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This repor1: cover. XII 8_.. Ol:: .. .IUuian No. 186, tlawn aga iD It t he Yokohtw'-UrbQ.D InduetriQ,], Uea. OD ZJ Kq 10&5

~ l s s 1 o n 8 No. 184 and 185 were . , . c l ~Missions and the reports will receivespecio.l dis t r ibut ion

... ....Mission No. 183. flown ago.lnst the

Tokyo Urbon Area., h::l.s i1lrelldy been pllbl1she4IlS 0. seplU'Q. te report .

;(II Mission No. 182 wns 0. specicJ. ldsalon

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Tc.ctioo.l RaTro.tive . 1Annex;' - OperatioNl. u t I - Ihvlgation Tro.ck ~ r ,.Par t II - ~ e a n Points o f Impact 11Par t III - Pl ight Ehgincoring Charta. 12Po.rt IV _ Rndo.r "art V - Gunnery. ":lrt VI -Air_Sea Rescuo. ,.Po.r tVII - Fighter Escort t i s s ion R O ? o r ~ 17~ e B - :Veather . . ..P".t I - Weather Sur.:mc.ry. IIPar t II - Forecast Weather ..Observed Weo-ther. ..Par t I II .. Prognostic Map ..Par t IV _ Synoptic Jlo.P. OS..n.nnox c - Communications. ..Par t I - Ro.do.r Counter l.leasures ..,Par t II .. Radio '"4nnOX D - Intell1gonce. '1Par t 1 - Enemy i , ir Opposition Par t II - Enomy ~ n t l o . i r c r o f t . :ISPar t III - Dnmnge ~ s s e s s m e n t . .0,Annox E Consolidated Stat ist ic : l I SUIllmary. ;,nncx F XXI Bomber Commo.nd Field Order nod

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SUBJECT: Roport of ;"ttllck on the YClkobcaa. 1 J r ~ IDlIutrb. l .....29 K::y 1945

TO, C O l l l l ~ . n c H D ! ; General. ' l 'nn"tletb U r Foro_. . . . . . . D.o-1. IDENt'IFIC-iTION CF ISSIOR;0 .. Fiold Order Humber 80, Bc:ulq\l:l.J'Ura m BoDeI' c.-ond.datod 29 Wo.y 1945. chroctcd tho 58th. 73rd . :U3 tht "'.DlI 314.tb ac.laan.-Dont Wings to kko prtrt in :, coordinc.tcd dq l1 ,b t . . .XS . .ct tort .

h 1 g h - ~ . l t i tudo incendinry o.tt-:.ck: all. the ci ty or YQkob:.atl. wiUl t ipt .erescort to be provided, in I I I Bombor CClml:lJ'd iI1UioD -.uaber 116.b . Tr.rget Spcc i f hd :

(1) PriGnrv Visuc.l g.nd Rry:i",r T ~ n o ' t l ;.11 40 "t1lf;1 weNro.sslgncd tho Yokohr-Jnr. Urbr.D Indus t r id .reo. :l.S p r l l 1 l . ~ r y n a \ l e ] . . .r ~ d { " . r te rge t .

(2) No secondary or 10.,t re sor t t . ~ g c ' t a were . , ec i t iod .2. STRATEGY AJ..'D PLANS CF OPERlTIONS:

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Ce'> Ptt.eratM\top gC Bel! Ie" '8.1. The 58th W1ns. which . . . . . . l pN . __polnt. or impact 096012. wu orlpnal ly IIchedulcd to C&l''7' . . 1. . .d1Gr'y olusters . However. due to the lack o f l IUJ' f t l l lanOa OD t.bI..clustor i t become nooollSQ.I'y to e h a n ~ 3 tbo load "to el"'r .r . .bOlllba. fUted to open 5000 t ee t abo" the t a r ~ t .

J.. The 73rd " ' i ~ ftS : : ' ' ' i ~ n c d 2 MU po lauof iapact with 2 uoupa schodulod te l & ~ t a c k e ~ o h point. or u.e 2groups llasignod to striko l:Ielln point of illp'1Ct 123060. 1 p-oup -..to corry AH_1.!47A2 incondinry bombs while th other goup was to CUI'Jclustors of !!69 bo"bs. The 2 groups scheduled to ..trike aau polat:of iqlo.et 079053 wore originnlly dcsigno.tcd I I bom loll4 or E48 ola. . .ten but this wos chnngcd to clusters of l!69 bombs heoll_e ot tb alo.ck of survcillnnce on the E46 type. The \ . "71.2 bClllbs were t",.r:edinst3ntaneous nose while the clusters of U69 boobs .ore fu.ed to open5000 fact o.bovo the t ~ g e t .

1. The 3l3th ling was a5Signod lllOan point o fi.r.I.Po.ct 077110 with one-ho.lf of the force schcduled to co.rry AJf..K47J.2incendiary bombs fuzed i n s t ~ n t a n e o u s DOse, the other holf to c SOO-pound oilllc.ble clusters of 1169 banbs fuzed to opon 5000 tee t aboTatho tnrgot.

.,!. Tho 314th Wing was assigned oeo.n point ofimpact 069062 and scheduled to eo.rry th e s ~ b o ~ b l o ~ d , under theso.mo conditions, as th e 313th fing

.. The cor:lbination of ij':'7 ineendilU'y bo:llbs andelustors of J.l69 bombs had been employod Very suecoufu.,lly in previou.s~ t t a c k s on nixed induetriel and urban lU'oas. I t ~ axpected thAtthis effort would plo.co a ground density of 200 to 225 tons of bombsper squaro mile on th e target area.

(b) B o n b i n g . D ~ t ~ :1. The factors instruacntal in the decision

to use lln axis of attack of npproxiontely 54 dogrees wera: a di. t ln_gulshnble inlt i l l l point casily rocognitable by beth bombors and fight4rescort; 0 predicted Burfoco wind that would keop the moo.n points ofimpact clear of smoke for a ll attacking foroations ; laoll ~ u n t ordr i f t ; and a minimum !1IJIount of anti::lirerQ.1't ocrposition.l . The S m c points of i ~ o c t wore solectedso tha t tho probable c ir cu la r e rror of 4000 foot for eocb would cOYerll11 of the important arens in the city.1. I t was expected that the in i t lol point( ~ o u n t Fuji) ~ u l d ba easily identifiabla and that i t would be aaidcol point for the rendezvous ~ i t h the fighter escort.! . I t was expected th3t tho p e r s p e c t i ~ cbartafor offset bombing. which wore to bo providod for 011 Wins would helpalloviate post diff iculties of b ~ b i n g through ~ o k e i f thoso condit1OD1

should be enCounterod.'" See P(U"t n. Annox ;,.. ~ Litlwmosaic . l" \ll1lJ[ F. tor .,0&Jl, Pota'-Ir:'lpoct.

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tulticipatod dr i f t 1Mro to be tbo SllQO toJ' a ll "Willi . . n . lal t181point WIUI to bo Kowlt Fuj i . _bilo the al t i tude ot attnok ... _io l_patod dr i f t were to be 18.000 t ee t and 3 dop-ooa ript. " .. ~ . . .1 ' .The QXos of n t ' t ~ c k and ground spood to r a l l 4 :'1'111&8 ware p1ulDed . .tollows:

!I.IJl< Axis of A1;Wcls Groynd Speed58th 84 degree. 335 milo. per bour73rd 84 degrees 30 Ill1nutos 338 m11 0S per bour3l3th 81 degrees 30 minutes 332 Cl11.:s per bour:U4th 83 degrees 337 IlI.ilea per bour

(2) N n v 1 n t 1 Q n ~ All 1l.1rcnl't wore to use tba tollDWln.,route :

Baso to Assembly IIto343630N.13B1000Eto3500N_l3810E

R91son tor ChotecTaction1 Doctrine.Lnndfn11. This point would bo on.11y r . c o ~ l 0 4oither visua.lly or by rr.d:u-.This point turns on to tho in i t ia l point andwoos chosen in order to :l.void heD.yY a.nt1nlrorol'tdetonses.

to3522N_13844E In i t ia l Point (Uount Fuji) . Ensily distifiCY1ahable both visually nnd by rndnr. This pointnlso would provide II. good downwind run.

toTargot Yokohamnto3511N_H022E LlUId'/> end.toIwo JltlntoB(l.5o Tnct icnl Doctrina.

(3) Fli rht Encinperior=(0.) Fuo.l t"G50rvo do.to. indioated that Giroratt or tllD58th. "13rd. and 313th V 1 1 ~ a would cnrry ful l wln& l1nd canter Wi. tas .

tor total fuol land of 6750 gallon.. ] t wns indicated that ae.. ortho o.i rcro .f t of tho 314th W i would require. in 34d1tioa to tYll ....

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110 wo.. . .t t . a tod tha t the S8tht 7Srcl, lUll ' 13th WlDp ood4 eu'I7 bomb 10a,d or appro:daa.to1y 1&,000 poul1cl. u.4 tbe SI4.tb I l 10" t i lnpproximnte1y 11,000 pouDd.,

(0) The u.un1'tiCft 1004 to r a.ll 4. ':'IIItp . . . . . . . . . . . . .IIlntod 0.10 1800 pounds per a.1rcrot 't ,

Co) ~ (Q,) I t W0.8 ozpoctled thQ.t ro.d:u- DAnptlOD .. rou'teto 1:I.ndfo.ll woulcl be oxcel lent , since tho cou!"so woud f '\ lQ '1II'a.l1el 1;0the Izu Shichito 151::l.nds. I t was planned th::l.t tho .. 181aDda wORld beused 0.5 tho aocond Dssembly Q.reQ..(b) LQ.ndf'o..ll point (34S530H 13810001) would beoxcol lent fer mnk1ng 3. rador Wind since 110 ia 0. ah:1rp d18tlnct1..point on the coast . Xount PUji . the in1tia. l point..... cOMidere4 to

be the bea t radar chock: point in the orec ~ could be rOCopiaod trc..the lo.ndfo.ll point .(c) Yokohama .0.5 considered to be eJtColloat radar

t a rge t due to 1 ts dis t inc t ive projeot ion Into Tokyo BIl1. I t "'U8 ex pcc-OOd t ha t a l l 5 mean poin ts of ililp:::.ct could b:; beebed by the aynchro.nous rad:u--bombsight techniquo and i f visual conditions should ez ts t ,r o . d ~ could be used to se t up course and range for the b o m h ~ d i e r .

(5) ~ (0.) Beco.use of tho n o t i c e ~ b l o Improwcment in the

Tokyo defenses on recent missions. it wos decided to embQrk 1 m a e d i ~ t e l yupon a fu l l scalo. fu l l time offensive in RCU on both day o.nd ni&htmissions.

(b) I t was planned to f ly 26 RCU obaervers on th ismission in order to ba.:rraga jo.m the froquency b.:md from 190 to 210megacycles and to spot jam the 180 to 190 and 210 to 220 me&acyelebo.nds. Either an APT-lor APQ-2 wns to be insta. lled in each o.il'(luf'to.nd u sproa.d of 2 to 3 megacyclos wus to be uaed it .urf1cient jammorat ~ r o a.vailable. At the time of p lann ing tbe ro \1ero no eloctronicjo.mmors on band for use in the 75 megaoyclo r e ~ i a : I . but i t 'lrllS plllhnOdto continuo the employment of ropo.

