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.FOREWORD

This Tactical Missi0n Report covers1miss ion of thE :XXI Bomber C01Jll1l8nd.before i " l ' was re-designated as theTwenti,eth id~.rForce and 2 missionsthereafter.


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T iY EN TIE 'M A IR Fa RC EAPO 2.34.XXI Bomber CommandField Order NumbsI' '99and "IWelitieth Air Force Field Orders Number4 and 7. _

MissionS No0270-283-291

Target,s: Nippon Oil Compay (90 .32-b:72). lJbe Ooal Liquefact iopCo. (90.32-1841). and Petroleum Oom,plex, l\llwasaki(90.17-116/127/130)15. 22., and 25 July 1945

Table' of CbI1tents

Tactical ,Narrative .. II 0 . . . . . . 0 0 . ~ PageNo,,__ ,1.Annex i~_ Opr8't ions ell). 0 e e 0 e .. II 9

Part I _ l\Tavigation Report and Track chart ,0 ." 10Part II _ Mean Points of lmpact. 0 .... " 0 " 12Part III _ Bombing 0 0 "" 13Part IV -Flight Engineering and Chart v " .. " 13P;:l:rt V _ Radar and, Radar Charts" ,. e .. ." 16Part VI _ Gunnery 0 0 0 ~ .0 " 2('Part VII _ A.ir..seaResc'I:le Ohart.o "" 21

Annex B - Weather '. e 0, Part 1- Mission No. Z1 o. .. Part II - Mission No . 283 e "Fart III - MissiGln No.. 291 .......

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Annex D _ Intelligence. e .. .. o. 29Part I _ Enemy Air Opposition. .. .. .. .. 30part II -Enemy f~l'lta ircraft "," .. 0 .. .. .. " 32Part III - Damage Assessment Reports .. 33

Annex E - Consolidated Statistical Summary C I 42Annex. F - XXI Bamber Command and. Twentieth Air Force Field 51rders "0 . . . ... " il.nnex G - Distribution .' . 0 o It " . .. . . . . . .

Prepared By:

A-2 SectionTwentieth A.ir Force

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(2) The Ube Coal Liquef!'lotion Company (Mission Number283) is credited witb the espf.ci.ty to ~od uee 475,000,barrei~ ':~ :~~:ethet io 0il, about 1/3 of J(:lpanes e home~)_sland llroduet lODG .).. .to its raw mat erial source, probablY 0bta ining coal Ir em th e und er1;;eamines apprOJl;imately 1 mile to the s,outh~ It is, therefore, ,8 mostimportant target in synthetic oil production. Its destruetl.on \"1oulafurther com];)ieate the enemy r S already over burd ened oil pro bl em.

(3) The 3 targets (90017~11{' \' 90.17-127 ~ 90 "17-13)Which make up the petroleum complex to be attacked on Miss~on Nwr,bcr,291,together I are credited with almost 25 per cent of central Japan scrude oil refining capoci ty and 20 per cent of' its storage capacity,.

e. Ti.me Faetors: .il.sde fr om the pol icy of conducti ng at tacksby the, 315th I,illg at night. time factors were of little impo.rta nee inthe planning of these missions.

d. Wrunitions and Fuel Loading:(1) Sle ct ion of Bombs and Fuzes ~ The Soo-paund general-

purpose bombwas selected for use against a11 3 targets.~ The NipponOil Company (Miss.ion Number 270) and. the Petroleum Oomplex (MissionNumber 291) contain installations of both storage and refio8J:Y tYl)e,against which the large number of hits obtainable by the use of th:;'ssize bomb should result in maximumdamage to both rr:e.nUfacturing andstorage facilities~ The Ube Coal Liquefe.etion Oempany (Mission Number283) contains buildings of reinforced concrete and wood frame type,all of which are srrall in plan area. The use of larg.er si'Z.e bombswould prove roost effective against the concrete structures, but \'Iouldnot permit maximumtonnage to be carried andwo~ld elso decrease thenumber of dixect hits 0 Itwasbe1 ieverft, in selec.t ing the SOO-poundbomb, that this bombwould b capable G lf destroying the wood framestruc'tures and also i'ilo1)lldseriously damage the reinf'orc.ed installat-ions. Fuzings of .1-second delay nose 'I1er~ selected for the bcmbs tobe employed on all 3 targets & This delay fuze was selected as anassurance fuzing only. since nose fuzes with shorter delays were notavailable.. Tail fuzings of ,,01 second delay fqr Mission NUmber 270and 283 and ".025-5612000. delay fer Mission hbcr 291 were selected ..The .Ol-second and g025-second delay tail fuzes were selected sincethey would allow sufficint pe.netration of the bombwithin the. in-stallations in each case, to 11depth a.ssuring maximumdawllg80

(2) BombLoading: It was estimated that approximately18,,500 pounds of bombs per aircraft would be ,carried on these missions 0

(3) .l:cnunition Loading~ Itwas, estimated that 600 roundsof ammunition per aircraft would be carried.

(4 ) Fuel Load.ing: An ?J:vertlge f'uel load per aircraft of6.500 ga.llons \'Il8S estimated.e. Flight Planning:

(1) N3.vigatiQn: Aircraft were t'o fly the follooing r-out eson these missions,

(a) ~Jlission Number 270:~ Reason for SelectionIBSQ to Iwo ;r im:\. Tactical Doctrine.

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This point~ on the .south'l'leste!Fn "tipof' ShikokU. is very distinctive.

