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Field Order No . 30

HEADQUARTERSXXI BOMBER XOMMANDAPO 234

TACTICAL MISSION REPORTlUsllion No. 3'7

Target I Musashino Plant of tho N k 1a aj rna Aircraft Engine WorksTOKYO, JAPAN

19 February 1945Table of Contents

Tactical Narrative ReportExhibit: Photo _ Target AreaExhibit I Ta r get ChartAnnex A Operations

Par t I - NavigationPar t II - BombingPart III - Flight EngineeringPart IV - RadarPart V - GunneryPart VI _ Air-5ea Rescue

Annex B _ IfeatherAnnex C _ Communications

Part I _ Radar OOWlter .... 11'Part II _ Co.. nloatloaa (RadJo)Port I _ . . . . , . Atr an-Il l ' l l


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nglne ', orks, in the northwest suburbs or Tokyo: Obj'!ctiveo der 90 .1 7, Target NUI:lber 357.

(2) Secondary Target: Tokyo , Port ~ n d Ur':la,:'t ;.ree.( ~ ) Las t Resor t Ta rge t : Any industr ia l

2. Stn tegy and Plan of OoeratiODS:a . Reasons ror Selection of Targe t :

(1) The ' /feather forecast presented , .&5 1/1 0 to 2/10cloud coverage in the t a rge t ar e a.

(2) An attack was planned to coord1nate a KaTalTask Force at tacking 1 ...0 Jima . The a t ta ck asains t the rusasbino Plantin Tokyo would ;;erve 0. tworold purpose : f i r s t , i t would create adiTers ion tha t would tend to hold the Jap fighters a t their b... inJapan' and ond, it wo.1d .1v. ho Bo , b.. c_ and .oo th" ""po, .. '"to a


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11. The i r better s towage ch'l.racteristicsfor 8- 29 aircraf t .

:2. The fact that although the SOO-poundgene ral - purpose bomb may be l ess effective than lnrgar si te bombsagains t the multi - story r e inforced concre t e units of the Taco. plant(comprising one_thi r d of the tar ge t ) the assumed larger number of hitsfrom the SOO_pound si te pr edic t ed 0. be t t e r chance of inte r ruption ofoper at ions of this factory . The mission was commi t t ed to an att'l.ckon the targe t as 0. whole and the SOC - pound bomb w ~ s consideredef fect ive as the larger s i t es against the ~ u s a s h i n o complex (compris ing the other two _thirds of the t a r ge t Ilr ea l .

crp.1't could not be . The fact tha.t r r a x i m u ~ tonnage per air

Carried with bombs smaller than the SaO-pound si te .J.N _M1 7; '1 SaO-pound incendio.ry clusters were

s elected 0.5 the most eff ect ive inc end iary bomb beCause of:-".tents . WaS estirn:l.ted to be 30 The Targ&t . i ncluding buildingsperc ent i n f l ~ l l b l e

and eon-

:2. The numbor of ex -ected hits ",ould muchhigher than with othe r n d i a r y bombs 1U3 to the 110 b o ~ b s in ~ c h cluster and the fact that the target Wae only 40 percent roof cOllvered.

. Incrcased cho. nce of i g n i t i r ~ widely dis persed infla.mmable ",c,terin l .s. The bombs contc.ined delay -explosi7B hesdlthat delay f ira f ighting. the r eby increasing the p o s s i b i l i ~ y for srrending fire ' l.fter bombing ho.s coased.

NOTE : Due to relntively large fire divi sions , .i.N _! '.n i,2 bombs may have been dasi r nb l lil . but they..ere ne t r aCe.mended l1.t this time, pending final app r oval of multiple suspenai-n. dueto l ~ . c k of suittl.ble stow'lge charncte r i s t ics .

l . FusinU!l8 indicated WIn selected 'bee.y ....a. High_exPl osive bombs armed with T.i l ~ I e .

to d e t o n n t ~ by iner t ia nr 6 be l ievsd to be pasling througb l i !bt-weigbtfactory roofs wi thout being in i t ia ted. This anule l bombs ao ~ e d todetonate below the floor level . r e sult ing In f . i lur e to obtainful l blast effect on build i ngs and contents .

ll.. 'I'M M.e ru . . . , - . .1............nat ion of the bomb 1n tbe enDt tbat the ta11 ta . rd .1" - - , . . .u . .Only fus_s with de l ay setting of 1/10 seo0a4 .-re . . . 1.....


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(3) FliG-ht Engineering Plqnning.;.

fuel economy llnd(0.) Th e f l i g h t ph.n subt:litted prov ided fo r maximuma i r c ra f t pe rformance .(b ) In order to u t i l i t e the variRt10ns in effec ien

oy of individual a i rc ra f t llnd cr ews , bomb loud WLS specif ied maximum load cons i s tent with sa f tey . ab i l i ty of the individual crew, e; Mknown cha r ac ter i s t i c s of the individual a i rc ra f t ,

(c ) A minimum lood of 6 , 000 pounds waS specif iedfo r both '.l ings. with auth or i ty to l e ssen th is by 1000 pounds for nf>'fI'crews !n::-.king the i r f i r s t mnjor_str ike r.lission ,

(4) Rndar Planning :(0.) The plnnned l :mdf!l l l (34/47li - 137/37 ) was

considered as excel lent for a ro.dnr wind run , The p rimc.ry tnrget .d i f f i cu l t to ident i fy by r adar . was d e s i g n t e d ~ v i s u ~ l tc.rget only .The urbc.n o.r60. of Tokyo was designated ,.s the s e conda ry t i rg e t . andwas to be at tacked by rndo.r re l ease methods only i f visu'll bombing ofthe primo.ry were no t poss ib le ,

(5) R!:.dar Counter Neasures :

(0.) Five R,C.!:. Observers we r e to p ~ r f o r l ' : : l th6 us uni seo.reh for enemy t r ~ . n s m i s s i o n s , Seo.rch was to be conc4lntro.U!d onloca t ing ro.Oo.r s ignals with high P.R,F. und shor t pulse l e ngth e h s . r ~ et e r i s t i c s in the frequency bo.nds of 28 _3000 mcs, Search for coromunl cat ions in frequency range of 4-5 kes, was also to b e perforced .

(6) Air - Sea Rescue Planning,,;,( ~ ) The N ~ v y was furn ish d with the d e t ~ i l s of the

mission and q u e s t e d to furnish avai lab le fac i l i t i e s for a i r - sen r escuepurposes, The fol lowing f ac i l i t i e s we r e made avai lab le :

.1, Five submarines W\'Ire directed to bs ons ta t ions during the mission and unt i l re leas ed by Supdr _Dumb08 .Sto.tions were to be I

35/07N 140/S .2S34/2BN 139/46E3 4 / 0 6 ~ - 138/S1 E34/14:1 _ l37/48E33/02N - aO/OO'E:J. One au.rf.oe " " ' . : ; ' , ~ ~ : ~ iug p o s i t i o ~ B on the fo l lowing ha4ul. 'l82300Z to 190200Z and zO/OOlf - 14,5/001 t , .


