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~ W I I N T I I I ' H AIR FORCE~ I I I T E l l i G E N C E REPORT4 August 1945

20TH .;:O""PER=A""T=.;I0:;:l:N::;:SStrike Photo SUmitomoRecord Strike CommendedStrike Photo Sum1tomoDamage Photo SUDlitomoStrike Photo Kawanishi Alc Co.3,527 Tons on Four CitiesDamage Photo HitachiDamage Photo Utsonomiya315th Bombs 011 TargetsDamage to 11 TargetsDamage Photo WakayamaDamage Photo NumazuDamage Photo SendaiDamage Photo Kure Naval Arsenal

A P ~ A . . . : N E : : : : S : : . = E A!!l DEFENSEReasons for Weak Air Opposition

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I t is lntend,d that th h nalt ly r e ~ POI't b, 'aurel of IntOl'lIII.tion to r com_bat crew, ,Del Harr ott'tcau 1Iho havi ahglt1mate interest 1n the operatt on, ortb e twentieth Ai r ' o r a l . With i n t houlimits it should rective the widest pOlI _s tb l , c1reula iOD. permlu 1t11, under th eprovls1oM or All 3 8 o . ~

In order that I lllU:1mum or in teU1_IlIlIel ma7 b , included , th e r lpa r t 11811'111 In O'I'e:'lll clault1cat1on at se c _ret . WIlen the natura at the III.Ilterlalnrrallt" 1n41vl4ual art ie lu have re _ceived l on r .. urity cla.n1tleatlon.!be report 11 so ' ' ' -=b1l4 that theCatpOlWlnt "CtlOIlll 1Il1 b , 1'11:10'1',4 I nc!circ:ulatad or tUto!! separate17 . It pOl'_tlons ar e l'ePl'ocNcec! , sleurlty r.sula_tions CIls t be observed and tna .!Iourelcredited.Carre,polldenci rl ,udll '11 th l l publ ication should b, addruu4 to th_ Cea.Ilanell.IIC GebUal , mnt t e tb Ai r Poree,

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to 0&711&1> t . t rU "t t r i a l targets ia JapeDl . ~ ! t time ! lace 26 JUDe.__ 0 "" Ai r POorce B-89s we"~ t t b 24 July in th e largestlaunched against th e eo-tltee Ofte B-29 or th is trem_D

\J.eII tailed to "turD. !b e. t ~ ' credited wlth . t ~ .'"droPped 3.7 54 tODl ;: ,"'-1.8 enell1 ..._ t r , . 500d.. litloa b ~ .

S1!IIlT!IIO Purr BU!ftD :Sa-be 0- 58tb 'IUI&land 011 th . S J a 1 ~ o . . -al IacfI1str1 Plant ( ta rP t263.l) OD 24 Jul1. (St.blow-lIP aut pII ' )

!b e 1U0cai at ~ . u t D I a sattested b1 a a_lllatioa tit titl.pal'tlc1patiDi .. t t b 7 o e ~ carl', ,.8pUU. lid C ~ l D 1 ' - ' ~ ttl_ 8 . a _ 1 a AU fJf . ". . . . "'1 .

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all! TO SUVITCIIO: Ttl!! post str ike photo or the SUII1tOllo Indmtr1'.&IIt shown in the preceedlng strike photos . reveals that 77 percenti the plant was des troyed by th e 58th Wng attack.iIl1 l s work was broken downindividua l missions, in-pllsb11l8 of whieh th e B-29s,tft tD4u.strla l plants and twoaddItion to th e bombing'hlas!t opportunity. Detailsons tollow:

lIISS I ON 28 4~ ~ ; e t L l g h t Ve ta l IndusU1,Ptodu 26 M . This is ODe ot... ~ ~ l ' e ot propellers tor- lar t a1l'crat t . It also1111 4lU' quantit ies ot alum.