3334N - 13126E (IF) This point. 1 mile west of' UsaIVIas e:x:pecteato provide a good.radar approach to the target.toTa'rget Nippon Oil Qoml'lanyat lfud.oI08tsU.

to330130N - 1330600E Land. 'send.

toIwo Jin')a to Baae Ttl:ctica 1 Doctr ine.

(b) Miss ion Number 283:Ta etical Doctr ina.

to3301N - 13306E This point (lnomina Misal:d) on theoout'hwest corrrer of Shikoku ~asexpected to be easily identified.to334330N - 1314100E (II') Hime Jima ~ north of Kyushu, wasexpected to be easily identifiedfor the best radar approach to the

target.toTarget Dbe Coal Liquefaetion Company.

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Land's end. This point would rout ethe forces through the least defenaedareas.to

Iwo Jima to Ease Tmctisl Doctrine.(c) Mission Number 29l:

Ease to Iwo Ji.ma Tactical Doctrineto

343630N - 13851E Landfall. The lowel' point Q f thepeninsulabetwecen Sagami and SurugaDiy Vilas expected to be easily iden-tified.to

3 4 5 7 N . . 13909E (IP) This point (Rawsna Miseki) on theeastern shore of Sagami Bey wasexpected to be easily identified forthe bomb run.to

Target Petroleum Compl~ at Kauasak1.

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to3524N - 14024E Land's end. 'Th is poi.nt VI ould rout ethe farces through the l(.ast defended

arsas ,(2) Radar FactorS:

(a) Mission Number 270: Radar navi,z8t ion "as .ex-. '.pected to be very good on this mission because Of ~he, exc~l1Jllt..coast.cllcheck points of Kyushu and Shikokue !;mdfall, a dJ.stl-r:ctJ.~e po~n,,: onthe 00utbwestern tip of Shikoku was expected to be_ea,slly J.dent~f J.edby radar operators .in time to makethe initial wind ru~o The dJ.s,,:e~ce:from landfall to the initial point, 77 miles, was cons;tdered suffl.C l.entfor recheeki'ng wind and ground speed because of the 1and-1ilstcr "C~Iltrastwhich 'would facilitate n;:Ivigotion end identification of the 101t181point. The run from the initial point to the target has aomc goodcheek pointsOI.nd drift was not expected to exceed '6 . degrees ~ The-targetitself was.,~pect;ed to be easHy id.en:tified~' slace "it, was ,9],tuated d1TJ-ectly Dn.a _ptomineRt c~st 1iDe~', It; wacSplanl'l.edto emIll:JYdiract radarsynchron0us bombing on this target ~(b) Mission Number 28'1: Landfall ~ a prominentpenins.ula on the southwest coast of Shikciku, was expected to beeG s ily ident'i,fied 'by radar. It was believed that the use of theislands and the peninsular 003St line of the Inland Sea would fac-i!ta te radar nav iga t ion. The ini tie 1 point, Hirne Jima, T I E l . s crpec t,edto be dBsily p:"cked up by rad.sr and should provide a good run to thetarget. It was bel h:ved that the course from l'andfall to target 9 whichapproximates a straight lins, would allew tbe radar operator ample timefor computing all important data. T"hetarget, located on a coastalprojection just north of the city of Ube, would be resolved Q.S a sep-arate return. It was planned to employ a direct radar synchronousrelease on this target ..

(c) Mission NUmber291: Landfall point, Ioeated onthe sQuther'n tip of'the arrowhead .shaped peninsula south of Mount Fuji,was expected. to be easily identified by all operators at a range ofapprOXimately 50 tl8utical miles. Itwas .believed. that lQ1ldfall pointwould be a gQod.wind point to em);lloy in making the radar wind run" Thecourse from landfall to target approximates a straight line and the in-itial point provides a very good coastal cheekpoint. The area in T.":biehthe 3 targets of the complex is contained, is, a series of square patch.sof reclaimed land separated. by canals. The .'I.}.'Q...7 radar equipnent re-solves these ar-eas so' that the operator \'Iould be able to determine theexact target Locafion. ';Ii th a straight eour se from Ie ndfall to thetarget, itwas expeeted that each aircraft could check the ground. speedand dr ift for" bombrelease. It was planned t a employ 0 . irect radarsynchronous bombing on this target.

(3) Antiaircraft Fae tQI"S :(a) Mission Number 270: There Were 16 heavy guns.

20 medium guns, and. 3 senrchlights located in the RiJ.d.3matsudraa 0 Thiswas considered a v.ery weak d.efense Qgainst night attack and only meagerand inaccurate flak was expected. Medium flax wou'Id have little effecta.t the planned 81titucles of 10,000 to 11,000 feet. The route was plunned.to avoid other antiaircraft co,nce.ntrati(lns and the axis of attaek would8TOid the 34 heavy guns loceted at nearby TokuYQJ] }E l .

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(b) Mission Nl.lJ1)ber283: No antiairaraft defens,eswere apparent in the Ube h.rea. Hew-ever. vary meager and inaaaUl'atemedium flak had-heen enaountered the,re on previous miesions~ Tb,iswould have no effee,t at the planned el tHude of 12.,000 to 13.000 fee,t '0The routel'lss planned to avoid other antiaircraft defenseso I. . sharpbreakaway to the south af'ter bombs awaywas planned in ord,,,,r to avoidthe Shimono,seki-Moj i defenses.