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2 . This com:nand t lsslgned 2 Sup6r" - L\unbo dr - -planes (B _29 s ) to orb i t sub :nn r in e posi t ion 33/02N - 140/26; trOIt190430Z till e nd of mission in ord e r to o .n l s t in ""ot t ing 1 11 -r ' rece v nfdistress signals . drop emergency e qu prnent, nnd dir ec t the subonrlnesin event air sea r escue fo.ci l i t l e s wer e r equ ir ed,

d . Detnils of PIQnning - Intoi l ic e nce :(1) Enemy J..1r OpPQS 1t10n: Al though the In.panese .Ur

~ o r c hnd a capabili ty of opposing this mission ~ i t h a forc e of400 f igh te r s , it waS estirno.te d thnt tho mo.xirnum opposit ion would '00o.pproxir.lntaly 200. This ostimate Vine bo.s ed on :1. stud y o!' pest Op OTo. -tions and an tlssurnod op&ro.tionnl s trength of 70 pe r cent of o.val1c.bleo. lrcr:l l ' t . If adverse weo.ther conditions WGre to exis t o.t t::.rget t1n:e,the ground and ic ing condit ions b e low rormQtion Qltitude would probablyreduce n ir opposi t ion to minor r o p o T t i o n ~

(2) Anti _Aircrnf t Opposition:(Q) Plnnning ro r tho c i s of a t t ~ c k of th is

tIl.rga t from the Flak A ~ n l y s i s st::mdpoint woos confined , due to muimwr.d r i f t l imits , to s l ight r i n t i o n s from the upwind nnd downwind ~ i s . A v c r winds c. t 25,000 f ee t Vlere e x p 3 c t to b6 260 to 280 degreesa t 105 plus knots.

(b) On the up\1ind run , th 3 8 - 29 ' s would be withinr a nge or C'..!?p r oxi.cately 210 he(1.vy nnt1::J.ircraft guns , on tho; downwindepproximutely 70. This offse t of defenses to the e ~ s t cacbined withthe decre;l,sed 'groWld s p e ~ d plnced the esti::lo.te of ch':'..nca or dll:::lge onNO upwind run npproximntely 6. 5 to 8 times g r e ~ t e r t h ~ t ~ t of do.nwind run. Therefo r e , ror mbimwn d::tr:lnge frOl:l f lc.k . Il. p l ~ c t . l l i ~ foran nxis of o.:tack genera l ly frOll! the "lI6st on ::l. courS3 of 60 to 120degrees t r ue o.nd, on withdr C',wl , c. tu r n northcnst to :l.Toid the TolcyOconcentra t ion was submitted.

3. Execut ion:0. . Take of f ; The f i ra t g r oup of the 73r d 'lift! 1fa8

to tc.ke or f nt 1820 40Z nod t hnt of the 313th 'fing a t 1821351 .to.k6 orf was accomplished o.s fo l l ow s I

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c. Ovor Tnrget'

necessitated (1)Primary T a r ~ e t Cloudrndar bomb ing of the secondary covero.ge a t the taq;ettarg6t .

( 2)bombed the s econdury

Secondary Target : On e hundred nineteen o.lrcro.f'tto.rget , dropping app r oximately 457.7 tons of bombs.

(3) Las t Resort Tr agets:on Toyoha.sh i and Kawo.saki.

Seven aircraf t dropped bombs

(4) T;1.rgGt s of Oppor tun i ty: Five c.i rcro.f't droppedbombs on the folloY/ing t argets : Shituoka ; lHsh l0 . r el l ; l!c.isllka ; andAr o.i . The t o t a l weight of bombs dropped on Lnst Resort and OpportunityTc.rgets was 33.2 tons .

d . Route Bg.ck: Navigat ion to the base was ' llithout inci -dent . Naviga tors r ep or t ed maximum r anges of Lor an up to 1400 milesand obta i ned av e r age r e adings up to 850 miles.

e. Lnndin gs:(1) Ai rcro.f t landed a t hom e b ase s as fo l l ows :

Number of 1./9 ; ' i r s t Landing [ gst Ls.ndtru;

73rd 95 ' 1911 062 191426219l U7Z 19134,3Z313th

TOT.kL 146 1911 062 19140262(z) Four o.ir c n f t f a i l ed to r eturn to b ase 0.5 follCIIIlI1

(a ) One di tched llS 0. resu l t of exhaustsd tile}supp l y.

(b ) One was l o s t over thO to.rget to eDOllY t lp ' "t a rs e i ther by ranming or o.n accide ntal col lision . I t s r igbt winscol lap sed an d i t s fus elage broke ap nrt whe n the a i r c rof t atteapte4to turn back into format i on.

( 0) One , ro.mme4 or h i t aocide l lWly 'bf aa . . . . , .f igh te r , broke o.pnrt jus t back of tblll wings with i ta trOilt .. tloa.~ i r e .

(4) One frail ..bU b nO .orabelieved to have been shot 4awn o .e r t a r . - t

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decide :).t the initin1 point the type bombing r un thtLt ",111 be used.(3 ) Fl ight Enr; ln6&riMl (See Annex A, Part III,for detniI S. ) The 313th r&turn&d to bn8e u s i n ~ n C o n 5 t ~ n t le tdown pr oce dure from the t n r ~ e This r esulte d in a snTing of an aver age of npproximlltely 150 gill IOns of fuel aircraf t .(4) (See AnMx A, Po.rt IV, for dettL11s )

AN/APQ- 13 equ ipm e nt was used for target arell l o n , wind deter rni n:ttion, nnd o.pp ronch for visunl nnd r lldnr bombing. Employrn.e It ofSCR - 7IB radio nlt imeter and SCR -695 IFF equipmont Wn G norm:). l .

(5) Gunnery: (Seo Annex A, Po.r t V, for dot:).11s.)Newly d o p t e d f ir in g t eChniques deve loped to meet nose attocks weresuccessfully used on this miss ion . Enemy ai rc r af t were not aggr essiveng::l.inst t igpt forma t ions .

t a i l s. )151 .:-..nd.(6) Air - Sen Rescue: ( See Annex ;. , Part VI, for de

One 5 _29 ditched app roxim lltely 9 1/2 mihs north of ;.gr1h::.nFive cr ew members Vlore picked up by (l i r SOtl. r escue fo.cil1ties.g. Yieo.the r : (S ee AMe" B, POort I , fOr det::.lls . ) 07lr

the t :l.r ge t . plnnes enCounterOda hate cirY-us deck which r educed" shn tvisibil i ty c o n s i d e r ~ b ForeC;lst for winds woos exc el l e nt but pOlli t ions ef f ronts we re poorly forecast

(1) Radqr Counter J.:er;.sur es : (S ee .;nnex C, Po.rt I,fo r det;:.i1s . ) Three sc :-.rch a ircrcU't , each wi th one ;Q.j observer,completed this mission . SeOorCh was mado for en!;I:lY e, l:, w;lrning rwhrequipment unti l the m ; l i n l ~ n d w;:.s r enchod. where senrch . ~ s Q ~ d c ro rocr nnd GL r;:.dnr nnd enemy f ighte r communications chnnnels . t o t ~ of 28 enemy rc.d c.r signOols wo.s in tGrcepted.