J t o t a e ~ U l l l l n es sent ia l to a1l'h Oil. I t 119 l oc ate d ODBLAST El'?!cr o izlduilll'bor waterfront in asbot on t h e ' A gr1zzled PI who examined thIs blO'll'-U.P of tb . til , t r l a lhe d area. Tb1.l'-photo like th:r eYious Page said he had never se en anyth l D& on,:. 'oJhalt perce n t bad beendie.ted by a r r o ! ~ O C k onittect on th e buUdlnaS I n th is picture B .29 s t r ikes 00The bombs ar e 4 e plant 111 th e Sum lt omo veta l IndU50 c:r umbl1 ll& l ike - ~ ~ e r s . Roots and even walls appear t 5 a t t t __ e W8 or Jer icbo . ,cl.lna t"1ne: launcbed 90 all'''I h. Plant,a. or 1II>Ub_ w1th '8 8 tons. raar. - - . targets. three l"etar- '

ear ly and one was lost 10 the t a r ~ e t area. Cloud COfer was 0 to 3/ 10and visual bomb1ng was done . Fortyot th e B.29s landed on 1.0.

Bo enemy aircraft pre enconnteredo Flak was or heavy caliber.moderate to intense and generallyineccurate. Forty one B_295 , 48percent, ot those biBblng targetssustalD.ed flak damage bu t mos t ori t was ainer. The 1055 ot 008 B-29U attributed to tlak

.,Tbls target haS ceased to existas a target. OIl this str1ke the~ 8 t h wing destrored 76.9 percent or1 t . Total da8&!e to "-t t l is 9CI percent aDd total (laaa88 aDIIr.onJ isjust god . , 96 pereent . I S S I ~ 285


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in th e town, ". , .n n 'iiortbn,t ot Osakaor TaJEaruuka.th e 88 aircraftSeTenty ,e'VeD ot irborne droppedof the S8th ,"Il l> 8 aod Z4 tons450 tons on the : ; ; ; ; r ~ 8 d & . r target.~ : ~ : b : t ~ g e , t 5 ~ ; ' 7 0 P P ~ ; : n 4 : , our return8 e_ and t was generally clear

at th e targ_ rtsual Port,. B_29sand bomb1ng was landed on 1.0.1 eD8IIl1' aircraft .are air-bor:'t'fn8 he vicinity ot ~ 8 ~ r ~ ! but Ilooe attacked. n a at t 1Ia5 .ode.rate aDd geoe.rall1arse .._ Thirty seveD aireratt ,.ccure.... b bi"JP ' lUl-U percent ot th050 0lIl ..... 1 ,ta1q,.ed flak damage; su rece vaujor da2a!8.

s t r ae pbotOll look 1'81'1 good;00 post strike reconnaissance haaMen obtaioed.Osaka Arunal , Target 382 , anci!'awana urban area . fbe Osaka Ar -:!!tIDal has beeD discussed previouslyin this pubUeation. K\nrana IS atown at about 42,000 population 10-eated I.e .un southwest ot' Bagoya.I t 15 81} s..portant industrial e1 tyand b u r s . greater burden DOW thatlasOY8 has been seriously d a m a ~ e d byB-29 str1.ku. ~ 1 l I I . 1 t 1 anruou ar a scaewbat sFa'll'lil1&.'lbe ci tr pr0r,r, hOlJ$T8r, 111 aboutone square 1111 e and bu a populationdensity at 30,000 per squan IIUe .Thirty un n or the 170 73rd "'itl@;aircraft a1l'bOl'ne dropped 25S tOM

on the Osaka usenal and Us ba..bed.lunna with 80S tOM. rb.e lat ter.. . the Fiaary radar tar&et. 51..%othel'S b a . ~ targets otoPPOl'tuni t7.and l11ae returDed early. A Marlysolid Wld.wcast prfl'l'aUad at thetugeta . !h1l'ty I11Il8 B-29s landedon In .

10 ' ~ 1 1 1 a1..reratt .ere ellCOWl_'tC'1IId. '!'b81'e WU no 1013 t o t lakbu t 407 a 1 r C l ' a t ~ 1 or 37.5 percent atorv a.u targets, sllltainedOnly one receiTf!4 u.tlak 1r U generaU)AlthOtl8bl bOllb1nc,,.1 ..1. f ts

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Post str ike recOnnaissance orXunna has no t been lIIade . Pho to ,show 434,500 square t ee t ot d&!lac.to th e Osaka Army Arsenal, bl'1n.g iq :th e total to date to I S percent.nSS I ON 287

