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Thi8 report covers XXI sember

Coamand Mission No . 2 0 3 . flown

15 June 1945 a g a i n s t th e Osake-

Ame.gasaki Urban Area •

• • • • •Missions No. 20 1 aDd 20 2 .e re

mining o p e r a t i o n s . t he r ep or ts

o f which w i l l r e c e i v e limited

d i s t r i b u t i o n .



HEiU>'lUARTERS

XXI BCMBElt ca1MAND

APO 234

Field Order No. B(, Mission No. 203

Target I Osaka-Amagasald Urban Area

15 June 1945

Table of Con tent s

Page No.

Tactical NarratiTe • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1• • • • • • • •

Annex A - Operations • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8Part I .. NaTigatiCll Track Clurt. • • • • • • • • 9Part I I • Mean Points of Impact. • • • • • • • • 10Part I I I - Flight Engineering Charts • • • • • • 11Part IV - Radar. • · • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13Part V - Gmnery • • • • • • • • • · • • • • • 14Part VI - Air-Sea Rescue Chart • • • • • • • • 15Part VII - Fighter Escort Mission Report • • • • 16

Annex B ... \ 'eather. • ; • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18Part I - ' leather Su:nmary • • • • • • • • • • 19Part I I - Chart - - Forecast ~ c e t h e r vs.

Observed ~ e a t h e r . • • • • • 20Por' III - Prosnostic Map. • • • • • • • • • • 21Part IV - Synoptic Mal' • • • • • • • • • • • 22

Anns C .. Comnunications • • • • • • • • • I • • • • • • • 23Part I - R{}4 • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • • • • • 24Part I I .. Radio. • • • • • • • r • • • • • • 25

Annex 0 - Intell igence • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 28Part I .. E n e ~ Air Oppos it ion. • • • • • • • 29Part I I .. Enenu Antiai rcraf t • • • • • • • • • 29Part I I I .. Damage Assessment

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Annox E - Consolidated Sh t i s t i oa l Summary• • I • 42• •

AnnexF - XXI Banber Comnanl Field Order • • • • 51• •Annex G - Dist r ibut ion . • • • • • • • • • 55• • • • • • •

Prepared Byl

A-2 Section: In Bomber COOInaIld



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3GGInit ialS

of Attack on the Osaka-Amagasaki Urban Area. 15 June

To.

Report

1945

Comn3.nd i ng Air Force. Washington 25. n.C.General. Twentietb

1. IDENI'IFIC\TION OF M I S S I O N ~a. Field'Order ~ b e r 86. Headquarters XXI B a : L b e r t ~ ~ ' to

dated 14 June 1945, directed the 58th. 7Jrd. 313tb , a 3 ~ i a r y str ikeparticipate in a coordinated maximUI:1..ef'fort daylight nce th i landon the urban areae of the cities of Osaka aIll llmagasaki on e sof Honsbu in Mission NUmber 203.

b. Target Specified I

(1) PrimarY Visual and Radar Targets Osaka..Amag8saki Urban

Area.

(2) No secondary or last resort targets were namEKl.

2. STRATEGY" AND PLAN OF OPERATlONS:

a. selection of D - D a y ~ I t was originally intended to attacka different target on this date, but because of unfavorable wea&herconditions in that area. the original attack was cancelled and the present p l ~ ~ effected. On the basis of a favorable weather forecast for

the Osaka area, finn decision wae made to attack on 15 June.

b. Importance of the 'Targe t: As a result of 3 previous in celmiary strikes aaainst Osaka, i t was decided that the remaining areato be attacked would not merit more th.::m a wing effort . In order to~ t i l i z ~ the planned force to g reate r advantage, 3 mean points of impactin the city of Amagasaki were selected in addition to 2 points to be

~ t t a c k e d in Osaka. The points to be attacked were located in the heartof Amagasaki and in areas adjacent to both sides of the Shin Yodo RiverIn Osaka. The importance of the areas to be banbed in the Osaka was in..diceted by the e x t ~ n s i v e firebreaks and cleared sectors around the fac

tories. Amagasakl. a highly important suburb of OsaM. was known tocontain a very large ctude and synthetic oil refinery. 3 stratagicallYimportant power plants. aircr9.ft and aircraft parts plants. and semeheavy industrial installations.

c. Details of Plsnola.'!: _. Operational:

(See Anm.z A, Par t .

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(1) Bombing Plans:

(a) Determination of Bocb Load:or mean points of impact.)I, for looatioq



1 Although a different select ion of hanhl!! ._ . t ios t th i s type of t a rge t ,

aay have been mora suitable for employmen aga t tit was decided to employ "the bombs selected for the o r ~ g i : ; i C ~ : ~ timeaince aircraft were already loaded with those boobs an s

was not available for 3 . ~ c h a n g e .2. Tw'olvo of the 15 Groups scheduled on th i s

alternate mission were loaded \,ith AN-M17Al incendiary clusters fuzed

to open 5000 feet above tho ta rge t . The rOO13ining 3 Groups were loaded

with ,\N"M47A2 incendiary banbs fuzed ins t lDtaneous nose.

between

banbs fo r

fect

of 61. Intcrvalaneter se t t ings of 35

clusters of the AN ..M17Al type end 75 feet bet'ilccn gr'Oups

the AN"M47.\2 type uere choeen.

ll. The areas about 3 of the mean points of impact

to be attacked (the 2 points l o c ~ t e d in Osaka and 1 of the 3 points in

Amagasaki) consisted primarily of 1 and 2 story wooden buildi.ngs and

wore to be attaekod f i r s t . The AN.Ml7.U clusters containing AN-.M.50 type

III8gnOsium bolnbs. altho'O.gh not t h best type of ';l'capon fo r usc against

residential type areas, were considered : l good al ternate weapon judging

fran the resul ts of provious attacks ag<llnst similar targ<C;lts. The M-50banb was considered the b09t typo of banb for use against the remaining

2 points loc ..tod in :,magasaki. These areas consi:l:t prim:1ri ly of indus

t r i a l type const ruc tion and 81'e vulne rabl e t o the penetrat ing qual i t ies

of the MooSO banb. The 20 per cont anti-personnel elcmcmt in tho 16·50

type was oonsiderod suff ic ient for disrupting f i re - f igh t ing ac t iv i t i e swithout inclusion of hlgh-oxplosivos or fr3gmentation bombs.

j. Schedul ing of STooPS was so arranged tha t

each of tho f i r s t 3 moan points of impact attacked would have 1 group

placing AN·M47A2 inceoolary banbs on the area. It was expected th.:.l.tthe large f i res star ted by these bombs would adequately impede tm

Japanese f iro ..f ighting defenses and would allo1>' for the succos9ful an

ployment of the clusters droppod fran aircr ' l f t in succeeding formations.

(b) Bombing Datsl

l. . Approximately the s:,uoo i n i t i a l point D41530N.

l350400E) and axes of aLtaok (31 to 46 degrees) usod in previous Osaka

Dissiona '"ere to bo employed on th is mission. They wore considered the

le st pos sibl e from tho standpoint of 3ntia ircraft opoositio n su rfacovinds, and radar checkpoints. . I

. ~ Tho moan points of impact were solGcted so,hat smoke from. tho bombing of one point woold not in terfere wi th the

lighting on o th er poin ts during the earl y s tage s of the a t tack .

~ a ~ b ~ ~ : ; ~ ~ u ~ = i n ;; t ~ n v ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ : i : ~ : i ~ u ~ ~ : b ~ ~a ~ ~ a ~ ~ o o c ; : : :'Pen at a p r e d e t o r m i n e ~ a ~ ; : ~ ~ ~ G S i t Slnce 311 clusters were fuzed to

.ation in alt i tudo would chango th bwas b e l ~ e v e d that an excessive var

lurate banbing. (] anb traJoctory and resu l t in inac ..

s· Canposite wings mad fIcheduled to attack in a column 0 up 0 3 groups oach. were1M eight minutes betwoen wings. of squadrons '.l"ith 4. minutes between groups

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.5.1 Axes of attl'Jck •. banbil18 a l t i t u ~ . a J ~ \ ~ t 4 h 6'f 11 ' ·a:xos of attac k, ........m

teriinent bombing d3ta ..ord as b 0'391 d ~ 000 feet- ostimated

.gt'CCSI bonbing al t i tudes. 18.000p". \ ~ ~ O , ~ ~ t : ~ i P ~ t ~ d dr i f t , '6i to 8i~ r speed, ]12 to 321 miles ....

.e6Ncs r ight ,

(2) Nav1g:ttiClfl.I

(a) All W1ns9 woro to UIJO tho reHamna: routo to the

arGOt I

Reasons for Selection

Bay easily ident-

Tactieal Doctrine.

A point on the entrance to OsakaHied for star t of the bcmb run.

O S a k 3 ~ ~ 3 s a k i .

a"t to 1wo JiIllQ

>0eaasombly (orf tho coast of Japan)..

)SON bet1f(lCO 13445E .\ l ine on cntrance to Osaka Bay ~ h i c h a i r c ra f t

D1 1)5052 (Departure woro to pass thrOU8h for GOoo t iming.

tno)

'0~ 1 5 3 0 N ~ 1 3 5 0 4 0 0 E (IP)

'0srgcts

(b) Route from target to b'!so fo r a i rc ra f t at tacldngaan points of impact in Osakal

'0JJ.5N-13610E'0

ro J1JIla to Baso

Reasons f or Sel ec ti on

Breakaway to the r ight in order to avoid heavy

antiaircraft defenses.

Land's end.

Tactical Doctrine.

(c) Route fran target to baso for airCr3f t at tackingJan points or impact in A l I I ~ s a . l d .

Reasons for Select ion

Brea.kawe,y stra1&ht ahead af ter banbs awsy.

.\ r ight turn going through li.l:l:hted defenaos.

Lam's end.

Tactical Doctrine.

