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Field Or-del' tio. 57 Millione No. se and 59IHEADQUARTERSm BO).!BEROMMANDAPO 23'

TACTICAL MISSION REPORT

TC%'gets, Tokyo Urban Area No. 8 and Iawtl.sruc:l. Urban Area Ne. 1.

15 April 1945Table o.f Content.

A n n e x ATa.otioa.l No.rrative . . .

Annex B

Annex C

1 . . . .- O pe:rn t:1ons- " " .. ? a r t I . .Navigation T r a c k C b a r t . . . . . . P a r t I I - Radar S c o p e Photos Part III .. Flight Engineer1ng Cherta Part IV .. Radar Report .. .. Part V .. A1r-SeaRescue Chart

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- W e athe 'r" i l l ' .. ,., " , Part 1 - We a .thor S W I I I n Q .J 'y . . Part II .. Foreoast Weather V5

Obaerved Wop-therPlll't tIl ... Prognostic MapPru-t IV .. Synoptie MD.p

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. . II- II Cemmunica:tions Part I .. Radar Oounter Measures" Mi..,:I,on No. ea,Part II - Rada.r Counter Mea.sures, "MiaslonNo. 69Part III - Radio, 1I"18s10n, No, s a nnd 69

Anne.x D .. Inte 11igenco '.Part I ... Enemy Air Opposi'tlonPart II .~ Enemy A n U a . i r c ra f t Part III ~ Damn'go Allse{l5ment . ,. . 293 03 253 . . . . .. .. .. . ...

Annex E - ConsQlida.ted Statistionl Summary . . 39Anne'x F Dl .BomberCommandField O:rde:r.s 50. .

"Annex G .,Distribution . . . . 55 i '. ..

Prepared By:A..2 St!ct1onXXI Bember Command


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U:JlU:&IIUI 'SEORElBY auth. of the O .Im Banber CamazdII 30 M a . y 46JOSDate Inlt1alS

11:11:;111111::1111'1'1HEtID QUAR TER S XX I BOMB!R COMMNDAPO234 San Francisco,Ca.litornia

SUBJECT:Report of Operational 15 AJIl"il 194530 M ay 1945

TO CamnalldingGeneral, Twentieth Air Force. WashiDgton 25, D.C.

1. ID EN I'IFlC A T IO N O F M I S SIO N ?:a. Field Order Number S',. Hea.dquarters X X I Bom be r C aI I I I! U ld.

dated 14 April 1945 , directed the "13rd. 313th. and 314th Bom1JardmenttUngs to take part in 2 coordinated maximUbl-effort incendiary attaokaon targets on Honshu.

(1)The 73rd iiing was

(2) Primary Visual and Radar Target for Mission No. 68:The-313th am 314th ",:ingswere aSSigned Kawasaki Urban Area One(Target 90.17 - 3604).

a. Selection of D-Day: The results of previous low-level.incendiary missions had been notably successful and continuation ofthis type of banbing was planned by this Comnand. The Kawasaki andTokyo Urban Areas offered highly inflammable targets tor this typeof operation. On th e basis of a weather forecnst that predictedfavorable conditions for a strike, finn decision was made to attackon 15 April.

b. Targets Spec'ified:

(3) No secondary or last resort targets were named.2. STRATEGYND PLANS OF OPERATIOffi:

b. Importance of Tarp;et~: The ~vm.saki Urban Area includeda hi@lly built-up industrialized area, containing such industries asilluminatjna gas manufaoture, I!lachinerymanufaoture. and canmunicationB,all of ~hich were in an area of approximately 6 square miles. Th eTokyo urban Area selected was the Kamntasection, directly across theTamsRiver from Rawasaki and one of the most industrialized Sectionsin the city. Its factories produce precision instruments, machinetools, and engineering equipment.c. Details of Planning--Operationall

(1) BombingP1ans:(a) Determination of BombLoad:

1. Itwas decided that aircraft on these 2missions would carry 95-p':.r cent incendiary boraba and 5 per cant fro.g-r.lont~.tion clusters or 500-peund gensro.1-purpose bombs.

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2. Fiva squaQrons or the 73rd Wins aD 4 3squadrons of the 3l3th Wingwere t 'o carry J\N-M47A2ncendiary baDbs.The rema.ining squadrons at these Wings were to be loaded with 5 0 0 . .pound E - 4 6 aimable clusters containing M - 6 9 incendiary bombsand one.500-poundgeneral purpose bc:mb, which was to be released first.Fifty aircraft of the 314tb Wingwere to carry AN -M 4 7A2incendiB1"ybcmbsand the balance were to be loaded with the .500-poundE-46clusters with oneT4F4 fragmentation cluster to be released inthecenter of the bombtrain .1 . The AN-~7A2incendiary banb was selectedbecause the T-19 clustt'll" adapter enabled each aircraft to carry amaximum load of 184 bombs, This load would ualee each aircraft capableof starting a large number of appliance fires. These could be usedas an aiming point for succe.Eldingplanes. These banba were expectedto start conflagrations that would overburden fire defenses ~4 givethe M - 6 9 banbs a better chance to be effective. .1!. Aimable E - 4 6 incendiary clusters cGllltain-ing M -6 9 b o m bs were selected for this mission Because o r theirpenetration and rapid fire-setting characteristics. Previousmissions proved that this banb, whenused with a SIl811 percentageof AN-M47A2ames, was the best inoendiary agent to start majorconflagrations. The clusters 'I1ere to be set to open at 2.500feetabove the ground for proper penetration and pattern density and so

that maximum use could be made of banbing tables without interpolations . 5 . . The T4E4fra@llentation clusters fuzed toopen 1000 feet below th,e planes, or the .500-poundgeneral-purpose

bombsfuzed instantaneous nose and. 1/40-second delay taU .. 'I1ereto beincluded in each aircraft loaded with incendiary clusters in orderto di.srupt organized fire figbting and to assist the inoendiaryattack by their harassing effe.'\::. .~. For planes carrying the AN-M4'A2bombs,a lOa-foot intervalometer setting was speCified in order to getoptimumdensity. A 50~foot se\tin& was to be used for incendiaryclusters in order to get pattern density to set appliance tires.

(b) Bombi.agData:1.. The o.imingpoint selected for the 73rdWing(TOkyo)was located along the mn railroad line just nerth otthe TamaRiver. ~1ith a probable circular error of 4000 feet and abombdensity of 22.5 tons per equare mile, it 'I1asexpected thatapproximately 2 square miles of the area north of the aimil\lgpoint tsouth to tl1e river's edge, and east toward the Bay would be destroyed.1. Twoaiming p0ints, 1 each for the 313thand 314th V1ingQ,were selected in the Kawasaki area. With a CE Psimilar to that listed for the TokyoArea, the average bombdensityof 24.5 tons per square mile was planned for the target area,J. Eltperience fran similar missions provedthat the desirable axis of an upwindbambingrun would be effectiveonly for the first third of the striking force. Thereafter fires,smoke, and thermals would interfere with and decrease bombingaccur-BCY by at least .50 per cent. For that reason, it was decided tha~each l;7ing'Wouldhave a pathfinder force of 12 airclanes that woulduse the upwind run. The remainder of the main force would use adifferent axis of attack and drop their bombson sightings in


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relation to firee started by pathfinders. Method of attack was tobe by individual aircraft with maximum interval between thflll.Designated axes of attack for both pathfinder and main f a r o e s , a ewell as ~ambing altitudes follow:

Pathfindel1' Main Force BQ!lbinshl:.!!g Axis of Attack ~ie ! 2 t Attack AltitlS!73rd 310 degrees true 48 degrees true 9000 teet313th 308 degrees true 49 degrees true 8000 feet314th 305 degrees true 49 degrees true 7000 teet ...

A . Pathfinders 'liere to take oft prior to themain force, striking the targets frClll T minus 10 T plua 10,. It\lIlableto bcmb primary poanba , pathfinders 'liere to make e left turn and jointhe main force.(2) ~visation:

(a) Pathfinders were to use the tollawiDg route:Reasons fIgp' Choice

Base to Iwo Jilmto3440N - l4000E This point was to prevent navigation errors priorto landfall and to keep aircraft to the lett oflandfall point.to35l030N - l402230E This point was selected for landf'all.to3525N - 1 3 9 5 & E (IF) This i18S a good radar check pGlint to the target.toTarget to3532N - l3930Eto These points were used to avoid flak areas.3 5 3 0 N - l39l0Eto343720N - l3854E Th.is recognizable po:i.ntwas used. for land's end.toIwo J i m a to B a s e

(b) The folloiling route was planned far the mainforcerRoute Reasons for Choice

Base to Iwo ;rima Same as far pathfinderstoKozuJ"imato35083ON- l3~lOE (IP)This was a good radar oheck point before landfall.

Io,itia1 point was an easily identified radarpoint that was selected for an easy turn ontothe target.to

Te:rget to Iwo Jima to Base(3) Fli@t Endnee;:irup

(a) Designated. altitudes and speeds. except torbambingrun, were for maximumuel econany and safety.