(c) Mission Number 291; Btl' ike a ircre ft, on theplanned apprce.eh I JVouldbe within range of 128 hea,vy guns in theimlnediate vidni ty of the target", approximately 30 hea,vy guns in theYQkos!lka srea (Sagami Bay approach) 9 end apprmimately 8 guns of theHiratsuka, defenses. Approximately S O to 70 searchlights would. beeffective on the planned approach. Cloud undercast and searchlightcountermeasures were expected t.O decrea,se the effectiveness of' thesesearch.! igh t.s The rout e and. ax is of 81;t8 ok were d.etermined prim:lr Uyby allowing ,ror the best radar return~ In order to penetrate to the.Kawasaki docks area, it was difficult to plan a route tbat\lould avoidmuch of the concentrated defenaes~ In order to redUGe theerffectivenesBof enemy antiaircraft concentrations. the axie of attack was planned asclosely 85 possi bleto a downwind approach ...This approach had been u.sedbefore, but itwas still one of the safe.stax.is within operationallimits. O.nlyfairly accurat e flak was expected at the planned altitudeof 16,000 to 17,000 feet '. Onleaving the target area. a breaka"ay tothe right was specified, avoiding the large antiairc.raft co.ncentrationsin South Tokyo and the Kisarazu defenses an Ohiba peninsula 0

1. EombingData: .!'.xes of attack. bombing altitudes I antici ..pat,ed drift, and other pert inent bcmbing data were as follows;

Drift Length of Time of GrcundDegees Bun Miles Run Speed(Right) (Mine) ~

.5 22 .5 2774 28 7t 225

Mission Axis of Eombing.NUIJ ibe r .attsGk Altitude

(Degrees)270 28 10,000 to11,000 ft.283 292 12,000 to13.000 ft.291 kO 16,000 to17,000 ft. 4 l 10

g. Defensive Tactics:(1) Fighter Escort: Since these miesionsgere to be

flown at night, no fighter escort was planned.(2) Enemy .Fight er Reaction;. (a.) Mission Number 270: AlthouSb 30 to 40 fighters

wer~ loeateQ an the ar-eas over which the B-29 's were to fly, it wasbel~eved that. Dot more than 15. to 20 of these fightera would oppose thisstrlke, of WhlChnumber apP'OXi.ma.te1y .5 gOUld, be night fighters.

(b) Mission NUmber 283: It was indicated that 1.5 to30 of the 40 to ..50 enemy fighter,s in this target area might be airborneagainst the s~rlke. It was believed. that int.erception might be effectedbY 10 to 20 s:ngle-engine fighters working in conjunction with . 5 to 10$lf1n-eDgine f1ghtera.

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~;5 .enemy :righters could be airborne, including.5 to 10 night_fighters."' ? _estimated 15 to 20 figbters might sffeet; inte.1?ceptioDo It was ba-ll.eved that these fighters would offe'l' negligible to weak o:pposition~(3) RCM:

(a) Missions Number 270 fl_nd283 ~ 1.t was planned. tocarry rope in each airc~aft to be dispersed when protection was needed.from radar-controll.ed flak aud searchlights~ Since the 315th Wing 1 '1810not yet equipped witb RCMequipment. -search and jamniDg could not becondueted.

(b) Mission Number 291.). Because of large concentrat-ions of antiaircraft in this target area ~ the 314th 1 '1 ing1;Jes to furnish2 jamming airplanes to cover this strike since the 3l5th 'iH.ng waa notyet equipped to conduct jamming. The spedal janming airplanes (5-29'8)were to orbit the point 3530N_ 13942Eover a radius of 10 miles at ana1titude of 19,000 feet for one aircraft and 19~500feet for the other.Th.e special aircraft were to be equipped to barrage jam the 72 to 84and 190 to 210 megacycle regions and to spot jam anY gun-laying orsearchlight signals appearing out aide the tarrage ~ All strike aircraftwere to 'carry rope to be dispersed when protection wa-s needed .from rad.ar-co ntrol1ed enemy flak and searchlights.

b. Air-Sea Flescue~ (See Annex A. Part VII I for l\i.r-SeaRes cue Chert).

(1) The Navy was furnished with details of these missionsand in addition to the regular service of providing crash boats in theVicinity of the B-29 basea for take:-offS and laruhngs I provided thefollOWing air -6ea rescue fccilit ies:

(a) Mission Number 270 t 3 s ubrnar ines, b Durubos ~and 3 su-rface vessels.

(b) l\!lis_sion Number 281: 4 - subIDernes 9 6 Dumbos 9a00 . 3 surface vessels.

(0) MisN on Number 291: 4 su"tmarines, 8 Dumbos,a nd 3 surface vessels ..

(2) This Air Force as.signed: 1su:per..;Dumbo on :MissionNumber 28.3 to orbit a aubln.Brine position'.

