degrees ani 6 knots.li.. Beacon operation was reported by 12 air-

craft. Maximum range of 180 miles was obtained at 10,000 feet.Average range at 7000 feet was 160 miles.(c ) Rader Bombing:

1. TheI'e were 5 radar releases with 43 air-craft dropping on lead air~raft. Direct radar bombingwas employed.(5) GUDnexY: Since there were no attacks by enenzyaircraft PD these missions. the guns were only test fired.(6) Air-Sea Rescue: (Sse Annex A, Part V, for Chart).

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(2) Enemy Antia.ircraft: Enany antiaircra1't repc:rtedconsisted of a total of 6 burst.s of heavy inaccurate fire. 001011'and'tiehind. Tlio aircraft reported this fire.

(3) BambingResults and DamageAssessmept: (See.AnneXD, Part III. for det'ails) A total at 1,260 ,000 square feet of theresident le.1 sect ion at J(agOShimaU-8S deetrayed.

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PARTI ,. J i F A T H E R SUMMARYPI.ANN'lJqGORECAST

~ES: 4-6/10 lew cloud, base 1800 ft, top 7000 ft, few to lO-IS ,000 ttl in afternoon with light shewers.RomE: TO 240M: 7/10 lew cloud, base 1700 : N I , top 7000 ft. S/10middle cloud, base 11,000 ft, top 14,000 ft.

2 oMto 28ON: 8/10 100 cloud, liase 1800 ft. top 6000 tt,9 10 middle clol1d in layers batT/een 10,000 and 15.000 :ft,7/10 high cloud. 27.000 ft to 29,000 ft, light rain~280N to coast: 6/10 la.v cloud, base 2000 ft. top 6000 tt.

TARGETS:Tokyo and NagOya: 3/10 low cloud, base 2500 ft. top 5000ft increasing to 6/10 in afternoon.Kobe: 3/10 low cloud, base 3000 ft, tOJl 5000 tt becaning7/10 by l600K. .~: 7/10 1011cloud, base 2000 ft, top 5000 ttl withslightly less cloud to west of larger hills.

Operational Forecast Weather EncouphredBase at 3/10 1017cloud, base 1800 ft, 4-5/10 101'1cloud, base 1800 ft,Take Off: t op 5000 ft; 4/10 high cloud, top 5-7000 ft; visi bili ty un-base 30,000 ft; visibility 15 mdles. restricted.Route To19CNi 3110 low cloud, base To19~: 4/101011 cloud, baseOut: 2000 ft. top 5000 ft; 4/10 high 2000 ft. top 5000 it.cloud at 30,000 ft; visibility 190M to 22~: 8/10 lew cloud.15 mdles. base 1500 ft, top 7000 i t j 8/10

190 N to 22~: 7/10 100 cloud. middle cloud, bose 9000 ft. topcase 1500 ft, top 7-9000ftj 4/10'middle 10,000 , t j light shoUers.cloud, base 12,000 ft, top 14.000 ft. 220N to 24~: 4-5/10 100 cloud,ligpt rain shorrers reducing visibility base 2000 ft. top 5000 ft; 3/10from 12 miles to 2 miles. middle cloud, base 9000 ft, top

. 22~ to 249N: 6/10 low cloud 10,000 ft.base 2000 ft, top 6000 ft; 2-4/10 24?N to 2ZON: 8/10l~ cloud.middle cloud, bose 12,000 ft. base 1600 ft. top 8000 ft; 10/1024~ to 270N: 7/10 101"1loud, middle cloud, base 9000 ft, topbase 1500 ft. top 8000 ft; 9/r 0 middle 12,000 ft. Moderat e rain.cloud, oose 10,000 .ft. top 15,000 ft~ 27CN to SOON: 5-6/10 1011cloud.7/10 high cloud, base 26,000 ft, m o d - base 2000 ft, top 5000 ft; 3-5/10erate rain reducing visibility frem midale cloud, base 10,000 :ft, top12 miles to 1 mile. 12,000 ft; visibility unrestricted.27~ to SOON: 6/10 10\'1cloud. 30~ to Target: Lw cloud unob-base 1800 ft. top 6000 ft; 5/10 mid,dle served j '10/10 middle cloud, topcloud, buse 13,000 ft, top 15.000 ft; 12-13,000 ft; 4/10 high cloud.4-~/lOhigh cloud, 28.000 ft. Light base 26~ooo ft.rime icing in middle clOUd.