,l1'gt:lt (I>Il1agasald. MPI 'II)·0

~ 4 N - l : l 5 2 6 E,56N.13534E;0

55N--l]6l0Eo'0 111l19. to Base

(3) Plight EnRinacringl

I ba uood'in a c o o ; : ~ n c ~ l ~ i : ~ d ~ a ; :m : :eds , except fo r banbins run, vera

aemblios, a t banbillB alt i tudes r Ccmnand Tact ical Doctrine. Group, ware to be ettcctod off the c....... ~ . ,

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d that no banh bay tanks(b) Fuel roserve data i n d i ~ a i e t ing on the mission,

)lU.ld be requirod by allY of the a i r c ~ : ~ ; 61: gallons.181 load per a i r c r a f t w001d be appr

( 0) N maximum or'minimwn bOO1bl o ~ d s

wereS P O C i r i ~

do d and 313t h wings oould carry a e. was estimated t l u t tho 58th • 73r • Hoth W' nu could carry• b load f 13 000 pounds and the 3 1-0 .1bendiary ban o. t im t d t 1500 pounds per S l r -!.OOO pounds. The anmunition 1000 was os a e a

:"8f't.

(4) ~ (8) The reassembly areas wero chosen a t posit ions 81

0118

18 coastline whero radar recept ion would a s s i s t i n too forming of thB~ p s . Although the se a re as foI,xtondod over the w3.tor. the Co-J'Jt was i n

tBY range ofAN/APQ.-13.

(b) The 1 n i t b l point '(341530N-1350400E). on the t i p of a

lCIdDent peninsula at the torm of Kade, rlas considered an oxcel lent point>r a r'ldar ",ind run or ground speed check. It gas expected t l a t t h i s

)int oould be easi ly identif ied by a l l radar operators.

(e) Osaka and AmagaS3ki both provide good radar t a r g e t s .

to mean points of impClet selected. l1o;:mvcr, p ro sent sane d i f f i c u l t y . Of

10 5 tIl£lan points of impact selected. the 2 points in Osaka wore expected

I provide the JOOst diff iculty beca.use of the lack of'good o f f s e t aiming

,ints. The ranaining 3 points, located in Amagasaki. ~ e r c not expected

I present £reat difficul ty , since tb::l bay coastline offers ID:cellent r e orence in set t ing course snd in offsetting the banb release p o i n t .

(5) ROd: I t was planned to D/F early warning and gun-layingdar and to c o o o . u ~ a general search i n the 38-3000 megacycle rogion. It

LS also planned to barrago jam the 190..210 lIlegncyclc region and t o spot

lID any onemy gun-laying radar sign9.1s that might appear outside the bar-

!gO. Twnty RO.t Observers ~ e r e schooulod to accanpl1sh the search amlOt jamming.

(6) Air-Seu Rescuez (See Annex A. Part VI, f a r c h a rt . )

~ Navy was furnishocl f li th det:1ils of th e mis slcn and prtlvided the f o l

lVing air-sea rescue f a c i l i t i e s : 4 SUbmarines, 5 D.1mbOS. ahd 3 surfaceI,ucls. In addition t o these f a c i l i t i e s , tho Navy ass16ned crash b:)ats

I the immodhtc vicinity of the ColIQand bases to carry out ai r -sea rescue

ll"k during tho c r i t i c a l perioo.s of t3ko-off and landing. This Commnd

Isigncd 4 SUPcr-Dumbos (B-29's) to orbi t the sutmarine positions.

(1) Fiahter Escort: Fight er oscor t 'liSS requested and wasI be furnishod by tho VII Fighter Conmand.

tatoly 100

d. Deta ils of Planning __ Intellig.-:tnool

(1) Enemoc Fighter Reactionl I t wag asttmatedto 110 o n f ighters could offer opposition on

tha tt h i s

approx_

mission.

(2) Enosy Antiaircraft:

r.7SI . (a) noavy guns in the target · area ~ o r e ·disposed as tol_Osaka, 305; Kobe. 62; northeast of Osaka, 5; K.Yoto. 32.

lcking aircraf t (b) On the planned approach to the Osaka area the a t WQ11d be out of effective range of t Kobe d f

U ; I El enses but

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r tho heaVY gung in the Osaka de·Dld be 'Ilith1.D effective rango of 2.50 Cart t tacking the points 1n .\.Ina

lIeU. It ana estimated th,-t th e alrerf

20 Bol

th o he:lVY guns a t Kobe18k! would bo within effective r ~ n g c 0• i of the guns in the O:uka defcnges.

3· EXEarrION OF THE J4ISSIONI

Take-o!fl Take-off ~ a accomplished ., follows1

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First Lastl \ i r cc l t

Taka-ofr Takc. . .q!!!lB .\irborne

58th 138 141643Z 141802Z

7Jrd 144 141635Z 141147Z

31)th 94 141633" 141'/S8Z

ill141631Z 141802Z

XXI B.C. 511- 14163lZ 1418C12Z

l 'bis t a h l docs not include 4 Supcr-Dwnbos and 1 1Jo:Jther Observation

aircraf t .

b. Route Outl Aircraf t proceeded indi 'f idually to t ho ass embly

lnts .... i th navigation being !lccOIIIPlishod as planned. FOl'lll.9.tions W'erexen up by a frontal coo.dition at a p p ro xi m:l te l y 31 degrees north. . \1rIf 't thon proceeded to tho t:nogct individually or in saa l l groups.

c. Over T'-rgot:

(1) Pri ma ry Targetl Target area navigation ;las accomplishod

rl:l1ar. With the ~ c e p t i o n of a f o 3i rcraf t 'Khich bombed by dead reckLng, a l l bQll.hina: was aCOOIIlplishod by r3dar. The majority 'of a i r c r a f t

ro on instrUlllonts at the time of banbs a ~ ' / : J Y . ;.. tot.l l of 444 B-29's drop

1 3157.3 tons of incendiary b Q l l . b ~ aDd clustera on the primery ta rge t

:JlI 142344Z to 150155Z at al t i tudes fran 16,300 to 26,900 feo.t.

(2)" Tnrl'l:Ots of Opportunity; (See Consolidated Stat is t ica l

1Iary , ;.nnex E. far breakrlO'ilO of tarnots and banb ton1\ago.) Tnentyren 8-29's , 2 of whicb also banbod the p ri ma ry ta rgot , dropped 176.1wot incendiary bcmbs and clustors on various targots of opportunity.

0) RelIlainder of Forc el Thore \faro 42 non-effect ive a i rc ra f t .

d. Route Back; Return to b:l.sO was accOlllplishod 'il'ithout incident .1:y-thrco B-29's landod at h o J"ima.

e. Landi!Uu ,Urcraft landed a t bases under good weather oondi•.:118 as follows,

Wing Firs t Land ing Last Landing

58tll 150617Z 1509Cnz

7Jrd 15052& 150829Z

313th 15055& 15o<j(nz

150Z02Z 1S09(HZXXI B.C. 150528Z

1S0901Z

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t 1 of which crashed in to ther LoSSllSI 1'\70 B-29'8 wore 105 . f t '11 II erClil'membors• - t '" i t o r t:lke-o • "

• b m ilos north of Ouam shOT "01 a t i bOroo erashod o ff too• IlI1ssing. Tho other B ~ 2 9 . which 'Il'3.S no a •

P31 at take-ofr . .\11 crC9 ~ e r s were sav •

Operations Summ?!I1..

(2) B:lmbi!1B1

. (a ) Tho t ormina o f leo on Irlndows, do.ril18 !I. fronta l

ut ra t ion pr'ior to assembly and at the assembly areas, liSS th aomost tunnaIS diff icul ty enCOJ,ntered. Two a i rc ra f t baPbed ta rgets ot ppor

, duo to cri t ical 101118 conditions.

(b ) Four a i rc ra f t reported malfunctions of pneumatic

Db hily doors. FeI1 other m3ltunctions were :reported.

(e) .\11 aircra t t ';lere over the primary target l ri thin a

rioo of 2hours

and11minutos.

Part I fo r trock chart .) .(1) Navig3t1onl (sea Annex .\ . d ~ i t h good resul t s .

reD fl lcl l i t ics a t I'I;'o J'1:ll:1 3.00 Okinn'lla ' ; 1 C ~ US;he c3 lib ro o f M,vigatioD

le s t ia l and radio 03viCetion woro a . l ~ ~ t ~ ~ • neo.mtorcd was considered1P1a,yoo under th e adverso weather COl1ll ons 0

perier.

(3) Flight ~ n g i n e e r i n R l1 Consolidated Stat ist ic31 ~ (See Afmox A, Part I I I .

Annex E, for de t3 l ls . )

fo r char ts ,

(a) Narrati ...o ot the Mission as Flown.

1. Cruiso to the Mainland am Aaacmbl.yl IndividualLmbs wore made i.mmediatoly af te r tlk:o-off to alt i tudes behean 3000 am

)() teat a t which alt i tudes the i n i t i a l cruise wa!l flCTlm. GrOup assemblies

"0 cenductod at bombina al t i tudes a t points e f f the m.ainland.

g,. TArget: Bad \"leather'dispersed the formations

t llanbiDB I13S accallpl1qhed, for the most part , by individual ai rcraf t a tlar tban briefed alt i tudes.

1. Return to Basel The beet retu.rn. IIJas made by deIMing slo>lly on the entiro route back: at 180 miles per hour (ca l lbnted• speed).

(b ) Collments: Since th is m:LssiCXt IraS original ly schedu10d

• an:>ther target ani Illaqy aircraft had banb b ~ t.lnlcs already ins ta l led ,

tanb load conpari son ;ras ne t possiblo. Bad ....eather and icing ccndit ionslBed a high variance in fuel consumption.

l aircraft(4) Radar I (See Annex A. 'Part IV, for de ta i la . )

boobing the primary target ,~ a n b e d

y:sual ly .

Nono of the

(See Anmx A. Part VI, for Air-5ea Rescueand a ll ai rcraf t 'il6re accounted tor .. .