3. EKECunON OF MISSIONS:a. Take-off: Take-offs were aoccmplished as followSI

Mission Aircrcft F 3 . . : r . s t Take-off last Take-offNUmber Airborne

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b. Route Ouirl Long range navigation was aecomplish~d byl-ndividual aircraft on all 3 missionsQ Of the 238 aircraft a':LrbOrnl;lon these mis,si ons , a total of 6 a1rcraft made navigeit ional ,errorsresulting in major course deviations -to the targetS. Tb.is was notdeem.ed an abnormally high pere.entege.

c .. Targets,(1) Pl'imary TDrgets: Nfl'figation and b0)11biog was aec.omp-

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C a. Mi9sioo Nmnbe.'I'270. KUdamatsu 'p~ant of the Nil2>ponOilgnpe.?(il It was estiJJiated that 100per cent of the total at crage::::1tY of this plapt "as d.allllagedas a rssldlt of this m~ssi\'ln. Elc-ubie He ~a~ge Vias also eausedto the Hitachi MSnufactur)..ng Oompany

h ad.Jo,l,ns the NippOD Oil Company,Pla.' b. Mission NUmber 283: For damage ,to the ,?be COal. LiqusfMtieDTa,--n~ .see :?~ge AsSessment Repo:t Number 175_wldeh ).s eonts 1ned in thectical Ml,SSiOn Report rOl l MiSSions J::fum.ber303. 310 and 315~

EaI7 _ e. Jl1s8ion 291= For damage to the :l?etrole~ C~mplexa:. asak1. see DeJnage .Asees amant Report Num.ber 173 whach aa COn"tB :).ned1n the Ta ctica1 Mission Report for Missions Number 3039 310, BRd 315.

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c . .. e.. Mission NUl!Jber270. Kudamateu .Plant of the Nippan Oll_ompan!: It uas estimated that 60 per cent 0.1' the total storage~}le:?ity. o.f th.is plant WSI'!damaged as e rssult of tl:,:is 'lIlissi0nQ EJ(-w : ' ; B " L ve damage. was a1;60.caus ed ta the Hlta chi Manuf'aetur ing CO!!lP.m'I. l.ch adjoins tb.e Nippo.n Oil Company.PIa ~ b; Miesio.nNumber28'3: For de.ma.ge to ~he ~'be ooal.Liqu;.~.atCht:on'I1 .n~aee ~~ge Assessment Report Number 175 whlCOh ).s conte,).ned uo. ~actlcaI Mlss).on Report for Missions NUmber 303. 310" and 315..

Ka c. Mi.ssion 291: For dame.ge to the PetroleU1Jl Com]llex. attie saki. see Damage ,~ss as sment Report Number 173 whieh is CoTl,tsinedin the Taetica1 Mission Report for Missions Number3Q3. 310 I and 315

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Part I ~ Navigation Report and Track OhartPart II _ Mean Points of Itn,PactPart III - BombingPart IV _ Flight EBg:i:aeering Report end.CIJart,.Part V _ Radar Report and Radar Charts

15,22 t and 25 July 1945

Part VI. - GunneryReportPart VII _ J.>.ir..sea Rescue Charts

Missiens No.. 2 70; 28"!,and 291


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p..mT I _ NAVIGATIONt 1. LOllgrange naviga't ion was accomplisaed by iOOivid'ual aircrafti~n ~eCiSiontarg,ets 10cated at Kud'smstsu (15 July), Ube Coal Liqu~fa.~1i-w 0 . , 5 22 July). end K9wasaki PetroleUlll Center (25 July), all rnl.SSl.OnBBoere flown as radar precision bomhing missions by aircraft of the 315tht rnbarmnent Wing. Of ' the 238 aireraft airborne en the,se missio.ns adot~l of 6 aircraft made navigationsl errors rSstllting iII major COUl"sSeVJ.ations to the tsrgetG .This is n~t deemed an abnormally high per-centaga.. .'b. 2. !iBvigation. and bombing in. the target areas w es ec cor op l' ieh ed; APQ.-7radero Winds WeI'S determined byrad.ar" The weather to. end. om the target areas 8S well as .in the areBs themselves qss.r'7.:..3'0


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PART III ,.. BOMBIN3 1.. Mis,'3ioD N\lrnber270, NippODOilCompany. EUdamatsu

a. The NippODOil Co. 'was attacked by 59 aircraft of the3l5th Wing with 1 MPI desigllSlt,ed. Altitudes werE f'rcm 10.,230 to11,700 feet. There were no di.fficult iea encountered. SiX airereftmade radar approaches with visual c,orrections~ 52 aircraft made radarapproa ches and releases. and 1 a1rcrs.ft s19hted vi sually"

b. The mission was considered well plann.ed~The averagedrift reported was5egrees right. Compressibility far the," ing waa80 m'inutes.

2. .Miss..ion Number 283. Ube Cos1 Ligusfac tion Com}ny ~Ubea. The Ube Coal Liquefaction Companywa.s attacked by 72

sirm-S:f't of the 315th Wing with 1 NIPI designat ed.,,,1 titudes variedfrom 12,400 to 15.4-60 .feet, VI ith the ma.jority bambing from 13, 000feet. Bcmbingwas accomp1 Lshed pr imarlly by radar except fo r 5 air-craft with radar malfunctions 0 These aircraft mode radar approacheswith visual corrections and re1eesesG

.bo No'difficulties were encountered in executing the missionas pIa nned.; The avera ge dr ift r aport ed was 3 degt' ees right. Gomp:ress-ibi1ity for the I'fing was 97 minutes.3. Miss ion Number 291. Mitsubiah i Oil Ref'ioery & Ha:vflr!'aPetX'oleum

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PART V - RADAR

a .. Number of sets operative at -ta.ke-off - 2260b: Number .of' sets .operative over target - 212 (100%) ..c. Nwnber .of sets operative, on return - 213.d J;verage maximumra nge of taX'set: 68 na'ut ieal miles at

10,000 - 15,000 ft..5,000

e. Average maximum range of beacon~ 122tl.llutical miles at10,000 ft.