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(b) Data fran previous missions indicated thatthe 73rd and 313th \~ings 'Wouldrequire full wing and oenter winstanks for a total fuel load of apprOXimately 6750 gallons. Itweeestimated that the 3l4th "ling lTould need this capaoity plus anadditional banb bay tank, for an average fuel load of approximately7300 gallons. .(0) No maximUl!l or minimUmbomb load "aa specified.It was estimated that average aircraft of the 73rd and 313th Vings

would be able to carry a potenti.al load of 17.000 pounds and thatthe a"Vei'olleaircraft of the 314th iling would be able to carry oneof 10.000 pounds. An anmunition load of 200 pounda per aircraftwas planned.(4) ~:

(a) The best radar approach for offset banbinstechniqUe tillS a mean axis of 308 degrees true, deSignated for the36 pathfinder aircraft. J..ircraft fran the .3 >;iinSBwere to tan outwhen 10 range miles fran the initial poillt to courses of 305, ,310Dnd 308 degrees, as listed under banbing. Aiming points were tobe bombedby either timing or radar teohniques.

(b) The main forces were to fly a course per-pendicUlar to 'I'linq,dil'!'ection and. use the peninsula at 3508300 -1391000Eas a radar initial point~ considered a fair course forradar. It was not anticipated that any difficulty would be ehcount-ered for radar bombing in the FAwssaki area since the referencepoint could be used for both bearing and distance for offsettechnique. The course also parsllele.d the Tokyo Bay coastline.(c) Runs from ini tiel point to t'arget 'l'fare inline and for a short distance, ~hicb was expected to contribute toaccurate bombing.

(5) Radar Counter Masswes:(8) Ten R O M Observera were to be used, 4 eaeb

from the 73rd and 313th I;logs and :2 from the 314th 'iiing. All 'l'fereto search 70-85 PIc frcm take~off to 23000 am from the same prnsitionto baae on return rpute.

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1. Three 8ullnarines were aesisned tar theentire time of the missIons as tollC!l'lsl .340ON- l.3900E, 3200H l3930E, and .3000N - 14000E.2. "I'ro surface vessels were direoted to thefollowiIl8 positions at the times indicated: 2800N - 140,301 frem151130Z to 152200Z and l800N - 144.30E from l420000 to thEl end ofthe misaioIl8.J. one Dumbo was assigned to 2000N .. 14 .3003fram 15l93OZ to the end ot the missions.ll. Crash boats were a8sign~ in thl> ~-iate vicinity of Saipan, TiDian and North Field, Guam, to carr?out air-sea rescue uork during critical periods at take-off aDdlanding.

(b) & . ! ! i . Y : 'Dds Ccmnand ~ssigned .3 Supe1"ooDumboe(B-29's) to orbit at the follC!l'llllg times th~ sulllarine poeiUonalisted above; 3400N - l3900E fran 1514000 to 1515300; ,32005"-13930E trom 151400Z to 15153OZ; and .300ON - 14000E fran 15150c t tto 151645Z.d. petails of Plann1M--Iptelligence:

(1) Enemy Fighter Reaction: It was estimated thatfighter opposition tor these missions would again be moderate, butthat aggressiveness would increase. Information 1:Jasedon recentmissions flown CRer these areae indicated that tbe enemy's night-fighting technique had improved and that "he number of aircraftavailable was increasi.ng.

(2) E n e m y Antiaireraft;(a) Heavy guns were disposed ae tollows: Tokyo,434; Eawasaki area, l4lJ Yokohama-Yokosul!a. 8,3; Hiratsuka. andChigasald (west of Yokosuka on Sagami Bay)" 65; and Chiba Peninsula,acr-css Tokyo Bay fran target areas, 2.3.(b) Apprax::imotely200 searchlights had 1)een

counted in the Toli;yoarea. ma.ny of them radar contl'Ol1ed. Inaddition. searehlight defenses had been seen on Chiba Peninsula.(c) The reconmellded axes at attaok had to bebased on the best radar check pOints and ofset aiming points.An appr oaeh across Chiba Peninsula, usi.ng lwaga Point or CapeBanzu for an initia~ po:i,nt. was reccmnelJded. However. becauseof smoke and thermal considerations already listea UDderbanbing,1twas decided to atta.,t from the south.west. This would placeaireraft in an extremely heavy flak belt fran the initial pointto the target and would also place them witt1,in ro.nge Of the Hiratsukadefenses. but it did afford nw axes of attack to the Tokyo area.(d) Rec~ended llaae altitudes ot attack were

7000 t 8000. and 9000 teet, with aircraft of each Wine staggered at1000-foot intervals (13 ) Itwas reccmne.ndedthat aircraft be ovet"

target for ,he shortest possible time in order to saturate antiaircraft detenses.


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j. l l X l D Ul ' I O N O F T H E M I S SI O l :a. J!ke-gffl Take-oft was accanplishedas tollows:

Aircraft P'iret Aircraft L a s ' AircraftMission \fing Airborne Take-ott a:e.k!!-ott69 73rd 118 1 . . 5 0 6 5 C Z - 1 5 a 8 l 1 7 Z68 3l3th 111 M g t ; & l . 5 0 9 2 4 Z68 314th 108 lSQ20~X X I B.C. Total 337 15062lZ 150924Z

The above figures inolude pathfinders. which took ott beforethe main farces.b. Route Qut: Aircraft pt'oceeded to the initial pointindi vidUlllly arid on the bril'lfed course." Forecast winds were notenoountered, causing roonyaircraft to arrive as much as 30 minutesahead of schedule at landfall point. HCllV9ver.ime control wasgood and lmny circled while awaiting departure time. Celestialnavigat ion was used as an aid to dead reckoning. Loran and AW'~-l3results Were good.c. O?er Target (Mission No. 68)1

(1) Primary Target: Planes of the 3l3th and 314thrlings found weather conditions CAvtJover the target. with smokepartially obscuring the target during later phases ot the attaok.Target area IIElvigntion was accanplished. in a majority of instances,by radar, uith bombardiers making final corrections when the targetbad been identified. Pathfinders preoeded the main force and droppedbombs on the aiming pOints and on axes of attac~ as lriefed. Includ-ing these planes, a total of 1 9 4 planes (including 1 lost aircraftknown to have bombedthe primary target) dropped the followingbomb load fran 15l343Z to l5l556z at altitudes fran 6420 to 10,020feet: 764.6 tons of SOO-poundincendiary clusters; 307.8 tans atlOO-pound incendiary bombs; 18 tons of SOO-pound general-purposebombs; and 19.6 tons of 500-pound fragmentation c1ustere. Fifty-two aircraft bambedvisually am l42 by radar,

(2) Targets of Opportunityl One plane of the 313thwing dropped approxiInately 7 tons of incendiary clusters and one500-pound general-purpose bam~ on Tateynma,. ani 7missing planeson which information was not available were prestmled to have bombedtargets of opportunity with approximately 28 tons of incendiary md1 ton of general-purpose bombs.(3) Remainder of Faroe: Seventeen airoraft '\1ere non-effeotive.

d. OVer Target (Mission 69):(1) The 7_3rdWing planes encountered cloudless weatherwith a slight haze at the target. As 'tIrieted. pathfinders attaokedfrom the east aoross Tokyo Bay and found. some fires in the area upon

their erri val. The main force t which attacked from the west. wasseldom able to use existing fires tor bombing reference po:Lnts be-cause of their wide dispersion, Onehundred nine aircraft of theWing bombedthe primnry target (4 visually; and 105 by radln') between151325Zand 1 5 1 4 5 S Z tr~, 8000 to 10,100 feet with the rollowing load:4 , 4 . 4 tons o f " S O O - p o u n d i nc en di ar y c lu sto rS t ~20 t o os o r " l O O - p ou nd in -o anQ inr y bo mbs Q n d 14.5 tons of 500-pound gensr~l-purpoao bombs. Nineaircro.ft were non-C)1'fectiv6.


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e. Route Back: Return route was rlarm as briefed, bothby the pathfinders and the main force aircraft. Eight B-2C)'s. 2of which crash lnnded, landed at Iwo Jima.f. LandiM: Aircraft of' the pathfinder and main forceslanded at bases under good wenther conditions as followslwing ;first L!!!!!ins ~st ~di!!S73rd 15190_5Z 152211Z313th 15200,3Z 152234Z3l4th 152104Z 1 52322 ZXXI B.C. Total l51952Z 152329Zg. Losses: Thirteen B-29's wEIl'elost due to the tollClifUlsreasons:

(1) Enemy aircraft: 2 (Both crash landed at Iwo J'iiDa).(2) Enemy aircraft and antiaircraft: 3.(3) Unlm0l'1ll1 8.

h. Operations SUIl'IIlal'YI(1) Navigation: (See part II AnnexAt for Track Chart).(2) BombiD.B:

(a) Many erews arrived over Japan too early. As aresult " even though seme airplanes I)ireled off the coast far. periodsup to 30 Irlnutes before attacking, Io.anyothers bembedthe targetearly. The latter found pathfinders coming in frem the oppositedirection, which added to the normal hazards of 8 low...altitudeincendiary strike. .

(b) The smoke clouds that had to be penetrated onthe breakaway from the target seemed to be more dangerous than onany previous attack. In the .future the probable location of such. clouds Vlillbe considered when t he route is planned to 'and fran thetarget.