(5 ) Qumcryt (Seo Antle.:z A, P.::l.rt V. far deb i l s . )

(6 ) Air-Sea Rescue;

There 'l'l'ere no ditchil1GS

(7 ) ! tenter Escortl (Sec Annex A, Part VII, far Pi Mer10rt lUasioo Report.) Fighter ZScort scheduled for this ltd i S' I le , bu t turnod back: hocause of bid weather. ss on WOe a i r -



~ ~ I ~ a V H v . " ' ~ 9.aQ y ft-dN N .(IUOl{lnv

U 3 1 " ' I S S V 1 ~ 3 a

h. waatherl (See AMCX B. for deta i ls . ) With the e:xeepticaOr 10/10 cloUd coyersge encountered a t the target . woother was gener·

Ally as ~ e d i c t e d .i. cOOllllUJlicatiollS;

(1) ReJ,h (See Annal[ C. part I o fa r detai ls . ) Eighteen1l0! Observers partICTpotad on the mission end adequately Employed jam·IUIl6 tact ics 8iJ1inst e n radar .

(2) Rediol (See AIUle:t C. Pert I I . fa r de ta i l s . )

j. Intellisence SUllJIlarYI

(1) EnElllY Air ~ p o s i t l o n ; (See ilnJleX D, pert 1 . fe r de-h i l s . ) only 2 enany s i rera were sighted on th is mission. nei therof whioh attacked.

(2) EnG Antiaircraft I (See Annex D. Pert I I , for de-t a i l s . ) Antio.ircrsfopPositlon over the target . s s reported Be moos·a r . inaccurate, and henvy by several farmation::l. end as n il by tbe II lQ_

Jority at eircref t .

(3) oamaiT ASl3GBSl!ltmt I (See Annex O. part I I I , ro r de-t a i l s . ) I):ImJ68 to 050 ow Amoeosald as a resul t of t h i s missionamounts to 2.49 SQuare miles (l. ' ) SQutlre miles cr 3.}% o f Osaka, and

.5 9 et!.mra~ J . l e s

or 6.6%at

AmagtUJB.ki).

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OPfRATION5

part I - N:lvi,sation 'Irack Chart

:A1rt I I - Moon POints o f Impact

POrt i l l • Flight ~ n e e r i l l B Charts

Pert IV - Radar

Port V - GWloery

par t VI - A i r ~ a Rescuo Chart

FCrt VII - VII Fighter Commam Miss ion Repor t

Mission No. 203

15 lune 1945

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XXI BOMCOM.

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73rd. Auembiy- KilO 10 &mIo

142003l' -1421221:

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58",. Wil'lg--- 13l'11 •- - - - - - 313",. "___ 31411\. •

!i8th ASSEMBLY

1423"05Z.-1!500131

III. lost1!50013Z 1!501!57li:lOO43l :!5015!5Z142.3!59lll!502041

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1st. lOllI!iOOOtZ I!iOI4!iZI!i0034Z 150l47Z

142344Z 1!5Ol5!5Z

1!50021Z 1!iOl!5!5Z

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MISSION NO. 203

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MEAN POINTS OF IMPACT

-.M.e.L. WING S

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1 . No. of IJC Firingl None.

2. Averaf!P turre t 100(11

UF l!!. ! U. 11:191)2.5 1075 95° 950 950

3· Average No. ar rounds fir'" in Canbet per tw-retl

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4. No. of rounds f i red in canbetl NOne.

5 . No. of rounds woo to r test f ir ing: 38 •.370. J..verage per

sun; 1164.

6. GWl8 Locded: 58th wing 73l'd Wing l1Jth Wing 11Mb'iiinSnot cold Hot COld

7. Kllfunetioos; cal .50 M.G.

Cbarga tai lure _ 4 ,Tal:l:led round in cover - 1F::lulty f ir ing c i rcu it _ l T'lristed bel t - IServo Amplifier out - 1 Spl i t Barrel Bushine _ 1Dynamotor out _ 1 sear sl ide reversed. _ 1Turret elov.:ltion out -1 B"oken bo lt feed lever 2'Blck out circui t - 1 Tight headsJDce _ 1

8. Equipnent operation (Total percentage operative):

cal .50 M.G.

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CIlI:ltUIding Go nerol. VII Fighter'!'ho following i s the report of the C t f th i s co;:Dtlnd, bUt i ta re -

QlIIt1nd \;\JPO,l. This 0Gency 1s not a uni °t of th i s Cca:cnd'S o p e r a ~~ o r t i s ' r ~ p r o d u e e d herein 0.:1 on i m p a r t ~ n i : of the mission mAY be pre

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HFJ<!lQ.Uf.RTUtS VII FIGHrER coJAWm 1MOffice of the coomanding General

Iwo Jir.J:l

17 rune 1945

comOUDATED MISSION REP<RT

15th Fie,btcr Group

506th F16hter GrOUP

2 . o. Type of mission' Escort of 8-299 over OSElkn oron.

b. l ) l l te: 15 June 1945·c . yield Order D:I. 132.

d. Mission NO. 188.

) . o. croup: 15th S06th TOtals

b . Aircraft disp:ltched: 59 64 12)

,. Aircraf t returnod oorly: 58 64 122

d. Aircraft over target; None Nono Nooe

e. l , i rcrof t l ee t : 1 11000 1t . Aircraft coqpleting ~ i s s i o n : None None None

g. Time of take of f : (Last plane off) : 0652h. Til:le of r/'1. w/naviantion bombers: 0713i. TiIll6 lo.nded: 1112

4 . e . friendly aircraft losses: Totsl 1.Pilot ditched plene ono m le Sl i of base when engine cut out on

take of t . Pilot required tvo days of hospital izat ion bbcause of laceratedright nos t r i l .

b. Friendly aircraft d8l1tlged: Total 1.Both 'lIings of 1 P-5l buckled 'I'lhen p lane lcndcd with heo.vily

loaded wing, tanks. Pilat uninjured.

5 . a . Enemy aircroft sighted: None.

b. Enemy ai rcraf t losses: None.

c . Enany ground ins tal la t ions nnl shippinB losses: N;lne.

6. U\rro1;ive: After nOl'lllOl toke off and rendczvous n weather f rontwas encountered .380 wiles f ran bD.se a t CJli15. Foreo had cliobed to

26.000 feet in an e !f crt to get over th o front ...hen th e weather plane

advised that tho t r a i t was increasing, am. that a t 27.500 fee t it was

s t i l l in the overcast . neathar p lane adv ised re tu rn to base.

7. Description of enemy flak defenses: No t lak encountered.

8. lmportant o b s e r v ~ t i O l l S : None.

9. Difrieultius O%pao1ereed in c<J:!SUnications:

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oe801"iption of weather 88 i t affected tho mlesionl .appradme.telY

miles trCIII base e front WBs oncotmt ered. '1h e cloud cove:' Wt!s 10/10

tbe tops in excess of 27,s00 feet. The weatha was the cause of

urn cI s tr ik e fore e.

8. /UIIIIu:1ition expendedl ~ n e .R8lltlrks I None.

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last ing,,",ount

' l 'argets: TOkyo:

aoute: TO lSON:~ i j 3 N 1To 3 J ~ 1

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3eBttorcd build-ups to 17.000ft.

8-10/10 lo;r cloud. boao 1000 f t , tops 8_14,000 f t ~ i7/10 middle cloud frOOl 12,000 to 17.000 it; 6/10 l!P

cloud fra:l 27.000 to 30,000 ft.

6/10 low cloud. mac 2000 f t . tops ilooO ft; 5/10

middle clouds in th in tnnds bcuoon 15 and IS,ago ft.

4/10 10;; cloud, baso 2000 ft. topa 7000 f t ; 7/10

middle cloud fran 14 to 17,000 ft and middle cloud

reducing slCl'it'ly durit'16 day to n11 by 1600x.

4-6/10 pntchy !(JII' cloud fr(J:l 2-6000 ft.

OPERATIONAL FORE(jJIST

SHIQS: Scattered 1017, alddle, and bich clouis with scat tered shOl'lersat tc.lro_off.

Route, Scottered 1011 and. high cloude with occasioMl scat tered middleclouds a t 290N. 11 eold front a t 290N dll give broken 1017 andovercast middle 1300 high clouds 'fIith ehoocrs to 31"'N. :Fran

31"'N to tho :Empire there 'I1i11 be scattered to broken h igh c lo ud s'li'ith scot te rcd o idd le ond high cloOO.s. Route returning _ i l l be

sir.l11or to route outgoing.

Target, 5/10 10\il c lom. rose 2000 f t . top 6000 f t ; 3/10 middle clouds,base 14.000 f t , top 15,000 f t ; 3/10 high. clouds at 28,000 tt;

wiooe at 21.000 f t will be 2600 a t 46 knota.

Blaes, B:'eken la;; clouds ' Il 'i th oVGrcnst and rain reducinc;. Visib i l i ty to

1-3 miles a t GUom on toke-off .

Route, ScattCl"ed low clouds _i th a fCfl build-Ups om $hll' l1ers to 300N.

A cold front at 3 0 0 r ~ gllva overcast 1017, ciddle and high clouds

\';'ith heavy rain nrd moderato to hce.vy r ico ic ing and occnsiorel lyc lo nr ic in g to 34ON. Route roturnine 'lias the su:ne as routeoutsoing.

'J'Qrgetl LOIf clouls unobserVed; 10/10 oiddle clOUds, tops 19-2.) 000 ft.

10/10 high claJds a t 24.Q()Q ftl modu-ote rme icina.l wioos a t '21.000 ft vere 26r;fJ at 45 knots.

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1. PurPOSOI

O. TO DIp cncoy oorly 'I7.:1rning and /Ilm-laying redarS.

b. To continue .')<.JGrch in the 38-3000 me region.

c . To 'barraBO j.:U:I the cna:lj" gun_laying radars in th e 190 -210 _IllC lUId 78 me regions and to spot joe any gwl.layirIB sigM1s that appear

ed outside the b:!rrage in an effort to render the enlElY radar defenses

ineffectivo.

2 . Method.:

£I. Eighteen Ra.I Obaorvcrs ~ t i c i p o t e d and used tho followiDa

cqulJ1':lCnt to nccanpl1sh tho aoorch and jaming: 500 - APr-1 and LFCl.6

-2717 _ :.PT-3 (Modified) •. 1 _ JJ.l-18. 1· :..m-5. 11 - 1lPA_ll. 2 - $ - .. 1

:.m-4. 1 - /JR-7. and 3 - :\Pl\-24.

b. Nearly cvery airplane \7O.S equipped nlth an electronic jam

Iller; 9a:lO airplanes hod. two J£I.IXIeI"S instal led.

c . spot j:u.-J:X)rs flore e:::p1oyed a ~ i n s t gun.1ayirIB radar thetappeared cutside tho tIlrroge.