(c) I t wns plannod to continuo genor al ,eA rch aadto D/F early_wnrning and ~ n - l a y i n G radar.

(6) Air.Son Roscuel (See Psr t VI. Annox A. for deto.Ua).Tho Navy was f urni$hod with deta i ls of t he m ission nnd the followiD&fac i l i t io$ w 6 r ~ provided: 4 s u b ~ a r i n o s . 6 DuDbos. and 3 surfa.oo orAft.In addit ion to these fac i l i t i ea , tho Navy .ssignod oraah boot , And IDul:Ibos in tho imlllOdiate vicinity of the CCDlIUI.nd bases to oar..,. OI.It Il1r.s en r es cue work Ouring the cr i t ioe l periods of take_ott and 1&ad1n&.This C o ~ n n d nssigned 3 S u p e r _ D ~ b o 8 (B.29's) to orb i t tho subaarlDoposltionll.

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(1) . . . . Air OppottUppl . I p t e r eeoort; .....Tilled. to r th i i ..l of t . 11 le . the ..,. t lp te r ""aetIt b . t ide . . ... oOlUl14."d. to b . 1:111 hip.." of ... t lp te r o _Vo l I ..Jllpu .,i.... I t ... alao .cilled. Uaa1: 1:'- 8_ . ' . 1"-1 ..Q. quick ' b r .u . . , . tr. . ' the 1:"'1810 are .. to 'tM . . . . 81.. u.. .7..__t ighters have shown l l t t .1 . tend.acy to tollow tre. 1. . . . . . . .

(2) IM p pn1j1QirClgl1j1(..) In the Yokohall..-IlLWUaJtl deteDse . . . . . . u ....

wtlre 101 heayY guns thAt c ou ld be er rect! . . . ngnln.st I l1 rcnt t iD u..t o rg . t area . 11'1. ~ d tiOD 't o thes . guna there _1 '0 tbe toUniDI 1Idjo .or idefendod arOll.e: ZMIa (woat of Tokohaal::L) - 18 ' -a. . , . pal;Hlrlltsuka. (southwest of YokohQmn) - 62 b e l l ~ ~ l iaarlLlli hutYokoh&lllQ,) 18 boOoVY guns. Tho ZQlDIl and Ihl l . ru l l det - . 1 4 DOtbe ::Lvoided on 10M pla.nned route bu t tho H 1 r : ~ : t a u k l L dotol'l. WOQ],d be .

(I) I t _o.s decided th:l.1o the force would . f roo the west . t l I a k i ~ 1:l.ndto.l1 west of Qna.c-8o.ki ::Llld l l . Y o i e l i ~ tbDShhuokll llnd S himhu d efe nso s cn route to the Inl1oloJ poInt . Tbi_at tack from tho Wl3St would take the a I rc ra f t dowmr1nd, u.Breby _ t a r i ...!lIly reducing an t i a i r c ra f t effect iveness because at the iner.a_eelground speed of the o.ircraft . This o.xts of llttc.ck 1IOlild alao enabletb:l o.1rcraft to llvoid the Tokyo defenses (to the north) and th&Hlrlltsuko. ond Yokosuko. dofenses (to the south) . ond would bringc.1rcr:U't undor f i re for the shor tes t possible t ice CrOCI th& - . a l l oa tnumbor of guns.

(c ) h b r e a k ~ w c . y to the southeast was recomaol'l.404.This would bring the aircrc .f t wi th in range of the 11a;U"0.Z\I detense .bu t would o.void the larger defenses o.t Kowo.sQki llnd YokoslikA.

3. EXECUTION OF THE MISSION:0. . Ip,ko-off: Tako -off WllS o.ccomplishod 0.15 Collows:

Aircraf t F i r s t l..ircroJ't Last .Urcrllttc11ine: Airborne Take-ofr t c l s e ~ o t '56th 1>' 281644% 381813Z73rd 14. 281707Z 3818UZ313th ., 28170lZ 3U80U314th 2816tQZ 2I1807ZXXI B.C.Totol 510- .2e164.0Z 851824Z

b. Route Out! Long rQ!'l.l;8 nn:v1to.t1on a.s accoIIPl1sbit4 byc. ircroft proceedinl; indi1'idunlly to the _ing o.sselllbly t oM ' . .......bl ios wore o.ccompliahod without dif f icul ty excopt for 1 s r o ~ thathad s l ight troublo in forllling. Thil group 10f t th o o. .. . ~ l ! I b l y nro& 8l II inutos lo. to Tho o.bovo tot41 doos not include 4 Supor.Dumboa 3 lo.v1ca.tloaaloscorts for f ighters .

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(1) PEt,?" ' lM_ ' " '1 , . t - - .1I I ._ r __ . . . .d l t l ou olear o n r U . t.arp-t. bu.t . . . . part1a117 . . -A __ ......dur1ns la te r p hu e. of tile attooJr:. 'farpt: llJ"Ia DIlftpUpl1eed In. . a t : IMtuae . by ra4D1'. A ' to ta l o f t66 d r on r , .2S69.15 ton.a of !Do.ndlar,. bcab. BD.d clu teI ' . on. the p r ' tu 'ptItrCllll. 2tOOaIZ to 2510!30Z a. t .1tl1:Ud.o. f r o . 11,600 to 11.000 r... !Isreehundred ..nd t1ve a.lrorot't bcabed 'rl'Wl.l1y GDll 1. " ...d d1:lln'ro.dar or by v1sllIl.l .1sh-tlnt on r eferebCe or ot t . " polat .

(2) I o n e t . o( OpROdjaaRib. (See Couol1d...d 8taU t l en t SUlIIII!U'y. Annex E. fo r bret!Jcdown of 1o:u'&Cta o.Dl1 typoa of .....droppod) Twenty-two o.1rcrnf't, one of whieh llJ.ao ~ b e d the pr lau 'ytnrgct . bombed 11 ta.rgot. of opportunity dropping lao," tou o f b1,OOndlQJ'Y bOlllbs o.nd c lu . te rs ,

(3) ROMindor of Fore t ; Thirty-f ive l l . i rent t _1'0 aoa-e f fec t ive ,d.nine B-29' IS

Route BaCk: The return route 'W:18 flow. ... b rie fe d, t b 1 ~ ..landod a t l Jima.

e, Landing: ~ i r e r n f t l ~ d o d nt b ~ s c . under good ..a.ther COD-dit ions 0.8 follows:

= P i r s t Ljl.Dding Ln t [grjlinc58th 290629Z 291021Z?3rd 290613Z 29090SZ313th 2906222 200903%3140th 290110Z 2911SiXXI S.C Totel 290613Z 29115SZ

f . Lossos: Sovon B-29' s wore los t duo to tn o fonowingroo.sons: enemy o.iroro1't - 1; enemy l lnt iairornf t .. 3) ehlllllY o.ircroJ'tnnd an t ia i rc raf t 1 ( th is n ir cr of t di tched); unknown - 2 (bo th o .i rcrClft ditChod).

g. Oporg.tions Sumnry i(1) Neyh:g.tioDI (Seo ;"nnex;", P('.rt I . te l' tra ok ChlU't),(2) Bombing;

(a) Tho &roo,test dif f icul ty onceuntored Of t I ' thetargot wna from I ~ o k o CauGed by b e ~ b l dropped by ear l ie r f o r a ~ t i o D a ,Two fonna.tiens fror.l ono of tho Wlngs foned to bClflb the prilllll'Y t a r -got Ona of t hose formations ~ 1 6 8 o d th e in l t ia l polnt ~ l the 1 .dp l ~ O of the othor ha.d nn inoperative rtt.dtt.r sot OZid fal led to r.)il1_quiah the lead posit ion. Genoral ly . the f l r a t r o r m ~ t i e n a intot:l.rgot l;U'ee. had &000 v i sun l runs o.nd bOll\bod clecr tc.rc-ou. The l a te7f o ~ e t l o n l . becauso of extreme sooke conditions. wore coapelled tou ~ offset reference polnts for their b O l l b l ~ . Somo fenantlena a) tered ceurse frelll tho b rie fe d axis of atwclr> bcc411.e or iu tor tereM.from other formctlona r l y i ~ e coll is ion O O ~ 8 0 .

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314th ~ n 0. raw of tho seth: ' iror.l l ' t of th o 73rd c.nd 313tb

c.) 1100 ...... 'IIa& _.s._ ~ " " , c " ' i I l"t1 In & drol 'o t t . It 1_ pI. . . . 1:e r . , t a - ..... ....ts.-* ., tJpo . . . 8008 U . . e1lttlo1eD1; . , ,11" ou.1te....... ...CL1l'01'att axperlenood 4tn'loult;y with ,....Uo . . . . . . . .wvo I . . . othor allltllDOt.!oQa reported.,(0) Moun't ' u J l . the la1t1a.1 ,o lu t . . . . .ouW.....'lOry lIlII.tlatoctory lmd .. . Gully idemitled acconttDi to repor1:a rr-.

a ll lfin&lI. The e.xia ot e:t'tD.ck 1m8 cODe:1dered hlp.Iy . . .t1l1fao1:or7 . . . . .Ca.UIlO of ' tho nwaoroua obookpoin1:a aIolll; tM cour. . . 1'bo .._ .... t r I f ' troportod wns 6 d 6 ~ r e o . le t t . ':"11 fon..:t1Oft11 wcn on r tba ..p t:wi1;h1n. a. poriod of 6a minute_.

(3) P1icbt Encin3er inc ' (S ~ ~ _, Part Il l . torcharts, Bnd Consolidated S t ~ t l s t i c c l S ~ r y . ~ B. tor deta i l . ) .

(0.) Bun t i n 01' the IU"loD .. rIOJA'.1. Climb Md Cruhe to JAQ9,P' Ind1TldQQ.1 a l r

crtU't IllleoMod to th3 c r u 1 s i n ~ o.l 10i tud,) of 5000 t e e t end aa.llll.ta.lae4tha t 0.1101 tude for 4 bours, wMreupon they !lsccndod to 9000 too t wbBregroup Qsacmbl1es waro ~ e c O l : l p l 1 s h e d . ;" th i rd cllob, In tom.etlon.o l o v ~ t c d the forces to the bombing ~ l t i t u d e or 18,000 r ~ e t

..;. Cruise to Up Target I Tho b O D b i ~ f \UIoonducted without di f f icu l ty in colUlJfla of 1IC!.uc.drona.

Return to Base! The bes t return ..a.a . adoby ~ l r e r a t t eruis ing ~ 15,000 fee t unt i l 100 roo t per minutol e t do\tn could be m ~ d e .

(b) Comments on the l.liaslon!.1. Bomb loa.ds were Q.ppro:lC1..c.o.tely 1000 pOIlDda

loss thnn nnt icipnted..&. Most of the17ing o . i r c rd t cc.rrled 0. bomb bo.y tr.nk.

~ i n g s did not Cntry bomb bo.y tankS.(4) Rndnr: (See J"nnax A, Par t IV, to r rado.r roport ) .(5) Gunnery; (See ~ n n o x ft, P ~ r t V, fo r dota i la) .(6) 1,ir-SoQ Rescuet (See J.nftGl'C .:., Par t VI, to r cho.rt)

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(1) BmIJ. (Boo ADIlU O. PU't 1, to r de'taU.). .,. . . . .t h e RCII eba.ryon pllr'tiCipa.ted on W e as.. . lol1. . . . . et ' .oUft ly ...ployod jlUBll1ng 'to.Ctica on OD811 J'll.w.