(c) As on previous Tokyo incendiary missions. banbardiers had to jettison too many bombson or beyo,nd the tlill'get. Reasonsgiven for those rack failures included the following: !nulty B-I0ahackles i taul ty int erva1001t ers ; shackles that had been insertedbackwardi bent release arms; arming wires not inserted properly; rackselect switches not on, and faulty release circui ta. Mmy aircraftcould not close the pneumatic-type banb bay door,s after bombsawuy.Closer supervision of rack inspection. has been instituted by theOacmandto reduce the number of mechanical failures.(d) Strike photos proved more successful on this

mission than on previous night efforts. Sane of the photographsindicated that sane crewa dropped banbs in the hills fer sh(J['t ofthe target, doing little or no damage.(3) Flight Engineering: (See Part III. AnnexA, tarcharts and Consolidated Stntistical s u m m a r y , Annex E, tor details).


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(a) rbrrative of the Mission !If llC!!A11. Climlr to BanbiM Alti't\!d!l The olimb to

altitudes of 8000 to 10,000 teet was made illInediatelyatter take-ott.g. Initial Cruise and Assembly: The cruiseto .rapan "as l1".adeat banbing altitude. No tormation a88E1'11blyeillmade.j. Cruise to Target: The cruise was :aadenth.out difficulty at 230 to 240 miles per hour, calibrated air .peed.,a . Return to Basel Return was made b7 indivlc111al

aircraft at an average altitude of 13.000 teet.(b) CCIJIIlIents.anhe Results at the Mission:

1 ._ The 73rd and 3l3th Wings oarrie4 full "iDSand center tanks and. the 314th wing carried 1banb bay tank in add-ition to tull 'Wing am center wing tanlas.~. The ruel used to the target waa all predicted.

(4) Radar; (Ssa Part IVI' Annex. A. tor Radar Report).Of the 303 aircrat't'l:iOOibing primary targets, 247 banbed by rader .(5) Gunnery:

(a) Each turret was loaded with 200 rounds.(b) Av:erage amnunition expenditures per turret

positions in rounds tollows; upper f a r w a r 4 ~ 100, upper aft, 20; tail,133; lower aft, 100; and lower forward" 70.

(c) The central fire control systems and .50-caliber mach;i.neguns WEire 100 per cent operational.(6) Air-Sea Rescue: There were no known ditohings.

All searches for possible ditching of aircraft unaccounted tar werenegative.i. Yiee.ther; (See Annex B.. for details). With the exceptionof winds that Vlere more favorable than forecaat, the weather uas Il.lmost

\lUI pl"Odlctod.j. Comnunicotions;

(1) Radar Counter Measuresl (See Parts I and II,AnnexC, for details) . Rndar search on both missiorul ind ioatedenemy coordiwtion between searchlights and fl.ak and the presenoeof radar-control signals.(2) Radio; (See Part III. Annex C. for details).Several instances of j!lllXning were reparted. The relatively new

homer on Tinien lias reported. as giving excellent results.k. Intelligence Summary:

(1) EnemyAir Opposition: (See Pa.rt I, AnnexD.. tordetails). Air opposition was moderate to strong, with 68 enemyaircraft mokios 7 5 attnc li::s. TwoB-29,S liere lost when they OX'flsh

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landed tit: !W O J'ilna because of damage inflicted by enemy aircraft.Four enemy aircraft were claimed as destroyed. None were claimedas probD.bly destroyed. or damaged. Four "bolls at tire weredestroYed.

(2)Enamy Antiaircraft: (See Part II, Annex D, fardetails) The enemy made more efficient use of searchlights thanon previous occasions, and all flak d.efenses seemed to be shOilinggeneral improvement a,gninst' night attacks. A rocket-tiring 15nttery:was reported 1n the I


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1. E qu ip ment P er fo rm gncgl0.. A N I APQ-13 WIlS 94 per cent opera.ti VEl over the target o.n491,6 per cent operative upon landing.b. S1x per cent of lend aircr~t had ANiAPQ.13 to.l1ure.0. 80R-695 wo .s op er atio nBl in 100 per cent o r the air cr af t.d . ~ N - 4 waS opernt10no.l in 66 per cent of the airorntt.

2. RqdW No.vigat1oD;8.. I..total of 2992 Lornn fixes 'Was taken w10th the a.verage

mnximum range being 1425 miles.b. The maximum range of AN/J.PQ-13 waa reported to be 120nAutio a.l m iles and th e av er age m a.x 1m um r a.nge r ep or ted wa.a 64.4 nau tic almiles.c. ,;..wrage ma.x1mum ro.nge on 1a.ndfall WOoS 50.1 na.uticlllmlles.d . Ther o were 250 radar wind runs taken, with the average de-Viation from the average wind being 13/6 knots.G. Maximum beue'on ttlnge WQ,S 19 0 n' (iu tic a.lm il es, w ith the av er a.gemaximum range being 105 nautical miles.f, F ro m r adar stand po int, choice of IP and OAP, were reported

vary gco d,5, Radar Bombing;:

0.. A tota.l of 247 A /e bombed by rc;do.r.b. The average deviation from axis of nttaok was 4.8 degrees

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Part I .. Weathel' s~POort II Poreout 'Rea..thel' va Observed WeD-tiler

Part III - PrognolltiO U a . pPert IV - Syn9PtiC Map.

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DUDER SWARXMission No, 68 o.nd 69

BASES ,

ROUTES,

TARGET l

PLANN ING FORECJ.STDate. 15-16April 19.

4/10 low cloud, base 1600 ft, top 6000 ft, inoroasing to6/10 with shower8 in otternoon and d ec teo .s in g t o 4/10 inevening.To 1901h S Q Jl leo o nd iti on s 0 .8 b o.s es .190R to 210N I 6- 8 / 10 low cloud. base 1000 ft, top 12,000r t, m od er o.te s ho wer s.2lOU to 2 5 H ! 6/10 low cloud. bnse 3000 ft, top 6000 ft.?SoN to 310N ; 10/ 10 low cloud. base 1000 ft, top 2900 ft,10/10 middle olouds in lay~rs between 12, 000 and 16, 000 ftf10/10 high cloud nt 29,000 ft; light to moderate rnin.310N to Ti t areal 4- 6/ 10 lo w oloud, bnae 2000 ft, t o p 3-5000 f t .'.1:o'yo.n d greg. eBat of Kobe I 2/10 low cloud, bon 2000 ft,to p 4000 ft; 3 /10 middle oloud" base 17,000 ft, top 18,000ftl 3 /10 high cloud at 29,000 ft, coming in at end 01' period.X yu shu I ll ldrep, nst of KobE!.. 3 /10 lo w 0 lo ud , ba.se 2000 tt ,to p 4000 tt ; 3 /10 middle cloud. base 17,000 ft. top 16,000 ft.

O per ati on sl F or eo g.s t

B o, se c .t .Qmyu 5/10 lo w clou d,Take-off I baso 1600 ft. to p 6000ft; 1/10 middle oloud. at 14,000 ftJ3 /10 high cloud at 30.000 rtj sBst-tored light showers causing visi-bility to lower from l~ miles to 1mile.SaipM! 3 /10 low c Ioud , bas e 1800ft, to p 5000 ft.Routo~ To 220N I ~ 10 low cloud. buse2000 f t, to p 5000 rti 1/10 highc lo ud, base 1200 ft, top 7000 ft,O CCasionally to 14,000 ft; 8/10middle cloud 1n layers between10,000 and 1 5. 00 0, 5 /1 0 high c lo udat 30,000 ft; v is Ibi li ty d ro pp in gfrom 12 miles to 1 mile in moder.ate rAin.240B to ? g 0 N , SilO low cloud. base2000 ft, top 5000 ft.29,N to 310N I 7/ 10 low cloud, bo..se1800 ft, top 7-8000 it; 4/10 middlec lo ud b etw een 10,000 ft and 14,000ft, 3 /10 high clou d At 30,000 ft.310l~ to tsrcet nreO,! 5/10 lowo lo ud bnse 2000 ft. to p 5000 ftf5/10 middlo cloud. base 11,000 ft,to p 18,000 ft; 3 /10 high oloud at30,000 ft.

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W ea th er E nc o un te re d3-5/10 low cloud. base 1600 r t ft o p 5000 rt with f ew widely S OAt-tored showers in vioinity Qf Gunm.

To ?JON: 3-5/10 low cloud, basG2000 ft. to p 6000 r t b oc om ip g 7/10with tops to 7-8000 rt at 200N withl ight s ho wer s.2 3 0 N to 2 o N I 9 /10 low cloud, base1400 ft, top 8000 rt; 8/10 middleclou d. baso 10,000 ft, to p 14,000f t; v is ib il ity 10 m il es l ow or in gto 1 milo in anin.2 6 1 to 330N. a/10 low cloud, be-ooming ~ lO t base 2000 ttl top ,6000 ft; 3 /10 midalo clou d. A t12,000 f t, 1/10 high oloud at 26,000ft.3zoN to target tlng, I 6/10 low cloudbec om ing Z /l !0, "&80 2000 ft. top 7000rt bo~oming SOOO ft; 1/10 hi~h cloYdat 26,000 f't.