( 2) cgnm unicQtion. ( RQdio) = See r.nnex C, Po.rt II ,for dGtni l s . ) Sl ight i nterfe r ence was r ece ived on 0.11 strike ~ ~ a f tc ias on this mi ss i on. The percento.ga breakdown of t raffio per fre quency fo l l oWS : 31 pe rc ent on 3 megacycle fr equ encies; 22 percent on6 megacycl e frequenoies ; Oond 41 pe rcent on 11 frequencie

i . Intel l igence SummGr y :(1 ) Enemy Ai r OppositiOAl (See AnD" D" P ~ r t 1.

for detOoi l s . ) Enemy nir opposition WQA . t rons. 195 circrAft a&kiftS510 ~ t t o . c k s Nin teen 8-29 ' . of effor t were ~ ~ . 3 B_29's ( 2. 3S) of t he effor t we r e 4 rof!4 by f l ~ t a r Gunners ' c l o.ims Ggll inat en_y 1:Liror:Jt werol 4 e ~ ' ' ' ' a . pro-bnb l y dest r oyed - 11. a.nd 4uo.t;e4 .. fl .


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ANNEXA

OPERATIONS

Exhibit - Tro.ck Charts

Par t I _ No.vlgo.tionPa.rt II - BombingPo.rt 111 - Flight EngineeringPar t IV _ RadarPort V _ GunneryPo.rt VI - Air-Seo. RescueSxbiblt _ Air_Sea Rescue Map


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PART I _ lIAVIGATIO:l

1 . Nnv lgo.tion to the 1'I'ing nssembly point -'"as as briefed exceptfo r the 498th S04th Groups of the 73rd o.nd 313th Wings respectively.which flew 30 mil e s west of th e br ief ed course in order to nrrlve inthe nssembly uren on t ime. The t1me in the winl nssembly orenrnnged from 5 to 35 minute s , with depnr ture 6 minutes early ,

2. Loran furnished odequD,te navlgnt10nal nid during the f l ightto the assembly ore n .

3. The climb phnse wns s tar ted nt npproxim -:.te ly 30/0ON on a duenortherly hetl,d i ng. The time in th e cl imb to 25 , 000 f ee t cvernged onehour and 15 minutes f r o n t ~ l condi t ion was e ncountere d from 3l/11Nto the I l l n d f ~ l l point , ~ n d nllviglltors wore unnble to mike dr i f t orposi t ion checks.

4, All groups of the 73rd Wing made lnndf nl l 15 - 20 !:I1le s west otHo.mann Lnke.

5 , Squadron B of the 504th Group of the 313th Wng mnde Inndfallo.s br iefed but Squlldron .- of th is Group broke out of the front southof Nagoyu ~ n d fn l se ly ident i f ied Nagoya Bny us Tokyo BIlY. I t b e c ~ e reor ienta ted on ~ . o u n t Fuj i howevor. turned , and CI';lde i t s bOlllbing rll!lon c.n axis of uttack of 77 degrees . The lead naviglltor md no dendr e ckoning procedure 1n the t a rge t area , a misto.ke in 1dent.iflc:ltlonthn t indlc:lted the need fo r increased radnr scope stud{. Steps hllveboen taken to p r ovide th i s study .

6a Squadron B of the S04th Gr oup had n e ~ r co l l i s i on coursewith anothe r gr oup ~ n d w ~ s blown beyond the ta rget while turning tlwtl) ' .As a resu l t i t wa s necessary fo r th is S q u ~ d r o n to bacb on an axis of202 degrees r athe r than the br1efed 68 deg r ees ,

7. All uni ts of the 73rd '.\'ing bombed as briefs.d.6 . The ave r age win ds in the t ll r ge t ru-e a we r e 280 de gr es.s a t

140 knot s ,9 . Ni lv igat ion to t he b llse was without incident. R a v ~ t l . t o r s r e

po r t e d max tmum r anges of Lor an up to 1400 mi les and obtained aTO r&18r oadings up t o 850 m1l s.s. Th ey o.lso we r e ab l e to cOllnt er check: tht1 rLoran and ce l e s t ia l f i xe s wi t h a gr eat de gr ee of aoouracy.

10. The a g e t ime t o t he ta r get W\\S OS,55 hOl.lr8 ... ca .pa"dt o an es tim ated t ime of ho llr s , The a " " .i . 10D U .. f l a.mwas 14: '0

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lioved that future results will show great improvecent as a resultof the adoption of this new policy.4, Since only 11 pe rcent of bamba dropped were identified , exactbombing r e sults could not be det ermined.

PORT I I I _ FLICHT !!:N'GIN?ER INC1. ';"ssot:lbly nnd . o w : . l t i tud, Cruise;

n. Group nssemblies we r e mnde by both the 73rd and 3l3tb ~ n ~ near the i r resp ective bases,b, The in i t inl cru1Ge WnB mnde 0.& p l a n n for both "ings.C, ; . wing nsscmbly by the 73rd "'ing VI';lS effected Clt the des -

ignate d assembly point without incident,d. The 313th Wng mado the initlo.1 crube in individlUll l10upforma tion with no utteop t of wing o.ssembly.

2. Climb to Bombing blt i tud,: Th e Il.ver o.ge time required to cl1cbto bombing al t i tu de W.l.S as predictod for both ' i n g ' ,

'.ombing High L.ltt tude Cruise toalti tude was short , less Tp,net ithnn one The :l.ve r :'.ge time r equired Athour fo r both \lings.4. Return to Bp,se; The 3l3th Wing r eturned t o b ~ s e using a COD stnnt letdown procedure from th e target . This procedure resulted in

g. snving of an average of a?proximate ly 150 g0.11005 of ruel per air craft for the 313th ','Hng IlS compared to the 73rd '.'ling. which used DaA7types of returning pr ocedures,

5.sWllptionGenera l ! See ConsDlidntod S t a t i s t i c ~ l S w o a ~ Cor C ~ e l COD and weight dnta,

P(JlI IV - RADAR1 . Radnr pmp1oYF'ept!

11. . :Jf/:.PQ 131(1 ) The pr:lllary tarr;et .11.8 obaov" . , . 0. . . . . coni ' &l1li

0.11 at to.ok, on the a.con4cLry t 'U 'p t wer da as.tIler o ~ a t a 1 7 . ,ro,dlU' or by rad. tz . , l th ",hi la! OOI'"otiODa.( I ) . &dar . . . u a ' .. a ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. .... ~ t J - . of ' wiDdII .(al(&)


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2. Radar Equipment Perform ance:a . ;.N/;J>Q-13:

(1 ) 145 hie were r ~ d a r e ~ u i p p e d . ( 2) 114; . je r epor ted rad a r sat is factor y for bombing.( 3 ) 27 r epo r t ed unsatisfacto r y for bomb ing.(-1.) )"!D.XimUD o.verc.ge for l o.ndfo.l1 was 65 Cliles.

b . ...N/.:.PN 4: ,. ve ro.go r o.ngo of Loro.n f ixes 1Ul.S 650 m116s.One nr.v igo.to r reported r ecept ion o.t 1400 :niles .