30CNto Target: 5/10 100 clqud.base 3000 ft. top 5000 ft; visibility15 miles.Target: 5/10 101'1cloud. base 3000 ft.,top 5000 ft; visibility 15.miles. L=cloud unobserved J 10/ 101Il:L4dlecloud, top 12-13,000 ftl 4/10 high

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Route Same as Route Outgoing.RE1turning:

Same as Route Outgoing exceptfar 'OCcasionalcumulus built upto 25.000 !tat 2QOJq.3-4/10 cumulus, base 1800 ft.top 5000 .:f't; visibility un-restricted.

Base on 4/10 1 0 1 ' 1 cloud. base 2000 ftReturn: top 7000 f't; 2/10 middlecloud, at 10,000 .f't, 3/10 hiBb cloudat 30,000 ft. Visibility 15 miles.

winds Aloft - ForecastBase to 12~ 12~ to 28~ g8~ to 31~ ~

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There was no R~ activity on these milsions

PAM' II - R A D I O

1. Btr ike Reports I Five Strike Reports (Bombs htray) messageswere scheduled to be transmitted. Only 4 were received. One 73rdWlng message was not received due to an airplane transmitter not beingproperly tuned.

2. Fox TranmnJ.uionll Time Signals and U O C l ' A C weather weretrnnlfmi tted on tre hour and ha.lf hour as scheduled.

3. Freauencies I Very little O W interference was encountered.Atmospheric interference was slight to moderate on the strike fre-quencies, Moderate 0\1 on 3145 and 11080 kcs wo.s reoeived after 0200Z.Following is a percentage breakdown of traffio per frequency: 15 peroent on 3 megacycles; 40 per cent on 7 mego.cycles; and 45 per cent onII megacycles.

4. Nnvigntionql Aids: Five llF/IF requests were received (lnd an-swered. ' l 'wo VHF/IF benrings ware requested nnd obtnined. Rnnge andhomer fncUi ti.es on Saipan, Guo.m,Tinian nnd Iwo J Imn wero used withgood results,

5, Net Discipline and Secur i tv: No violo.tions of security andno outstnnding errors in net diSCipline were reported.

6. Enemy Trwmissions I T he following incidents of eneJny tro.na-miSSions and interference were reported during this missionl

a. 3145 kg6 I Stondy note when penr Jo.p const WClIII modero.telyeffoctive.b. 6055 kcs: Negligible.c. 11960 kcs: Unknown stntions sending over tnrget were In-

effectiw.d. 3 410, 7 310 nnd 11160 k!s: Negligible.

7. Distresp: No emergency or distress messages were received,B. Equipment M!\lfungtion. I SCR-522I 1 inoperative, BC.346: 1

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1. There wns no enemy ~ir opposition.2. Two flights of enemy aircraft. consisting of 20 a n d 11 aIr-

craft re.pectively. were Sighted Over Ka!o Shima. None of the8e air-cr o .ft n t t o . ck e d t h e .B-29'

PlIRT II - EN EM Y AN TI4 lRC WT

1. En em y a nt io .i rcr aft r ep or te d co n8i st ed o f a. tot~l or 6 bur8taof heavy. inaccurate fire. below and behind.

2. Two aircraft reported this fire.

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Mi ss io n N o. 3P R5 M 135 D~te Flownl 12AprU 45Altitude I 33.000 Feet

This report assess damage to Ke.goshim~ Oi ty r es ul ti ng fr om UB om be r C om ma nd M iS Si on s 60 and 61 of 8 April 1945.

P os t- st ri ke p ho to s s ho , 2 areas of destruction in n residentialsection in the north-central part of the city. The d es tr oy ed c .r ea st o ta l a p pr o xi m at e ly 1.260.000 s qua ro fe et ,

Annotations on the accompany1ng photo!Area No, 1;iu'eo.. No, 21

~60.000 s qua re fe et ,500.000 s qua re fe et .

lXI B om bo r Co mm an d a , I . u . Damage A ssessment Report No. 40.