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T ! l l ' l : : e t l 4/10 lo w c lo ud. b c . a e2000 ft, top 5000 f't; 5/10 mid-dle cloud in lnyers between12,000 ft CU'ld15,000 .i't; 3/10high cloud nt30.000 ftl ~hibiU ty lO milas in 1.1ghthue.

Clear to 1/10 low oloud, vilibl11ty12 m i1 es 'l ow er in g i n amoketo 1-5miles.

RoutefieturpiD(LB~e as R ou te O utg oi ng Same 0.15 Route OutgOing.SMa onReturns2/10 low cloud. base 1800 ft, top4.000 ft.

2~4/10 low cloud, base 1500 ttl to p5000 f't.

Winds Aloft .. Foreca.stBase to : ? S O N : as oN t o 35O N Target Target

15,000 25/15 a 280/40 .. 10,000 rt 28/30 . . , 310,000 30/18 9 290/30 2 9,000 t't 280/28 .25,000 40/18 18 300/19 8 8,000 .ft 280/26 -12,000 45/18 23 320/17 14 7,000 i't 290/24. 1Surface 40/1~ 27 340/10 18

Wind. s Aloft .bservedB! l , se to : a O o N 2O~to 28 O f f 280N to 350N Target

12,,000 .250/30 215/3010,000 280/288 , 0 0 0 180/15 28Q/257,000 70/18 290/n

285/25 285/184,000 90/14


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l'5rt I .. Ra.darCoun'ter M~uree. Missi.oo. No. 68Part II - .Ra.darCounterMeasures. Mission No. 69Pnrt III .. Radio. Missions No. 68 Iud 69

MiarioH No. 68 and 6 9l.5 A.pril 1945


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part I - RADARCOUW'ml F t.s U RE 3 - Mission No. &61. General:

a. A total of 6 search eire-ratt was scheduled tor thismissiOD; 5 canpleted the pr'escribed searoh. All banda fran 70 to3000 mewere monitored in accordance with general. policy t'o min-tain 0 . constant wntch on all enemy radar freque~iea. Partioularattention was p a i d to 7 0 - 8 . 5me and 185-215 me, Results of thesearch indicated ooos'd1n.a.t1on between S(Mrchl1g;:Iite a.nd 1 ' 1 G k eJidthe presence of radar control signals,

b. A total of 7 8 Signals wos logged, but after analysisf or r ep etitio n and ambiguity, this total wes resolved into 48different signals,c. The 314th Wing equipped 2 Ill.rcraft with rope to bedispEnsed if the searchlight action warranted its 118e, In bothcases the use of rope caused the searohlights to track to the zear ..

follOl'ling the rape.2. Results of Search:

a. Sigmlls of particular interest intercepted were asfollows:(1) 1540/150/-1(2) 182/ - ( -:

These signals were observed in the target area.No image was recorded on (1) and lack of information of both signalsprevented a~ definite analysis or conclusions.

(3) 292/1490116: Probably Air MXVI Mod 3 used forland-based search, although the pulse length reported was consider-ably higher than records indicated.(4) Five frequenCies (9 9. 4 2 . 60. 68. 8 7 ) : Recordedbetueen 1 7 0 0 N w 1 9 0 0 N nnd 1 4 3 E _ l4SEwere round to have an except-

ionally low IRF, which 'ilOS described as ftrasp,.,.b. Signals intercopted in target area uere as follows:

ChD.r~cteristics( 1 ) 7 6 /1 7 0 0 / 6(2) 7 7 / 1 9 0 0 / 7< :n 7 8 / 1 8 0 0 / 4 -(4) 78/ - / 2 0(5) 7 9 / 1 8 0 0 / 5(6) aO/High/7(7) 8 0 / 2 0 4 5 / 5 - 8(8 ) 8 2 / - /24-( 9 ) 1 , 5 5 / 1 0 0 0 / 5

( 1 0 ) 1 8 2 / - / -( l l ) 1 8 7 /1 0 8 7 / 2 1( 1 2 ) 1 9 0 / 1 9 9 2 / 6( 1 3 ) 1 9 2 / 9 9 0 / 8( 1 4 ) 1 9 6 / 9 0 2 /1 4( 1 5 ) 2 0 1 / 1 8 2 4 / 5( 1 6 ) 2 0 5 / 1 0 1 0 / 9

H - 3 5 1 5 N - 1 3 9 2 5 E Mlfi'J\" Man 3M X l . 'A . M O D 3MET A , MOD 3M K CH IMlfi'A, MOD 3MI{'l'A, MOD 3M Ifi'A , M OD 3M K CH IMKV ' I , M OD 4-

?MK-l. MOD 2META , MOD 1. 2 or 4META , MOD?MK-l, MOD 2META. MOD1. 2 or 4

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H-3 5 0 0 N . . 3 9 1 0 E

H - 3 5 2 , 5 N - 1 . 4 0 0 0 EH - 3 5 1 0 N - 1 3 9 1 . 5 EH - 3 5 . 3 0 N - 1 3 9 2 0 EH - 3 5 1 0 N - 1 4 0 1 0 EH - 3 5 0 5 N - 1 3 9 1 0 EH - 3 . 4 4 5 N - 1 3 9 0 0 E


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O h o r o . e t e r i s t 1 c !( 1 7 ) 2 0 5 / 2 0 0 8 / 7 H - . 3 5 0 5 N - l 4 0 1 5 .( 1 8 ) 2 0 8 / 1 1 5 0 / 5 H - . 3 5 0 5 N - 1 4 0 1 . 5 E( 19 ) 2 10 / 2 ~3 0 0 0 / a- 11 H - 3 5 3 Q N -1 3 9 5 0 B( 2 0 ) 2 1 1 / 1 0 7 7 / 8 H - 3 5 0 5 N - 1 4 0 1 S E(21) 2 1 3 / 1 . 3 9 2 / 7 H - 3 4 .3 O N - 1 4 0 2 a E( 2 2 ) 2 1 4 / 1 0 5 5 / 3 H .. .5 4 O N - 1 3 9 3 . 5 ' E( 2 , 3 ) 1 5 4 0 / 1 5 0 0 / . . . H

,MIl'A, l fOD 1. 2 ar ..,M I r A . MODI, 2 or ..M!l'A. MOD 1, 2 ~ ~MIn'A. mD 1, 2 or ...,

Signals (5)(6) ni l4. (16) were reported as baYins search-lights Goine.ident m th received signal.C. Signals intercepted en route were as follows:

Charasteristi51! lZP.I(1) 6 7 ~ 0 0 / 4 0 H - . 3 2 3 O N - 1 4 0 3 O E ~ em(2) 68446 / 4 0 H - 3 2 3 0 N . . .4 0 3 0 E MX C H I(J) 6 9 / 2 4 5 1 / 4 0 R - 3 2 3 O N - 1 4 0 3 0 E M K C B I( 4 ) 7 0 / 4 9 3 / 3 0 H - 3 3 . 3 O N - 1 4 0 3 0 E M K C H I~~ 7 1 / 4 9 3 / 3 5 H - . 3 2 3 O N - 1 4 0 3 0 E MK , o m7 2 / 4 9 3 / 3 5 H - 323 O N - 1 4 0 3 0 E MIt C H I( 7 ) 7 2 / 4 9 5 / 3 0 H - 2 9 3 O N - 1 4 0 1 . 5 E 1 m : O B I(8) 7 3 / 5 0 0 / 3 3 H - 3 0 0 O N - 1 4 0 0 0 E MK CHI( 9 ) 7 3 / 5 0 ' 0 / 3 0 H - 3 2 3 O N - 1 3 9 3 0 E M tC C H I( 1 0 ) 741445 /44 R - 2 8 0 0 N - 1 4 0 4 o E MX em(11) 7 4 1 5 0 0 / 2 6 H . . 3 5 O N - 1 3 9 1 0 E M K OBI( 1 2 ) 7 5 / 5 0 0 / 4 4 - H - 3 3 3 O N - 1 3 9 1 5 E ME : em( 1 3 ) 7 7 / 4 9 3 / 4 0 H - 3 2 4 0 N - 1 3 9 3 0 E MK OHI( 1 4 ) 7 9 / 5 0 0 / 4 0 H - 2 8 4 O N - 1 4 0 3 0 E MK CHI( 1 5 ) 7 9 / 5 0 0 / 4 H-3 , S O O N - 1 3 9 0 O E M K CHI(16) 8 0 / 3 0 0 / 4 0 H - 3 2 5 0 N - 1 3 9 3 0 E 1 m : C H I(11) 8 2 / 4 4 6 / 4 0 H - 3 1 0 0 N - 1 4 0 1 0 E M E : CHI(18) 9 6 / 1 5 0 0 / 1 7 H- 3 0 5 5 1 1 1. .4055& MK-l, MOD1( 1 9 ) 102/980/51 H MK-l. MOD1( 2 0 ) l45/6-7OO/7-12 H-3 2 O O N - 1 4 0 5 0 E MK-1. lilOD 3(21) .155/1995/9 H - 3 3 3 0 N - 1 4 , 3 0 E MKVI. Jra) 41(22) 1 8 9 / 1 0 2 5 / 2 6 R - 3 4 1 0 N - 1 4 0 1 , 5 E M K - 1 . mn 2( 2 3 ) 190/1000/20 H-2 1 3 0 N - 1 4 2 5 0 E MK-l, MOD2( 2 4 ) 1 9 9 / 1 0 1 0 / 1 3 H - . 3 4 0 0 N - 1 4 0 2 0 E MK-l, MOD2(25) 200/2090/12 H - 3 3 3 0 N - 1 4 0 3 O E MK-l, MOD21( 2 6 ) 2 9 2 / 1 4 9 0 / 1 6(27) 3 9 / - / - H - 1 8 0 0 N - 1 4 4 0 0 E( 2 8 ) J~/-I-( 2 9 ) 6 0 / - / -( 3 0 ) 681 - I ..( 3 1 ) 87/ - t-3 . Ana1l!is and Conc1us12S:a. No.D/FI ins wllS aceanp11shed due to lack or propd"equipment. Intercept location was c1erivaCl fran COOl"dinates (4ai rc raf t p ositio n 3t tim e o f inter cep t.b . A number of signals w i t h a 24 rpm sweep rate wereobserved in the 7 0 me b a n d and were alleged to have been our awn

IFF or AN/AFCl-13.