Aichi Aircraft C O l l l p a ~ , ! l tolrqPlant, Target 1729 . This plant.previously discussed. is ODe ot thelarges t and ne.est ot th . Aicb,lCompaQ1 plants. PreTlous d ......trca B-29s attacks totals about IUpercent at th e root area.The 3l3th Wing attacked tbtatarget . at 74 B_295 a1l'barne 5'7dropped 464 tons on th e p r i ~ y target . rour bombed other tarsetaand three returned early . BOlibi llSwas by radar thrOllsb 10/ 10 cloud.T'l'8llty tIn lallded oa 1.0 .Air oppos i t Ion waa nil . Plak .. .lIIeager to l I . ~ e r a t e and generall1

inaccurate. I t was accurate tf2ralt1 ude bUt ott in az:1auth. "oareircraft IWitalned flak duaga .Bo poat str ike recocnaiuabCeha s been obtained.

KISSION 28 8Tau Ul'ban ArM. ThIs ci t r , popa_lat ion 68,000, ill another ot theh1lh1r Induatrlalhed. arMS denloped in recent reara to ebsorb the tn dUlltr1al overflow t'rc:a laSoya a;rsmall plants ar e wi hI n the e1 tyand seTa.rlll l.&rl:e ones ju s t outsid.

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r - - -3527 TONS~ ( I ; I i f J 'f'weoUatb Ai r "ore.put"!:' :=2:- I D ; ~ 1 ; h l : 1 r & D ~ t ! ~ :

night o? l ~ ~ ; ~ ~ l a r y strikes at ur.su l l s 0 or Japen. P'ukb a O - 1 z : I ~ S ~ I l ~ o : r ! D O Okazaki _ r eut, H i t a e . tODS The to tal oCh it b,. 3,527 d ' t 46 and th ee1 t1es hi 110'1' stan 5 a 1 57 ThisDumber ot such missi oDs 5 .9 ,Ul'ies of tour cost two B- II.)(ISSI O" rrn -- PUXU I

TIle 58th WII1#5 bad as a target t heurban are. ot rukui, II city oC lOa,000 population located 1n wast cent ra l HOll5hu eo . U e , 1n.land trom th eJapeD se The buUt-up area coversabOl.lt 3t square lI11es 'and the popu_l a t ion deMit , . Tarles!l 'ca 30 ,000to 50 ,000 per square 11.11&.

rumt 15 one ot the lleet t .portant IDdutrlal dt1es OD the n s t51da or Honshu. It . pre-war impol'_t&nce . . . , pr1lurU,. bacaWlI ot te:z_tile llanutaCtul'lD& and trade. I talao 11 a prefectur, capital . lIererae.nU,. 1\ h u ~ C O l l . 1JIpol"tantbecause at the n r ,00111 produced11l i t , 1ntIuatl'1al planta. Tb.euInc:!u4. aireratt parts! electl ' ical.qu1P11ent, lUehine too s, iron andother .. al prodUcts rubber goOds,ch_icals and te:z:tllea, In addition,P'Ukui is Japortant as a ran centeron ttle Kawau lleiD 11n

TIle !18th llounted 130 alrcrat ttar the Itrike, 126 ot 'IIIlich bcabedthe Pl'1aar,. n th 93'7 tons. h o hitother targetl and two were in e tfec_tiya. Poarteen ba.bad b,. radar andl Ie Yisuall,..hoc. 12,800 teet . "0elOQda to 3110 clOUd pren,lled ,"erthe targ.t. ho nnd run alrerat tI.ccc.panied the .. n torce, one ot1It!.ich droPped leatleta.

l'bve weI'. DO losses and noc law against the enem,.. fhloeeen.:y aireratt were Sighted bu t,

they dld no t attack. po u k noheavy and medium weapons was Ye:'meager and inaccurate. ,.No post s t r ike reconnaissance ott he target ha s been obtalned .

MISSION 278 -- HITACHIThe '73r d Wing bombed Hitachi

city ot 8e,ooo population whlch ' athe lIIost 1mportant indUstrial ca.1tp lu nor th of To""o. It 15 a manu:tacturing center tor elec tricalequipment, machine tools, aircraftparts! tanks and 10cClllotlYes. I t15 &.1S 0 a copper mining and retlnlng center. Most ot t he city 's pop.ulat10n is highly skilled employ . .ot the Hitachi interests , wblcbhave been heavily subsldized by thagovernment .