g_ Coast of Japan was picked up at 70 nautical milM.h. Equipment failures - 11"i. Recurring fail uras .:

(1) Beacon inoperative"(2) Camara malfunctions"(3 ) Blankings of Scope ~

a_ lnd ividual dir ect s;lnchr onous r eleas es ; 223.,b. Direct radar releases: ,)0c. Visua1releases: 8"d. Landfall. Il? 800 aammg point were very easily identified and

the briefing material given was considered very st.1;.isfactoryo

a. Location at which turned on and .cff per SOP.b. k.verage number of times checked - 28.c. lV'.alfuncti.on~ reported - None.,

5. pO MM~::.. - Of-212 pJ.anes over the primary target, 196(92c.4%) dropped. by radar~

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MISSION .291CONrlDENTIAL

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1.. Number of aircraft:li'iri.ng:22. A;verage tai 1turre t 1cad: 600 rmnds.3. Number of rcunds fired in ccm:bat: 2304. Number of rOJ.uds used for test firing: 10,7;255. Guns l1oaded: Cold6. MalfunctionS:

a. AFG-l5: 71 ma1.f\mct ions"b.. C6FGG.:: Gunchargel'S (2)c. 011.1... 50 M"G.: Ccck"ing lever l:laclP1ards, S\1elled cases,

short rcunds (4)v br oken beIt ~ Loese i:J.eadspace (3) I tight hoadspo.ceSolenoids (2). top Illata b).'8cKet (1).

7. Equipae:nt operati en (Total percentage operat ive).

8. B~rk~_~ The p:Toje"t i8 sEd.ng continusd tG J deterninecaUse of ..ARG - 15 malfun-::t ions 0

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Mission No..ZrO 15-16 Jtl,ly 1945Base at Take~O:f'1': Soatt er ad low., middl e and hi(;h c100013Routel Scattered to broken low and scattered. middle and high cLoudawith soattered showers to 1wo Jima. From 1wo Jirntl to target i.t wasolear except far occasional patcbes 01' low and middle o:'ouds.J'arget:Kudamat."lu: 4/10 to 10/10 (v:ariable) stratocumulus averaging8/10 with tops' 6000 feet and scattered middle and high clouds. \findsat 10,000 1'eet Were 2600 at 25 knots.&Se on Return:. Scattered low, middle end high 01oUdS.

PIJ'!T I I -. FINAL WE&TH liR SllMl\II1!.RYMiseion No. 28322-23 JUly 1945Ease at 'I'e.ke-Off; Scattered low and middle clouds.Route.: F.rcmGuamto Iwo Jima. there were only scattered Ion andmiddle cloud:s.There were also lightscattereil r-aLn .sha'lsrs in thiszone. Frcm 11'10Jima to 29~ there Vlere scattered 100 and middle cloudsoecaming broken at the end of the zone~ FFam 290N to 320N there ?8ISEI.nactive cold front with overcast! low, middle and high clouds and.moderate to severe thunderstorms. Turbulence was so severe that severalcrew members were injured. The thunderstorms were so thick that it wasllqpossible for acme crews to fly aroun.d. therp, although an effort TIasmade to find tlsoft"a.pots with radar.. Frcm 320N to landfall there werescattered low cloudsbecorning clear on to the target.Target: Ubs: 5/10 low clouds were .found OVer the target. Wind.s at12,000 feet were 2900 at 2 4 knots.B9.se on Return: Broken low clouds and sceattered middle clouds withocessionalscattered light showers Which reo.uced Visibility to 7 lId.lesQ

.E4PTJ: II - FINAL VlElI..'r~ ~~1ti. . . .~YMis.sion No. 291 25-26 July 1945

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COMMUNIG l ,T 1 0m .

Part 1 - R!ldar Counter Mensures.Part II - Radio

Missions No. 270, 283 i and 29115, 22 and 25 July 1')45

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.~!i~1PART I - RCM

1 Purpoa.e~a To confuse enemy gun-Ie ying and searchl ight radars by the

USe of' rope.,b.To bar.rage jam enemy gun_layingan.dsearchlight ra~era ,in

the 190-210 me and 72-84 me regions and t.o spot jam eny gun~lay~ng or :searchlight radar sigools appearing outside the barrage.

2, Method,:S Fifty bundles of rope were es'rried by aach aircraft s.nU

dispensed at the rate of .3 bundles per 10l>sconds when protect ion wasneeded from searchlightS.

b. Since the J15th Wing was not yet equipped with ~CMsqui:p-ment ,"2 special jamminge irplanes wers f'urnished by the 314th Wing tocover the 3l5tb. ljhng strike on the Kawesaki .Petroleum Center. TheseSpecial jamming airplanes were equipped to barrage the 72-84 me and190-210 me regions and to spot jam any gun-laying orsearchligbt raclarSignals appearing outside the barrage.'

.3 0 Results :a .- Ther'e appeared to be little or no coordination betl1eensearchlights and flak exce.pt on Mission Number 291.b.. ' Searchlig.hts were inefect ive at Kudamatsu because of the

alGud cover ;:e ,: Search was not conducted on these missions since the 315th

was not equipped 1f,iiththe1'l8cessa:ry receivers.4. Remarks: Approximately 15 crews reported that tlhe marker

beacon light was activated at landfall on the Ubestrike. This wasund.oubtedly ca"Used by an enemy radar located near.