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o . F l a k a c t i v i t y w a s i n t e n s e and ~ ' 8 o c l a t e d w i t h t ~ ~s e a r o h l i g h t s s e e n i n 0.1"80.. St.C r a d a r 'WaS c o in ci d e n t 1 n .81"wCllC o .s e e w it h s i g n a l s o b .e rv ed ~S i n d i c a t e d i n 2 b .d . I t i s p l a n n e d t o i n s t a . l l r o p e d i s p e n s e r s f o r f u t u r e u . eo n t h i s t y p e m i s s i o n . R e s u l t s t e n d e d to p r o y s t h at Cl d e t i n i t e G o u n te r -s e a r c h l i g h t v o . l u e w a s a t t a . i n e d f r o m t h e u s e o f r o p e .

PA R T II - R A D A R COUNTERM E A S U R E S - M IS S ION N O, 6111. naD@r'Ai;

0.. F i v e R C U s e a r c h a i r c r a f t w e r e a i r b o r n e , w i t h 4 g e t t i Q Sp o s i t iv e r e p or t s .b . A t o t a l o f 42 l i g n a l s w a l l l o g g e d , b u t a t t e r IUlUya18 t o rr e p e t i t i o n a n d a m b i g u it y , t h i s tOtal w n a r e s o l v e d i n t o 2 7 d if t e r e n ts i g n o . l s . e , N o o f f e n s i v e o o u n t e r m e a l l U r 6 a w o r e e m p l o y e d o n t h l t r 1 l c e .

2 . R e @ u l t o f S e a r o h !. a .. N o u nu s u o. l s ig na l s w e r e e n c o u nt e r e d , h o w e v e r , a . f e w 0 0 4 8( t o n e - m od u l at a d ) s ig na l s w e r e l og g e d a t 3 3 .5 m O t 49 mo . a n d 5 6 m e i n. t h e T o ky o a re a.

b. S i g n a l s i n t e r c e p t e d i n t a r g e t o . r o o .WGl"t) o .s follows'Qb~t~it~[1t1w~ ~

(1) 69-70/600-2000/16.18 H-3530N - 13940E MITA Mod 3( 2) 72/--/6 H-3530N - 13940E Y l t T A M o d S(3) 75/500/72 H-3530N - 13940E Yl t cm(4) 78/500/72 H-3530N - 13940. MI t em(5) 7&/1500-2000/6-8, H-3530N - 13940E l a T A ! l o d 3(6) 79/1850/7 l E ' l ' A1 & o d 3(7) 80-81/1500-2200/4 H.3530N - 15940E l a T A M o d 3(8) 82/1500/6 B.3530N - 13940E Y K ' l ' A1 4 0 d 3(9 ) 92/1700/16 H.3530N - 13940E loIX-1, M o d 1(10) 183/24.00/3 H-3530N - 139408 l a I V M o d 1(11) 195/1800/7 H-3530N .. 13940E M It I V M o d S .(12) 196/1250/11 H-3530N - 139408 MI-1. Mod 2(13) 205/1600/9 H-3530N - 13940E l r I K - l .M o d 2(14) 206/ .... / ..-- B-3530N 13940E R-I, M o d 2(15) 208/1000/S H-3530N - 13940E l 4 K T A , M o d 1c . S i g n a l a i n t e r c e p t e d e n r o u t e w o r e a . s ro1101ll.

CbQt~ ;~ at~tlg a l.l:a(1 ) 69/200/30 H-3300N - 14000E wt OB I(2) 70/500/35 H-2"rOON- 14230E l4K OH I(3) 73-74'/ 250_400/ 27-30 H-3330N - 140008 l o f K CH I(4.) 76/200/36 H-3030N - 14030E UK CH I(5) 76/500/20-40 H-2e30N - 14230E llK OH I(6) 78/2{)0/56 H-311SN .. 13950E lilt ca r(7) 79/200/30 H-3116N - 13948E UKCHI(8) 81/200/25 ~3440N - 13930E UK CH I(9) 82/500/415 H-2530N - 14120E UKCHI(10) 83/250/38 H-3118N - 13947S UK CH I


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1.1.2.1.11Chorn9 tarl 1tiq .

(11)(12) 92/'00/29198/1000/7

R-25:50N - 14230E 11K OBIH -3 4. 00N - 14000E MIrA lIod 1.. 'H~ 1nd io ~te, p ~siti o~ _o ( J nter cep t. 't' indicates radar locatioD.

3. galyl1' ' 1 1 M CODQluI1gp'"a. No. DVF '1~ was Qcoompli.hed due to laQk of pr oper equip-ment. Ooordinates listed wore the approximate location of airoraftat tim e o f inter oep t.b, In reviewing the intercept. logged, it wus noted thAt aoo nsid erable num ber o f O L .r S L C sets were opernting in thi. area atthe time of strike, pradominate sets being MItrA I Io d : 5 1 n the 75 IIICb o. nd an d wrIV in the 200 1 1 1 0 band . . . . . "."

PA R T III _ R A D IO - MISSIONS Q 8 A liD g1., Strike Reports. Thi rty-four strike reports (bombs awa.y)

measnge s were recieved by the ~ound Stations. Tho ?3rd, W in g r ep or tedthr ee re- transmissio ns of bombs QW~ messages beoause the airc raftcould not hear the Ground Stationl reoeipts.2. FoZ TrGDamissioD' In addition to the .aual Weather a n d ri.eSignals transmitted by the Wing Ground Stations, the 73rd Wing reporte4

92 out of 105 r adio oper ator s co pied a F ox m essage r egnrdint the re-porting of inoperative IFF. In a check of radio operntor logs, reason.for failure to receive the the message inoluded being o t f w o. tc h, i ll -op er~tiv e eq Uipm ent, and mo nito ring of d istr ess freq uencies.3. Frequencies I S ev er al instances of jQlJ lll\ingere reported duringthis mission. Unknown stations co.used considerable confusion, jammingweather and time signal tranSmissions. Atmosphiric interference waslight. F ollowing is L percentuge breckdown of traffic per freq ue~oYI14 per cent on :3 megacycles: 54 por cent on 7 megacycle., and 32 percent on 11 megacycles.4 . Navigational Aid,. Out of 3 3 req uests f or H F / D F bearings.

32 w er e o bta in ed . A wetJc and varying signal from the aircraft wasthe reason reported for the 1 bearing that was not obtained. F ourV E F / D F bearings were requested and a l l w er 5 o bta in ed . T h e relntivelynew homer on Tin1nn wns roported as givin& excellent results, withc rew s p ic kin g u p the Signal on the ooast of Japan ~ coming home-on it. other aids on Saipan, Guam , nnd lw o Sima. were u.ed to ~oodadvantage.5. Jet Disciplino and Seouri1qrJ Two instances or seourity v io ..l c .t io n s wer " noted. One a.ir crott o per ator mix od olear o .nd co d94 tex t,an d another apera.tor broke radio ailence to indicate he w~s roturn1n&to base. No other instance of breaohes of security and net disoiplinewero noted. Oorrective nction has been taken to prevent recurrenoe

of the o .bo ve n ot ed vi ol o .t io n a_6. Enemy TaMQliulQQI' The 1'ollowl~ I nato .n cel l o f J am ming a.n denemy transmissions were recorded during this missionz


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S E q R E T0.. 31*5 lcc';

( 1 ) C W o . t 1 5 0 0 l w o . . effeotive.(2) CIRo . n d . UC" a1gnllh o . t 1230Z Q . 1 1 d 1400Z were partiall)'e t t e c t i V f l .(3) Bagpipe and stea.dy tone nt 1130Z 1: e lJ30Z were par-

ti~ ll y ef feo t1 ve.(4) Steady OW aigno.l o . t 2012Z blockod t re ~ u e n of t or 5minutes o.nd Was ef fec tiv e. ( Bo Ql' ing 335 depeGs trom Scu.PIlll).