Ht tachl is located eo IIlle.northeast of TolQ'o on the ealtcoast ot Hon.shu. I t 11es astr ll!tth e vi ta l Joban coa s ta l railroadl tne from Tokyo. It haa about threesquare miles ot congested area aDdth e bUildings ar e largel,. singlAl.story, l ight and illt'lammable.'l'be 73rd had 130 aireratt all'barile, 127 ot wbtch d r e ettect i ..t he primary 1I'aa b i t by 94'7 too. atincendiaries tl'0III 12.600 teet . Slsbcabed visually aDd ao b1 ra_through 9 to 10110 cloud . OM bita target ot opportunity . Two!-t9twere los t . oae ot -.bieb dltcb.tIbortly after takeott aDd t 'rc. 1Iblftt lve lUl'TlvOl"I were rescued. ODela II1.saia& to UQbawn r seas.Onl.,. one eneDIT aircraft .... &tIte d and I t mada no a t tack. .t \biHot tn . tore. encountered .. pr andIn.accura te h.. y and m e c 1 i ~ tlak.

50 loss or dalllage was Incurred.Tbe 7.3rd Wing's bca.bin& d . , t r ~ 88 'QUare m.U., or &5 perceatbuilt-up area ot th e cit,.. bl'il11iD1tile to ta l damage t o da te to 18 ::;cent . Three aumb.:red aDd other targets .. e d.. . ed. !b 'tormer Ineludas a copper ut iotr1and two eDl>lneerlng worD.

VIaBlCB 279 __ caOSHlChoa:hl was b lt 00 th e n 1 l b ~ ~ 19-20 lul.7 by tb e 31.3th 1I'1D1.

lII'DCIII boabe4 b1 .,!I'd W1DI OIl DUlt or 19-20Ju ly . Sixty tOllf' pet'ceDt or tM bQllt--lIP . , . 11burned oat . 8e"ra1. pportaDt l ~ t r 1 a l targets1f8re destroyed or daMled

-...I tJJ.& popula t ion ot 61.000." Of! ttl .os t important tUhing~ 1 e ' east coast ot RolllhUto: th e. prtaary scurc. of" luo Tolqo. yokobUA aDd\ 4 1 t J ~ populaUol1 centers ott e . ct . 'l'b.e c l 1 cootalDSt1t concent r . t1on ot i I I -In.,, . "Oct. ted witb th e t iSb-1_ - boat bu1l41oa.

J . t . . tilt tactor1ee. '!be sobllr 'llli C&:-ries th e yttal toOd tot t ~ Pl)intll north aD4 . . . .ot :ao is th e SOdt;bel'D tar iIIportant 1DlaDd if....

14 0 f t ~ to 'l'O,,"0.(2lotbl SJ lOC&* 10 eas\jU'll BaD-.bIl 00 th e pr-.tDeDt "".b1 PeDiD-,ala. It 11" abOllt eO u.es e'"ot !01q0. !be bQ11t-GP . , . of Wete ~ ' 1111118 it ttabt11 coDPl'*'ID tb 8 ..D'*' of th . ct."' lb' 515 . IfF . ~ . r ! f 91 ot 1Ibf.ob . . . . .. . ead lI P.,01 ~ ~ f t a 1 ' 1 - : : : r ,..t. .

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, p . ~ ! ! t t rown o a r ~ . '1',0 RCJf . n ~ ODII wind run alreraf ' t.u s airborne In addlUon to th el id ! ! . torce.

Q:Uy two enemy aircraft wereseen and no attacks were sustained.Two aircraft sustained minor d&ll&.@8 trOll generally meager and teacurate heavy and ..edtum .rlak. Atf!'W ineffectIve ground rockets wereot!\:al"l'e4."rbirty etalt percent ot th e bul l _up area n s destroyed on this mlssho, briDging the total to date to43 percent. or . '8 square mile.