PART II ... RAD IO1.. Strike Reports: There were 2.3 strike reports received by the

WingGro\l,ild Station d.uring these ruiasiol'll;'2.' Fox Tra nsriJ.issions: 1108. thcr and tm a : . .signal-s uer e tMnsmit t eel

at BlQhedu.led 'tm e s . . -.. , .3. l'.reg,uanoies: - Thera was no evidenoe of intenticnal janmingduring these missions. Following is a percentage of traffic perfrequency: 3009 per cent on 3 megacyoles I37.9 per cent on 7 megacyclesand 31.2 per cent on 11 negacycles.

4. Navigational [dds: Ranges.,. homers and broadcast stations werethe only Ilflvigational aids used during these missions. All aircrr::ftJ;.singtbE'se radio, facilities reported excellent re.s.ults.

5. Net Discipline and Security: There were no outstandingl:reaehes of net discipline B.nd no violations of security during thesemissions .

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INTEIl..IGENCEPort I...nemy Air OppositionPart II ... E n e l ! 1 Y AntiaircraftPart III ...DamageAssessme~tReports

Missions No. 270, 213'1. and 29115. 22, ana 25 july 1945

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1 Genex>s SU!ll!!lal" Y,._ a, Enemy fighte.r opposition to these 3 strikes atm.l.d8!lle~su,Ube and J:(fl;1'12 saki l7ascons 1st ant in numbers bu.t deficient i.ne:f:f'ec~ 1 v~-ness. Approx.i.ma.tely25J:>p .:f'ighter,s were seen on each of the 3 mlSSlClnaand only 4 . attacks weresustalned i all on the Ube mission.

b. No E-29 VlSS 10st or dama.ged by enemy ioterceptors.Superfort crerrs made no claims.c The negligible fighter oppositi.on at :&i'l'>'(;Isaki7as.signif-i,eant because f.ighter strength in the Tokyo area had cDnsistently beenthe st.rongest in-Japan. The comparativ'!dy fern aircraft that 'Pere air-bc~ne attested to the Jappolicy of' conserving planes and avgas.d, The laek of intercept ion,. on the other hand, milS attrib-utable to the lack of ad~uste .nigbt-fighting equipnent.e. Recent intercepts made byb.llied i=lCMbservers and par-tially ver ified by 3l5th Wing crewmen. ms..kingvisual contacts TIith the

enemy airQraft gave strong i'nd.ication tha.t the Japs. TIare experim.entiIlJwi thAI (e ir borne intercept). Although the Japanese have enccurrt er adprodue.tion problems in the electronic fieia their i.I D ' I < l y become athreat to '8-295 in the near future.

f. In these night strikes evasive action was success.fullyused in eluding the Japanese. night-fighting aircraft maile at othertimes clouds or maneuvers did not stop the interceptors.

g. There were strong indicD.tions that the Japanese, may favorthe Irving 'as an adequately equipped .night-fishter. i.Hied interceptspointed to the FD-2 (518 meS; PRF500) a's the A~ type of equipnent ..,bichmay be found on the aircraft.

2. Summary of Opposition on Thcil Miss.ion:a. Mission 270. ISll6July. Kudamatsu:(l) Approximatel.y 25 to 30 fighters were seen; 1 probably

a Jack; another probably an Irving. The others were unidentified.No attacks resulted but 6 passes were made against the B-29' s ,

(2) One eneny aircreft follooed a B-29 hem 200 milesbefore landfall to the initial pOi.nt. The fighter had its runningl.ights on andwaa noticed pulling ahead. on the right side of the B-29at about :2 oclock. It circled left in front of the B..29. barelymissing a collision.

( ] ) .A . pass frOlTl 12 o'clock level was made by an enemyaircraft at 10.400 feet. The fighter Closed in to approximately laoyarde and. !roke away to the left.

(4) One enemy aircraft ni th running lights on, at 10o'clock level. at 10,000 feet, closed to with in approximately 100 yards,brealdng away to the right. '

(5) An enemy aircraft, thOUght to be a Jaok, carne in from8 o'clock level at 10,000 feet to wi.thin 200 yards when it broke Bi18yat 5:30 o'clock and went into a steep climb.

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(6) I.n unident if ied aingle-eng ine airc~eftcam~ in : t6 o'clock level at 10,000 feet to within 800 yerda end 'I1' .ant 1ntoat aep climb at which time ita V I i ng1ghts disappeared.(7) 1ln Jrvine; without lights was aighted approxiIllOie1Y

25 yarc.,s back of a B-29 ta il.b., Mission 283, 22(21 July. Ube:

(1) ..I..nestimated 20 to 25 .1apaoaosfightersV19TEl en-countered on this mission. 111.rcrafttypes reported include: 6 to10 single-engine aircraft~ 1Nick, and 4 other twin,._engineaircre.ft;.and 8 to 11 unidentified aircraft. Pre ctically all enemy ail' craftSighted ue~e in the target area or between the terget end landis end.

(2) The crtm' of 1 B-29 reportsd a pess and a a,erie.SOf4 . a.ttacks by 1 twin-engine fighter whichwesbelieved to be a N:u~k.In each .insta nos th e approach was fromthe rear'. The 8':'29 W I S notdemagedI and no eIa im of dan:age to th e fight sl' was rnade (3) il.nother B-29 crew reported. a coordinated pass by 4

twin~ engine fight ers I othS.rwise unident ified t which approa ched inpairs,1 behind the othsE I from 2 o!clock level. j,ccarding to thereporf, all 4 aircraft had running lights on and broke away left afterclosing to 100 yards. Ther'e were no other attacks or passes report eo'.