3. Resultsl

a. Since QOny airplanes did not banb in their prescribed formo.tions due to 'Il'oother conditions. the barr3gc 1I'llS oot too cccplete but

MIS conslderod ndequato.

b. scv..ra1 (mQ;Jy rndars wac turl'.oo off t:hen they were spotj:lCtt.ed but p-anpt1y CEleo on aBC-in when the spot jat'l!!er was turned off

for a look throUBh pc.ricd.

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00096 1764 13 3333< 13535E 061545 1117 21 122 P El1 001010002000')0 0370 36 2640N 14208E 061545 1045 21 122 C

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00095 0492 13 333"" 1J.520E 0615115 0948 21 121 S m 00101020200100 0450 34 2705N 14214E 061545 1652 21 122 p EfI 00101020200101 0355 50 3415N ~ 5 3 E 061.5lO. IJOO 21 122 p no 0010102020 0 1 ~ 0357 05 324"" 13655E 061545. 0916 21 121 S m 001010202001 0739 40 3145N 1)640E 061545 1002 21 121 S n;· 00101000200107 0355 44 334SN 13558E 061545 1254 21 122 p m 00101020200107 0485 20 33.\2N 13644E 061545 1)20 21 122 p El1 001010202

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00103000300161 0475 oB 270,5N' 14212E 061545 1758 21 122 P

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o. A to tel ot 17 rc.dnrs 'We: nlF 'd . 7 of th is nUD.ber indica ted

w t locations, 000 wore OSSl.I:lod to be shipborno.

b . lo 193 I':lC C.lO. signal wns hetlrd a t 324W - 1,3615E.

PART I I - Ri!DIO

1 . str ike Roports l one hun::l.rod and th i r ty- f ivo Str ike Reports

were receivod by tho wing radio stations durinc, this mission. The 58thlOine reeordod 63 bombs away ccssaeesj the 7Jrd received 31; the ,313.tb10Moi 22; ond the 314th received 19 s t r ike reports .

2. Fox Tro=iss ior . s l In nddition to the required Ucopae 'llee.thar

ond t ine s.igno.1s. the 56th iOina tran.s:Jittoo 2 "Ou=ly'" .F · typo cessoges

frCll'll the ground stat ions. 'lhe f i r s t one was received by 109 a i rc ra f t ,

the Bacorn one by 99 ei rernf t .

3. Frequenciesl sooe C;;" interference was received on cost the

striko froqucnoioo. The 7)rd \;'in,s reportc that a Japanese net opt>ratins

between l6oaz. end 2000z coused considerable interference during th i s

l:lillaion. Follolfing is 0 percen.tClBe brGakdmm of t raf f ic par froquencYl

7 p(lr cunt on 3 M;:s. 31 per cont on 7 DOBflcyclos ond 62 pe.r cent on 11l:lelJ\cyclea.

4. Nlvi6!Jtioml Aidsl Fi ftoen reques ts f(%' HF/DF boarings were

roceivod, ond 011 ",ero obtained. '1';1'0 requests for VHF/DF bearill8s wore

received. and wero obtained. The 58th 'ii'in,s reported 66 oi rcrnf t used

Air-to_Air HoD1na successfully. l'rorlBCS, hCl:lers and brcndcost stationawere uBOd effect ively,

5 . Not Discipline and Securi tYl Net discipl ine was not at i t sbest durina th i s mission. The 73rd and 56th reported discipline as

poor due to tho excessive nwnber of Str ike Reports trl'l.nsnitted ooused

by bod 'lJoother which separatod tho ai rcraf t neoossi tat ing the unusUlll

cunha of boobs emy ocsstlB0s. No violations of securi ty were roporton the s tr ike frequencies. H:>l7ever, thero .ere a f(];l in st an ce s o fQircraft giviIlB courso, speed and al t i tude in plain la.ogus.ee o'fer theJap r:llIinland using th o VHF. OorrectiYe actton has 'been · t lMn in &.:!ohinstance.



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6 . !b!!9' trc.nacisslon51 'nIe fo110'11':1-I'18 incidents of_iu lona nnd Jamnir16 were recorded durillB this c1ssioru

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n. 3145 XeSI

(1 ) lop Cl:I' and steady f1 ip l a t 2033Z "ore ineffect ive.

(21 J'op net opcrot ing on frequency t ran 140(£ to 2000Z waspar t ia l ly effOt: 1vel

b. 6055 Kes.

(1 ) V;1II8 dashes and CII' ot 1730Z \lore very effect ive .

(2) Cf; a t 2330Z 1W.8 very offootive end blocked out wea ther

tr:'lnsm1ssionso

(3) lAp C'i; in pror ln i ty of :Top I!tlinland betvecn 1.42300l. om

1501002. 'lias effoc:tive.

c. 10880 IQ;:s;

(1) 'U 'S ' and jur.lblcd C;\; i ron 1423002. to 14231OZ. were

ot'fectivc.

(2) High BJlilOO cr; frOOI IB(ZS" a t 1500302. 'l7t1.S pa r t i a l ly

cf f t e t ive .

( ]) ~ 8 P i p e j£l:llI:line frem 150350Z to 15o)5n 1roS e! 'feetive.

(4) or; a t J..4,21JOZ ~ very effect ive and blocked outth e ground stotion.

(5) Voice transmission "Le_co 11 to Lewco 12" a t 1502512.was very effective end blocked out the ground stations.

d. 3020 }{cs: C\i 'I1ith colI signa loMa.. and JlSM fra:J. 17337. to1745z was porti.o.lly affect ive.

o. 6 6 1 ~ :Ki;s: C\f cOlI signs 1lI2, 9DT. \OVS frec. 1900z to23202. 'lmS effcchvc.

f . 103051Q:s; C'J fra:! OOOOZ to Ol45Z was parti.o.lly ot 'rective.

g. 3410 KC.sl NcgliBib10.

h . 7310 Kes: continuous Cl> cedc frOCl l'73OZ to 2230Z ~ in -effective.

1. 11160 K1':s: Tone frCl:l 1855Z to 1930Z \:roB very ef' fee t1ve.

j. 1990 ~ 8 NeEiligibJ.e.

k. 7415 JlllS:

( l ) KL:yod CIi froo Ol2IZ to o126z ilt\S very effect ive.

(2) Kuyoo C" at 0235Z was very effect ive.

1. 10820 KpSI Solid k ey1DB end t ine and hU'llmina a t 02292.atld 20lj.2Z ~ e effective.

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7. Distressl '!he 314th reportod 0. rt.quest for c f ix f'rcm 66'629.The f ix r..::lS roceived frOCl Suprcd Naval DlF stetiQ'l and t ra n sc it to d t othe oircrnf t . 'A t th is rc:J;ding MCS 15 s t i l l unable to furnish f ixes(erF) to nircraf t of th is CClI::Dlnd.) The aircrnf t l anded ee1 'e ly a t Iwo.

'J'he 5eth recorded the !ollowil18: 46V752 a t 025oz. tronani ttE:d 'Una ble

to foother #1. losing oil ord posit ion, . 32V754 a t CJ42lZ said theysighted aes r.nrker an3. t ronacit tod posi tion; .15V751 a t 2228z said No.

:3 .-tiS feathered and gave po8ition, 45V754 a t OO!4Z gtlvo posit ion endauid No . 1 lI08 out; 49V754 a t 0143'1. £Pve posit ion and said No. 1 en ·

g in o ..0.0 QUt; 6V751 ot 022.5Z said he wos foothering No. 1 bcCtluse or011 leak. 'i'hc 7Jr'd end 313th reported no dist ress t rn f f i c .

8. El'i!.uiJX:!ont Malfunctioll!ll loN/ART-I3. 2 inoperative, 1 keying

r el ay s tu ck , 2 no sidetono. 1 plate curro:lt meter Inopcro. tive , 2 'S '

dials loose cousins choM.::ls to detune. 2 'l; 'ould not tunc. I chllnnel 3

inoperative, BC-348 .. 2 inoperativc. 2 casco of bod VT-70. 1 bod plug

contacts; AWM.N-7. 3 inopClXotive. 1 inoperative on antenna posit lOn,2 inoperative on loop posit ion. 1 inoperative on ~ s posi t ion. 1needle huntilll:. 2 sonao nn t e= s broken. 1 loop antenrn t70uld not

rotate, 1 tunine: coble broken; SCR-522. 1 dynccotor burned oot. 1circuit breakcr inopcTctivc. 2 inoperativo. 3"cale reception am t r ans .

l:l1seionj Intu-phone, 8 nicrophonc switches inoperat ive, 4 foot micro._phone switches inoperotive, iU.-42. 6 inopU"Qtive. 2 los t t;'ei(;ht.



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Mission Ifo. 203

15 June 1945



p ;m 1 _ :aari Am OpposITION

fiGht or opposition on1)1.0 umoubtedly to 10/10 cloud cover, cnor.\Y ei ther of nhich a t

' I l ia 018s10n 'Mas nil..! Only 2 f ighters \lora soon, n

,.clwd.

1. summery of Attock,

_bod by ......dt1r .... s i rc re t t of thos . Tho primnry t = ae t 1mB ~ V' I

tour 'iiings ~ folIar'S:

56 73 313 314Vi""

Toto1 i l i rcraft 119 132 65 106

T1mc over '}'(Irs"t OOOlZ-014,5Z OOJ4Z,-0147Z 2J4.4Z,-01S.5Z 002lZ-01S5Z

Altitudo Bracket 18800-2.5200 16300.26900 18000-25000 19000-25000

Ax05 of j\ttack 200_340 21"-4ff' 36° 31"-4,0

b. Yicather w:;u, roported { IS 10/10 und<>rcost w1th -aims of

44.50 knots a t 2.sSO-2600.