Kl SSIOli 260 - - OKAZAKIOkazaki, the t a r ~ e t to r th e 314 tbW1.c&, Ilas & pOpulation ot 84,000.It Is another at the citIes which,In recent years, has absorbed th.eOV8l'tlo. of IDdustry from NagO)'a.III pre-wv days Okazaki was pr1..llar-111 concerned . i th agrieulture andtu ; tU. u.outacturlng, bu t to4ay i tis to.rtUtl& ou t implements of warsueb. as a1rcr&f't parts, ordcancII,electrical equlJlClent and ilUl'lll48rablel ight metal parts tor V&l'lous In dustries. I t also contains manyabado. tact arles.

The et ty is Situated OIl th ehagt aoo CIlira Rivera. 18 1I1I:southeast ot RagOJa Castle. I t t!an ol d city. highly lnt laQabuwith a population denUty r:L a proximately 30,OOu to 50,000 petsons pe r square I I lh . 'nle - l t lbuUt-uP arsa is one aqu.&re 11111&.or 131 B-29. airborlle f ica the3l4th Wing, 1.26 bOIlbed th e prtar ,

target with 910 tons. 01:18 bo.be4another target and three returnedearly_ One nnd run a1rcrart is In_cluded in th e total . Sixty e1lhtbOlllbed by radar and 58 v1aual.l1througb 9 to 10/10 undercut hOWl14.890 t ee t . SOllie ot the boII.b1D1a i rc ra t t tound a large bole ln thecloud cover.Three enemy a i rc ra f t were sighted bu.t they dld not attack. Bea.,and medium t lak .. .s meager and lb accurate and there was no lou ordamage caused by tlak.The 314tb d rored .65SqUtl'llmile. which is 68 percent ot thebnt l t -up area. '01ll' lndustrialareas were badly b&DID.ered, three atthem be1n& completely destrCIJId.(Secret )

UTSOHtllIU, tbQIIIDhere ln an obl1que photo, . .32 percent d ..strayed by -58th nIlS 00 11-13 Jul7.

l,tl1 BOMBS TWO10th and 11tb 011 targets 10,. tl1 be h1 t by Twentieth Ai r

JII B-B911 were at tacked during? b1 the ~ 1 5 t h W1ng. On th er"'/t 19-20 July th e Rippon 011p at AJl&8asaki was th e tar_;.r1!b1J lllstallattoO 1s th e most t refinery in th e Osaka-AlI._::rar- and is locatea a t th erII or the lIuko Rtver in Amaga_. , b ~ . The plant producesittl, plollne and bY-Droducts.tdb't1 c plant 1s adjacent to!dtJIIl"1 and tank tarm.

aged. In the ta u t&1'l 11'. . . . . . ." .ho or ttle 10 large tanka 11' .-'d8lll8ged. fh'l'tIttnery areata l!.UI,;'ly lJru1nag"d.COAL LIr.,UEPACTIOI CO,

Tbe Ube Coal L1quetaetloll C-.pa ll1 was tile t&l'set CD the n1&bt at22-23 July. 'nlb outfit is ObI attile leading producen or syntheticoU 1n Japan, It is located CD tiltUbe Harbor watarf'lom. Since tillSh1pptng blockad. ba! utle &eelS!to crllde 011 Dearly t..poss1bla torJapan thu plant 1s eomldered orb1gbe;t pr10ritr 1n ttle Japalll!'petroaUil lncNstry.saTeMy two ot tbe 80 8-291 eir.borne drOPped. 520 tOQl 011. the pr1-.ary target. '11'1.11' bc.bed otber t&rgets and tCllJ1" retarDed _17. Su .ty e1gbt or tile slJ'cratt _bed bJ

radar tbroqb. sIlO clood Com' tpc:.12,900 teet; otbert bo.tJll! rtauallJ.. en..,. a1ror.tt wore .1gb- In odd'tion to tile .,. ore" ,. ;

!'l bOlle a t t a c ~ . One a ir wind run aucrat t were auberae &lid~ u a t a l n e d mlnor damage t r ~ dropped 11 tOI'l5 or rrapebtat1011.L IOU-ager and inaccurate bcabs 00 the Ilppoa 011 at

)I 3l5th bad M a i rc ra t t a i r , ,,,iDlt th e target , 83 otUl'opped 665 tons ot GPs. One.. aar lJ' . Bomb1ng waa by ra ! b r ~ 1/10 clou4 trClll 15,000J, 'OO teet altituc1e. In addi-1\0 the .. n torce, two windI l tfttt dropped 16 tons ot GPstlIotfU R.ttnery a t wakayama.