(2) Rdio t (Soe.wtJJ)x C, P u t I I , tor 4llta.lb). ~ r wore numeroua instllllCea of hoa.vy Interi'erellOo, both aDO.,. u4 looal ,on th l 11 1ll&l;D.cycle frequency. Other frequencios J'c.coiftld oal,. ,_instances of intorferenCo. Thore _ r e DO 9iolo.t1one: or olU'lty UIIllnot discipline was fair for the most p ~ r t .J. Intell lc9OCo SWDJDAry,

(1) Booey 411' Oppositionl (Seo ~ n n o z D, Part It tordoto.ils). Bot_en 140 and 200 Ja.paneso t1l :htou Intorcept.od thB B-.'.Md thair P-Sl oscorts on thlll misdon, Tho 8_29 l s encountorod 55 1;060 f ighters that Clade o.pproxient:::ly 110 o.tt::'CIcIl on tbB B-29 toraatioDli.One B-29 was l o s t when it was J'llIllr.l.cd by an ODllc.y' f lp t . . J r O'I'or tblI tar-got and 4 8-29 's -.era dru:.a.god Il S .3. resul t or Il.tt.:l.clu by enom;y a . 1 l " O r a t ~8_29 Crews clo.lccd 5 enGI:IY aircraft dostroyod, 5 probllbly deatroye4.and 9 d(lJ';lo.god.

(2) Enel:ly nt1airero1'tl (Sao :.nnex D. Pa.rt. I I . to rd G t ~ i 1 s ) . In gonero.l. t.ho antiaircraf t over the t a r ~ e t a ron . .. .. 10tense, o.ccurato. and of heavy caliber. Continuously pointod and pro.dicted concentration types of f iro control wore t aost. froquently reported, 0.1 though 0. shab lo numbOl" of burages -.ere observed,

(3) Damago bsessmantl (See ~ n n c x D, Po.rt I I I . fordobUs ) . (a) Damage to Y o k o h ~ a . city o.S 0. resul t ot th hmission totals 6.9 square miles (a.pproxima.taly 3d par cent of thoontiro c1 ty).

(b) Indus tr ia l damage in c ludell 20 numbt3red tarsotadMlo.god o r des tr oyed .

(c ) Tota.l damage to Y o k o h ~ J a is now 5.9 .quarO m!le.or 44 per c ~ n t of thG entire ci ty.

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Il., '1'borG were 4.01 op0l"atift lJVAPQ-13'. OIL taJce ..,operative O'f'Or target (9:5%), aDli "" oporAUn OIl rewa (etI).'b . ';'zlmlolth atabilhat lon wu Iolaed on bOlllbiPl; nD 'by .,. alrol ' l I t t .

(G&iS).o. The nVUo.ge mo.:dm\Dll ro.ngo or J.I/APQ-13'... 61" _ _"0&1

miles nt 18,000 t ee t .d. The o.voro.go maximum ro.nge of l"o.4ar bO(l.Con reoept.1on ,.. 1"nnuticnl miloa nt 12,000 teo t .o. Tho o.'I'oro.go mo.x1mum ro.ngo or A.R/AJ'Q-13 on IGDdf'o.ll poia t ..

50 nnuticnl mlleS at . There wcro 2 tniluros of ioN/J.PQ-U roported by lead c d r o l " ~ .&. Thoro woro 8 fniluro8 of ;.w .i;PN-4. 1 or SCR-695. ud 1 atsdR".o7l8 a

'" Loro.1 thO ... r.go moximom range of o, . ' poo . ' for gro"",, . . . .wus 556 nnuticnl milea with fixod o.ntenno. 619 I 1 Q U t i c ~ l . I l e .with t ra i l ing wire o.ntonno.; for sky Wll.vea I t - .a '195 btUlticalmiles with fixed a.ntenno. nnd 911 ~ u t l c o . l milos with tra.111QSwire o.ntonnna

3 . COlIImentiilja.., Thero wore 11 ro.do.1" relOo.lIOII and 9 1t1auo.l aightingll OD. ro r

eronce or offsot point8 reported. Ono hundrod Md ~ a ' t y nine nircrai ' t dropped on tho so reho.ses a

b . The IdontifiCp,tlon of 1D.ndto.ll. inltio.l point. Ilnd DOtLDpoints of tmpact by radar was reported in nIl co.lIe. o.agood.

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Pj1g VI .. p l ' lIXU.....n . t o l lma s S . tho npor t t i t tu 0 "" .. a..d. f tJPlp.1oer eo..DDd, JU.J'I'O.i. '1'b1. apDOJ' S. 110' a aDS' fIl W . 0 ..,but; 1'ta report S. repr04u.a04 horob .. a ll SIlPRturt: , . , fIl w..COllIIIland'. opero.t1on. DILd in order that the oc-pl . te pl. . . . ., ...

m1..1on a q bo pr..ontecl by tho .m Bc.1Ior a ' fan tod a .d_Roportll.

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MI IOD -'-ber 161Plo14 0r4er 10. lo tDo.to or 10828'" lK5

1. 0 .. OW' Porcos (Air ) ; 101 P-5la.b. Enomy Forces (.'d.r): 140 to 150 ol:l._y f i lSbton, ZobTojos, Jo.cks, Ho.mps. Hicks, O s c ~ r . aDd Georges in tbnt order, withZokea ~ TojoS reprosenting over 60 per cent at the total .

Our Lossos: :) P-Sls o.nd 2 p i lo t s t l iUifl5.Enemy Losses: (Air) 26 destroyod, 9 probc.bly dostreyed,

15th Ftr Gpl Destroyod (Air) 6 Zekea, 2 TOjos, 2 Jeck2 &cps, 1 George. 1 lick:Toto.l 14,

Probnbly Destroyod (Air) 4 LOko 2 J ~ c k a .1 Oaccr; ToW " .Do1lIOoged (; ' ir) 5 Osco.r" 2 Tojos. 2 I 1 H!1Dp. 1 Jack. 1 TIS u.n.ident if ied; Totnl 12.

21st Ftr Gp: Destroyed (Air) ., Tojo,. 4 Zekes. 10aco.: ';Total 12.Probably Destroyed ( ~ i r ) 1 rojo. 1 Zeko.Tobl 2.DaDaged (Air) 6 fojos, 4 Zoke'. 1 SIS ~

ident i f iod; Total I I .NOTE: Above claims o.re subject to confirmntion by tho

Claims Board.3. },!ission To.rget: VLR r ighter nOCTt of t".aximum . r r o r t JX.tBombor Com=nd miGaion ngo.inst Yo\':ohnmll.. 29 l.:o.y 1945. per VU FepO Ro. 1.O5l.

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1 0 S 0 ~ 1 l 2 01308-14811Nnrnt1n; l ;. to ta l or 101 P-5h c:r th e VII P i ~ b t ; . r C ~ a D d . . 0 ' "cz.1rborno a t 0639 to oseort B ~ ~ s on ll,Il. incendio.ry raid on YQkob_o..Rondet.vO\lS with Navigator B-29s 'If::".s . :zd. a t 10.000 t t 0".1 ' lib 10CIJfa t 0700. ;"pproxlmo.tely 275 miles r r o ~ b:zse on course to tbe tarC.'" tbe

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t lp l luw l e t . . . . . 1SOD t., 1lo pt \:.a.'" _ MIt......... tID _,000 ten'll,. tM u. _ 111= i!IAt ..... " oo.el' lD1 t l p t a n eHOJ"tel ...f t . ~ *'Point wh11. ' 1 P-518 well:t W t i l . I Id ' ta l Paiat t pq l -..) l i l i i i iup the boUer s u e _ . 'l'be bollben U'rt 4 ~ : the JP 1a e 1 - w . ..trca :s 't o 12 o.1rcrot-t. and as aGoah .1 ' Wi'De4 tOIIU4 . . . . . . . . . . .crOll a. fUpt o t r l p t e r . jolllOll 1IP with I t , tl7h& parallel . Ia tallMd nbcllt 2000 t e . t Il.bon the 'baab... wi'tll acae t lp- tw_ 1IOI'Ul fl6 ..bOlllbol' sveOJll, And 'OlIIe south or I t . The fish-tor. tl__ taDl . q ; p ~into the targot 11."0., and then Illa,d. leOOt1U1l8 a.nd returilM to tM JPto pick up mol'o 'b0lll'b81"8. 1f t thl l l 'WQY 1:be 'b0lD'bor avo. . . . . patron..trClll 1000 't o 1110.'I'ho Ur l t airborne 8nomy were ODCOIlDter04 1ft tha TlOlal t r 01 "'-.s::airfield on tile Wf1Y into the ta.rgot. o.ltbouSh tho IIll.jorlty or la ter .CGPtlolUl CQlIIG af ta r 'bombs a."'D.Y' with 8011,8 3/:. tol lowlnc 0\11' tOl'C08 Ufa r ::l.S the RP. I t 15 88tlm...ted th.".t the P-Sb oQCoWltered: ltD 1:0 ISOanomy f igb tors . the ml;jorl ty or 1fh.ich wor8 lekas, ClJld tM r ~ l l 4 _TOjos, Jo.Cks. B...mps. OSC:lTS o.nd G e o r ~ l . M::.DY or the Q . ~ o b I ap1D8tour f ightors were froe high astorn. I t was notod t h ~ t the JnpQDes. ianearly overy ~ t t n c k had an ~ l t i t u d o ~ d v n n t n g o or ho d1d not olos Mowtof the ~ t t o m p t e d attacks on tho boabcr s appeorcc!. to bo bo::.4 OD or bellyat'tack:sa The J::.panosc f ighters wero IIlUch IIIOre :l.ggroae1vo towv..rcl oarf ightors during this cission thnn on l1Ily previous muloa . aaJdllf;numerous coordinated nttaoks with frOQ 3 to 7 pl::.n08, but i t ~ foundt ~ ~ t our mutual support tacticsaa.scissoring..aworked very well 1 .discouraging the enemy frotl closing rnnge. Ono f ighter ~ o u p Teor t .' thnt in overy co.se where mutual support was flo'lfD the eaea;y broke otto:ttnc't., Japanese evasive tact ics a."Id breuc:w::l,vS consisted of Rl1 t -e ....i o l l o ~ d by divos to m1nimum al t i tudes. and slow t ight turns u . l ~ flaps.Friondly fighter pilots found t ha t th eir spoed advantage was u s u ~ l ,cnough to evade tho enemy i f they were hard prossedaDuring the time spont in the tor get are::. P-51 pilots d.strayed as.probnbly destroyed9 o.nd d:\.lll.::.ged 23 enecy ~ r c r ~ . . f t . Prioftd,ly 1easosover tho target woro 2 P-Sls an! pilots . nnd third pi lo t p ~ o . c h u t o ~during the return to base, but wns picked up by a sur face rescue v.ssel .Four P-SlS were da.mo.godaFlak was hec.vy and leu-gely of barrnge or predicted concontrationtypes, intense to ~ d e r a t e . varying according to reports c f pi le ta~ r i v i n g in the ~ e ~ i t h different sections ct the bomber s t r o ~ P1akc ~ ~ o from YokohQmQ, Tokyo and the Kisnratu n r o ~ 8 . Lnr&o ~ i t e burstswere reported. nnd small black bursts. closely spaced. :JUtudos r ~ froc. 15.000 to 20.000 feet .Plnne5 baded o.t bn80 fro,," 1348 to 1425. One F'-51 wns M ~ r t i , . .during this mission becQuse of aechanJcnl difficult ies . P-61a at t VII Fighter Commnnd guvo nnvi&ational assistanco t return1ng righterswithin sevoral hundred miles or base.