(4) At landfall, an unidentified aircraft with runninglights on, spotted a B~29 ano' fo11o"l1ed it to the target. Another B-,29was, picked up at the initial point by an unidentified aircraft and uesfollowea to the target; thence to land 1.6 end.. The pursuing aircroftwas obServed to have running lights on. Three bomber crews relatedthat soon a,fter bombs away, tktey Sighted a formation of 3 single-enginefighters, each with running lights on, thusly: left' wing, green f centsr,white, and right wing I red. The tr io , itVias stated I waa flyingabreast and in the general direction of the target.

c" Miss.ion 291" "25/26' July. F"nwaa8ki:~. ~ (,1) A. token fOrce .of 25 Japanes~ fighters 'I1er('. e.irborne on

this mission . A . few made feint,s I but none opened fire. The enemyhad. a tactical advantage in the weather since. the moon was .fu.ll and.directly overhead at target time . The scattered, low clouds overeastern Honshu did not interfere with any pls.o for strong opposition.The reaction to this mission was in line with an obvious policY ofconservation.

. (2) Three passes.- 2.Nelll the to..il lnd1 from the nose,",!!"erereported. The aircroft. figur,i ng in tho' simulated attacks teereidentified as twinaengine type. Eight e u e l l l Y ~ir~Qtt ..ere sighted 011the .bombrun, 4 , between the target and land IS end, and. 4 after land'send. Two Japanese fighters weres:i:ghted between landfllll and initi!llpoint. In an exeept ionnl instance, an unident ified aircraft fo11o"l"leda Ba>29from landfall to the initial point I thl"" ough the. target area,thence. almost to land's end. 'Four Judys, 5 t"l1'in~erlgine enemy aircraft,atid a singl e-engine enemy aircrllft were ident if ied. This report is based on evalu.ated information available after thecanpllation of the Consolidated Statistioal SWiIllllary.

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1. Missio.D.No. 270 ~ Nippon Oil c cmpepy . lfudamatsu:a. The prima:ry target was bombedby 59 airc'r'aft of the

315tb. 1'1ingbetween 1441Z~1601Zfrom 10.23-11,700 feet. lIxee ofattack averaged 310 degrees. I(eatber was reported as 4/10-8/10Ullde.z:-caat.

"b. Flak en route to anil onV1ithdroi7)j.l from ~he' target was nil~ '!!

_ c. Over the target. flak was described as mo:::sger.inaccurate,and neavy. ApprOXimately 9 searchlights , W e . re observed in, the' target 'area. T.hey liers ineffective,.. 1:__~,_d. ',Noa'ircraft were lost or dama.gedas a result of fl~k onthis mis~,ion.

e. Searchlights were reported as tabulated below;Location Coordinates NumberLandfall 33' '02 N - 133 a6E

33 13 N - 1.32 34 E33 50 N - 132 46 E33 28 N - 132 24 E33 24 N - 132 02 E 2

U wa Jim a 2

N!8tsuyama 46aqanoishi

Oku33 53 N - 132 15 E.ashiro Sbi.'lJa .3

Heigun,Sh.ima 33 47 N - 1 3 2 14 E33 50 N - 132 07 E34 03,N - 131 34 E33 40 N - 131 3 . 5 E33 3 4 N -. 131 23 E33 14 N- 131 36 E32 56 N - 131 55 E32 56 N - 131 24 E32 56 N ._ 132 05 E

1Nag~ Shima 6Bof'u 2

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NagasuOiteSeeUTakeda 1Tsuruml Saki 12. Mission No~ 283 - Ube.'Coal Liquefaction Company. Ube:

a. Tbe primary target was bombed by 72 airarsft of the 315th'Ii; ing between 1503Z-1640Zfrcm 12.400-15 ~460 feet 0 .uea oe.ttack av-eraged 301 degrees. '.'leather was reported as 4/10-10/10 undercast.

b. En route to the target meager. inaccurate. medium.flakwas encountered at landfall (33 02 N - 133 05 E).

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"'era e.ffective es evasive actio.o. 1 i. ship io Yokohe.JtB,Harbnt' wes,observed firin_g 6 gl:lnB.. Medium flak was int,enee but ineccur~teTb.ixtyto .,50generally effective searchlights were observed loll thetarget area. Coordination between lights and between light:s endbatter-iea wes good.c. Rope was effective as e . counter meas'l.tre in a,few caSes, but most p1ck~ups seemed to be visual.

d. Onll1i thdrawsl flak I'1S iii encoulrtered as te.bulet eaba lOR:

South Tokyo Mod.ere.te and ine.ceurat e.heavy aDd mediumeMes.get end ina.eelttete,heavy.Moderate to intense endaccurate to inaccurate,heavy.Meager and ina.c,curate.heavy and medium.

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e. One aircraft. was lost to flak over the target. Of' 7 5a i r c r a f t a t t a c k i n g , 1 3 . o r 1 7 % . sustained f l a k d 6 !I ) 9. g e.f". Searchlights in ad.diti.onto those in the target area were

re'ported as follm:1BI.Location Coordinates N u m h e r .