Q. 'l'Ifcotr-sovcn a i rc raf t , 2 of -ah1ch also banbed tho prklDr:rtargert, baabcd vcr OUB ta rgets of opportunity.

2. {lCk r nouto to T c r ~ o t l II toOOlotion of n l l flak roported enroute to ore,(. is prosonted 010'(11

LOC:.TION COCRDI No,TES RTh'.llRl(S

Sh1r ih.!l.llrl IJJva 1 33400 IJ520E M,..e.gC1' and iMccurate , heavy.

Stct ion

3330N 13435E MoagCrr and ino.ccurato, honvy.

whito phosphorus burs ts .

..told-snld 3332" 13528E Meager and 1Mccurate, he:lvy.

Tokushirla (1 Ale 3405N 134321: Moager and inaccurate , hoavy,

banbOO. this 08 T.O.) three 8_burst barrag1Js.

3 . Fluk OVcr tho Targot: OVcr the tarcet f lak UIlS re po rte d a s

IDEIClecr, inaccurate, and heavy by Bov(.l'Ill f o ~ t i o n s and n il by tho

QOjor1ty. Tho f bursts encoWltcrod were so sportldic tha t no do

f ~ n i ~ o lItatenent I!llly be aJde I1S to the type 01' t i re control . The 1n1I1Bhlticont f lak encountered over tho ta rget \ lOS unquestionably duo to

th e 10 /10 underceat.

4. Flak on Yiithdrcwall Flak was n il on uithdrnwol.

5. Lost Ilnd l)9.ttleod; No oircro1't wero lost or dnmaod by f lak onthis ll11asion.

6. Miscellaneous tI/I. ObservntioMI One possible rocket MIS report_

ed by one aircrot t uhl lc on tho ba:lb rW'l. It cppoorod as 13 red streakwh1ch wont in to the cloudll above••Urcre f t was a t 20,300 foet .

--:n-



[loIn' I I I - DlI!lt\GE ASSESSMOO

A.

1. sw:corl.

o . Daroge to osaka and /iJ:lC.ePsaki. as e. resul t of XXI 800 COO

l I luion 203. 15 ;rune 1945, IlO:I\U'Its to 2.4,9 sq . c i . 1.9 sq . c i . or

,.l.Jo f osa1cl. and .59 sq.

mi.or

8.6%:of Amo./psoki.

b. IJcotlBO to Osaka nec totols 15.54 sq . n it or 25.6:c of thobuil t-up por tion of th e ci ty . J(.18 sq . 01. of unreported old deJ!CBe

is included in the to tol . )

c . ]):!.l!lage to _'u:lDotsoki nor. to tals .76 sq. o i . or 11% of thebuilt-up portion of tho ci ty . ,"(Tho totol area of Arlagosoki i s 9.8sq . m. _ sp:u-aely populo.tcd aroos and r iVErS occountina for 2.9 Sq.

Cli •• end the build_up portion occupyinc 6.9 sq . n i . )

d. Industrj...l1 dclJtllJC includes 7 nUl!l.bered torgets in Osaka.,

and 6 nlebcred targets in l1rIagl.anki.

J. NOI'EI Licits of Oscka area defined in supplanent to cro I)3.lUlgeAsscsSl:lCnt Report 84.

J/. NorE: Amo.sPsnki i s bounded on th e 1"; by the M.llto River and on theE by the Shin Yodo River (as shOim on the atto.choo. di.::lgrac). '!he

northern l i n i t s are a lo ns th o TokkD.ido MJin L i n e ~ . althoueh SCl:lebu il t-up a rea N of the t racks ;lOS included. (Those l :l l:dts f reD AOF

90.25. 15 June 1945)

2. S\I!Dll"y of Stat is t ics of J)m:nBcl Osaka

SUI:r:lllry o f dao:lge f r eurral t s t r ike:

Built-up ClrooBuilt-up area destroyed

I,roo. of Inccr¥l ia ry Zone IAroo. of Incendlllry ZOnE- I destroyed

:..roo. or Inccrdiary zone I I

ArGO at Incendmry ZOno I I destroyed

Tarcet Area 90.25-,617Tar(, 'd i..r on destroyed

.§9.. Miles per cent

10·7.il

7.8

Target f JU l 90.25-,618

TorBElt Aroo deotroycd

• XXI B.C •• C.I.U•• D..... Report NO. ·99.

-]0-

301

o o



COHP'IDE1t'1'L\L

Sq. !.!ilea !.erool1t

.'.¥'«. OO.25-SG1!l

i.1.\roo. dot"troyod

0 0

.\rOll 00.25-JG203.0

Men destroyod0 0

Aren 0 0 . 2 5 - ~ G 2 l2.7

Are&. dOltroyo<:'.05 2.2

..:.reo. ~ . 2 5 - 3 G 2 2 2.7

i.ron dtlltroyod.35 13.0

,oron 00.25-36233.7

t ~ . r o o . dOl t1'O)'Oll0 0

of '1'oto.1 Dannf:':IU Sq. l!i1oa ?oroont

t J . ~ U ? l I . r ~55.0

l 1 ~ u p t u ' ~ . dostroyed15.36 25.6

. . . ot Ineendit'-T}' Zone I10.7

. . of lneondiory Zono I ~ ' C s t r o y o c . 6.04 63.9

. .of lncondio.ry Zono I I

25.5

. . of Ineendia.ry Zone I I c.oltroyoc. 6.97 27.3

lrSet Moo. 00.25-36171.1

net .\rO:l. destroyod ." 21.7

we8t .\roo. 00.25-36103.1

uor;et :"ron d o ~ t r o y o d .73 23.5

poget Arco. 0::0.25-36102.7

irt;et .\ron dl,lstroyod. , ~ 2 15.5

i r to t .\roo. 00.25_36203.0

trGot .\roo dostroyod 1.1 46.6

p'cet ,\roo. 00.25_36212 ~

argot : .r«t l ~ e s t r o y o d 1.16 43.0

faoe;ot . ~ r o o . !lO,25_36222.7

root .\roo. dostroyed.35 12.9

got Aroo. 9O.25_3G233.7

ot .'o.ro..'\ eostroyOt!2 . · ~ 64.0

(:Jt."G.\S:,xI)

G.'<!estroyod

. 5 ' '.G

ot .'I.roo. ! ) ( l . 2 5 - 3 6 2 ' ~ 2.2

ct ,·roo. destroyod0 0

~ .<reo. :>0.25-362.51.1

ot .\roo. 1'.0str07OO0 0

le t :>roo. 9<>.25-3620 3.0

et ·\ren destroyed.33 11.0

"et ·"roo. 00.25-3627 ;60ot ··No. c.cltroyod .01 2.t

,-,ontlDtNTL'cL



C01IFIDEIITIAL

t . ~ O ~ 90.25_3624

. . .ric .\r«l. dostroyoo

lI'Iot ~ e o . 00.25_3625

Area c03troyod

~ e ~ r o n 90.25_3526

il'pt \ro:\. doatroyod

»' lot ..reo. W.25-3627

:uo£;ot ~ O ! l des troyoc

Sq . l l iHIs

G.9.N

2.2

o

1.1o

3.0

.31

.60

.01

Percent

11.0

o

o

nooz..·."!OlI OF nr.mS'i'il:LL D.lt.as

Extent of d ~ r : c(OS:JeA)

Tnr ot KWJ.o

\Z:I1 toeo !otnl ndustryl, Sumi tomo Aluniniurn Co.

ot lfuuborI scnll build1nf: destroyed1 larGO '!Juildinc (leT): of roo f, stru c·

t-.J.rr.l ~ o ) .1 lnrgo tuildil"ll: (bomb holos in root

2% of ,Elnnt eoatroIod.b f- - - - - -Cat'lb-.i.rs'iiinl- - - - - - - - "20-inreo; "2 a.-A"iI buIidings destroy...• --('0\" - - - T '; T o ~ . _ . ! . ~ . £ f J . ! . o . . ! ! . t _ c ! ~ 8 . ! ~ d _ - - -,n6 hoportoc hWOYO Procio- i ' lnnt I ' : u t t o ~

ion '"·"orks Co.:'110- - - - - -(TfoportOdT xmiyo 'Pr'OcIslon - HuPorous-l:;,dldln;;s-in ~ O o . - wh"oro--

· ~ o r k . ! l Co. pllint i s reportod to bo c.re dostroy-od.

Jsi1- - - - - - ~ ! I t S u i i 1 s h C C o I ; i l o r R o f i n ~ i r y . - -:Cncc:flii.- G-ainliar-Mldini"e-dost-7

r,40- - - - - - F u r ~ m ~ ElOeitrIo - C o ~ - - - - { r ! ~ . ; i J ~ ~ ~ r ~ - ; ~ ~ ~ ~ . ! . piii"nt

[ZOS- - - - - -Csllim-rr.=r "S"t";tI"on - - - - - - 2 ~ t ; ' ; I ~ * r ~ ~ ? o m - ;;;ofs-dostroyOd";

______________________S ~ t i . 2 n _ l ~ _ d ~ s . ! T ~ ~ ~ _

(.'J.!:"': S:..KI)IOU Sumitol!l.o K:mzo.ki Propol- GG.l,,"f, do.r.lnc;od or dcstroyod. (See ·

...... l ~ . r ] . ! . ~ t . : . C ! . U _ D ~ ~ ~ s . ! ( l . ! . ' , ~ ~ t _ n . 2 P . 2 . r 1 . ! . O Q h :

....... 500G Unidontitiod industry 10 l:lodiun shod bu11d1ll£s dostroyod.