b. 6255 kc a:(l) Un:1dent1f1ed OWat 1120Z to 13SOZ ..... very et'j~eoU,".:{~(2) Sen1Gs ot ".. and do.8hes Clt lOl,SZ _1'8 veq ""t8J),~,.,~:~(3) Unknown ata.tion jo.Jlllll6dtime tick with tetter.an d \7nS v er y ef fec ti ve.(4) S t e a d y t o n e a n d O W blOCked out wontber trnnilll1allionefrom Ground Station nnd were vory Qffoctivo.(5) OWnnd to ne b etw eo n 06301 o.nd 1430Z wore I I O d e l ' o . t G l yeffoctive.(6) Several voice nnd OW tr ansm issio ns o ver th e t a r g e ta.t d if fo ro nt inter vals wer e inef fo ctiv e to effoctive.

c. 11060 kes; OWo.t l635Z WQS effective.d. 3290 kes; Negligible.0. 7415 kest

(1 ) OW from 1230Z to 1330Z waS effective.(2) 01'1at 1443Z was effective.

f. 3410 ):(5'. 7310 kOlh qnd 11169 kea! NGgligible.7. Distress I Two distress messages were received. B oth o .i rc ratt

landed safely a.t friendly bases , HF/IF beur Inga and SUPRAD fixes werogiven to euc h airorq,ft.

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PART I - EN&jM YA IR cnOSIT 1ON

0.. Enemy nir o p p o s 1 t i o n Wo.smodoro.te to atronc v1sorw.. o.a4o o m p a r o . t l v e l y e t f e o t l v e . S i x t y -e i g ht e n e m y a i r c r a f t m a d e 7 6 o.ttaoka.T w o hundred t w e n t y . s i x n o n - o . t t a c k e r s w e r e r e p o r t e d ~ a i , h t e d . H o w e v e r ,screoning w a s d i f f i c u l t o . n d 0. &roo.t m a n , or t h e s ig ht i ~ w a r e b e l l e . . dto be d u p l i c a t i o n s . T ai l o .t ta cl c a .42, p r e c l o m i n at e d o f tr w h el J l l in s 1 y .T h e o t h er s w e r e o . b o u t e q u a l l y d i v i d e d between t h o noso, t h o r i g h t . aD dt h e l o f t . T h e e n e m y fighters o p e n e d f i r e a t o x t r e I P r o n g e n n d p r e . . . .h o r n e o n e r g e t 1 6 o . l 1 y . M o . n y o f t h e m u s e d t h e i r l o . n d i n g light. to . , 0 ' 1 ;B..291s. Y o s t of t h e a.ttacks were i n t h e I m m e d i o . t o viciDi ty or tbet o r g e t o 1 ' t e r t h e t u r n a w u y , but s o m e f i g h t e r s f o l l o w e d the B tr_1 0 0 t o 1 5 0 m i l e s o u t to sen o n t h e w i t h d ra w a l .n o t e d . b. SC3verllli n st c. nc oa o f racket tire . t r o m e n ~ atRl'~F r e q u e n t l y t h e rockets w e r e t i r e d i n p o i r s .

c . C o o r d i n a t i o n b e t w e e n s e a r c h l i g h t s a n dto i m p r o v e .

e. Two B.291 II w er e d ef in it el y l o s t to e n e l l l y o.lrorntt,-o f t h e m e r a s h l a n d e d a t I w o J i m a o . n d w e r e l o s t t o s u r r e y . 0 1 a . 1 a 8the B-29' S 1'II3re 4 d e s tr oy e d a nd n on e: .p ro ba bl y destroyed o r d am ag e d .F o u r Iballs o f f i r e - w e r e s h o t d o w n .2 . t y p e o f Enemr A i r c r a f t AttQcking:

T h e 7 5 ~ t t a c k s w e r e made by e n e m y ~ircrnft 0.8 f o l l o w s !ZekG. 2, T o n y , I , T O j o , I , Nick, 1, I r v i n g , I , H a . m p . 1 , s I B UD-i d e n t i f i e d , 28 . T I E U n i d e n t i f i e d , 4, T I E (Prob. I r v i n g ) ; 4 . s /E ( T o j oof Zeko), 1, a n d Unidentified 31.3. E n e m y A i r c r a f t Shhted But Not Attppking. A totc.l 01' 294

e n o m y aircraft was reported na sighted. Of t h e s e , 226 did not attack.The latter vrere identified as A o l l o w s a 1 Zeke, 1 T0nf. 1 T o j o , 1' I r v i n g , 1 Oscar. 1 Betty, 2 6 s I S U n i d e n t i f i e d . 1 6 T I E Unidentified,o.nd"178 Unide n t i U e d .

" T h j . s r . e p o r t isb r r s ed o n l a t e r figures than t h o s ( : Iwhich were ~ V Q l l -~bl~ f o r the C o n s o l i d a t e d Statist1cQl S u m m ar y

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Jl~!l4 . Direction apd L a T R l o r Attackl

Direotion and L e v e l of Approacho r EnemyA1roro.ttTo tal N um bero r Attaoka

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5. Balls of Fire:a. Reports differed widely on the approximntoly 59 ~all.o f f i r e - that ~re sl gbted . E stim ates of their siz e v nrl ed from 6inc hes in d iam eter t o 'holf as large as a B-29 fuselage'. Descrip-

tions of their flight p atterns by their observers included BOIM ofthe following: t'hey arched lI P from the ground to flight a.l t1tudea n d t h e n pursued a n independent coursoJ they wandered about a i m l e s . l Y ft h e y closely t l ' l I . i l e d B . 2 9 ' tI. even through eVC'.siva o . c t l o n ; o.nd theyfo ll ow ed the B-29's tor 38 minutes otter llUld's Gnd, bu t were unable. to gnin when the bomber.' oo.l1bro.ted air speed exceeded 230 mph.

b. In aome instances the outline of II. miniature plane WQSd ef in it el y o bs er v ed .

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d. When01J" ~nners hit 4 balls of tiro, the balle of 1'lftwere reported as follows! (1) 11 8 disintegrating, (2) a8 tloatins toearth in II. controlled spin and fl~r1ng up in explosloDS.

e. In one instanoe II. ball of tire was observod puB1ng tbrollJl1~~~~0. sea.rchlight beOJDand lenving 11 trail of white sraoke 01' va.por.

f. In only 9ne Qspect of the report w a s there general asr."ment, at 0. distanoe they appeared a .s o~ange-re4 bo.l1s. with t h B S l o wincreo.sing upon near approach.

6. Claims by ~e and Gun Pg.itionlDestrgyed P rg bab ly D es tr gy ed1H o J n p1 T/I1 S/E1 U / I (Poss. T/E), Ibo.lls of tire'

o.t ~een to go down(Poss. T/E).b. Seen to disintegrate1 S/EU/I. 1 Ramp.

8. EnemyAirgraft lllllkinn lOne Tony sainted yellow Md 2unidentified enemya ircrlJft were reported. ne ot the twin-enginefighters atto.cking was reported to be silver in oolor. with red r l a 1 n csun insignia po.inted on th&wings. Wing lights o.nd running U~talVerE)obsorved trequently,

***. . . .PlIR T II .. EN EM Y A NT IA IR CR AfT

1. Enemy A lA Fin;0.. On.three night incendiary miasiona the prlmnry targetr.rens were ntto.cked 0.5 follows:

(3) Ninoty-nino A/t of the 314th Wingbetween 1350-1S32Zfrom 640.20-10.Q20ft. on o.xes of ntto.ck from 280 .. 900The wenther over the target wn s clenr. nnd the windwns from 2600- 2850at npprox1mately 25X.

(1) One hundred nnd nine A le (Itt thO 7Srd \n.~ betwoen1325-1455Zfrom 8000-10.100 ft. on aXOB of attack tro~ 309 .. 830(2) Ninety-five;.fa of the 313th Wingbetween 134.3..}556Zfrom 7900-8800 ft. on o.xes of atto.ck from 5100..300

b. En route to tllrgett heo.vynnd modiumfInk wore encounteredby B..,2g's nt the following points: O-Shimn.H1ratsuka, Chigasnki.FujisllWtll Odowo.ro.,Shimodo..Mnnturu Miso.ki. Kizorntu. and over theChiloQPeninsuln. Most of this was moo.garto modaro.te and generally1na.cQuro.te.


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b. ~ rea dam age tot~ led ~ ppr oxlm atG ly 268 .000,000 8 q . ft.(9.6 sq . mi. or 6100 acres) of destruotion within thee. oitio . Twenty-f ive num ber ed industrial tnrget. a h o w v a r y i n g gross o f d o.m c, ge.4 . The o.nnoto.ted area map of South Tokyo, Ko:wo.lJul an 4 Yo-kohama ~d the picture tho.t follows this report show nl l damage re-ferrod to 1n this report.