3, Ma l funct ions:a.. ;,N /).PQ-1J:

(1) 1: Sweep rota t ion stopp ed 15 mi nut es before hnding .(2) 1: ~ ~ u t h sta.bi1izD.tlon i no.ccur a.te.(J ) JI Lost to.rgets a t al t i tude,(4) 1: Inver t e r out a t take-off ; u.se d klr &.."1 inV'Grter . CD

way ba.ck, t r ansmit te r current f1u.ctu.nte d e xc ess i vely , r e ndering le t: ! t i v e .

(5) 1: Tnnsmi t t e r kicked off ::.t o.lt1tu.de .(6) 1: Too much pres sur iza t ion .(7) 1 : Targets on l y 10 t o 30 mi l es ; arc v o and crys-

t al c ~ e n t er ra t i c .(8 ) 1 1 Targets f nded out, f1n0.11y disOflpoued .(9) 21 Inv",r te rs out.,

b. .:..N/ ..:.PN4 :( 1) " Invert.er vo1tO,8 axeoaal..(2) " Inver tor vo1tase tlUOtuAtla&.(3) 1 , S . . .p lost .( . ) 1, . ok d .p . l e .(S) 1 . ht lIIopen.Uw_

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PART V G1.J1\.IERY1. This mission was notable from the gunne ry standpoint 1n thati t t e s te d measur es deve loped to meet nose attacks . Due to a leg in thecompute r caused by th e excessibely high closing rote of enemy fighterson the nose of the 8 -29. i t was decided tha t future range instead ofpr esent r ange was required for the computer .2. I t was recomme nded that al l nose gunners f ir e upon en enemyairercd't whon i t f i l l ed 3/4 of tho reticul e :o. nd spin tho r ange knobfrom m e x l r n ~ ~ to mimimam, putt in g futur e into th o computer

obt r. ining ffill.xirnum r ange cerrection frem tho r ilngo motor . PositiVe!r esults have be en obtainod using this me thod.3. I t was noticed tha t short bursts a t onemy ai r cr aft when t ~ y ar e a t 1000 yards dofonitly made thorn cho.nge the pl an of attack .4 . I t was olso ebs e rvod tha t the Japs are s t i l l using a rainbow

of colo r s on th ier f ighte rs .5 . Pilots she'", evid ence of

form :o.tion is their best dofense .c ~ n n o t f ly threugh as thoy could

having r n e d ths fact a ~ l t h t Tho Japs dislike i t bec:l.uu theyth r ough 0. loese fOTOation .6 . The Jops continue to use pacing i l fo r ~ t i i l i r c r : l . f t

inforlitr. t ion. These enemy aircr llft are not signific:l.nt f r OQ 0. gunner ystandpoint . since they seldom m ~ k e t t n c k

50..cnl . .. mmuni tion ExpendedC F C System o p o r ~ t i v e 50 . _cnl . machine guns o p ~ r a t i v a Guns loaded

73rd69 , 204 rds.100ll97 . 7%Cold

PeRT VI _ ':'I R.SE.) RESCUE

313th57.000 rda..7%98"!lot

,1. ;.. su.mmo.ry of ditching incidont o c o u r 1 ~ Oil th18 .i . oofollows :

0. . 73rd l!1 ing a.1rornf't ( co. 11 s ip &1W06) ditoblld '" rOG.to b:l.se o.t 0. position 9 1/2 mlle l north ot Af;rUWl Xalllll4 a t ........imo.tely 191100Z. ;.. lurta.oe " .. ll ruobed the ,"DOl _ p l ~ ..5 survivors a t 191565Z. .;.. coordinated . . . . rob by Nl ' t... .,...a1 ...Dumbo Wo.l mo.d.e but nC addit1ono.l lu",lyOra . . , . . 100&....


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135" 14 5"

MISSIONOAT E l l l l : . o : ~ - - - - 1 XXI BOMCOM


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ANNEX

B

'h'EATHE::t

Weather Summary

Exhibit _ Cross Section ChartExhibit _ Prognostic )lapExhibit 4' Synoptio Uap

Mission No . 3719 February 1945


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1T'3J"THER

1 , Ens!! on T;:l.k!! -Off : There wore 4/10 cumulus clouds with bo.ses1500 feet ~ n d tops o.t 6000 feot o.llowing norm nl t ~ K o off , Visibilityvms 12 llIi l os,

2, Route Outgoing: There wero 4/10 cumulus clouds b e ~ e n 1200Nld 6000 foot to 21dogreos North , Visibili ty "No.s 15 miles, From 21dogroes Nor th to 24 degreeS North ther e wer o 6 to 9/10 cumulus withbo.ses o.t 1500 feet nnd tops 6000 to 9000 f eot, Thore were e ls o 6 to10/10 altocumulus with bases at ID , OOO feet and tops at "14 000 feeta t t e ~ h ~ # e r S in this 10no reduCgd ~ s l b i l i t i e s from 10 miles to1 l:111e . From 24 degrees North to 29 degrees !l the r e were 3/10 cw:.ulus1500 ~ n d 6000 feet and 6/10 nltocumulus b ~ & e s 12,000 feet ,St:trting :'J.t 29 degr ::.o s North the fo rm"Uon cli;r.bed through 7/10 cumulusbetween 1500 o.nd 6000 feet nnd l ayers of nltocuculus b e t w e e ~ 10.000and 20 , 000 fect , Some pl:lnes relo rted the ~ l t o c u m u l u s to be solid .From 20, 000 to 25 , 000 fee t , thore was : l deck of cirrostratus wh ichsloped upwnrd to 27,000 fee t over the Empire. Clir.1bing through thiszone, f o r m ~ t i o n s were forced to b r e ~ k up . but they e f o ~ e d on top.

3, To.rget: Plnnes flying in ha1e cirrus deck which r educed s l ~ t vis ibi l i ty c o n s i d e r l y , 5/10 altocumulus we r e reported between 12.000o.nd 14, 000 feet , o.nd 5/10 stro.tocumulus with bases o.t 3000 faettops 6000 feet we r e observed. Thero were he,vy persistent contrc.USat f l ight levels, "Hnds were reported at 270 degrees at 145 Icnotswhile rorecast winds were 270 de gre es at 135 knots,

4. Route Returning : Conditions were similar to route outSOing.5, Eases on Re turn: There wo r e 4/10 cumulus baaed 1500 t e .t

Vii th tops at 6000 feet.6. Ramurks: nlthough the posit i ons of fronts were poorly tore ..

cast . crews reported forecast winds to be excell ent.


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.- PtU't I - Rad:ll" Counter lIeUQJ'OIiPar t I I - Ccmmunlca.tlonll (1lad.1o)


27/68

1. Gene r n l : Fi ve RClJ So:o. r ch :. l rcrc.ft ench with R ~ ' . ' an ...., "tlllerVer ,?!Oro to p c r t l c i p ~ . t c . in t h i s r::lisslon Only t t lthe n l ss 10n, lZ'OQ conpl c t od2. Results of SenIc h:

9. f i to ta l of 28 e nemy r ndaf s l g n was intercepted .b. The fo l l owing 81gnals with Gun -Laying character ist icsin te rc epted :

(1) 193/4/1100( 2) 197/4/1000(3) 78-79/5-8/1500_3000(4) 202/711200

Inte rcepted at I PI nte r cllpted Il t I:P:In t ercepted in Tokyo .f eo. ,In te rcepwd in Tokyo. ..reo.