S. 0.. \'feather: At take off Clnd onrouto vll11b1Uty If;a. Wl11aite4excopt while p Q a s i ~ through 0. weoJc: no.rro. frcnt:ll lono 7S _Ue . DoOr""of 1'10 where l ight sho1\'ers reducod V1l1ibll1ty to 1 D.118a Oyer ta.rgotthere Vloro O V e r C o . 8 ~ cirrus at 24.000' with Q. ftnt scuttero4 101\' olo.ll4a.Visibi l i ty Wall IS miles. Return Qon4itioDS ",,,re shlJl1ar to outcP1A5except for some increaso in oloud DOver and l1&ht ahe-oro eb. CommunlcQtion': DU functioned wel l exoopt tor ~ l a t e doC.ses of poor reception and of weak t r o . n s ~ s s 1 o n .

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22/63

8. Rgark ' I Plair: OYer the t" rc . t wu report.a u . , u r a t e tointens. , and Q.CCllJ'fLte fL8 to the oltl1:lld. or the babe r . . 'two . . . .were ..en to go down 0" '1" the tu@;.t. oblI one WIL8 ob rN4 'to b"of frw, th e bomber . t ro.., mok11l8 badly. but UIMl_ ooatro1.La.rgo f i re . were ob.erved U ' l s l ~ troa Yck:obaaa. ..,.01&117 1a ... OUthOl'b section or tho ci ty . Bi11011. ot b1:l,. . . . . . 1"0 ' . u 12tODOfeet, with flcmea visible through the IIll1Oke. B O l I b i ~ Wll8 repor'tecl uextremely a.ccurQ,te, with bumerous firea being obaerved ~ f L t e 1 y atterthe f i r s t ph,nea of th e bombor strOQII Md p ~ a o d the 'bI.rg.t ore".Enomy fighters attQ.cked uaunUy in U0 l l p l of throe 1:0 t h e . 'bu.t 00one occa.aion the atta.cking group of Zokea nwabDrod on. 'eI'J' t_ t:4tho o.tta.cks ",ore prossed by Q, Single pla.ne. ;.ttnok ....so f ica 6o'clock, for high stern pa.sses, in molt instancos. but in . l.olo.tedinstances tho enemy fighters Q.ttompted headon Gnd 10ide pa. . . . . . Inmost cases, positive action by our pilots . sucb ea t u r n ~ to . ee t purSuing enemy. or jUlllping an cneelY who waS pursulftt :l.nether or OllFplanes, suf ficed to cause hio to brenk-off ~ to adopt det.asi tact ics. These defensive measures, consisted of aplit-eaaing, loa1ao.ltl'tude rapidly. then l eve ll ing off in a dow, t ight turn to the le t t ,using n::.ps; the enemy thus util ized the high maneuver::.bility of h i.p l ~ o , turning inSide of our P-51s. cuasing them to ovarshoct. SeveralTojos, when attacked. pulled up. snapped over on tbeir b ~ e k s , and~ t t e r . I p t e d to come down in posi tion over the :l.tt=.cking p l ~ . l 1 o . but wereu n ~ b l G to execute this mAneuver successfully, In those i n s t ~ c . s inwhich our fighters were forced to run from Tojos, th ey had no dlffiGUltyin l e ~ v i n g them. The considored jUdgment of the pilota as to enemyfightor nctivity ~ that the e n e ~ y was aggress ive. but did not prossh i s advantage.

b. 0",.119' Qeum g1t .u.106 pllDD11 p - ' ...... p,1l0De OOuaaM ,II' pl.... tSl .S . . . . . . . pll_ per plaDe. 67.5. .,1,'...

In evary attack. enemy planes hod an n l t i t ~ d e a d ~ n t a g e ~ threeto fivo thousand feet. and appoared reluctant to attack when on thes ~ level. llutuol support wns used by our pilots quite effectivolyfor purposo of driVing eneay n i r c r ~ t off of the t - i la of our pianos.In overy caGO where ~ t u a l support or SCissoring ~ tried the eneaybroke off.

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PLA1IIII" l 'lIlElWlr8A8iES. 4110 low cloud, balle 2000 rt, top. 6000 tt 1n .om1nI Uld -.-17 IIttelrnoon, increasing to 6/10, baae 1000 rt, top 8-12,000 t t wlth . . . . . . . .,5/10 m1ddle cloud, baae 12,000 f t , top. 14,000 t t in evea1aI-ROUTE, To 170NI As baBee.To 261!1 !I/iO low clow:1., baae 2000 rt, top 6000 tt . 1I1tb .Cld:teredtopa t o 10,000 ft..:ret 29:-,. 6/10 loy clouds, bale 10-l200 f t , topa s..J.O,OOO f t , 1.D/lO

l.ayered IIl1ddle cloud. base )2,000 r t , top. 17,000 t t , 7/'10 h1&b clouda t 25-30,000 f t , a l l break1ng slowly to north.To C08llt. 4..6/10 low cloud, base 1800 tt , top 5-7000 ttl )/1JJ dddlecloud, base 14,000 f t , top 16,000 f t , d1.a1niab1.ng to D1l b7 coast e s .cept west of 1)60 where weak f rcnta l conditione enat to coast.

TAROE.1'SI 8nd NaAAVt ) / 1 0 l cloud, base JOOO f t , top 5CIOO t t , 6/1Dh i c oUd at=)0,000 f t.Operational Forecast

Base a t Take Ort. )/10 low c loud , base1800 f i , to p 5000 t t ; .(/10 m1ddle cloud,base 14,000 f t , top 15,000 t t ; 2 /10 highcloud a t )0,000 f t .Route OJ.tl To 200zi1 Same as bases.a:lON to 240U I )/10 low cloud, base 2:>00ft, top 5=7000 f t ; 3110 h igh cloud a t28,000 !'to2405 to 260lh 4/10 low cloud , base 1800ft, top (:IJOO f t j 3/10 rrl.ddle cloud at2 000 f t ; fog a t 1'1'0 Jioa..260N to 28ON: 8/10 10';1' cloud , base 1000f t , top 8-15,000 f t j 10/10 middle cloud,i n lo!'yers between 10,000 and 20,000 it;8/10 high cloud a t 24,000 f t j v i s i b i l i t y6 miles 10\"l'ering to 2 mUes in l i g h t tomoderate shot1ersl l ight nIBe icing.280N to JOoth 5}10 low cloud, base 2000,tops 6000 f t ; 4{10 middle cloud, base12,000 ft., top 14,000 f t j 8/10 high clouC!a t 24,000 tt.JOON to )40111 4/10 107 cloud, base aJOO,top 5000 t t j 3/10 d dd 1e cloud, base14,000 t t , top 15,000 f t ) 6/10 high clouda t 26,000 f t .TArget: 3/10 low claud, baee 2000, top5QOO tt; 4/10 hign cloud a t 26,000 it;rl.151bl11ty 10 mUes.

Weather Encountered3/10 low cloud, base l8'JO t t , top6000 t t with scattered Diddle aDdhigh cloud J v i 51b i l l ty 12 lI11es.

2-4110 10'lT cloud, base 2000 f t , top6000 f ' t ; d . t h occas1onsJ. tops to 12,000and s ca tte re d patches o f J:d.cldle cloudto front at 260", vbere I e . cloudcreased to 10/10. tope t.ooo t t , withff!ff bUllding to base of layered I d d ~ l ecJ.oucls at 9JQO f t . North or h o n t ,tth1ch extended for 1SO miles, cloudgradually decreased to 2/10 low cloudin scattered patches with middle c loudr i s i n g to lsyers or broken high cloud,base 18,000 t t , topa


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30/63

1. P'alpoela. To'" ....17-_ lUIlI ~ Q i I I c __b. 'ro cont1n\1e . - reb in the 38-JDOO ., rtrI1Cl11.e. To barr J u tbe jpUlt-JQ1JII nden in tile 190210 .e baDd arid to spot .1- tbe leo..J.90 .e beDd. or to t1U .., ....

in the barrage in an erfort to reader the _.., ndaoeuaele88.2. llethoch

a. Twenty-tlve observer" participated and uaed the fol1ml1Dltypes of equipment to accomplish the aeucb and JaD1DIl UIL4, A P APA-6, APA-24, APT-l, and ~ b. .In attempt was made to ins ta l l an electronic Jaa.r, e1tbes'an APT-1 or APQ..2, on each airplane bUt due to fICIU1.J*eIl.t ahortes_ ...groups were not able to do 80. .lJ..moet every ~ r o D 1.Dd1v1dual.17covered the complete J8.l:II:U.ng bend (190-21.0) using a epreed hoe 2 to4 IlIC depending upon the equipt:lent avallable. 'nI.e J. .ers .ere turI1ed

o ff 50 Diles beyond land I s em!.c. &:lot jacmera -.ere employed to Ju any radenthat aopeared in the lSO-J.90 IIC and 210-220 me baDds.

J. Re5Ults:a. The 190-210 l'J,C band was thoroughly covered by JIJIIIU.DIt.ransc1tters except in a few cases in 1lh1ch gaol appea red due to ear lyreturns or malfunctions of equ1pl:lent. These gaps .ere IDled b1 spot

jaemers rihenever possible.b. .1 jem-and-look-through procedure used b1 the spot J. . .eroperators revealed that radars cel18ed operation allowing th e Juma 'to be tuned to another radar.c. Effective search in th e 200 mc region ~ not poeeib1.over th e mainland bec/l.tae ot the interfarence caused by the J. .ersand because the obsc:rvers were operat1ng spot j&mllle:rs at this time.The follO\"T1ng intercepts were cedel

Characteristics Location ! ! ! ! l l i ! !!." ! le!00071 0455 :l4 ,J2i,()N 1J850E 052945 0957 21 121 .. CIIIrxm. aJOO 07 35,))N IJ9.J)E 052945 1105 21 121 OL rtrllJ}ocnn 3000 07 J5JON 1.J9t.o 052945 llDO 21 = QL rtrllJ}00078 JOOO 07 J4JON 1)810 052945 1""" 21 121 S OL rtrllJ}00078 3000 10 J515N 1.t.o.JOE 052945 1110 2 l 121 S QL rtrllJ}00080 04'10 "" a3JON 14215 052945 02Z1 21 l22 P EO 0000000090 0750 lJ JJOOU 1)8JOE 052945 1007 21 121 S ... 00l0l00ll>00090 1500 12 J.ll0N 1J8.JOE ",2945 lC"" 21 121 S ... 00l0l00ll>OOlOJ 0950 lJ .3305" l)950E 052945 2)24 2 l l22 P .. 0010103)2001413 0490 08 .3J05r1 13950E 05294, 0200 21 l22 P .. OOlOJ00156 0495 10 2700N 14135 052945 O?OO 21 l22 P ... 0000000156 0",," 14 )l3ON 1.40.20&: 0529'05 0"'" 21 l22 P ... 0000000156 0495 09 2"105N 142l.2E 052945 O?OO 21 l22 P ... 00l0}

*A _ Or1g1n ""B _ Method -0 _ Rellab1l1t,.