ReSidential - destroyed (2 o.rens)R esid ential - d estr oyedResidontial - destroyed (2 areaG)R esidential - d estr oyedIno lu des r eSidential. c om mer ciu l o.ndindustrial sections (Targetl 331, 541,573, 918. 919. 1332, 1357, 1362). In-dustrial section sever~1y dam~d; ros-idential and commercial sections des-troyed.L ig ht i nd us tr io .l ar co . - d es tr oyedL ight indu str ial u rao . - d estr oyedR esid ential - destr oyedR esido ntial - destr oyedLight industrial area. destroyedL ight indu str o.ll ar ea - destro yedI ndu str ial ar ea - destr oyed

2. Statiotlcal SummQtyr

A rO~ of Knwnsuki Incen-dia.r y Zo ne No . 1 40,995,000.Are~ destroyed 26,715,000ArGo. of Yoko~ Incen-d1nry Zone No. 1 20,025,000ArGo. destroyed 585,000Area. T ar ge t 9 0.1 7- 36 01 402,570.000Joroo.Destroyed 131,500.000Area. Tn rg Gt 9 0. 17- 26 04 229,950,0004reo. destroyed 92,443,600:lXeo.Tnrgct 90/17-3605 111,0590.000joree. destroyed 5,400A rea Tar get 9 0.1 7- 360 6 117,610,000ArGo. destroyed 36,000,000A rea To rget 9 0.17- 3607 107,640,000il.reddestroyed 89,000A rea Tar get 90/ 17- 3608 84,330,000Area destroyed 7,962;00b

3. ltemiZQtion 9f AreA Damage:A nn ot ,. N o ~ Description of ~reo.

Ji.Qjg SQ. MI.940 1."0 5 1 5 , -46013

9,000 1 4 . '3,000 '."5,250 e . I2,100 :S.Sa,560 4.0.1 3 .02 .052,750 4.:563 0 1. 3 302,420 3.61.9 .03 .081.900 3.0leO . 2 8 9.5

S q. Ft, destr oyed562,000562.000438,000250,000

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Annpt, ijg D g.c ri pt ioD ot PlanR esid ential - d estr oyo dLight indu8tri~1 area - destroyedR esid ontial - d estr oyedRea1dnetlal - destroyed (3 areaa)R esid entiu l and l ight ind ustr ial(2 a re as des tr o ye d)I nc lu de. r esid enti al . c om er cial andind us tr ial sec tio ns ( Tar gets 58 , 105.106, 141. 464, 485, 487, 488, 489. 494,496, 4011, XXI 30SS. XXI 3069. XXI 3070,XXI 3075). Industrial section sovare~dam ng ed. r es iden ti al a n d oommerciala re as des tr a,y ed.Industrial area destroyedR esid ential - d estr oyedResidential (5 ar ea.) - d estr oyedResidential (3 ar eas) - d estr oyedR esid ential - d estr oyedResid ential and indu striaL a.rea (Target1399 - 80% destroyed), Residential uea.destroyedR esid ential - d estr oyedR esid ential - d estr oyed

I temilQtlo n of Damage to Industria.:

'20,000218,00094,0005,160,0004 , e e O , C O O

108,000,000

1399 - Hodo gg.yQ So da - 80% destroyed. Two large buildings de.troyed.2 l ar ge bu il dings gu tted .X X I 5058 Unidentified Industry - 70% destroyed, Main and second-ary bu il dings sev er el y d am agp d.XX I 3069 - Unidentified Industry - Main building haa m ino r d am age.sho ps and w ar eho uses are gutted or destroyed -6 0 % o f p lant ntr ec ted .W 3075 - U ni den ti fi ed I nd us tr y. 30% d estroyed, One sa.wtoo th-r oo fed bu il ding d estr oyed . a w ar eho use typ ebu il dings d estr oyed . o ne saw to oth- ro of edbu il ding sev er el y d am aged .

& X I 3070.. Unidentified Industry - 80% of plant destroyed or gutted.58 .,. TokyO S pecial Steel & Chr om e ' qo rk ll 50% destroyed. Five saW-

toothr oofed and numero us sm aller buildings destr oyed.o ne saw to oth- ro of ed bu il ding gu tted .lOS .. KaW UAlci SUbstatio n No. 1 - Probably 3q{ o f p lant d estr oyed .Several s~all buildings _ other damng0 1s not readilya ss eS .lb l 1 06 ..Ra i.lr ga d T ra ru sf ' o rm er S tati o n.,. e o % d estr oyed , the r em ai ning

bu ildings are probably sev erely dam .aged.141 .,.pkohAmQ Rubber Co .,.at least 40% of plant destroyed. Smokestill obscures center of plant area. fires visible. Num-erous small shops at one end of plant area are burned out.Four major buildings at opposite end of plant are destroyed.48ft, .. Showa Wire Cable Co. 40% destroyed. Several wa.rehouse typebuild~nga destroyed - 2 main buildings show minor damage.

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4 8 5 FUji Spinning liUl ... 60% gl1tted or destrol"'d. Pa.rt ot plAlltobscured by Imoke.

487 .. liel ;1 Sugar Fo.ctory - 30% dl38tJ"oyed. Pi ve .mQ11 bul1ding. detroyed, possible damage to remo.lning building

186 - Fg.ctory No. 2 of Tokyo-8hibo.ura. Electric Co, - 10% demo.ged.three small buildings destroyed. 4 gutted.

189 - N1p;2n Ehctric Wire and Cablo.Co.-- 3 0 % ot p!GJlt gutted.494 .. Tokyo ~lectrlc Wire Ilnd~~g. 00.- ~ 100%d6streyea; ..., r,496 .,..Factory No. I of Tokyo.ShibaurtL Electrio Co, 2 5 % or plent del-t r o y e d . Seven e a . w t o o t h - r o o t e d QDd 3 w ar e h o u s e t ,ppe b u i l d t ~

-destroyed.

o. SOmH T OX XO,331 Tpko G~.t and E leo tr ic E ngineer ing - One lugebuildings, QIIIOunting to a.bollt 5% ot plW1t. _'triMII

woll protected by firo break 541 - O r i e n t a . l Otis Elevator - 60% deltroyQd. Three large w:ll~l"~R;~slightly de.ma.god,one building gutted, 15 1IJIa.1lbuilding.troyed. .573 - H jntn Engineering Works - 10% destroyed. O n e building . c V G r . l y

do.mo.ged.918 _ Niita.ta Iron W orks - 90%destroyed. o r 210,000 s q . ft. O O o u p l . dby main buildin~t 183,000 sq . ft. ar c ~ tted or d e s tr o y e d . . al l

minor building. are destroyed.919 - T o k y o Mensur1ng Instrument Worla - 80% destroyed. Fourteen ware-ho use typ e bu il dings d estr oyed .1332 - Rglling Stock Co. -'30% destroyed. S ho p b ui ld in g severly damaged,several smaller buildings destroyed.1551 - To!CYoSpeCial Ma.ch.1neMfg. Co. Thirteen wo.rehouse typebuildings. (l total of 15% of plnnt nren, dutroyed.1362 - ii~sh1n E lec tr iC Engineer ing Co 20% destroyed. Two otthe larger buildings ore gutted.Brid~~ - under oonstruction. over Trona River, NE o r Target 4011 -d~stroyed.


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co IDENTIAL.DAMAGE TOSOUTH TOKYOKAWASAKIYOKOHAMA

~' f I I I I I A eURNED OUT AREU(~8") TA"GET NU"'.ERS

KEY TO "EPC RT onC~IHION

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\ , D J \ T E 1 , ' p r Y : 1 9 4 5FLIGHT D f , T A & F U E L C ON S UMP T IO N:....Coor, r . 'LETING MISSION * 92 93 18 5F~IGHT DflTA

r\vg. Time At Lcvr l\ltitude 6:41 !!. . . . . } 7 ' Wvg. Tims Of Climb To Bomb- :05 !l:. : 2 4 :28i ng l il titu neAvg. Ti~, o At Bo mbing Al titu de :3 4 .1 ! 6:52 6:16Avg. Flying Time 13:42 14:56 14:19 13:18Avg. Di stonce Fl.oen (Nautical 2619 2S00 2710 2698t.ir Miles)

F UE L CO NS il l1 PTI ONCons~ed To T~rget:

1I.vercge 3312 3676 3495"~axir.ttll!\ ,3959 ~226 42:?0Minimum 3072 3155 3072

Consuned Fro~ Trrget To Base:(F/e "'ithont Maifunctirm)

! > To .O f Air c ro f t 1 3 9 91 ISO 102Average ?366 2820 2594 2379Maximum 2906 3908 3908 2605!',linimum 2012 1830 1830 2114

Consumed From Target To Base:( A l e "ith Mfllfunction)No. Of Aircraft 3 ,2 5 5

Average 2345 2769 2 5 5 1 3 2499Tcia.ximum ?672 nS 5 2785 2640Ainimum 1960 2753 1960 2276

Tctal Fuel Used:Average 5680 6223 5953 5721M a x i m u m 6095 7310 73J:O 6050Minimum 5300 5059 5059 5357