1:59 me , c . signa ls wer e l o r ged at 278 me , 58 ce , 36.7 me ,':.11 were unmodubted .d. The complete l i s t of f ('.dllf slgn'l.ls i nt l,l fc epted is ::.&fo l lows :

( , ) Target Ar c:;l. (Tokyo) :79/27 /1 00 0 Tro.cklng95/15/ - . Tr"1.ckin!;108/10/600 Tr ::.clc lng167/8-10/ 1000 Trncking186 -189/ 7/ 900 ~ . k l n g 197/15/1100 Tr ncking

( 2) Othe r Rlldnr s i gnah i n t e c ~ p t e d IlS followlI:74 . 5/11/100079/:51/50093/39 .S/50096-97/29/500100/20_22/250.350102.S/17/S00104/14/250110/S2/250116/9/ - -125/10/7501 40/3'-'500146-150/14_18/750152- 15';25_27/6001 S 1 5 7 / 1 0 _ 1 ~ ' O O - 6 0 0 160/9/S0089.6/31-3O/SOO&e.5/31-SV300105/ZV3&0

Sweop Rate '2 RPlISweep ingTrilcklngTraCkingSweep ; nto 1/ 2 RPllSwe ep Ro.t e 1 RPJ.ITr :lok lngTrnck lr16Swe sp i r16Sweep Ro.te 20 RPl.'Sweep i " ,Tro.ckincTrClct1na'I'ro.clr:ll11trllOklD&-......-

3410O!i _ 136/ 00fii3' ;00:1 _ 136/0034/ 25 M - 136/34/251 - 1 3 Chichi J1aa.IfClgOY:l ArecaI.P. AreaNa.goyn Area. ~ y a gel!.WOCII - 1"'_...,.----


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b, Fighters :a t co r r ec t nl t i tudeing of tho at tack .

The e nemy f ighters nttru:ktng the le"d youp werenn d o.pparently were given suf f ic ient II.dvnnce Wnrn-

4, Egulpr:tent ic., The equipment employed functioned s o . t i s f ~ c t o r l l y exceptfo r one AN/APA - 6 PRF meter which t d:I oppe ind1ctl.ting il::unedlD.tely nftertoke - of f . The equipment has been bench checked c.nd 1s b ~ c k it ioD. . n operQ._

5 , ConclusioDs:0. , The 78 me r ".dnr slgnr.Is intercepted presurn-bly ortgo:o.tedfran lb. rk TA Mode l I I I typ e onemy equipment.b, The 58 mc c.nd 36.'7 mc Q1" slgn-:.ls intercepted r.re possiblyJo.p'1.nes e cr:; Doppl er Effect R ~ d c r s , c , Considernble dtl.tc. is beinG compiled 00 the Jc.pnnese Gun

Lo.yiog Radr.rs, The r esu l t s thus fer indic- te th'1.t i t o p e r ~ . t o l l in twofrequ e nc y b ::tnds. i ,e, . 75 nnd 200 me. Al though lob e swi tching of thensign,\ ls weB not repor ted on th i s mission. previous do.tt. indic'\ tes th-.tsuch 15 the c."'.se in ner.rly nIl of the l ike sign-.ls int.>rcepted ,

1, Str ike Rtlports: Aircr".ft n".dio o p . ; . r ~ . t o r s t r -_"Isoitted 23s t r ike repor ts (BombS ':'w-.y); 0.11 were received by the ground . t ~ t 1 0 1 l ,

2. Fo x Tra nsmissions: W e ~ . t h e encoded in UCOP..C ~ . n d Time ! tckswere t ransmit ted s i m u l t ~ n e o u s on nIl s t r ike fr"quencies on the h,"..lthour :md hour e s p e c t i v ~ l y . No requests fo r weather or tim e t ick .ware m;:o.da by aircr r . f t in f l igh t .

3, Fregy,enciesl Slight interference --.s received on ,,11 , t r ikef requencies , c h ~ n g i n g to m o d e r ~ t e in the f i n ~ l hours of th i . mission.AlrcrCtft operators re ' )ort ground s tn t lon ' s sign"l wo.s vory good a n rthe t ~ r g e t . Aircro.ft signnla from ovor the t'\rg::lt _ r e -.lao v u y pod.In 0. p 3rcent:\ge bre"kdown of t ra f f io per frequency. 31 peroellt 011. t i l l3 megacycle freque ncies j 22 perc"nt Oft the 6 IIIflg!\Cyc1e fr&q,uflacl and 47 percont on the 11 mes-cyl e frequeacies .

4. Rmvicptiop,l Ai4.1 R0410s ively during re turn 1o, of 1 I I ~ ' ~ ' ~ ' : : . ~ " ~ : : : ~ ~ ; : : i : ~ : ; ~ ~ ~ C ~ ed . A l r c r ~ t r ll.dlo operator .two b e e r l n ~ were obtained,he(),l' vowul .t ..t ioD' . iIt..tnaotlaa.....to.ln II. b a a r l ~ due to uo Ii .. Ilwlu.. -I Ons C'ir Ilu1't.renoe 1D bMl '1ap 1'. . . ....VIF/fli belll 'iDp an f t . . . . . . . . . . ...


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6 . Enemy t ransmissions I The f o l l o ~ i n g and jamm i ng wero noted during th is mission : incidents of interferenCe0. . 3145 kcs :

( 1) I neffect ive c:w t r ~ n s m 1 s s i o n s on t 1 r ( fro::t an unknown .t.t 'onr e urn eg 0 mission Ground Station).

( 2) Unident i f i ed Rlf , ineffect ive, o,t 045402 (Aer1o.1 ).b . 6055 kca:

( I ) In tent 10n" 1 ,.. " Jornm ng at 09),92, sl1"ht efre , t , _ness ( Ground Stat ionl .

( 2) J o.p CW trnnsmisslon at 2J07Z , Ineff . ct ive ( :..cr i o.l ) .c. 11 080 kcs :

( l ) Henvy Jnp crl during the f innl hours1 t is ques t ion a lba whether i t w).s intention').l or not .w ~ s modernte (Ground t l o n ) .

of tn ' m1uion _Effectiveness

( 2 ) Very s trong ste['dy ton!;) at 0 3302 (nc rb l ) .( 3) At 0300Z h a ~ v y eneQ? t rnfflc . E f f e c t l v e ~ e . s

we-.s 51 i ght .(4) Uniden t i f i ed R/T a t 0336Z was c t i 7(5) Unident i f ied C" ov er the tc.rget ".nd ne::ll' the Boniol.

r anging from f e c t i v ~ to ine f f ac t iv e .d. 3410 kcs : Negligible.e . 7310 kcs: Negligible .f . 111 60 kcsl Neglig ib le .