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Qluacter:1R1c, I.ooat1aa Pm! :bl!! .!!. ! ! .!!. !!I! J:aa00158 09 ""51 l39.l2II 052945 ua4 21 122 ' -0163 o47l 08 26 /00 I I1_ 052945 0?l5 21 122. -0188 0?lI0 15 335211 lJ9J'/B 052945 2371 21 l22. 00102005!1000/4. UnuBU81 s ignals intercepted trere.:?>3/1000/10.

******PART I I - RADIO

1. str ike ReportSI 'lhere were 59 str ike reports reee1Y8d b7the ground stations. Tventy were transaitted by the 7)rd '71111, 1-'by the 58th, 15 by th e J].4th, and 10 b y Ute 3lJth. ':'he 'nrd W1Dareported that one aircraf t relayed a strike report fOT another a1r_craf t unablo to contact the ground station d\.Ie to faulty eqW.JI5Clt.

2. Fox Transl:lisslonsl The 73rd i7ing re"lOrted that l3 l radiooperators out of 135 received 8 POL-tyee , , message trlll1sa1ttedby the ground station prior to Boobs Any, 'the 58t.h Wlng sent ODe"Dummy" l:Iessage which was logged by P/7 operators out o f 12.4 aircraft.over the target. Eighty_five oer cant o f aircraf t radio operatorllof the J13th Wing received and logged a Fox-tyPe message tran&l1ttedfrom the ground stat ion. Reasons g1van for aircraf t Dot r eed v1ngthe messages included being on interpbona over the target, pzoeparincstrike reports, faUlty equipment, weak eignals, and etoosnher1ce.J. Freguanc1cel The ?Jrd Wing reoorted heavy interference,both enecy and local , on i t s 11 megaoycle frequency. Frequency

11080 kcs received intentional. 0\7 jamm1n8, interfero.nce froo JfBA andNDIB, and radio t el etype s ignal s. !.eUon has been teJccn to a ub stitute a new frequency for 11080 kes which i s used quite exten!l1ve17by the ?Jrd ';;ing a i rc raf t despite the heavy inhr fercnce . Otherfrequencies received only 8 feo instancoe or intar1'erence. FollOldns1s 8 percentago breekdonn. of t ra t f lc De%' t'requencYI 16 per cent OIlJ C1Bgacycleal 26 oor cent on ? oegacyclesi and 58 par cent on 11tlegacyc.lee.

4. Nav1B"t1onal Al(\sl Ten requests tor JF/f)fI' bellJ'1ng.receive


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5. '.t !!eo1P"M . . SeS!!.1l'1!zt 'file'" _ b......... . . aerial operetors deJ..QWJ tntn.o baGlnc bT uIItI 1 - . ..u..... r"ll17 aner -..u- ....__ ... 0IIII4atnDcth and J"8adabil1'tJ' good. that. 8b'cntft a . - ' tf1I' WV11l' j - 'betor . QZ ' atter 8 acheduled weatIler broe4caat.. t i l . dnnft od1Idthe pound s ta tio n to 1nqu1re U there ....... .,. tnf t1o. 1lbAcraf t tailed to IIOnitor before 8tart1Dl tnDaUea1oD. - . 1bat _e.1rcratt. MIlt .. ditching llessage 1Iben aetua1J.J rehrr1ac to . . . .. r k e r s 1 ~ h t . 8 C I . Corrective action baa beeb t.IIl:-. in . . . 1u t e c eto !ll'event recurrence. '!he 7)rd W1Dg re'3Ql't,e(' ellA 1nc14ct. c4 _a1rcratt . lnterfe:r1ng -..1 t i l another plane 's trl l l l8a1..1aD.. !be)L3tband .:n4th Wings reported "fair" net dtemol1De. nola t i cu o fsecurity ~ reported.

6. EnaN Transll1saiolUu The to l lodng bc1dent . c4 Je.lI1Daend enemy transmissions were intercepted &J.r1ng th i dem.a. 114'; Icsi Jap net opera ting f roa l700Z to 1900Z ...pert ia l ly ertective.b. 6055 Ics :

(1) CW and voice between 11'0 end 'ft1 lind and retunlwere part ia l ly ettective.

(2) Tone signal. in target aroa ",as part1a1l7 etreet1...() Joe;:. stat ion at 2JOOZ 1"8.5 effective.

c. ll080 ICSI(1 ) Unkncnorn radio te1etyr>e signals lIIDumod1eaI.ly rec

eived during this mission were very effective. (Bearing froll Se.1paaground stat ion 255).

(2) Intentional OW from 2)OOZ to 060QZ " 8 oartial17effective.

(3 ) Voice transmissions at Ol):)Z 1l'ere ineffective.d. )020 Kesl Nogligible.e. 6615 Kcsi CW f rom 2200Z to 020QZ was partiAlly otfeetlve.f . 10)05.xcsl eli from 2000Z to Q1JOZ _ s inoffective.g. 3990 Kesl Negligible.h. 7415 Kes: Keyed CW at 1915Z and 0102Z Tral!l lnef'fecUve..i . 10820 KCl!I:

( I ) MiJrod n ~ b e r s and let ters at OlOOZ W'Cre 1neN'eet lw.(2) Steady hu.mming {roC! 02l.0Z to 02)OZ . . .s part1al. lyeffective.

J. 3410 B : C ~ I I C'" signals a t 1720Z 1I'ere lnct1'ec:t.1v8.k. 7)10 Kesl Severe Bagpipe .tama1ng at lJO,z ....r t eo the .

_29_


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til!!!042,z 57V7520510Z 2JV75J0225Z 12V75J022JZ 20V751025QZ 4JV751OJ05Z 14\'752OJ14Z 1JV75JO)15Z OJV7090422Z 14V752O!J,7Z 6V7516V751

L PUP latl(1 ) cnr at auoz .. :lDirttwU-.(2) . . . . . . .t ic .._ 3lllIZ _ _14_

7. DlIItretlpl 'l'b.e 314tb Wing reoorted tbat '" dJ'GNft oaU_i l l to the ground etetlcm concem1D& snotbel' ahcr .r t dltcldllc. p.uctbe location and nec 8ft17 1Df'onatiOll 11884." " . . . . . . . . . . Apsaopa1deaction n a taken 1n both lnetRncu. '!'be 7)rd .. ]lJUt, W1DI ...........DO .ergency or diet-re.1I t rMad..1CD8. The 5Itb W1aI: poaIIlI -..uarecorded the follOl'dng Do agee.

B-29 ditched and posiUOQ.Sea marker sighted and pos1t1cD.Engine trouble and poaltionl deauaet1Cl1to :r.o "la.A1rcrllrt 26V751 ruaed; no p e n d I l ~Sighted l i fe raf t IIIld position.Ilashnote 20 ditchod and poaitiQD.Sighted Aircrar t on ls1a1ld.Located 8ublllBrl.ne.DumbO circling survivorll.Sea carker and position.R e c ~ l v e d 10 posi tion reporte tlu'ougbout retun1.

8. Equipment Ua11'Unctlons: AlI/AR11-71 1 inoperativc; 1 lDoper....t tve on loop positionj 2 sense antennas broken. SCR-269(h 2t ivej 1 sense antenna broken. 80..)481 2 inoperative; ) poor sbZl.d1..DI(picking up engine noise). SCR-522: 4 inopa-ative; 2 t r ana i t t e roperative; 2 receivers inoperative; 1 dynamotor i n o p ~ a t i v e . RC-4Jt1 inoperative; I indicator f lashing continuously. RC-)61 41Dope:ratlftJ) microphone buttons inoperative; ) microphone mtcbea 1noperaUve.AN/ART_I) I 2 no side tone. ~ 15 l.nOper8Uve or sticld.rlg.o

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vu' - pm"......,..1 . "'=onl B. . . . . . . ltO DAd IDO JIIpGMI. t1&Jrter. 1. . . . . . . . . . .tha P-st ..carted B - . torMUoaa 011 Ul i . "adOD. , . .eIlOOUbtered SS 6,J f i cb t . " ' i the Pa51'a reporte4 ltO ~ ' On. 8-29 WIle 103t .nell. it . a ~ by lUI . D tlP' tR. POQI' ......'Were 4QJ1nged as , _ r e .u l t of atto.oka by .1l*IY f ip : t e ra . I ... GI'_

olo.1zed 5 onomy a.lrcro.tt 4..troyed. 5 proba.bly de.troyed, a a4 . 4 - e - 1 .2. in f iy Wg.rnlnCI Becll.ulO 01' tbe f lbtor receptlO1l that 1IJIIal'ttd

tho P-SI ' . and 8 ..29' it 18 believed. t b a t thD Jopo.oe bad. . . . .1.....17wo.rning,

3, Wenthor I Weather ovor 0.11 Jo.po.nese f i gh te r t ielda ft. n cbtho.t the f io lds were opero.t1ono.l . Viaibl l1ty 'I'Io.s 10 .. 15 -.ne. withho.to e xte nd in g to 22.000 foe t i

Japg.neae Fight , r Doploygorrtl0. . The bulk of the en8lll.y l s f ighters o.PP0Ql'e4 b.twoo tb eIP :md the ta .rget , wherG tho P-51 ' . encountered o.pprox1lDa.t&ly 140

in terceptors . The B-29'1I received :M> per cent of the i r lnt8rceptloDfrom 1o.ndfo.ll to !P I 25 per cent Q.fter IP to bombs e..,. !1Dd 4S per o . a te f t e r bombs c.wa.y to 10.00' s end. The f i gh te r escort. probo.blJ' reducedeno:lly in terception of B.29' s by 60 .. 70 per cent o.nd r.:iucel! &:l.toriallythe nueber of Ja.po.nese o.tto.cks over the t:ll"get uea. . p Q r t i c ~ U 1 J ' Cliotho bocb run.

b . " " a.n::L1yais of the l o c ~ : t i o f t of :::t1:a.ckll o.nd the type or~ r e r c l ' t o.tto.cking indico.tes thn t proba.bly lIlOst of the eney clrcra . t tin tho c.rea west of Tokyo were Ja.po.nese Army 1'il;hteJ's. m e J ' & ~ . thein terceptions t!lD.de on the withdra.Wing B.29' I wore by J o . p ~ 6 s e lin",.r ighters . All. estill\ll.ted 120 _ 130 interceptors co t the P51 t s andB_29's pr io r to bombs tlwo.y a.nd tlnother 50 _ 60 between Tokyo a.ndYokosuko. ovor the bo.y crea..

5. JQDnne,c F igh te r Tnct ic slt1 . Thir ty_ fou r per oent of enemy o.ttc.cks co.me tram a.bovoo.nd 60 per oent a1' the interceptions were r n ~ d e o. t tho f rob t quo.rter

of B_29' 8 .

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' . .rep1;ie yO LtuJ ec . . . . . .

D i r d 100 aid Le n l of J.ppl"oaebo f :P.beIQ' . l.1rcrnftTote l lbabcrof Attaclal

2'l>\----l..----;r

1

FROM ABOVE:m (,1 LEVaFROM BUO'" 4 5

e. Ono 8-29 reported two whito explosions, resemblingphosphorus bursts , with white ball of f i re coming out of the amok.oaused by those explosions. This followod tho 829 to r nbout oneminute, closing to 300 yords. I t nppeared to h ~ v e been lnunchodfrom the ground.

d. A piloted rocket plano, desoribed ns very . m ~ l l withfuselage shnpod likc a bullet . was reportod. I t had very short w 1 and no hori:ontal t a i l s u r f ~ c e s . I t waS painted white and was Ob rYe4about 200 fea t bolow the B-29 on a reciprocal COllJ"se and IDOving ~ high speed. No smoke t ra i l was obseTTed and i t lllll.de DO a t t . -p t tofollow.

e. Thoro wus one report of a slngle-engine ~ i r c r a r t t i r ingon 0. forlllO.t1on with rockets. The rockets 'IJOre thought to bo_ beenf irod from under tho .1ng' o f th e nircro1't.