Total F uel Remaining:jwervge 1065 1073 1069 893ilJlaximum 1487 1600 1600 1193r J inimu'11 62 0 50 0 50 0 54 0

flvg. Gr.ls. Consumed Per Hour 1,.14.9 411l .E l ,415.7 1,30.2Grls. Consumed

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FROM ; COM GEN XX I BOM COMTO; COM GEN 73RD BOM W IN G

COM GEN 313T H BOM ''\lIN GCOM GEN 3l4TH BOM wIN GINFO: CTG93.4CO, D ET . A, XX I BOM COM , I"'OCO , 3 R D PHOTO RECON SQDN

By Auth ot CG&X X I B O M B E R C C U M A N DG U A M .1200

FIELD ORD ER NUMBER 57, A RR ANGE NO.1 A N D BRISKET NO.1.1. Omitted.2. The XXI Born com will attack te rge ts indicated on "1)11Day; Arrange, ,Aiming Point 092074 reference X X I BomLi tho Mosai c Kawasaki Urban Area, and Brisket. Al;Wl;Jrlg'10:3035, and 081022, reference X X I BorncomLitho &U.~G~~' ..~asaki Urban Area.3. a. 73rd ~ing:

(1) primary visualArea / 2.Aiming Poin t Axis of Attack

(a) Pathfinder 092074(b) Main Force 092074 12All other Alc(2) BombLoad: 5 squadrons M-4 7 incendiary bombsfused instantaneous nose. Balance of force:E-46 clusters to extent available fused toopen at 2,500 fe et above the target. Remainderof force M-1 7 Al incendiary clusters fused toopen 3,000 feet above the target. Aircraftnot carrying M-47 incand iary bombs will carryone 500 Ib GP loaded to release first.(3) Altitude of Attack: 9,000 feet.

b. 3l3th Bomb~ing:(l) PI"imary vi sual and radar target is KawasakiUrban Area /1.

Aiming Point Axis of Attack Force Required(a)(b)(2)

Pathf inde rs 103035Main FOrce 103035 12 AleAll other AleBombLoad: Three squadrons M-47 incendiarybombs fused tnst.an tane cue nose. Remainder offorce: E-46 incendiary clusters fused to open2,500 feet above the target and one 500 1b GPfused instantaneous nose and 1/40 tail to bereleased first.

c. 3l4th Wing:(3) Altitude of Attack: 8,000 feet.

(1) Primary v isual and radar target is KawasakiUrban Area /1.

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2.1Q.Bl.lFIELD ORDERNUMBER57 OONTINUED

( 2) BombLoad: Fifty aircraft M - 4 7 incendiarybombs fused instantaneous nose. Others, 1-46incendiary clusters fused to open 2,500 feetabove the target to the extent available. Re-mainder of torce, )1-17 clusters fused to open3,000 feet above the target and one T4E4 frag-mentary fused to open 1,OOQ/eet beneath air-craft releasing in center 0 bQmb train.( .3) 1 \1 tHude of a.ttn.ck: 7,000 feet.x, (1) Route(a) Pathf indareBasa1woJim3440N - 14000E351030N - 1402230E (Landfall)3525N - 13954E (Radar IP)To poil}t. 10 slant range miles '-Q~~'l;:n3525N - 13954E (IF)Target3532N - 13930E

3530N - 13910E3437200 - 13854EI iVo JimaBase(b) Main ForceBase1wo JimaKozu Shima350830N - 13910E (IP)TargetIw o JimaBase(2) Pathfinders will take off first, striking tar-get from T-IO to TtlO. Essential that aircraftof main force do not bomb until T hour plus 10minu tes.

(a) Pathfinders 081022(b) Main Force 081022 12 AleAll other A la

(3) ESl'Iential that main force drop on fires startedby pathfinders utilizing both visual and radarmeans.(4) Alti tude on route up specif ied same as bombingaltitude or 500 feet on top of clouds.(5) Frietldly fighters will be operating between13,000 and 22,000 feet, imperative this bebrought to the attention of all crews.

11 D " Day and II Tn hour i 5 15240OK.Method of a~tack is by individual aircraft withminimum interval between aircraft.Intervalomet~r setting: M-47 bombs 100 feet,all clusters 50 feet.If pathfinders find bombing run unsatisfactoryand bombs cannGt be put on the aiming paints,aircraft will make left turn and join mainforce.


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FI ELDORDERNUMBER7 e ONTNUEl)(10) Maximumof K-19B cameras and M-46 photo flashbombs will be carried.

4. a. No change.b. This is XXI BomoomMission NUmber:

(1) Brisket 1 - 68(2) Arrange 1 - 695. a. Signal

(1) See XXI BomOomSOl I for SOP contaot reports.Strike Reports and IFF operation. one a1r-craft in each squadron will be desi~ated tosend a strike report.(2) R.C.M.


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DISTRIBUTIONTACTICAL MISSION REPORrS

Commanding General. Twentieth Air ForceCommanding Oen"rill, XXI Bom~r CO J l l l l l I U l d .Deputy Comma.nder. Twentieth Air ForeeChief of Staff, Twentieth Air PorceChief of Staff, XXI Bomber CommmndDeputy Cis. O pns. XX I Bomber CommandDeputy cIa. Sup & lIa.int. XXI Bombor 00__A e of S. A-2, XXI Bomber CommandCommanding General, Army Air ForcesATTN: AC/AS, IntelligenceCommander in Chief. Pacifio Ocean AreasCommander in Ohier, pa.cirio OCean AreuChief or NaVal Operationa. OP-16-VJ o in t I nte llig en oe C en te r, P a o l f i o O e e a a ~ ~Commander Air Force, Pacll'io FleetCommD.mer. ruth FleetCo mm an der . F ir st O ar ri er T a s k F or e eUommander. Ua.rianasCommanding General. U.S. Army Forces f. n "VCommanding General. U.S. A rm y F or ces, Pad!tl0C om m an di ng G an er al. A l li ed Air Force.Southwest Paeitl0 AreasCommanding General. Southwest Pac1tlc Areas Aftl" 0-8(For SeGtion 2 2 , R O M )Commanding General. Far East Air ForoesCommanding General. U. S. S tr ateg ic Air Forees in Eu~eCommanding General. Eighth Air ForoeCommanding G ener al . M ed iter ran ean A ll ied A ir PorceeCommanding General. Fifteenth Air FarceCommanding General. SeventhAir ForceCommanding General. V II Bomber COlDllla1ldCommanding General. VI.! Fighter Comman.dCommand~ng General. Eleventh Air ForceCommanding General. XX Bomber CommandCommanding General. 36th Flying Training WingCommanding General. 58th Bombardment WingCommandin~ General, 73rd Bomdardment WingCommanding General, 3l3th Bombardment WingCommandi~g General. 3l4tP Bombardment WingCommandillf; Generill. 3lSth B o mb Q J'dm ent W in gCommanding Officer. 3rd Photo Recon SquadronCommanding Officer. 33rd Statistical Control. UnitChemical Warfare Officer. XX I Bomber CommandTacticl3 and Training Sectlonll, A:-3, XXI Bombez- OommandOrdnanoe Officer. XXI Bomber CommandCommanding O rf ic er . X XI Bo mber Command. Combat StagingC en ter ( P ro v i8 ~ on al )HiStoriOal Offioer. XXl Bomber CommandCommandi~ G en er al. A r my Air ForcesAT TN : AC/AS .Il'lbllligence. ColleotiGn Deiv1aionC om m an di ng G en er o .l . A r m y Air Forces P a c i f i C Ocean AreasATTN: AAFEvaluation Board


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COPYNo.79

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Commo:nd.ingGenera.1. J.rnty Air Forces Ptl.Cific OoOQ DAredATTN: Director of Communlco.tionsFa rz Counier Measures J.l,r Ano.lysis CenterCommo.ndingOfficer, 5th Bomb Group ( VB )Commanding Offiaet', 9th Bomb Group ( VB )Comma.ndingOfficer, 15th Bomb Group ( VH )Commanding Officer, 19th BombGroup ( V H )Commanding Offioer, 29th Banb Group (VB)Cornmo.ndingOfficer. 39th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer, 40th Bomb Group ( VH )Commanding Orficer, 330th Bomb Gro~ ( VB )Commanding Offloer, 331st Bomb Group ( VH )Commanding Officer, 44.4th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer, 4062 Bomb Group ( VB )COllllJlO.ndlngfficer, 468th Bomb Group e VE )Commanding Offioer, 4097th Bomb Group ( VB )Commllnding Offioer. 498th Bomb Group ( VB )Commanding Offioer, 4 9 9 t b Bomb G r o u p ( V B )Commanding Officer, 500th Bomb Group ( VB )Commanding Officer, 501st Bomb Group ( VH )COlIlll\o.ndingOfficer. S02nd Bomb Group (VB)CommandingOfficer, 504th Bomb Group ( VB )Commo.ndingOff1oer., S05th Bomb Group ( VB )Commanding Officer, 65Sth BombGroup eH) (~)Commanding Officer, Twentieth Air Force Lead Crew SchoolCommanding Officer, 15th Fighter GroupCOlillIlo.1u1ingfficer, 21st Fighter GroupCOll\IDElndingfficer, 506th Fighter GroupRepoJ'ting Unit. A-2, XXI Bomber OOmffiu,ndFile Copy)Repo.rting Unit, .A-2. XXI Bomber Command.

21st bomber command tactical mission report 68, 69

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