7 . Distress ; Two emer ge nc y m e s s [ \ ~ s i n d i c l \ t i ~ possibl e dltobing were sent by :\ irc rCLft. One s e cured 0. bu ddy end: h & d the b u .saf e ly . The second ditched . I ts pos i t ion o.nd l n & re l o.yed by 0. -Buddy- o. i r c rn f t W ~ 8 r ece ived b" tbe p-ound. . t a t iOD. .Five of tho crewmen we r e r esoued. Four u r ~ n t tI torbG:..rings Vle r e r eceived by tbe groWld s t: t ion. Three ot th o .. a reob t c.ined . H o l l ~ in te r forenoe provonted obta1n1ft& or tbe otbel' bolll 't...,

8 . Equip.ept l:91CyPCt,iOPU Alf/JrJi'l'-lSI 1 taoperott.w. 1 .. dMtone ; 1 clyJuaotoJ' no1"1 1 t1x04 aewDfUL bJ'ot.a; 1 tUM ... --aged by eneay Q.DtloD. 1!A/",..1. 1 loop .otar I. ' I n u - . , , ! ~ .hunting of aoed t . ; ....... = te. . . 1 l-t ...Gr o.tl_, I inw . . .t1:en:' QIUl ........ I40atltp I 1 t l ' l lu . i t te r-B-. 1 lI l . . . . . .t'be1itout a.M rep190'" SabQ't'toM OIL'. 1' t i f t . 'fI'aUs.c"'"


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D

Par t I - BnIllllY Air OpP08i tiOIlPart II - ~ t i Aircraft ad ~ - t o - . A 1 r I 'UBPart I I I - Damase AaaeeaDaI. t


31/68

PART I p!El'f AIR OproSlTION

1. General; Enemy a ir Opposltion ..as strong. 195 aircraf t mCina570 at tacks. Nineteen 8 29s (14.2% of th e effort) were damaged and3 B 29s ( 2 . ]%, of the ef for t ) were destroyed by e n ~ f ighters . B-2911destroyed ]8 . probably destroyed 17 and damaged 41 ai rcraf t .2. Sightinss and Attacks :

a . Ratio of attacks to s isht ings for tour missiOns in th eTokyo area: '1. ElA Ratio otMISbION Attacks Sighted Attaclca to SlMti!l.S!THIS MIS5ION 570 195 2.1} to 1Mi ss ion #29 330 230 1.4 to 1Miss ion #24- 984 275 ] .6 too 1Miss ion #18 200 15 0 1 .) to 1

b. Ratio of enemy a i rc raf t sighted to IlUIIIber ot B-29'.over Japan; E/. No. B-299 Ratio at Sieh' t iDp toMIS:JION Sighted Over Japan streesth at OW' loruTi-.LS MlffilON 195 133 1.5 't o 1ills sian #2fJ 230 101 2 .) 't o 1tussion #24- 275 63 4.4 to 1Mission #18 150 54 2.8 to 1

c . Ratio ot enemy a r c ra t t at tackino ' to ZIUIIIber of i - ~ . over Japan : E/. No. B-29s Ratio ot ,Utaca to..:ISSION Attacks Onr 1!p!D Stre!fj;'-b o f ow an.

TliIS MLSSIONMission #29MiSsion N24WsBion #18

570330984200

3. . Location ot .t.uUg,

1))1016)54

a. El8bt1-tU'H p.. ou t ot a l l . . . . . .bombs uqt . , COIIIaHd. to 8.51:. . . . . . . . 131-attacks prior to boabe . . . , . OD J .. 0M

3 CO 1)'l ... 111- to 1, .7 to 1


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4. Type of EileatY Aircraft AttackinB'linelIlY Aircraft

"'nyIrvingTojo" , k .NickT/E U/lsLE. U/lOscarType ABCJacii>b 2042 . 2212 19 b 1106 1428 - 119 12

d 4 plnn08 and crom! furnished by 6 BC and 9BG respeetiVtlly.!. 1 Ale drop on right nng ,:'1 engine.1 Ale cal1bra tion parte on turbo-suporchorsor set far minimum power .__ (J eQ81..De .

~ f : ~ E : !

7CIW. TOI'Al.A!e "IeIIU.,_E r " ~ l V E u 'F .I:o",r lVE21 230 318 318 4

I 87 I 1222 422 344 7

131 19


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KJUH:t l H S S I O N ' _ ~ J J ; ' ' - - __BRF.AKDC7NN OF All. AIRCRAFT FAILING TO BCiIB PRIMARY TARGET DATE )9 February 1941)

_ - I Bcmbe4 I BomED1 b3 dII 1 e

5_ I 1 I - I -3! 1 0 - -3 1 - -8 2 - -

{;1 and

----.i?::-loD #10 cylinder 112 en g in e .011 leak.1 leak. Ml1 nteMnce personnel . r ror....... _Wok. 114 oowl f la ps inoper at ive .oil 1Mk. 150 RJIII drop l a f t 1Nl6 .--- W . atl4tar8llt.

J

Non_ B:bed I BOt.mEn I _ A ~ 1_ Bomb.ed I BCMlED 1_ Non . I Bombed I 'OEDeo tiTe eoo I20271717

- I 8118- 19

- 37- 118

~ ! . f t ! !

NO11

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1 h13:2 I- -1m--13

I k1- - 2.1.- - 21 - 2

stuck .

!!! Bul le t holos r i ; h t inboard uing , bomb:lrC:Ucr injurod n 1 Ale /11 and ;"#4 pressure controls - t oo much resistance.1 Ale mocho.nical fniluro . r eason unlcnann .1 Ale ;'(2 an d ii3 cylinder hood tamp flucuatos , #4 prop ran atmy . combat crow porsonno l e r ro r .2 Roturning sparos -as br iefed .r \Von thor condi tiono preventod visual bombing of prim::.ry tarGot


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Ear lies t I

II I 0624 z4 0603 Z19 0611 Z

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FUl2C6 BI.6Il ...c:rr.iJ.lG

I., I n.025

2 g Q R ~ 1 D I y 0 I T IO N OF BOIdaS

Lth.Dill ON AIR _ r u : . ~ CN T.....rlGr.%._-- -.L!vrlilC .. Ii CRI.FTTon ' --"'" "'one 0 ,

299 74 .8 - - 259 64.833 8.2 - - 23 5 .7429 107 . 2 - - 345 86 . 2271 67 .8 - - 196 49.0289 72 . 2 - - 217 54 .2.0

23 5.7107 . 2 345 86 .265 . 0 180 45 .062 .5 190 47 .5

510 127 .5 370 92 .5859 214 .8 672 166.0510 127 .5 370 92.533 8.2 23 5 .7429 101. 2 345 86 . 2

1410 1352 .4

1333913263394025

65

2665339

133

MlSSltl 37D.TE J!il i e b : F \ o l ~ l.9.45I ":"'1'1'!Su.'ED I rlE.'I\! .r{ ED Ua.",m"N

3 .2 27 6.8.7 2 .5 5 1.39.8 28 7.0 17 4.23.3 49 12.2 13 3.353 133 6 1.5 13 326.5 129 323 6 1.5 26 6.5.7 2 ;59.8 28 7.0