i nt, t ire was trOll! hae ttudell8'tau.'It, Ia..e . edtUll t i r e was o ~ l 1 8 b t . ~ a1I'cran are dr-III ~ t e l l 5 e searchligbt actt?- bot'llfl aplnat the 8-291 bi t oal.1 -t POpeOlllltereo .hT th e eztens1n attacDd, caDl1. DO Plat . 1'1'_ .ed1a . . oas . . aU to . . . .i:lt Itrlk fer aDd lIaceur&W. ' Ib'" - . .IMet1 e Photos ahow that to .. or 4U&I&'.14 b Q U 4 ~ .. ll plant 0011 two ot 10 poat-s'true recOllllll"-1-. . s ea ca pee! damaSe an4 bat beeD Obt&UIM at tb . "",.t.

_U tanks are uD4P- (s.cret )DAMAGE TO . . TARGETS.. ,......01 ...

.... lMOt ot auace\ Ole1tt4. oa. th . tollorio& tar'!'Por . ~ S a t o n 8 ep in s t 'llbteblib I ' ~ , previous issue. ot.........g.nce R.port:~ a . b , b1t OIl th e D1&bt otI ~ t b . 73r4 ftaI . ,ortJI t.. 'Qoltlt ot th . bal l -u p ....

. : r " t o ' ""111&111& . . . . ,.tal~ U . date to 59 ~ C e D ' . '1\'1 11)' ain... ccapletelJ de -th1a attack.oa

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--1t'AJAYAl'.A (abOTe) was 52 percentderuoyed OD. 9.1 0 Jul , . by th e3 1 ~ t b Iftag . Burned ou t area(outlined ti l pIloto) to tals 2 .1square . ues .....,...

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Im1IAZU (below) took real b_t.-1111 trOlfJ. th e S8th Wing on 16 -17 July . Damage COVers 1. 2square mile .- 89 .5 percent atth e buUt-up area at the c1ty

"'.l ~ a . h it by 58th wing 00~ 2 - 1 Ju ly . Resul t ingret is .1!!8 square mile . 32 per-th , bu.n t -up area.a.u.. hOlDbed by 3l4.tb " ln g on~ 1 r 1 2 July. Photo eO'ler-ttl' ~ O I t I P e t e bu t shows 16 per

'48 eity destroyed. (Cloud60 Pel'eellt or th e area ator reconna1ssance.)

SEJfDAI b it on 9_10 JalJ' by the 58thWing , l os t 1.26 square aile of tt sbul l -UP area.16-01'7 Ju11 . Wget 15 89 percentdestroyed . _ 1.2 Square .U e . fWDnUJllbered ta rgets and tour otherswere d&al&l,d .Qlla. belibel! by 73rd Wire 011 16 -17 J'\iI1. tar,at 25 p8l'eent iIe-strafed.

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!ORE NAVAL ARSENAL is 56 pezoeent destroyed to l low_in g an attack by th e 58th aCd 73rc! Wings Oil 22June .destroyed; aoother Il8val arsenalbranch, 100 percent destrOYedj un_ident1t ied inc!ustry. 65 percent des tr oyed; ra i l r oad stat1on, 50 per _ceot destroyed; unidentified 1lldus _try. 90 percent destroyed.by 51sit W: _July. totals 204, aoo squareteet ,27.6 percent ot the r oot ___ _Nine othEr adJacent targeted8lllaged by th e strike..' . " ~ ..,.." ... . were

N1Pl!D 011 C C I I I . p a ~ " Kudaaaul.l ,h it b;y IStli"""ilD8 on ngbt ot 15-16JulJt. Twenty percent ot s te rq .capaC i ty destroyed . Ten pereent atr efinery units destroyed .kUre Naval tsenal , bit on 22Juneoy---n ie 5 0 and 73rd W1D&.Seventy pereent of t h h target 1_

damaged or destroyed . Tb1s t iD lbOlDb1ng Job knoeked out 2. 949 ,690square teet ot th e root area. (COD-t1dent1al)

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