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~ C O D S U l J l l e d F r o m T a r g e t T o B a s e :( A / C W it h o ut M a l f un o ti o n)H o . O f A i r c r a f t 25 16A v e r a g e 2109 2254M a x i m u m 2)19 2542lfininlUlll 1595 1968

C o n s u m e d F r o m T a r g e t T o B a s e : ,(A /C W ith M a l f u n c t i o n )

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T o ta . l F u e l U s e d :A v e r a g e 6094 6082M a x i m u m 6380 6495Minimum 5645 5667

T o ta l F u e l R e m a i n i n g :A v e r a g e 63 9 1076Max imum 1155 1524l I 1n iDIum 105 765

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TO TAL FUEL U S E D O N AIRB ORN E Aje 186455 123630. . . A lc tar "hioh fuel data are available. ( E l c c l u : : l e sA/ e Larxiing At I w o J i m a) .


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F'RO ij: CO l.! GEN X XI BO ll C OMTO : COM G EN 73 BO ::J!WINGC ct\' G EN 3 1:3 BO l f WINGCOM G EN 314 B OU W INGINFO: cro 93.11I .X I RO I!. C OM !lifOJR U P H O T O R E CO N S Q U I\D RO N

SECRE T------By Auth of CG XX I B C. 6 1 ; ) 9tiJIJ~Initiale 7teX X I B O U B ~ C O M M A N DG U A M0& :X l 9 Jlpril 1945

P IE W O R D$ N U M BE W 54 CH E CKBOO K 1 FAlliSH 1.

. 1 . . tlnit-~d~!/.PS FORPLO'!'TING: J,,;::a:, Aviation Chart 1:2LB,S90

2. T he XXI BornCom~i:.\.acke target& on Kyushu with.,1x squadrons on D-Dtly.Pr1Jnary Radar Target: Center of City of Kngoshima.?.eference: Map ~.!-lO air objecti Ve l folder 90.3~ Kyushu Sl)Uth.

3. a. 73 t'ling< 1 ) Target: Kanoya Air Field (CheckbookNo.1)

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(2) Aiming Point Axis of Attack from IF F o r c e R e q ui r e d0 4 1 1 1 30 2 90 3 9 2gg Degrees True2gg Degrees True 2 Sq11a.d.rons1 SquadronAP Reference.: Litho-Hosiac !!Kanoya Airfield. Target No. 137grt

( 3 ) B a s e A l t i t u d 'f :o f A t t a c k : 1 8 , 0 0 0 f e e t .(4) Route:

BaseMinami-I. Jima (Illest Side) (Assembly Point) (Departure Point)3 1 1 7 N - 1 3 1 0 8 ]; ( I P )TargetMake left ta rn after leaving target.Iwo JimaBase

(5.) Secondary Visual Target: IzUlJli ;\i.rfie1d,~iming Point

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Force Required2 Squadrons1 Squadr-on

Referenca 1C{I Bam Gam Mosiac "Izumi Area".

(1) Target! Kanoy... $.8t Airfield (FOOlish No.1)(2) Aiming Point Axis of t.ttack from IP Ferce Required

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FIELD O RD ER N UM B ER 54 C ON TIN UED( 4 ) Secondary Visual Target: KokubuAirfield

Aiming point063124

(5) Route:

Force Required3 Squadrono

BaseMiniami-Io JLna (East Side) (Assembly Point) (Departure Point)3l22N - l312lE (IP)T a r g e tMakeleft turn after leaving targetIwo Jim.aSase

c, Omitted.x, (1) D-Day and D-Hour: 080715K

(2) Method of Attack: By squadrons in colunm attacking withminimum time interval between squadrons. T he primary villlalam secondary vi sual, target wi 11be attacked by visual bombingmethod8 if possible and til! pr:i.JMry radar target will be attack.16ed by radar bombing methods if nec.)s56.17.

(3) Alc will be flown in squadron formation from a~sembly pointsto the target. If reassembly. is necessary the IP will be usedas reassembly point.( 4 ) BombLoad: 5 0 0 1 b Gpls instantaneous nose and 1 / 4 0 tail_(5) Lead squadrons of each wing will leave departUl"e point at D-Houram by remaining in visual contact with each other if possible,will attempt to hit assigned targets roncomitantly.