34 36 N ~ 1 3 8 5 1 E34 57 N - 139 08 E

Yokosuke 35 17 N .~ 139 40 E

landfall 12I . P . .3

1 26iratsuka 35 19 N~ 139 21 E

South Tokyo 35 36 N ~ 139 44 E 12Ships in Tokyo Bay

Chiba35 18 N- 139 50 E35 36 N - 140 07 E35 27 N - 140 08 E35 18 N - 140 25 E 4

Futteu Sak:l. 2

8Ta:l.to Saki

35 45 N - 139 24E 2Manazuma Misald 3.5 09 N- 139 09 E 4

g. Miscellaneous All. Observationsl F i v e parachutes t l a r e s werereported in the target area, 1 of which spllt into :2 pieces which des-cneded slowly.

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PART III ~ rh 'M ' IGE lISSE3SMENI'REl?OR'ISThe following damage s.sses.sment reports ,cover damage. to ta~ge~sas a result of l\llission Number 270. For damage resulting fl'CJ1'l M:\.ssl.onsNUllIber283 and 291. see_,DllllElge ilBsessment 'Reports NUmber 17':; ana 173

contained. in theTa'ct icsl Mission Report far- M.is.sion Number 303. 310,and 31':;. _

90.32-672NIPPON OIL REFINERYKUJ)WIrla ' lSU pIJ;.NT20 Air Force Mission 270, 15-16 1uly 1945 3l5th viing

a, Damageis \'1 idsspI'ead througho1.1tthe plant with almost alltbe major units showing structural damag~.

h., About 1 ,% of the total storage capacity was aax;;aged as aresult of mi.asdon 238 and.i.s considered as old a:amage~ An additional6 0 % of damage lJaS inflicted on the total .storsge c.a~city by mission 270.

c. The railroad ~pur leading to the plant area, which sufferedseveral direct hits, was al.mcat completely destro;ved.

d. Damage to this target resulting frem mission 238 is listedin the itemizat.iQn of damage as old damageo Ilamage to Target 825 re-suI ting from mission 238 is covered by OIUDamage ASsessment Report 178.

2 . SUMMARY O F IlA .M 8.G .E TO TAN KAG E:.TYPE OF S T O R . i > . G E

Original capaeity - bblsNew damage- bbksCRUDE.r400~(.)Q0

314,,00078

INl'mMIDlkTE71,30037,5005 2

R.EFINEDPRODUCl! E'_' .T OT liL l15~ 700 587.0007,600 359,1006 615,600 5,6005 1

Fer 0en tOld Damage .. bbIs Fer centRemoval .. b bis FercentTotal damage & removal- bblsPercent

. . . 3 6 4 . 7 006214,,00076 37,500. 5 2 13,200113. IT'EMIZATIONOFDiJM.GEt

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Q . Q ~ g l . 1 2 ~ l : l ' : r 1 : h . bSECTION B - Dl.MllGE ASSIssMENT

90.32-825HITACHI MFG. CO '.. KI~O

XXI Bam Com.Missi on 2]8" 29 June 1945XXI BomC0J!lMission 270 15-16 July 1945315th wing315th Wing

1. SUMMARY:.Origina 1 roof areal 1fJll15~O sqo ft.Total damage to deteI 64.8,860 sq. it. -49% (2.5%destroyed).5 large heavy industrial type buildil'lgs -struGtvrsll:y damaged2 probable boiler houses - destroyed or severely damaged.5 large wElrehousetype build.ings - destroyed or damagedi. functional or constrllction analysis of this tarset was notavaHable thus making it impassible to dete>rmin.ethe functionof all of the buildings concerned. The tocta! original roofer ea of the plant was calculated -scale of photos we..S derivedfrom reference B.r: Note~ The primary tar.get of the above rni.ssions was the Nippon Oil Co.,90.32-672 (see o r o Damage .assessment Report 179), locatedimm.ediately If of the Hitachi Mfg. Go,. Separation of damagebetween the two str ikes was net made on this secondary' target 0Probably most of the damage was inflicted b y mission 2 3 e l .

2. STATJSTlCAL SlJM[I//1\RYOF DAM8.GE:TQtal clamaae to da.te Square feet

of rOD.! area Percent oforiaina1 roof' area*142,6102 1 2 . 5 0 0

DestroyedStructural damageSuperficial:l~ Gutted

2. Minor roof d.all?8geTotal dema.ge

10.5H ; ..2175,7501180000648,860

13~49 ..49,,0

*1,311,500 sq. ft.3. ITEMIZl ..TION OF Th\MaGE:

Numbe r Roof area Dk.:MtI.GE IN SQ.. 'rr , S U P . E R F I C I h l ,89 ftL DestroYed StTuctural Gutted M.i.nor28b 8,400 8,400 ".72 98 4,500 4t50029d 3,950 3~9502ge 2,400 2.40]0 8,700 8,700

31 3,150 3r15033 4,200 3,3003 4 - 2,600 2,60035 2,600 2.,,6003& 10,30 10.30037 15,800 15.800~aed on 20th A.F . C.I ..U. DJl. Report No. 111

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References.. 1~: il]'Y Ai!' Objecti,fe FDlder 90.32n, J.T.G. TIlustrf',tion 90.32-672-TL L l \ J i v , y 1945rhotos: Pr~-strike: 3rTI5L;]~C': : ;-2:37 .3rn.5M191+-2: ID6, 1J7

Post-strike: 3r U5 IJ 39 G -4 t: 1 30 -1 32Inclosure,: 1; imnlDto.totl ('Jfll~rt;Gnent (3rR5J,IlCG-2:37)..-,- , 1-

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