: . : : : -- - - - o G ~ J C o . - c : i s t i o - - - - -- - - ~ l ~ ~ r ~ ~ s i ~ ~ " t ~ ~ : ! . . - d o s t r o v n d ~ 502:>- - - ~ s l i i i ui I l - - - - - - - - - 2 ; ~ i i J . -buitdTriCs d o s t r o i ; c : : : ~ --

1xY605C -- -Gada ~ o t t o n - S p i n n T n G r ~ T 1 7 - r I ~ ~ g ~ - ~ ~ ~ I o ~ e ~ ~ ' E ~ ; ~ ~ s - ~ f ir - 5 0 ~ 5 - -- -...- - - - - - - - - - - - -- _ d 2 s . ! . r ' £ y ~ d . ! . _ P ! ~ t _ 9 2 1 , , - d . 2 . . s E " 2 Y . 2 . c h _

'''' rOo;Jer c i l l 4 lOorlo. 15 = 1 1 buildinGS des-

1634- - - - - - - - - - - - - t ! . o I ~ · _ ~ 1 ? n 1 ..1o!.t!.0I°.!!._ .... _Uirnf'Uohi Goo.r ""orks 1 Inrto. 5 nodiUl:"l, 2 e rnU . bldgs.

-- .__d.!aj:r.2Y.2.d.,!. _ p ' ! ' ~ t _ l N ~ d . 2 . 6 ! r . £ X . . . ~ _

InclollurOSI 1. :>J.motf'tod print 3PR5ll205-II'I ~ r i 32 City r lnn o u t l 1 n i ~ r incondio.ry zonea and tnrcot c.rona.

3. Scmi_contro11<m m o s ~ i c showinc dflnl'lr:od ll,roc.s.

CONFIOENTT:,T.



CONFIDENTIAL

cORRECTION

til. toll*1l.I : oorrections ahould be IIlI1de to tho supplClXlt of CIll'Duat;• •\aaelllllle1lt Report 04 . llnO to DeJDaCe ';' .lIGament Report 901

_1SS1B1ft nE?ORT 04 (aupplament)

STATISTICAL SUIII;\R! rK J).\WDi

l . .-ry or Currant Str ike .

Area of Inoendiary Zono II

Areo. of Incondiary Zono II deatroyod

S1 :e J7 of TOUll DlUI1afiol

.\roe. of Incendiary Zone II:.roo. of Inoendlnry Zono II delltroyod

Squa!"o Llilea

25.501.15

Percent

5.6

ST:.TISTICAL SUlJ.L\RY (8 D.mrDE

S!!II!lll'Y of Current Strikol

.\roa of InoondillI""J Zono II

.\rco. of Inoondinry Zone II destroyed

SUlll:W.ry of Total D!l.lMf'jol

.\roo 01' Incendiary Zone I I

A r of Incendiary Zone I I destroyed

CONFIDEllTL\L

SqUlU'O l.!1les Peroent

6.'





....... ..

~ ! l . t ! l l l 1 . l U ! X l ! 1 .

. . .. . . .'\...:c> ,.:'.c ' '...



• XXI B.C •• C.l.U•• D.A .. Report No. 100

-37-

Q $ ~ nlI.lllAG[ _SS[$$IoI[NT

R[J'OllT "

1lI1Ql1 eot.IloIlSSIQN lO )

" ,UNf I94StlU •• 110101. GOIl



90.25-204l

Staa'J'(W() DHiAKI PROP PLAHI'

3414Y5CIJ - 135/25/10£

s.

1 . ~ o . Tbia repan( . ) asaeeaes d8lllBge to ~ r 8 e t

ill6 trcm XXI B.c. Mission 20.3 at 15 June 1945.

b. 1)110080 to the target toto19 approximately 1,0)2 .200 SQ.. ft.,.Uch rep-eaenh about 66.1$ or the arlg1D!l1 r o d e.rea. Bet!,en 18 lanVlJZ'1 anlt 9 Iune 19!15 there . e re I In8 l 's l bu ild ings recloved ard/cr in theproceaaot be1.nB;J'«IlOTed. at'feetinsebout 70.700 sq , t t l ot the rootarlllll. • thus 68.8:1: of the root area rErlalning a t the time or the s t r ike

..e8 d8JMged oe til resul t of th e st r ike .

o. The abo1'e damage carn! as a resul t of the incendiary at tack

on the ci t ies of Osaka ani A!IIltpso..II:ll there had beEn no pl'8't'loua dam!geeuat;6ioed by tb is to rget .

2. stotiaticalSUlJl!larY of I)QD!tlIge,

SQuare Feet per cent Of Or 18-at Root ina l ROot Area

Destroyed 387.900 24.5

structural 274.000 17.4

Superficial

()J.tted 166,800 10.7

Minorroot

damD.ge201.5°0 13.5

lretal dantl8e 1,032.200 66.1

Flemoval (16 january to I) luna 1945)

OrigiMl roof area: 1..570,600 sq. ft.

R ~ l : 70,000 sq, ft.

Root nreo at time of strikel 1.499,900 sq . ft.

' '0B.C., c.r.u•• DoA. "eport No. 100

-37

££ ! i l l I !E I ! I1U .



-,--;{;;;rA)i'OG DOlle.· od S'torue'tourc.1 u 0 Torol Function ot b u 1 1 ~ 1 n r . 1 Oalll!umt_.-

( r . ~ r A)

<Uo. :J. . k , -' . m

"-& :bga , h11

ITI 3 ( l ~ b150., b, d,

o:0:,

l70.. b

"8W

il2"2

o270280., b, c

rn3:;"OS ~ ~ '10

. . , -'8

50

51

os-

27 , 000

.0::,800

4,000

14 : 000

14,060

5,600

7,000

20.800

28,000

12,100

11,600

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

-16,800

6,300

15,000

18,000

rra;oco8·1.000

84,000

50,000

1 , GOO

<'6,500

,500

23.600

15,800

5,000

8 ~ - 5 0 65,600

27 , 000

'I . BOO

H,OOO

14,0005,600

7,000

20.800

20,000

12,100

11,600

6,300

15.000

4,600

b.=.~ 5 0 06,500

23.600

15,SOO5;000

1,600

8,500

5 ~ 6 0 0

1.006

100,000

38,000

~ 8 , O O O100.000

19.800

2'1.000

37,000

21 , 500

13.599.

50.000

-

53.000

27.000

21,000

91.000

6.50·

27 '000

'1o!SOO=,0001-1.000l'i,OOO5,600

7,000

20.800

28,00012,100

11.600

100.000

38,000

9 1 , ~ 0100.000'16i sao6.300

l.§,.QQQ48.000

121.l.ooo21 , 50 0

"0,000·.1,600

'_,6006,500

~ 5 0 023

.'5;000

4,600

8,500

5,600

10010025I50100100roo100

1001001001003891

100

100

"23_100100100

100

100

100100100

Finished s tores

Uniden't1f'ied

tora.:::o

. dcnt i f i od

S t ( l l " a . ~ e

"!.C.ehine shoo-"-- '

h "

Fen;"cr Proll qsscnb:

Unido'

S

1 6 e n i ~ ~ Shery, bJ!fiehinQ S

Deneh '1«1

" "l ~ e h i l l O shoo

Ad::l1nis tr.-.t ien

""

"Stora.p::o

Unidentified

Possible :,.ppronticcr School

,-



Destro··od

SUPEnFICIAL J'orocntfunctiQn or bui1dh"•• oCllllJlanttructural uttod no, Toto.1 of roof

2 000 2 000 100 1"oasib tI IlJ}prOllttoe 10 001, 0 5 '0 0 100 d • W,400 39 100 100 • •

",---1 5.500 I 5500 5 500 100 • •11 700 11 100 100 " •10 900 10 000 100

,4.500 4500 100

,7 . ~ O O 7.100 100

,...-- It Ii ,

9 21000 21·000 2 000 100, , ,

70 4 900 4 900 , 900 100 , ,71 4.900 .2..JOO 1.900 1CO

InclOllurOO ; 1. Annot,ted enlllTODent (3PR5M276-3L: 120)2 . Post-strike print 'lPflSM?85-3RI 50



CONFIDENTIAL

I

!iOam Removed ..

Being Removed

• De""'ye<lE§l Strucfural ~ m o g

Gulled ./

em M i n a ~ oomage







--•

CWW pm t!T!Tl§T!lW mwnx

lQulQ1l No. 203

15 ;nwe 1 9

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~ . H a . n



CONSOLIDATED STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF COMBAT OPERATIONS

FORM 34

•Q ~ i ' :

l : ~~ 02" '. ~

<,." .

. 2

1

COST OF MISSION

Jl.1rcraft DallJlged. • • • • • • •Percent or Aircraft ~ l r b o r n • .

Aircraft Lost • • • • • • • • .

Percent Of Jo.ircraft A.irborne.84.6%

.1S JWlEl 1945

0Gaka _ Jo.m:l8asaki Urban Area

• 86.9'1

X XI BOMBER COMMAND

MISSION N0-203

EFfECTIVENESS OF J4L9§ION

.Aircraft .ii=borne • . . . . • . • . 516Percent Of .a i rcraf t On Hand

Aircraft Bombing FriDary Target • .• 444Percent Of Bombing ....l reraf t J..lrborno.

Bomba Dropped On Prillary Targets. • 3157 TonsCrew Member casualties. • . .•• 11

Percent Of Total Part icipat ing.• . ." .

Bombs Dropped on Other Target". . • • . • 176 Tons

BCl:llbiJ'16 Results _ P r o l l m 1 ~ r y report3 indico.to 2 .7 l equ..'U"O

milos of urb:1n oroo. dOD troyod. Aircraf t IAnd1.l1g At 1..0 J1ml. • • • • 43

SECRET

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121

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16

9

1

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1

1

911

671

12

11

1

54

6

-

.-

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2

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16000

20800

25(100

21200

26900

25000

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209401984018720

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wo IKinOJlJ:ltoKobe

K u B ~ t oBhirnhlu::!lToku."lh1lIt1

llhtauurn

UDidentified Town

7:; OIJ,;\k'\ - .>JU:lgDooki00 \lI'nlmy::lJlO

:;13 Osokn - ~ g o . 8 Q k l\iO U ji Yannda

Fukido

WolcJ.ywrtl

T o ~ h 1 . t WKochi

3hingu

314 IOsakO - ~ s o . k lf« ] \1okcynnn-,

okuahinn

Shiono Miseki

Chichi J"ilIn

!4ltsWlOKushimOtoUwanoKatsuura

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Nose I Tail

':-- -..-..