4 . a . No change.b. XXIBornComTacticaJ, lUssion No:

(1) Checkbook 1 No. 60(2) Famish 1 N o. 6 1

5. Reference XXIBornComCommunication Sal and SOPfor strike reports, con-tact reports and IFF pr-ocedura,

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Commanding Generd, SQuthwest Paoific Araas. ATTN: 1]..2(For Seotion 22. RCM)COl!!lll.o.ndingo.enero.l. Far EMt Air ForcesCommnndl.ng Genernl. U.S_ StrategiC Air Forces ill EuropeCo.mmn:nding Genernl. Eighth Air ForcoCommanding Gener 0.1. Medi terr Me un Allie d Jdr ForcesCommanding Gener nl. F if te1;Inth Air For eeCommo.nding Generd. Seventh hr li'o'rceCommc.nding Genernl, VIr Bomber Commo.ndCommanding General. VII Fight,er CommnndCommanding Genero.l, Eleventh Air ForceCommo.bding Genernl, XX Bombee GPI!!lM.ndCommllllding Generc.l. 38th Flying Tra.ining WingC01ll ll' lO.ndingGeneral. 58th Bombo.rdment WingComma.nding GelV"rc.I ,. 73rd Bombardl!lent WingCommanding Oane1'",1, 313th Bombard.rnent WingCO.lllPIanding General. 314th Bombnrdlnent 1'I':1ngCommand! ng Gener aI, 315th .Bom::uroiment WingCommanding Offioer. 3rd Photo Recon SqlJo.dronCo.mmll.ndlng O1'n eel'. 33rd.Sto. t1stionl ContX' 01 UnitChemioallinrf 0,.1'13 O fr ieer I XXI Bomber CommandTaoticl)' and l'rr..lning Section, 11 . - 3 , XXI B0mber CommnndOrdnanoe orr ie 031 ' . XXI Bombor Co.mmlllldComma.nd.lng Orficer, XXI Bomber Commnnd. CombQt Stt1.gingConter (Provlsiono.l)H1storico.l Offioer. XXI BOmber Command.Cotnmo.ndin .g General, Army Fo reel !'IATTNlAC/ AS In:tell!gen.(l.~, Gollect.ion Dlvl.s1onCommanding General. bmy Air Forces PQ,olfl0 Ocellll AreasISTN I 1 l . I l F Eve.luntion Board


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Cemm~dlng General, A r m y Air Fercss Pacific Ocean ~ea8ATTNI Directer ef CommunicationsFor: Counter MenBures Air Ana1YBi.a CenterCel!ll!lo.nding Offic.er, 6th Bom.b Group (VB )Commo.nding Officer. 9th Bom.b Group (VB )COllJlltl1ldi.ng Officer, 16th Bomb Group (VB )Commanding Oi'f.icer, 19th Bemb Group (VB )Commnnding Officer, 29 th Bomb Greup (VB )Commo.nding Officer, 39th Bomb Greup (VB )Oemmanding Officer. 40th Bomb Greup (va)CO!lllllanding Officer, 330th Bomb Gro!4p (VB )CO!lllllanding Orficer, 331st Bomb Group (VB )COl!ll!lnnding arricer, 4 4 4 . t h Bomb Group (VH )Oommanding Officer, 4S2nd Bomb Group (VB )CO!lllllanding Officer. 468tb. Bomb Group (VB)Cornmm..ndingOffiCer, 497th Bomb Group (VB )Commanding Off.icer, 498th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer, 499th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer, 500th Bomb Group (VB )Cornmc.ndlng Officer, 50lst Bomb Group (VB )Ot'lmmo.nding Officer. 502011 Bomb Group (VB )Commanding Officer. 504th Bomb Group (W)Command.ing orr io.er , 505th Bo.mb Group (VB )Oommo.nding Officer, 655th Bomb Group (VH )Commanding Officer. Twentieth l..lr .Force Lend . Orew SC.hoolCOlIWlandingOfficer, 15th Fi.ghter GroupCommanding Offioer, 21st Fighter GroupComma.nding Offioer. S06th Fighter GroupReporting Uni t. A_2. XXI Bomber Comma.nd (File Copy)Reporting Unit, 11.-2, XXI Bomber Command

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