10 . 0 40 10 . 06.2 35 8.816 .2 75 I 18 .86.5 129 32.3 6 1 ' .5 126 I 6.5

16 . 2 75 18 . 8. 7 2 .5 5 1.39.8 28 7.0 17 4 233 . 2 234 58.6 28 7.0 / 26 6.5


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UNIT

J i j ! ~ Q . l i 1 ; . I 1;11$100 DATE 19 February 1945

~ E f . r . t ' OPfOS1TluN ANJ) AlI,MUiUT 10N EXl'J::NDlTUrlESEN.eJ4Y Ale DESl'HO'iED &: DAMAGED II AI ,!lI1JNITION EXPENDITURES

I e ( EfA I ,t'.l!. ON DES-WODEL TROYED

14 12 - 1 - - - - 19355 7500 2685574 74 3 4 4 - - - 9309 - 930960 169 17 e II - - - 23230 7500 30730100 221 10 6 9 - - - 37310 12000 49310100 476 30 13 2. - - - 89204 27000 1162042O-2S 28 2 2 5 - - - 23477 - 2347770 66 7

1 9 - - - 33477 - 3347794 9 3 14 - - - 56954 - 56954

570 39 16 38 - - - 146158 27000 1731589 5 59 - 55 2 56 3 76 - 101 - 2-3 1

..... 1 2 3

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. i Q. 1: tnBSION _I);;.m IS F e b r ~ y 19/J.1)

.IRCR.J"I' Les T .um D . \ M . ~ E D PERSONNEL C.\SU.'\I1l'IESJ ~ I R C R , : I F I ' D.\M..OED mRSONrL C:..sU.u:rms

Ef;. Me. . Tota l I__ _' ' '_.. E ll I la k I & " O'Rn other un.. Total Killed Miss .. "Jounded I Totalun- in.cr: I II Flak Mleh . Guns known Mljor Minor E)CpOSUl'eS i.ng

. . . . J .... "'''''"I"j 2 5 - - - - - 1 4 2.58 ' - 6 I - I 6. 6 2 . . . . _ .. .. - 6367" I" _ 1 4 - - 1 - - 2 3 234 I - 11 - I 11" 1t 3 3 3 - - 1 - 4 3 246 - 22 8 30:: - - - - - - -_ I 1 6 9 u 3 .. 1 1 .. 7 18 1107 .. 39 8 I 47- - - - - - - - ~ - 4 - - 4 _ _ 4 - - ~ 1 - ~ ~ 4 _ - - ~ - - ~ ~ ~12 2 _ _ _ - 313 293 I _ - 2 I 2

" - - 3 6 __ _ - - - -- - . 1 11 r- 266 ." " " 5 20 2 _ 1 _ _ 4 24 5591 -- I : I 2 I 2_ 1 I 6 1114 131 ;--;- - - ~ - - -: - 11 42 166:T- 39 10 49

.UPI'lI'. Baa ba y tenia! ".roobeened -to bQVO been drowed a t th e IQJr l I ti.me as th e bcmbs.- - - - - l./O .. prt:e4 on bardBtand ani nils deatroyed nhon n bOttle dnmlge .\le croshed into it on cr(l.sh landing Rlab' W1116 ooUapiled an d tuae).aee broke Bplrt mon .\le ottemptod to turn back into th e for.llJl.tion.1IIrMk1DI: it allArt Just back ot the wi.nBl!J. Front seo tion Det af ire .1u6e4 i n t o . parked .JO on return

......... .


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Ilt.t.~ - ....- ......_....a.rWW4. . . . r.. a' t Low Altl twle 1;U, 6.51 6;57 17 :15 1 '1 03 . , . . t IM or Cl:a.b to B-.b- 1 116 1>00 1.05 1 .03 1 :0SlDC Altitude

""YI. f:lae at BClllb In& . u t l tu.de , . : 40 I 57 I .58 I '4 5.i.Yg. FlylDg I iae U, . :58 14:39 14:49 IS : 17 14: 49Ayg. Di.tance Flown CNaut I ca l .. 1 2674 "45....I r Wi l e. )f'USL OO'stIIPTIOIConsUilled to Target:

. . . . a&'" 434S 4320 4505 4491 4400....... 471 3 4676 4814 11743 48 14l,unlmum 3845 4000 4163 4200 3845Cc.!lSlZled From Torget to Base ,eWe iithOtolt l:o.ltunction) (19) ( 25 ) (14 ) (15) (73)

AVe ro.gG 2119 2340 2066 2105 2162lbx1mWll 2496 221 2 22S5 2230 2498Minimum 16 44 1853 1908 1668 181.4-

Consu;:tcd FrOr::l TQJ'get To Bnse :(..vC J'1th l.!.:l.l fu:\c t ion) ( 2) (2) ( 2) (5)..v6rnge 2145 2210 2435 2263Yo.x il:lWll 2254 2374 2451 24511l1nlJ:11lC 2035 2045 2


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..... ... 6,52 1 . " 1.rr 1 . . .1.11 tS1 .53 , .16 141:55 14;31 H ; 43

...: ; ; -'Ion. (wau.tlca,.:.tr .11.. 175' .. 0 "'28 28.6rtJIL ~ S U I C ' I I m t CoD_ed to ' JUt. ' I--"&" , ... '46' olo451 4-ue...... .700 4856 4856 .. 6Idtda.. 4000 3744 3'744 3"14.';'

Co rs.m.d Pre:. To.rget To 80.11&:( ~ C ?lthout . a l t u n c t l 0 ~ ) ( le) ( .1 ) (>9 ) (" ')

_Ter:l.gI 1911 19-11 1927 2093liax1aum '2 31 2177 2231 24981i1n1mua 1664 1697 16M 155':'

C o n s hOlll T I U ' ~ e t 'Io Base I(,J:; -'1th IOalfunction) ( , ) ( l ) (5) ( l l )- vero.ge 1670 2630 2022 21 5 3~ 1 m u m 1987 2630 2630 25301 n l . J ; u c 178 3 2630 1783 1783

Fucl Used:.. ; ; l . 6,.0 6403 5375 5MI7ll axi.!:Hlm 5850 6719 5850 7152l n 1 c : U l ' : t 6069 6 075 606. 5810

FUJl Rem ln i ng :o . g o 1075 7 1037 .53

~ 1 . t : l \ l l l l 1,.6 1488 148. 1530l! l n lmum 575 6,0 575 "." v ! , ! l . ~ Go. l s . Fue l Co ns um ed

PST Hour [-:1.38.6 ..39.2 439.0 438.0I.v')r age Ga l s . Fue l Co,:sur;-,e d

r aT 1.! 1le I . 30 2. 21 ' . 25 2.23'Icr.J.L COllSUl.ED .11 0 LOST

ON . lRBORtlE . I RCRr.FT 1141996 14968 2 297678 905065

- /e rOT wh i ch dn tll. Cl Te ava l l nb l e.

s . Q. !!. g: .I


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-tItIIIa1_spt tor AH-M)4 or AlI-t.\4J .. 500 (lP cQUDls 543 . 9 lbe._Jabt tor AN-M76 .. 500 m eQUDls 48J 100.; ~ . I A 1 " j p t to r 1I17-A.l .. 500 ...J. e lWltor oqual! IbtI


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L "0& ttoldtR

baw CMSf OJ dR' :t1W 111 iItOI


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1 . Jator_ t.1oaa . Friendly

(1 ) Air

!2..- _ IND IZ NO, XXI BCUBlI OOOIWIII""All1100 12 February 194'

( a) eTr 93 w111 p rovide a ir defense of t he opera t ingbases.( b) Du mbo Service : To fol low .