XYP1> & IfJZE LQlDm ON A . I R ~ RELEASED OJ{ TARGETS

ill:1GilI' U ' BWoB SETTING BOR:a: URCRlP'T T.-.R:iET OF OFP. JE'M'ISONl::D f l . c . ~ ~ UllWc.a

No. Tons no . No. ona TO!ll!l ' 0 0 0

178 4h.5

TOTi.-L

. : . N - I D 7 ' : ' 1 ~ 5 0 0 # I C1u,. : . N ~ M 4 7 ~ 2 - 1 0 0 # I.B..E-46 50eR I C1u.l.N-U47':'2-l:lO,; Smolt"o

~ M n 7 l . . 1 ~ 5 0 0 # 1 C1u. \. •A N - 1 o i 4 7 . : . . 2 ~ 1 0 0 # LB. lnl!lt. 000

X-46 500# 1 C1u. Opon 000',bovo act

. : . N ~ U . 7 ' ; " 1 - 5 0 o # 1 C1u.ppoJ) •Fvo rgot

21Be

14 '.IC

6 \i'G

13 I.G

1 . : . N ~ M l 7 J . 1 ~ 5 0 0 # I C1u. 'oJX'D,5 00 '~ o v o r(!,Ct

~ ~ 7 4 2 - 1 0 0 # LB . l;r'st. Nooo' . . o J l _ ~ 7 . . . . : 2 ~ 1 0 0 # Smoke 6-10 •

i13 liG ~ - M . l 7 . u - 5 0 0 # I C1u. lopen 00 ',bovo rgot

.!. Dropped OD al!l80mily p o ~ n t .'Ine"1.udOB 4 bombs rolea cd so ! on to ot wi th broken nning w os •

c Roproacnts bomb oe.d 0 aircr1r t whic1 o r O B h c ~ a t Boa ton takl: fff.

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r • • AIRCItAP!' IA»T A J 8 = = " ~ " ' - - ...... . . , . " , ~ -,. " . ~ , . - " , - " , , , ~ ~ . •IIlI.

I [ AIRCRAFT LOST - •.lflCRAFT DWc.m P I I I S O ~ .. ._ . . . . .

ENDtr ENEJII EH!JfY Ace. ENf lf I • ~ .....

UXlT A/e AlA A/e " " OTHER UK- TOTAL EIDIY ENDfY ce. OWN UN- TOTAL TOTALA/A JlECH. JUDitH Ale J./A Ale,,' IIEC'" GUK5 OTHER !I]()lII'N MAJOR MII{)R PARTICI- IILLlIl

III5S - WOUJIDD) 1'0!'&1.AlJ H. PUll(i Illi & IMJ1JlD) CAStJI,LTIrB

58 _ _ 1 a 4 _ 1 N 0 11:'::0 N ,

No"" N 1>0 1653 N_--j• , jI

!OJI '" fr

)1 ) NOM 1 _ - - 1 1060 NOM t ~ a we ~

-~ 314 _ _ _ l _ _ 1 Nino 15'4" 11 - 11 Q i

i, "'"

2.1-- _2.-2 -- __ 1 157 ' 1 l - 11 - 11 IBe

I !!o Ens'nc "ugh t f iro on tako o f f . 'i"raft cttompted to ct op bu t ora."'" of f run""Y. 11 orow ",.b, '" aboord. a l l sofo. \ 1\

J.1rcraft crashed in to Boo. 4 Inlos north of Guam shortly of to r tako off . 11 c r o ~ lOOmbora !Dis81.na· 1

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DATE 15 June 1945

FLIGHT DATlt ft FUEL COf{3l1Wl'Iotl

58TH 'iUC; 7)RD IIIN:i )1)TH WI 3l..J.Tlt WH 21ST Be

1lB 124 80 93 1.15

14:10 13:56 14'09 14,40 14:12

C:OJEllltlh

........ 60lB 6138 60?6 624D 6115

" " " . ~ 6800 6788 61.85 6581 6800

II1DiJlUll 5500 5763 5709 5597 5500

REllA!NtHe:

Average 837 669 m 539 708

..,.'" 1600 1217 1191 11'15 1600

1 1 " " ' ~ LOO 161 315 158 158

.. GALS. USJ:::D PER HOUR 424.7 440.6 L29.L 425.4 4)0.;

USED ON AIRBORNE Ale 802561 565195 811908

WU(;ifr DATA

AIRtRl.Fl' AIP.B:lP.NE.* 138 lLL 9L 135 511

BASIC W'T. OF A!RCRAF7 74972 75073 74997 75628 75178

U S ~ L LOAD 60343 62034 61176 61012 6llt.9

Ill. OF OOIIBS LOADED Mixed Load )1.2 - .u..xed Load 29.7 -U-17Al JI-17Al

IT. OF OOIoIBS LOADl:D 12169 14522 13886 13792 13577

E FUEL LOADl'..J) 68L5 6806 6780 6771 6803

41070 40836 40680 40626 40818

!fIsc. WE.IGHT nOL 6676 6610 6594 6754

GFiOss :rr. AT TAKE OIT 135315 137107 1)6173 136b40 iJ6J27

ExcllXiez 5upEi' cumbo 800 weather o b s e r v ~ t i o n aircraft .-d J WEIGHTS:

&-46 - 425 lbs.1f-17Al_ 465 Ibs.1I-47A2 (IB) - ?O lbo.



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Mission No. 203

15JUne 1945



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§ . ~ £ ! i ! !By Auth of CG XXI Be

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,XXI BOMBZR C O ' . l l l A . ~GlJIJl

12ClO 14 JUNE 45

" ," ' , lIo' - , - . . . . _ . ,- :7"- nV5...... J' h-d (lJ N "1!)O'l1

O l U I S S " ' 1 ~ 3 0

BocIbor ~ r wil l attn.ck Osllk",-Amagaet1ki Urban Aren on 0 Day

h "" rlrm1lll cHer t .

ilP=lmatel,y 100 f r imdly f ighters wil l Sivo area covtr at the

a. S8th Win8:

(1) !ltl

l2Jl)u"'/

llOO62054126OlBlJO

FORCE m"IRED

1 Group

1 Group

1 Group

1 Group

(2) Roo.ssanblyaNal 3320tl - 13540E,

() Bomb load.:md fusing:

(a) 2 Groups: 1:J.7 IB fused instantaneous nose r i th

intcrve.lO!:l'::tU' stlttin& of 75 fce t .

(b ) 2 Groops: tn.? Ie fused to open 5,CXXl feet nbavet a r g ~ t with intCl""/tlla:letcr set t ing of 35 feet .

(4 ) Ti..r.l.e Control:

1st Group crosses DCP'lrtura L i n ~ nt 0 Hour.2nd Group croSl'les DoJp:lrturo Lina a t D Hour plue 20 Min.Jrd Group crosses DCp:!.rturc Lim a t D Hour plus 40 Min.4th Group crosses Dcpnrturc Lin:: a t 0 Hour plus 64 Min.

• '7J rei 'ii.q;:

(1) !ltl

L2JOO?1100620)51)7

018130

FORrrl FlI!JJI!i!D

I Group1 Gro\{l

1 Oro""I Group

(2) RClls8Q'!Iblyarea: 33J7fl - 13426E.

(3) Bo:;b lood 'TId fusing: lQ.7 Ie fu.sed to open 5,000 footabove targ;lt 1'Iith intorvalcn.:rt:.cr sott irg of 35 fect .

(4) Tim Control:

1st Group crosses Dep-rtlre Line At D Iklu.r plus 4 llin.2rr:l. Group crossos DCp:lrtura U:l.O ~ D Hoor plus 24 l!in.)rd Group crosses D o p . ~ ! ' t \ l r e Lino a t D Hour plus 48 I ~ 4th Gr<:Jup crosses D o ~ r t u r e Lin:: p t D Hour plus 6B Un.

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FORCE RBjUIRED

1 Oro;;>1 Group1 Group

, . JI'" " J../ '- , '"vS.,Q.r f1-d (\I N jUOll

OJI.:IISSrl.:J3(1

~ ~ £ . ! L ~ lIOIB.!!R ll6 CC1.ITDltl7:D

313th ~ i n g :(1) !!tl

12J007054126~ D ~ " - ' l ' l

(2) Reassembly aroa: ))ION - ljl.OOE.

(3) Bccb lo.,d tJnd fusins:

(a) 1 GroUpl )147 m f u s ~ instart.aneo,;s nose with in -

t o r v a l ~ o t c r setting of 75 feet.(b) 2 Croups: I.Q.? lC fused to open 5,000 f.::lot above target

l"it h intarvalcr.lOtor setting of. 35 foot.

(4) TUle Control:

1st Group crosses Dcp.:lrture Li..'"Ie e t 0 Hour plus a Uin.'2rrl Group Ct"03sca :Jopu-turc Lino a t D Hour plus 32 l l in.3r<l Group crosS<.oS DOP"lTtura LinJ a t D Hour plus 52 lli:1.

(1) l!P'

ll8062054126035137

OlS130

FO!'«;S RE'QU!il.:D

1 Group1 Group

1 Group

1 Group

(2) Rensscmbly nroc: 334W - 1351SE.

() BOClb loed ani tusll'l(;: ::;).7 lC fusad to opon 5,COO fcot

Cl.bovo ~ r g c t with inwrwl<rlcter sottir:@ or 35 feot.

(I.,.) Ti.ma Control:

1st Group crosses D o ~ r t u r o Lire a t 0 Hour plus 16 Wn.2nd Group crosses Depr_'"tlru Lire t D Hour plus 36 l!i.'l.

Jrd Gro-..lp crossesDoplrt.uro Li..rc

a t 0!'bur

plus 56 ! t in.4th Group crosses Dep.:1rtUl"o Lire l i t D Hour plus 72 J.!i."1.

x. (1 ) Reforence: XXI Born Cor.!. Litho llosa1c OScK81:roa 90.25 Urban.