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t . a . . . . . . . r-a ' " .. lit.. .u. u W t al_ poe8111111-, tbat the r . - l a s . . . . UU'b 11 . . . . . . . .1.. n1aea.oe '\ 0 eapport t i l l . oo"a t loa I t It -..:. .\UIl1,. po . dbb tbo.t the Wlak . . . . . . .a UI4 c d or eoatrol ..,-u. tl.. of the on .h . .t.11. o.re . . t o l low . 8enn1 or. . . . .'b.,. Ul . . . . , t i p 1 ~ e r , liole, appro:d_t-oly I .U . -.he.. fl6..GD4 .Ush t l y abo" ra l tor.a.tioll8 whiclro _I'. pr.OM41ac . . . tlotho I td t ia l pcb t . S era l 01'_ ..ben o l d _ a tm t a t tint ..wve or the cplftlon that tho r ighter . . . . pr.,a.rins to .totuk tbeeeforlll1tlohli 1D t ront , but be aid not do sc cuad ".&'lUI bM.41ns tclWV4thei r t cr au tl of t I n a. s .n t l . dive. Th. aCUon or the tlp1;er'. wbioll"a.s SDO toet abovo tho forlDQ.tion, is not 010:11' s inc . OOM 01 ' ' ' . . . . . .bol iev . th:1.'t he wua t i r ing OJ ho C:uIIO down. t rca tho 11 o'olockposi t ion, whUo o th .n lU'. cotwincod tho.t bo did DOt t i l ' . a. .bot.Somo crow lIlembors clrUm tha.t hc stcr tod a.n a.tta.OIl:: Oft the l o drcr. ' lit :lftd wa.a h i t in tho r ight onpno by 8 ..29 t i r Upoa "0111& b i t ,th is version sOJI's tha.t fl(lJllO IUld slDOk. wore coa1ft& t rca the r l engine while tho Hiok wu a.bout 100 ynrd. out .".lld tb:lt h i . rlptwing sUddonly dropped 0.8 he veered o f t from th o lond. B... o.Dd cl"Co.IIMdinto ' /C 894. Crew mombors 0.1'0 o.bout equally divided a.a to wh.tbeI'tho crosh occurred botween HlUllbera 1 lUld 2 eIlbln or botween _ ra3 .".lld 4. An oxplosion occurred upon conto.ct o.nd oi thor tbe l e t t 01'r igh t 'Wing of the B-29 wo.s aheered o ft nnd tho H101l:: d1.1ntego:tod..

g. One enomy aircro.ft ~ roported to be 0. 'Tonra.i ' .h. Ono Tojo r e l e ~ s e d phosphorus boob jus t af ter the IP.

This oxploded ineffect ively 70 yards o.bove 1000 y ~ r d e to the r e of tho 6th Squadron. Tojo continued on i t s rociproco.l b e ~ d l n s QPproxi D ~ t o l y 1000 fee t abevo without n follow-up ~ t t n c k .

6. Coordin,tod frttnsk': One c o e r d i n ~ t e d ~ t t a c k woa reported.T\10 TojoS crume 1n l ine_astern in f ly_th rough n ttnck w it h wideinterval . noar the IP , pressing to within 800 ~ 1000 yarde. Geedcoord inat ion but excep tional ly b ~ gunnery was oxhibited.

7 , BrpllkdoMl of ED6my 1-.tt!)eb :Enemy ; ' i r c rg f t No. ':"ttnck!l Per coot'-.-. I. 17rejOZoke 16 ,.To", " IUnident i f ied 15 1>Oaear 6 Jack 6 ,Irving H ~ , ,',on\< J JTOfhL 110' 100 S l 1 ~ h t l y l e u than hll1f of the e t t ~ c k a ...ore brokeD o tt ..t200 yards or I e . , .6 . Q1A1mA'

e. Dostroygd t s l , 1 Jo.ck (Uld 1 Rick by Ron, 1 TC'Jo by 1Ul,1 Tony by Tnll. and 1 Zekl5 by Nose and RSO.

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by Roe.;

'b. P r p ' h ~ \ Y P"'T?"4 (sh 1 . l ok 'by Ro.e. 1 oJ. . . . . 10.... 'by BB. 1 Ja. by Ro.e and. '1'0.11. aM 1 Z8k, by US n 4 ! d1 .o. DeM,,4 (9) : 1 HllJIlP. 1 Hlok. 2 '1'ojo 1 TOllY. IUSI1 J, 8/11 V/l by RSG I o.nd. 1 Zen by RB 8.IId ROO

W I J 1 - EBM b'ITJAIRgIW'T!

1. Summnrv or Mtllgk:

'.tolloWIl :WING:

Prlmo.ry to.rget W:l.S o.tto.cked by a.lrero.ft or 4. wtl:l.&- &.II."8Total . ' . ircraftTime Over TargetAlt i tude Bracket~ v o r o . g o ~ l t i t u d eJ..xia of: ;'tto.ek

122 1:56 65 lS I0027Z.0118Z 002SZ.0128Z 0022Z.0113Z 002SZ-m.30118.600-19.800 1 8 , 2 0 0 ~ 2 1 , 0 0 0 17,500-19.200 18.000-20,100

18.500 18,500 18.500 18.500.19,000810.10So 810.108 81 ...14.2 76_116

b . Cloud undereo.st in tho t : l . r ~ e t area was reported to begoneral1y from CAW to 2,110. However, one 1ing reported C:.WU to 6/100. resul t of smoke in target o.roo.. Winds:l.t bombing al t i tude. r ~ e d

from 38-45 knots il t 242 ..250.e. Twenty-one o . 1 r c r ~ t including 1 Ale 1Ihlc;b nlso bombod the

primary. bombed various targets or opportunity.2. flnk En Route to Tg.rget;

Tho following 15 0. tabulation of tb,e flak encountered on rOIl,'t:oto target aroa;

LOCATIONEo.st of PUjiywno.

.i>.tsugi i\.rea

Bo.yonno.iSG Rocks,TIost of Aogn Shjmn

Hachijo Jimo.

COOROIliATS

3530N _ 13925E

3156N _ 139S4oE3 ~ O N .. 13935E322?N _ 13930E(J\pprox. )3306N 139468

Moderate inaecuro.te, Heavy.Bo.rr.l.ge f i re with bhck bll.uta ..1Ioo.ger to modere.t. LD.d Ifte.ec\lI'a.teHeavy. Predicted c o n c G n t r ~ t l o D s ,barrago and oontinuoII.a1y pointed.499th Group reported meager on4aCourate bnrroSGI Heavy.~ e a g e r ond i n a c c u r ~ t e , Heavy.

A1TOraft a t 7000 tut reportedm B d i ~ ~ , fair ly occlI.rate t lak.Maoger to ~ o d 6 r a t . and mCClI.J'ate,Heavy. ContinuouSlY p o i n ~ . d(;.JC ntto.cked t h h a.o ~ Q l " g . t oropportuni ty . )

.. Based on Wing ' 1ok orficors' Reports

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......... ,"'olI ..._ ......... __............MeasOI' u 4 1. . . . . .' te, . . . . . , . .Or. . . nponed & ""'"-7 looa"to"'l'. Oft raj! , . . . . .

270n .. 142138 Measel' and. ina.oo!U'ate.......,..Contlnuouely poiRted l i r..-wb1 t . burate.

S h l K u o k ~ - S h i m l ! u Area 3500N .. 13850 ~ . a ~ o r to moderate ADd l ~ . t e ,Beo.'VY.

K o ~ u Shima 3412N .. 13910 Keagor and lnacou.rab, Bell..,.3520N .. 13920 4-5 ~ f ba.tterie. vi_gailyob rYod. f ~ t l o D a t l r . ~encoWltered flak Oft bomb I'Wl Inthia vicinity.

3. r lgk ~ Tnrget:0. . Tho following i l l Q. IIWll111ll.ry (chronologically by Groups'of the flik encountered in the target area; tim I n d l c ~ t e d aro allZ times.

0022--0029

0025-0030

0027-0035

0029-0030

O O ~ . . o l l O

SQ5th Group. 3U t b \'ling: J . ircraf t of thllr Groupencountered intonse and accurate, h ~ v y t l ~ .Continuously pointed and b l l l ' r ~ typo f iro In. tedapproximately 5 minutes, One aircraft was observedlos t to flD.k.39th Group. 311sth Wing: A1rcrlU't of th i s qcupencounterod f lnk reported aa intonse nad ~ o c u r Q t Twelve of 20 e.ircrnft returning to be.so ware do.mage4by f lak (3 Inndod a t Iwo c.nd 2 di tched) .4624 Group. 58th \'I1MI Airor:U't of thia Group reportedintense, inaccurate to nccurato, haavy blc.ot f lak .J.ll o.ircrQ/t were oithor h it or -rocked- and 13Buffored mo.jor damage. Prad icted concent ra tionsworo reported 5 1 m u l t ~ e o u a l y with centinuoy.17pointed f i ro . ~ v e r a g o durc.tion of f i ro ~ reporteaas 7 minutea. Altitude w ~ 18,800 to 19,800 t e e ~SOOth Group. 7:54 11M1 Airorat t b9lll.b.d in " Sqllo.droDlifrom 17.S00 to SO.SOO fee t . F1nk in to.rget areQmerged with l on the bOlllb run o.t .. t l I ~ l areo..P l was intonee and Mourllte o.nd Ml;I.yY. All 3 ' typ. .of t i r e oontrol were reported with ba r r ap . - i l lSpndomino.nt. Eight o.lroroft _r. dQlllQ.pdi. Allslluadrona droppe4 wi th in 1 Illinute.SOU.b Group. :n 3 th Wi DC ! P i n t SquaMa of a d r on t ' t .lying a.t 18.000 to 16,600 t ..1ot enoountue4 .cd.....to ~ n t e M e and o.oOllrCl.te heavy t l u : , .\11 S tiYP. .f i re control were obuned . Fire laawlll 10 _ ._ _ ,

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...... Stau4rDD. dront t : at: - ' 0 0 0 teet: _d IE"......... crnr UM ter.rsn. riatac .." p l to . . . .1DI: a1 t l t u d . . Plet was 1. . . . . aDd lDllOO1II' t.a..,..GOuletlD& or II. blU'l'llp of a t . ..... naru..s jU t :beto". bc.b " . l e u e .l'p grgup, j i lt 1lnCl P t n t Sq,WLCIroa (10 I/e)reported inteMe llDd c.courQte M:l.YJ' nr&lc. A l I/O . . .daJao.r;e4 Md one IIpUD bl'to tho f t w r en roate Mae.SecODd tOl"llD.tloD 'Wtl8 cl080 behind and oaped ".unti l llolmollt to the t : u ' ~ e t . .\11 tOralltioas reportedtlllle all intenee and accurQto to ino.ocUJ'Cl.te_ZO out 01

a i r c r a f t oyor the t ~ ~ e t were 4amnse4.0044..0113 6 t h Group. 313th !Jng= F i r l t torma.tioD. of' t i l t . CrOlipreported intenlle ~ :l.ccurato, h e ~ v y and continuouslypointed f i r e for about 5 minute., Second tormatioDroported meagor :l.nd i n ~ c o u r a t e . continuously pointed

heavy flo.k,0046..0057 "68th Group. 50th Winll'l Airoraft of this Groupreported lIlodorate to tntense nnd f a i r l y Q,ccur:l.'tehoo.vy flok for o.pproxir.l.o.tely 3 minute.. ContillUOlo1alypointed and barrage t i r e wore roported,0051..o0M "'97th Grollo' 734 Wine: Aircr:U't of t h i . Group

encountered flck ~ b o u t 2 minutes before boebe ~ . A fand reported l l I o d e r ~ t e to intenso nnd accuro.te b ~ v yf l a k , l:1ostly barrage, which lalted o.bout 5 c.inutes,Nino aircrof t suffered d ~ g e during the attack.