(2) Naval( a) Lif eguard Submarine; To follo'", .(b) Des t roye r : To fo l low.

b. Enemy(1) Aircraft : e r ~ is estimated to be approximateLy 317e nem y f igh ter a ir c ra f t 1n t he vic in i ty of the t a rge t .'.2) Anti _Aircraf t : There ar e 34 heavy AA gun s in immediatev i c in i t y of t9.rge t . ApprOXimate ly 51 heavy AA guns a rewith in r ange of Ale on planned route of a t t a c l ~ The ree r e a pp r oximately 202 heavy AA guns wi th in 12 mile rad iusof t a r ge t .

2 . Decis i on : The XX I B o ~ b e r Comma nd wil l at tack t a rgets deSignatedbe 10\" on "D" Day.3 . Ins t ruct i ons to Un i t s :

a . 73rd 'j11 ng Objact ive s :i' rlma ry Target Aimi ng r 'oi n t90 .17 - 357 035066

Force Reguired8 Squadrons

Aiming po in t re fe rence on XXI Bombe r Command Li tho i.jos iacNo . SO .17 _ 357 .S8con da ry Targe t~ ' e 'J t ing Ho u asP. and U. area

Ai mi ng Po in t35 0 41 1 45"N1 :59 0 48 1 E

Last Resor t : Any indus t r i a l c i ty .b . 313th Wi ng Ob j e c t i v e s :

P r i m ~ r Targe t90 .17 _ 35 7

Aiming Poin t035086

Force Re qui red4 Squad r ons

i n g poi nt re fe rence on XXI Bomber Command Litho MosiacNo, 90.17 _ 357. S a ~ o n d a r y Target Aiming Po in t

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. . bad. at . ' \ aok : 87 .quadran In column, at tacking wi t.h alDl.u. ' 1 . ' in \e rv . l between combat squadrons. The~ r l . a r 7 'arB" .111 be at tacked by v18ual bombing methodit po.. b le and t.he secondary t,araet. by rada r banbi.ng. . .bod It nec sary .Axis and a l t i t.ud e ot at . tack:a l t i tude of 2 5 tOOO t e e t .

88 degrees tu re at . a base

(3) Time centrol : The f i r o t combat group of' the 73rd 'iiing.111 leave the det>arturc !Join t a t II Dn Hour. The f i r s tcO :1'lba t g r o u ~ of t.he 3l3th Wing 'Ril l leave the dep a r tu repoint a t approximately "0" Hour plus 45 minutes .Route : 73rd and 313th Wings.-- 14400E (Depart.ure f oin t )_ 13715E_ 13737E

_ 13 e3 4E( I P)3:=53N - 13940E3500N 14300280eN - 14 500SASE(1 )(2 )

"Il ' Hour and "0" Day: To fol low.Bomb Load:(a) 73rd ':; ing: A maximum load wi l l be ca r r i ed , con

s i s ten t with safe ty . ab i l i ty of the ind iv idual crewand known charac ter i s t i cs of the i nd iv idua l A/C .S Squadrons wi l l carry 500 Lb GP bombs fus e d 0 .1se c nose and 0.25 sec t a i l fuse .:$ Squadrons wil l carry M_l7_Al incendiary c lus te rsfused to open t.,OOO f e e t abova the t a r ge t .

(b) 3 13 th Vling: 4 Squ adrons wil l carry 500 l b GP bombsfused 0,1 sec nose and 0.25 sec t a i l fuse .(3) In tervalometer Se t t ing: Minimum,(4 ) Bomb ing Ins t ruct ions: Correc t ion for range a r r or due todi t ferent i&l ba l l i s t i c winds wil l be se t into bombsight ,Adjustment wi l l be mude in ord e r t ha t the f4? I of thet ra in of bombs '>"Iill h i t the aiming po i n t .

Sup ... ly and Adm i n i s t r a t i on:a, Emergency Landing Fie lds

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r a . ~ ana ,ar t . lnla. to co_aunloatlon" , . . - r ~ t J r o a .111 be 4.s1lnated to stand - by on channelYIP to r ;oe . tb le surt.oe oratt to Ale cal l s . ShackleaatIIenUoaU_ . t11 be ueed on th h channel. Ale wil l not_11 ... ... oratt.. Dragon _111 be used a8 universal voice... 1 \0 w t \J'S'. AlC. Any Ale reoeiving t rans mission onC'banDel - i l l .Ul upon oompletion ot ca l l . sw i t ch to Channel

aDd .-...der report to Squaclron Leader .o. Fly. \.0 alx Rei: observers with following search gear will bereq1l1red of each "lng a8 )e r regulation XXI Bom Com 100-47.

d-; ."JIl.SOl!. D/C! .S\

Three to tour AN/A.,?R4.Tbroe to tour ABIA?A-6 .

( 3) Dne AJlIAPR ...5 (el c n ~ to h o ANI AflFi-5(5) One to two A N / . ~ Q ..2rr ocdur e : Search fo rand short ?ulse width .to ground channels.

GL end Gel enemy radar wi th high ?H'Search for enemy a ir to a ir and a i r

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""sno\ ___ ..._ of t.he ' 3 rd WlnShlar_" ,o in t a" II IP' Hour. The first.\be 3U5\h .,ina _111 leave the departure

...-.- .. - ----- plua 15 minutes

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In.lI.IIO sak1SQIIO Sak1Jao sak1[)aia sak iHachlJo Jimaparagraph SaChano- Force Requi red to read: ax l mum Effort .

C h ~ e raraoraph 3b-.ange Force R e ~ u l i e d to read: hlax lmu m Ef for tparagraph 3d to r ead.:

D Routes Base170OJ: - 14515 &2500!1 - 14230E271SN - 14053E (oapar ture [Jo in t )2930N - 137373447:1 - 13737E35 40lj - 1383 4E ( IF)Tar ce tS5 53U - 13940E3540N - 14035E260DN - 14500EBnse

change r a p h 3x ( 2) to read:(2)

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Do _ _1'/11C11 - 1451)112SOCJ11 - 1430011211)11 - HOnll (Departure Point)2900II - 1373711,44711 - 1373711n- - 13S,4E Up)Tarsetn53N - 13940E'54011 - 140'5E260011 - 14500EBase

c ~ / p a r a g r a p h } X (1) to read:(1) nD" _ Hour and "DlI Day: 12,OK 19 February 1945

Add to paragrapb 3 X(5) Flight plans will be made in order that formationcaD clear 10.000 ft cloud top expected 3l00N on course.

Add to paragraph 5(n) IFF will be turned off when within 300 miles of the

EI:lpire on route out and turn on upon leaving tbe Empire inroute back.LEMAY

91/D/OPNSCOM. GEN XXI BOM CMD

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