(2) Route:

(3) . \ltitudc of ,\ttack:

..,.1.0 Jim~ , s s o m b l y AroaJJ50H - (13445E. 1J505S) (DepHhrc Lim)

J415JON - 13504]: (IP)TargetBrac.ko."ny for fcrce Mslgnod !.!PI's l2JOll7 md ll.OO62 JUON _ 13542B. J355N - 13610E. Iwo JL'1lI, 'BaseBreak,."av for force nssignod tIP!'s 054126, 035137. 018130

J454H - 13528E, 3456H - 135JIJ3, 3J55lf - 13610£. 00 Jioa.

S".sc.

Base fo r 1st GrO\IP on c.:l.ch !.!PI 16.000 foct..

B:"'!IAf o r ::;>r-rl

Group on oach!!PI 20.000 foot.Bn5<1 fo r Jrd Grrop on onch W'I 19.000 foot.



~ ~ c . . a ~ . Iamm NmmBR

86 COO INUED

J.lti tudo m!ly be ch.msod plus or minus 2,CXX) tee t tosocure visunl run cr to mnint-ain i n t c ~ ' T i t y of formation.

(4) J,{othc:d, o f I\ttack: COIllpoSi tu ld.ru s in oolur..n of squadron:s

with groups crossinG Dop.:lrturc Lino every f ou r c1nuto s.

(5) li..-thod. o f R.:u:lar bocbing: DiNct synchronou:s alt.'uxi.

(6) D Day nnd DHoW" - 1510ClCf(.

Cbittod.

b. 'I'lUs is Tl'.ctiecl ;!ission Nu:lbcr 203.

a. (1) XXI B o m · c O r . ~ 501 e.nd S(P for strikD rq:lorls, contnctroper-ts, PoM IFF procedure.

(2) E.:1.ch f l igh t squ<1.dron l ' l i l l be oquippod to bcrrago jnnn tho

region 190-210 ocgacyclcs.

(3) ClIserV!l:.ions of tho o.xt.<nt u d ro l iAbi l i tyof t ho barraBo

wil l bo m.- ...d;J whila ovor til.J t..trget.

(4) Spot jro:unirn wi l l be conducted ovor the froquency rongcs

1130-190 md 210-220 l:IOencycles, as desired by tho \"Iirg RC!ol

Officor .:rid 115 governed by tlIe c.:lpo.bility c€ each wing.

(5) J = c r s wi l l be kept. in op.:lrilion nt cl.l ti..l:xls when closer

th;:m 50 l;dles to HOf1.!Ihu. am lI:i 11 bo ttrnOd a ff .:.t i l l other

t i lIes. excql t for prefl ight 3.I'Id postnight frequoncy chocks

....nich .Jra to be mado on tho .srour:rl whilo tho j:lJnmers are

instol lud in the ~ i r p l m e s .UHAYca.: GEN Bal em XXI



1I I I IA .HI i l l

G

DIS'IRlart'tON

Mission No. 20j

15 ;June 1945

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36 - 65

66

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03:UISSV1 :>30

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T.wnCAL :.lIS"llON m:P<I'T

Co.manding General; Amy Air 'Forces

Ccr.m3ndinc G e n ~ r ~ l ; u .s . l..rary St r . teiP-C Air 1"oroeo (Rear)CoaJn'm:iing G c l l e r ~ l ~ U.'3. i \ Str l tegic Air Forc6a (G,wm)

C o n m a ~ l n t > GcO!JT 11; Tvsntiath .Ur Force

COlrrn:unlng Genera1; Eiehth . \ i r Force' ( 0 k l ~ : : J . 1 " I U )Conmander in Chi of , U.S. }.n.lY Forcoa, RLCdic

Chief of l h n l Opct"tions, O P - l f , ~ V~ e in Chief; P,cific Fleet (Adv Hq)Canr.a:lnder in Chio!, 'Plci1'10 Flee t (RO'lT Hq)

Co=nder 'Air Force. Pacific FIMt

Ccnn:mdar, Third FleotCcunand.er, : l f t h Flo.:Jt

C o D D . ~ e r ; ? i r s t Currier T'lJk ForceCOlJ:lnndor. ;JarbnasCa:r.l.:l!ldinc General; U.S. hroy : 'orcea. '!lidclle Pacif ic

Ca:l:ulX1inB Gen'!rll • •\11100 " i r : 'orces, S1PAC a : c a n d i I ' ~ ~ n s r ' l l ~ Far ::aat : . ir Forces

Cot:J:!I'Lldinc Geoenl; U.S. StnteGic '!.ir Forces 1n D.1ropeCaJm:mdinc Gcnerl1; l.cditerr"loc'lo _Ulied . \ i r Forces(h,,-'H1d i ne r....OPM 1: ;r i f't .....nth ....1r Foree

Coci:n."lding Gen!ll"3l, s...:venth Air ~ o r c eCa:::alndine GennrJl; IflI ikc.b;:!r Ccu::.'?Dd

Co!lII'::Bw ine GenEnl VII Fii¥lter Cax.und

Caom'lwine Geoorll, Elevonth <tir ForeeCaIl:nnding'Gc-ncnl, JOIst f id t te r 'Jing

CO'c;,'lnd Hq, Allied Air Forco s, S R " ~ 'A'l'I'N: Senior I n t ¢ l l i f ( l n c ~ orr icar . "R .A .AS.

Ccmn:mdor in Chi",f, U.S •.\rI!ly Forcos, Pacif ic.\T1"h G-2 (For Se¢ tion 22. RQ')

o r r i c ~ r in Charso. Joint Intell igence CenterPacif ic O c e ~ ! s o ~ sCormao.nding GOIlOr'll, Army Air Forccs

ATi'N lAC/AS, In t¢l \if,cacoCOQIl.!lndiJ1/!, Gencr"ll, . \:n1y Ai:!' Forcos

ATTNl AC/,ts, In t¢ l l igJncc , Coll ec ti on Divi sion

Co.mn:ldil\'r Gc:n 'l"'ll , U.S•.\r;;W '5tntO':;ic . , i r Forcos (Gu::un),\TTNI Dire cto r o r CcmnuniCltioO:JFOR: Counter Me'.Rure6 ..i r A:ulysis C ~ n t J rCo.:m.'lndi:lg Officer. l ' ' ' ' i , ' l n t i . ~ t h Air Force Lc.!ld CrCiII School

B r i g - ~ i e r ~ n ( ; : t " n 1 H.S. H'l:J.3011, J r .

Chi at of St:lfr . TiJenticth ..11' Foree

D3puty C/:>, Cpos, '!\Ie:ttieth ,..ir Foree

;'C of S , ••-2 , 'I'::antioth . ~ i r Force

Cller::ic3l ';.:Jrfare ·Ofrtcwr. 'I'.1antieth ....ir Forco

Ordn:meo Officor. 'I't'!Jotitlth : . i r Force

Diroctor or T<1ctlc/l:, .\-3. 'IWcntleth Air ForceHistoric: t l Qfticer; 'I'wentieth .Ur ForceCo=J.-ning !:ellenl; 58th BlXlblro=nt 'ii'1!l.£

C<n:lmding Ge:l.lr11; 7Jrd Banb'l...""'llJ'nnt \Tina:

C a = ! m d i ~ Gcnoral; 31Jth 8aatnrdalnt '!fingCttll13--ni!18 GonJI'1l; 314th Ba:lb<uumnt ' l ingCa:ma:liine Gc.:lcr:tl, Jl5th 13000b"ll"dmcnt \Ving



Ccr:u::mdll2B C'f'flco:>x, 3rd Fhoto R e c c n n " , i 3 ! 1 3 : ~ C a SQ~ ~ d l n e G f f l o ~ r , 41st Photo ROConn3iSS,nc;oSq R ~ n s a0Cxan'Uld1n,c ( ,f '' 'i car, SSth R e c o n n ' l i s ~ u n c e Sq, ng

"eatber Coxlbat s t ... t;i.nsC c a Q ' ! r d i ~ Officer, TTlentiath . i r Force

Conter (Provi..,ional) Ulli tC a a o ~ i n s Crtioer; J3rd s t ~ t i 3 t l c 3 : l Control

C o . ~ l l . d i r . . . : . Officel' , 5th Bo.nb Qrooup (VH)C a ~ , I d i ~ C f : i c ~ ; 9th Boc.b troup (VH)

Ca<rundine O r l i c ~ ; 16th Bcr.b iZoup (VH)Co:x:.l.,dine cr f icer , 19th Bo...1l {Coup (VH)~ : : . d i n ; : Officer, 29th BOClb troup (VII)Coc:.-..3!'d.inc Officer; 39th Ba:nb C£oup (VH)Ca:lin;-.dinc Of f i = ; 40th Ba:.b {Coup (VH)Ccu:a"l.ding utticel ' ; :SJ'Jth B<'.&b ~ o u p (VII)CaT.llndillb Officer; 331.'Jt Ba:tb ~ o u p (VE)C o ! : u : . n : H ~ Officer. l;.44th Bl;r.;b Q-oup (V'd)C<:t:undir,1': O f f i ~ r ; .'t62nd Eoc:b Group (VH)

Ca:=:ldinr-; Officer; 468th Eomb Oroup (VIi)Ca."D3ndL"lC Officer; 497th Bunb Group (Vr!)Con':".'!ndinc Officer; 498th Bcob (Coup (VH)C o ~ n n d l n g O f f i c ~ r ; 4991;h Bowb Group (VH)

Co=r.lardine Officer; SOOth Bowb Group (VH)Cou:nndiO/?: Officer; SOIst b :b Croup (Tr!)Can'lrdil'l{: Officer; 50200 Bo:lb Group ('Td)CctrmliYline O1' t ic=: 504th Blx:.b Group (Vf!)Coo::;ud11lG Officer; 505th Boob Group (VB)

CO!:r.lalliinc, Officor; 509 th Ccuposite CCcupC ~ ~ ~ n d i U G Officer: 15th F i ~ t e r Group ( V L ~ )CaTm,ndinc: Officor; 21st Fi -Mer Ck'oup (VI,R)COhr::::uldinr Ofl'1cor,' 506th Fi.(,htcr Group (VU1)

Rsportina Unit; .\-2; T m ~ n t i o t h .Ur Force (Fi le Copy)Repor t i rl6 Unit, .\-.2, TI'IO,ltic. th Ail' Force

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