0056-110 4 H t h Group. 58th \'l1nv: Aircro.ft or this Groupreported moderate ~ n inaccurate to ~ c c u r ~ t e t lak.Barruge and predicted c o n c e n t r ~ t i o h 8 were reported.The tArget ~ r e a had 10/10 s ~ o k o undercast by th111timo.29th Group. 311th Wi ng I A.irornft of th is Groupreported flnk as moderate to intonse nnd aceurnto,Fiftoen a i r c r a f t suffered flak dNCoge,

0107_0110 498th Group. '3d Wipgl fiircraft of this Group worein 0. vory t ight 4 squadron t o r m ~ t i o n (verbal reportfrom 0 CiS Ops, 73d Wing). Thi:s t ight formationapparently saturated th e defenses because the f i r s tsquadron reported f iro for 1 i adnute:s, th e 24. 1minute. and the 3d and 4th. , minute ench. Report.were meager. moderote, meager, Qnd menger for s q u ~ d r o b 'in order. Fire wos fair ly occurate for IqlCldron.s 2ond 4. inoccuro te for th e otherS. Flak wos heavy 004consisted ot barrages ond continuously pointed firo.

330th Croup. 314th 'l't'ing: ':'!rorllft of thll Groupreportod moderate and accurate to inaccurate flak,Eight alrcrllf t (36 in Group) su:stolned d.. ~ e

40th Croyp. seth Wing: ilircrll1't or th is GrOllp reportedmeager to =oderota ond accurate h e ~ v y flck. continuouslypointed. Weother _ s reported a:s CAW t.a 1/10; deMOamoke over tho target wus being blown to th e north.Flak sto.rted about 2 minutes prior to bomb ralaasa.

0 1 1 4 ~ 1 l 8


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0018 ..0057

0051..00540

0056-reported ln tena. abd. c.eourate hea.vy flAk. All IIG . . . . . .cloJIaged and one ~ u into the wc:ter .Il roa t . hcae .SeooD4 fOl'1llntion WCUll clon behind o.D4 oapec1 rtet:unt l l a.1JIIost to tb e ta.rset.. .u1 t 'orao.tioa- r-st0l"telt1o.k Il8 intense M4 ::Locurate to lno.ocQl'o,te-ZO OQ'\ of36 airoro.rt ovor th e t l l J ' ~ e t were d ~ 6th GrpWl. 313th \!1ags Fi rs t torllUl.tion of tb18 Groupreported. InteD$e QDd ::LccllI'ate. he:l.VY and. OOfttllll101lalypointod f i re for about 5 . inut . . . . Second fOrmAtionreported moo.gor ::Lnd in:lccuro.te. continuo ... l,. polatec1heo.vy flak."66th Group. 58th WiDf"1 t.1rcro.tt or this Groupreported modorate to intenao and f ~ r ) y a.couro.tehoavy flak for o.pproxir.l.o.tely 3 m.inute.. ContlDUOQalypointed and barrage f i re were reported a197tb Group. 734 Wing: . . u r e r ~ t of this (JrOl,lPonoollotorod flo.k about 2 minutes befor e bocb. 3'Wqnnd reported moderate to intense Ilnd aeeurate beo.vyflak. mostly barrage. wbieh lasted about 5 minutes.Nino a i reraf t suffered d::u:luge during the ::LticeJca"'4.a.k! Group. 58th Vl'in ... : Airero.tt at this Grou.preported moderate and inaccurate to accuro.te flak,Barrage and predicted c o n c e n t r ~ t i o n a were reported,The target a r e ~ b ~ a 10/10 smoke undereaat by thistimo.29th Group. 3H.tb 'Iiine' l.1rornft of th is Groupreported flnk as coderate to intense and ~ c e u T l l t o .Fifteen a i rcraf t suffored flak d ~ o . g e ,498th Group. 7!d Win!, Airclnft of thia Group werein a vary t ight 4 s q u ~ d r o n formation (verbal reportfrom 0 CiS Ops, 73d Wing). This t ight formationapparently saturated the derenses because the f i r s tsquadron reported firo for 11 ~ n u t e s , the 24. 1minute. end th e 3d and 4th, t Qinute eacb. Reportswero moager, moderato, meuger . and menger ror s q u ~ d r o b sin order. Fire was fai r ly accurato for squadrons 2and 4. inaccurate for th e otherS a Flak was heoTY andoonsi sted of barrGges and continuously pointed r1re,49th Croup. seth W'ing= AircrClft o f this Croup reported.mengel' to moderate and accurate h e ~ v y f lok. continucuslypointed. Weather w0.8 reported as c...VU to 1/10; deMesmoke over tho target wal bsing blown to the northaF l started ebout 2 minutes prior to bomb roleasea' 3 9 th Group. 314tb ~ i D g = Aircrott et this Groupreportod moderate and acourate to inaccurate f l ~ aEiGht a.1rcrl lf 't (36 in Croup) su.stained d ~ . a

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MI1;b Qrgpp. 7M ! J ,V ' AUwIlt1l w . . . . . .l'ep01"te4 ...... to aoclenw ... l ...OG'n. . . . , .tl_. .All S t Jpe . t i l tt l" ooatrol __ * ...

b. In f j_ . raJ . the t lu: OWl' t ;be 'tars" an . . . . . - . .a.ooura..... QAd b.Il'7. ContllUlO\llllJ' potate4 ... pl'e4lo-.t 00.....tra:t1O'ft typ ot t t l " control ..e the .at t r . , ua t l J ' nporte6.oJ.tbougJl II. aha 'b l . 1WIIber of bvrasea .... ob . . . . . . . .

o. :.. atwty of the Group OhronolofjlGa! ttell: reportli p e n 4 .Il bree.kd-.Q Into 3 phasea a8 to l lon :Phillie I .. The flra ' t 6 goup . avOl' tho tarf jn r e l. . . .

101,00" t Ick;Pho.so n .. Th. next 5 g;rO\lp a reoeivod 8040 ,9 t.p Ip tppe .

f laklPhnao III .. The l ~ s t 4 groups received 'esc,r to 'e4ora t

f lak.Thi_ gradual deCreQse of the qUAotity of f i re .ncountered by thet i r s t and last groups ovor the t ~ g e t may be ron.onably attr ibuted to

a or a ll of the following factor l :(1) Gradual inerellsa of overcast due to amok'l(2) Gun ere . fn tiguO ; or(3) Overheating or gun tubes or poSSible ma.ltunGtlonlng of guns or fire_control & q u i ~ B D t .

d.one..th i Ed ofFlak wns notthe botlb run

oncountered by o.ny drcnt1


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Yuy -ac- (6 bar8V) . ..lna.oouate.

5. &=or!' pC . u r a n U 'eat Md 'pdlThree a.1rornrt _ r e l o a t cUrestJ.,. to n a k on t:.hl. 1I1..10!4Ou.t of 475 a! rc rn f t o.tt.lLcklftlj. 169 or 3 5 . 5 8 ' .1l.ta.lMd f l U : ..

6 . MiscallpnOoys etA Qb,arygtlpQlI0. . OM enemy o. lrcrot t (Zeke ' approll.Cbed high and. dropped

one very Innocurnte bomb on fOTlII:ltiOD (loc!l.tl011 not SIV.,,).b. Between IP Clnd the tCl1'get. 4. phosphorus bOllbre

dropped thrQugh the ovorcCl.st; a l l were Ino.ceuTo.te. The repor t ingo . i r c r ~ t was nt 18.600 foet.

c. One enomy o.ircrnft (Tony) fUpped 0. phosphorus bomb a.tlUl ::l.lrcr:l.ft a t 20.200 f e e t . The b u r s t ....0.8 200 f e e t high and 3000f o o t behind.

d. Two Ineccurato ground-to-nir rocket. were reported overtho target oren.

8. A l u g e explosion WllS noted. The b u r s t Y;l.S tUey rednnd then turned into 0. bo.ll of sQoke__ a p p r o x ~ t e l y 10 t ~ . s thes h e of 0. normc.l heo.vy ;J;.. b u r s t .

t . Over the t 4 r g e t one flclc b u r s t l7;!.S reported :u beift.!;deep orc.nge or a red b a l l which apparently hun& e.ol:errt::lrU, QlW!evolved i n t o a p e r s i s t e n t wbite p b o s p h o r ~ s scoke.

g. Three "to tour rndc.r :;o..ntennae wero reported on the south8ide of F ~ j i y n m n near the c r a t e r .

h.So.gaJlli River

Two b ~ r r n g e bnlloons were reportedmouth n t 5000 _ 6000 f e e t .

e:J,st QJld west or the

i. Over Miyake Island two penr-sha.pod bQ.}loons wer" retporteda t 16,000 f e e t ~ - t h e $QmO a l t i t u d e a . reporting a i r c r o ! ~ .


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1. ~ ! J 7 1a. Daaag. to Iakohua cit1 resultinl hoe I I I a d: : 1 ~ J ~ ' 29"719045, tota ls 6.9 equue .u, 'llld.cb a a ut 01' the entire ci t , .b. lmuatr ia l damage tnc1.udea 3 ) a.bered tG 'p t . . ordenro,ed.c. The area destroyed by this raid 1s tlr1allrlJ.7 1Jl the . , .c laas1t1ed as "co=crc1Al" (Ref. A).d. Total de.mage to Yokoh8Da h i now 8 .9 IIQ\LIIr'8 aU , wbicn

represODts 44'/. of the entire ci t , .2. Statist ical Summ8J71

a. Current StrikelSq. lI1lee Per "-20.26.9 )4.0

.72.70 97.07.)2~ . v . 62.0'.B.12 J.2' .0l . ~ .

Target Area 9O.17-J007Target Arel\ destroyedTarget Area 90.17_3608Target Area destroyed

b. Total D8.Cl!lget

.Area of C1 ty.Area of City destroyed

.hea of Incendiary Zone IArea of Incendinry Zone I destroyedArea of Incendiary Zone I I rea o f Incendiary Zone II destroyed

Sq. C1U811 Per Cent20.2B.9I- ",-0.72.719 " 9 . ~

7.)2~ . 65.2'.B.15 J .J' .01.68 56.0

Area of OityArca of City deatroyedArea of Incendiary Zone IArea of Incendiary Zone I destroyedAree of Incendiary Zone IIArea of Incendiary Zone II destroyedTsrgct ~ r e a 90.17_3607Target Area d e s t r o Y ~Tergot Aroa 90.17_)608Target Area destroyed* XXI BO, oro DfA Report #eJ:J

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-i I i i l i)sqa ilib 8GiiOIl_8te .. _ I'ukaah1u Fre1gbt Yard_8t.at1on, J'WlC'tlon, ~ UragaDockyard11ppon Carbon Co., P1aDt #1.taaan Auto 00.I ~ . b l e Storage Dock_Jakob... Electr1c 00. Po.er PlaatRodogaya Soda (Chead.cala)Nippon Electric Wire I: Cab1.eIokahallla Harbor Passenger Ibarf t .I ronsu WarehouaeK1tsubiah1 \7arebouaeIokeu 17erehCNaeNational Silk Conditioning BCluaeEast .la18 Developcent Co. lI'ereboUaeNan1'1'18. ~ a r e h o u . eTosh1n & Shinko WarebouaeUnidentified industry

References' 1. AOF 90.17 15 September 1944B. OIU Daoage AssessllIent Report 47

Inclosuresl 1. City Diagram (arbltrllZ7 city l1Ja1ts,zones and target areas)2. Mosaic showing dacage

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CONSOLIDATED STATIsrICAL -mY


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Croll t.tlrJbor Caeunltiolli. 71Percent Of Toto1 F n r t i c i ~ t i r ~ . 1.21'

Aircraf t Dnrl'lGcd 175Porcent u f ll.ircrott ~ i r b o r n c 33Q(

com OF I.QSSI01t

; ' i r c r ~ t Londinc ' :' t l uo 3100 39

.t.ircro.ft Los t . 7Percent Of ~ 1 r c r o . f t .l..1rbornc 1.21' 02.,3%

Pri; :r l . r) ' ' rul" /50t _ YokohCLtn urlXln ~ r c o .

SECRET

XXI BOMBER COMMANO

FORM 34106MISSION NO.29 l..tly 1945

CONSOLIDATED STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF COMBAT OPERATIONS

l..ircro.tt BonbillB Prlrnry 'I'nraot 454rcrcont Ot Bocbine ll.ircrott ~ b o r n c . 09.0%Bc=ils Dropped On I'riJ::ory ~ r e o t 2570 TOnDBlmbB Dropped On Othor ' r-Ircoto. 121 TOnDBot1blne Rooults O:lttleo M' " 'O"''{.fl1. roporta chari 6. 9 aqu.'"U'oD il es o f city ar ..: (.' :",- '....

SECIfET

...i rcraft ':'irborno 517Porccnt Of ; ' i rcraft On Hand

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AI i iC i l J l FT P A it l' I C I P J. '1' I :.; a ilATE.\jc 'rIM. . c,. i,.f.-' 0 7 rD,lI:. or i-\l::.i'UooU{ A/C A/C A/C ~ / Ale f0 - r ~ TOrAI./e ..Ie l'.. ILIl:C E a . . : D n ~ G BOJ4InlO E ~ m G Tow.umT


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SECRET MISSIa< -.JaI>.DATE 29 !b y 1945

AIRCRAFT LOST AND DAMAGFJ> PE.RSONNEL CASUALTU1)

' J ~ J l j I

11 L ~ ~ ~ . ~ . 7 rcoeuod.- ~ ~ _ d , 3 rcocuod.! 1 aircraft ditched, rooa-,n unknown.

AIRCKAFl' LOST UJlCRAIT DAMAGED P!RSONMEL CAStJl,LTIISEHDfl EtIDI! ACe. UN- EIDfI ENDfI 1MEm' Ace. OWN . UN- TOTAL TOTAL MISS- WOUNDED TaULtJlIT :OO/C 'A A/e .. " OTKt1l IOI:l"N TOTAL Ale AlA ~ & " CUlf) OTHER KlI)WN lIAJOR I4Ill'IR PApRTICI- KILLED II(; "IH,T1Mm CASOlLTIESAI AlA 1If.Ol. AI 1. IlECH AT I l( ;

58 1 2. - - - - 1 .B. 2 - 41 - - 2 - - 4 39 1419 4 11 1 16:,C73 Ilone 2 2D - - w _ _ 2 28 1716 _ _ Nonei;G,313 - 2 . - - - - 2 - 47 - _ _ _ _ 9 38 945 12 11 .3 26.;e314..0 - 1 1 2.. - 1 !..3 1 52 1 _ _ _ 1 14 41 1649 1 23 5 29

: 1.3 1 - - ? 7 .3 16/3 1 _ 2 _ 1 29 146 5729 17 45 9 11~ by or qy f1 htcr vcr t recto

1? 1 r ~ r c t d it h(:d cpr-cuto to be. o. He son ur p-tOfm. ~ l r C r n f t d ..need by t k. 1 neino o.\lBht 11'0 . /e 10 t a I t tudo

I n...... ~ r ' s ~ d . 12 c eu Ulpoors U001il8 1 ~ / hit\ f lak 11 l'OrIl O ~ r mas nc. I2. : : t ~ ; cr3ft spun nto I) ':l obo t 100 100 n r th 0 1110 ir.n a tornc f k hit. 11 croft .1O;.IDora U1sa1l1j_ .. ror"'. oreoa "0, . - - "',""LC r.... rc a "ur ' . 'nr;o Dy ......... oml onoDV :.;0,


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O;.E]f.:{ Q:;cl:;l Ale DESU\OYE1l (. DANAGl:D SO CALIBm .AMMW1'rlW W'.EUDITtl\lv:.Ir Ale A'I"I'AC;:SBY EtA TYPE ' " IT,... mOB. ~ : A G W FlliED IN = 1IlSluHTEll ""DEl. 'IJiOYl:D m:sm't ""_ FIRED =LS


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, ; ; ;-IA!RCRJlfT CQIISIDERED 108 130 31)T" iiG 314T" WIG 21 B.C.I II 415AVERAGE FLYING T I

IAVi:8AGi:, DISTANCh FLOl'lN!(Uautical Air !Jih,s)FU!:..L CQ!i::.U/.!UI:

14:402805

1 ): li 42819

14:062672

15:142828

AverageMaximur.lMinimum

604166305350

591063655541

60136L935568

739051'73

607173905.3"0

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13P'87

410.0

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FUEL REdIIINIIIG:)..ve1"agc

AVO. GMB. US1.D .'ER hOUR

)8,61185 I380 I432.0 I 1.26.5 .4L.7

f-AV_G_,_G_'_L&_ _ U _ S _ M l _ ' _ E R _ . a ~ _ . _+___"_5+__2 ~ 9 1 -' __2_'2_5-+___'_2_3-+__'_'_'_7_1I 8 6 ? 5 8 ~ 1 4 75842 18:.9::'::'-'=8:..--....:.';::302="'::6:::5_1

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4. .. "" It-s.300 lbl".)'iO It-s.465 l b ~ .l . ? ~ ID: ' .70 lhs .

-46E-J6-28~ - 1 7 . \ 1' ~ .. 7. '2 (. 1Il1'kl')t ~ - 4 7.\:> ( : . a .)

'lEIGH" D ~ T A

.:'l Excludes f ighter cscoct t l t rc ra f t .Excludes 5u ...er d\l.!!lbo l'l.iret"tlft.

, --- --NO, AIRCRAFT lIlRBOONE 1_, I" U9u S':. b 1'6 b '10,AVG. BASIC tl'"i'. OF !tIRCRM1' 75053 74920 7L,BOl 756:!J 7 ~ l J 6AVe. USE.FUL LOAD 60369 60167 6 ~ 60)21 (.('1337.ve. . ! lO OF EOtJBS LO,\[lED ;zcl.7-E46 ' l ixed Lood ' : ixed ~ lixed ""'.AVO. WT , OF BOilBS WltDED 12608 IJ09C 1-""'bJ '1"30 l ~ Q I , OAVO. FUEL LOADl:.D 6731 6735 6 8 J ~ ?:.u. ~ AVG. lIT. OF FUEL LOWF.D 40386 40428 408:24 43464 4 1 J 5 ~I,VC. r.use. WE1GH'r 7375 664' 683J 6'127 691.5 IWC. GROSS \.'T. A';.' 'f/.KE OFF 1];422 IJSOF-:- 1)",21 : l J ~ Q 4 4 1 J ~ l . 7 ),


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""11""FIEIJ) ORDER ~ t . m m l eo YCl(OIWlA. lImA'l lRDUSTRJAL A.v.A.Kape fa r Plotting= Japan Aviation Cbart 1:218,880.Primary Visual UPI Reference: XXI Bca COllI L1 tho-IIosaic "TokohlMUrban Area."

_ 0 : c m r ; B E ~ 315CO'3]t' ~ D ' l OeTll 93.4

1. Fighters will escort bombers from departure point to target areaalii then fly in target area am patrol rout.e trona in i t ia l point tota rg et fo r appradmately 30 minutes. fighter grol4J _U l po. . . .bar ber s in to tareet area and strafe air f ield and instal lat ions.Rally point for figtt. ers will be 351111 - l4022E. A dCBr1ne wi l lbe on station a t th is poi.nt. for rescl. purposes.

2. The XXI Bom Com attacks Yokohama Urban JrJdustrial Area with ClaYi" , .effort with incelliiary bocbs frem h.i.St &1t:it.ude.3. a . 58th WL"lg:

lIPI Axis of Attack Elfert84 Degrees True

Time Conuol:1st group crosses departure control point at 0 Hoor plus 8 min.2nd group c rosse s dep lr tu re con tr ol point a t 0 Hour plus 24 a1n.)rd group crosses departure control point a t D Hour plus 1..0 min.4th group crosses departure control point a t 1) HOUT plus 56 min.Altitude enraute 4,OOCl f t - 4,BOO f t or 500 feet on top ofovercast.Bomb load an:;! ru.sing: &-48 clusters fused to open 5.000 i tabove target with intervalometer setti.r\ll: of 30 feet"\

b. 73rd 'Hng:>!PI Axis cd Attack Effort.

123060079053l ),(aximU!l etfcrtVax11!!1Ol etfort .

Time Control:1st 8roup crosses departure control point at. D Hour plWl 12 1Il1n.2nd group c r o ~ s e s depart.ure co rt .r ol po in t a t D Hour plus 28 l I in.3rd grollp crOS8es departlX'a control point a t D Hour plus 44 1IIin.4t.h group croMes departur 0 oon trol point at . D HoW" plus 60 min.Altitude onrout.e: 6,000 .. 6,aoo f t


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. . (1) m_o-al l l _ . . ,l id m .(a) _ n1lht _ will b........ to__ . .. . . . . . . 19O-21O.... . ,la. .

(3) (l)aervatione tbe eJtt .r i . . . . l'eJJatlll.lit7 at . . _I'"wID be made mile ""er the t a rp t .(4) spot js1ldng will be coldtlcted cw.. tN t ,. .lIJO-l90 a\d 210-220 mepqclea , &8 desl.nd ..,. ..otficer and as go9erneo1 b1 tbc cepabilJt,. t6 1IdDao(5) JalllDCU will be kept. in operation at a l l U- 4 ....

than 50 miles to Honshu, and r i l l be turned on at. al.lather times, except. for JrCfiigtt. and polItfli4lLhedts which arc to be llade Q \ the ground. 1Ihile tho ~ are instal led in the ai rpla\es .

t } i ~ - " ' - k ' ! / ; , ' (/ ! " I ~ '.I. I , ( j I : W'l ..., '1 4....I , ~ y;./ D/OPNS

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