air intelligence report, v1n23

8/8/2019 Air Intelligence Report, V1N23

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I! o NOTU 'ROM LOG 170' A RESCUE su eo STUDY OF MIMES


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TWINTIITH AIR RCI~ 1 . T E l l i G E N C E REPORT

11 August 194520TH AI OPERATIONS

20th lauDches 850 B..29s in One N1ght 3Strike Photo ToyllllZ 4C l t 1 ~ s Warned -_ bu t No B-29s Lost 5Damage Photo Nakajima AlC Company 7Damage Photo T!luruga aStrikes Jr!ade on Three J ap I sl ands 9Damage Photo Fukui 10315th Out Three Times 11Eu l l e r Damage Asses!led 12Mining Kission!l 12JAPANESE AIR DEFENSEFighters Get One B_29 During JUly 13r ighters V8 B_29s ... . Score Ni l 14BritiSh AirCraft in the Area 15Suiciders I Finishing School 16Night Interception Improving 16

61!l RESCUENotes trom the Log ot a Rescue SUb 17

.PECIAL REPCliUE12626

I ! ! R I ~58th W1nI loadlas 4 . 0 ~ ~ ~ b'

Japanese Merchant ShippingJap Reaction t o S tr ik e Warnings1f1ee '101'11: 1t You Can Get I t

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UTH: C.G. %OAF. I n i t i a l s ~ 1 tDATI 11 August

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increased in importance becau.e ord1spersal ot induStry trOll Tokyo.The 58th \fiog had t tte target andsent leo B-e9s 'agalnst 1t. MUlese169 dropped 1,558 ton! ot I n c e ~dlaries tl1rough 0 to a!l0 cloud trtlll15,000 teet. Four aucraft , Indudla g one which bombed the prtmary,bombed other targets. Two RCV and

two wtnd run a1rcratt were airbornein addltion to the mala farce.Elght aircratt returned early and36 laoded on Iwo.sevent1 tlve ener:v a11'craft weres1gbted aod they launched seven at tackS. eedlUl1 and heavY flak waslIeager and lnaccurate. Thera were10 !earch11Fts, reported as ,snerall1 IneffectIve. TwO airerattsustalDlld .ln01' f la t ~ g and oneS49"" lost to un]mown causes in

the vle1D1tl ot cape c.ae..0 post sU'.1ke Ji!.0tos ban been

obtaiDltd ,I1SSICIf 3(17 - TOfAKA'J'-- 11 the third we n t ctty1i01-IJU.aPd sea coast Honsbu.oD tt l . ar" serves a business'III'':::',ortat10Zl bub tor extea_ I lad r euuye l r . l ~ u s t r 1 a l, WI.dOD' with ~ .. W - !!'l I I ....I t ,.... : ~ ~ ......osP-"': I }al"p,t . ~ f f J d ( ' J " A f t t , 'bal llaJ'l!IIlI' ."ci.1 sw. l . preciS10n' ,pi! eta_leal IDCluSt.r1es.10 '............... population ot aboutfila #I,IJ{1D.fila fII'd W1DI ..nt 192 aircraft

I829S IN

~ - r ...", ,n - ' :OTH L i \ I l ~ C H E S"Twen tie th A ir Foree, whichI ago broke a l l AAF reeorCl.s torj tonneges , put 851 B_29s intoIll' on the night of 1- 2 August1 series of s tr ikes "hich tarJ!,ed any previouS B-29 missioDs.bers ot planes and weight ot!!, About 6,514 tons or bcmbsnnes were dropped.

operations on th is night tallI three groups: Incendlsry at-!51gainst tour Japanese ci t ies ,llrget strike by th e :315th wingII ;ioing mission. In th e bOlllblttacks 793 s tr ik e a ir cr af t~ 1 alscellaneous B-29s were in ..lid. Forty t"o B-29s plUS onetodJabo and one ReM' aircrat tin th e mining mission.r10r to th e at tack leat lets and, ~ b r o a d c a s t s were again used to: : the Japanese ci t ies that the1 would v i s i t them soon. Tnl"ewve warned .. tour .ere bi t .: all these aircraf t 0011 one.tbe Mth lYing. n a los t .J:.:Ul'ban area strikes wert ..I ISSIOH 206 .. .. RaClbioJl

~ e h i o J i is aD l I I P o r t l D ~ Jt COntrolling p r a c t l ~::!OQO r a i l uattto to t ted s.a

Honsbu. I t 11 ~ , - 'til. tainous a r ~ l _ ~ ana" Imperial P a J . a ' ! ~ ".. t t l\i. '1 set t led b o u . t ~ !II'.... _ outlylD1: 1DdU'';tse :t.,,"......t ion 1s '75,000-8 - 4 9 - 6

I t I . Intlnde(l that thls weekly re_part b . a sourel or tnfOl'llllltlon to r COlllba t crew, and ,tarr orneer, ..mo have alIs1t1mate interest In th e opere ttons oft t l , r_ntleth Air Yor e.. Wlthin those11mtt.s it .houl(l reeeive the widest pos.'1'01, circulat ion permissible undllr th eprovisions or All 3 8 0 - ~ .

I n o rd er tbat mu.1mlllll of tnte lH_,encl., b. Incluo:!Id. the report U11"'" an O'I'uall cunineatlen or secret . l'I'hen the nature ot th e lIIate'r1al. u ren t . , IDclt'l'l


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_BUT NO 129' LOST

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MISSION 309 . - JUTOIUto is lOcated about 60 milesnortheast o r Tokyo, It is b por tant as a transportation center andhas large marshal11ng yards andrailway repair facllities, Two h1ghpriority Hitach1 plants located inth e envirollS or th e c 1ty emph851zethe importance of the urban area asa souree or labor and a center ofsmall sub .contrac t1ng shops . Thepopulation 1s 66,500,The 314th W1ng put up 167 B29s,160 of 1Ihich dropped 1,145 tons ofincendiaries on the target. Bombing"as through 8 to 10/10 cloud from12,860 feet. One bombed anothertarget and siX returned early. Two

RCIoI aircraf't, ODe wind run and onesuperdumbO also .ere aUborne. Sixlanded on ITO.Twenty enemy fighters "ere sightd but they made only one attack.e UlI end heavy f lak 1I8S meager andMedi at . No eircraft "ere lostinaecur or damaged.Post strike reconnaissance hasnot be8n obt.aineCl. (secret)

Of 104 enemy aircraft sighted,only f iv e a tt ac ked. l'edium flak"a5 meager and 1naccurate. No a i r ~craft were lost or daoaged.No post strike photos have beenobtained.

TsU, AOIori, Ichinaaiya, UJiyamadaOgaki .nd o-J1.U. Not a B29 ..10 .t the SSth Wing staged part ofi t . atrcraf't at 1_0 fo r the strlkeagainst Aalari, lfhich is on the e J : ~t r t " Dorth part ot HOI1llhu. Detailsof tb . a i .s lona follow:

IJSSIOlf 29'1' . - TSU!1'1 11 a bilbl1 indUst1'ial1zedc ~ 121 the Nagoya araa. 34aiJAII ,OG."''' at that city. ItbaI ~ a t 1 o a of 68.000 coacaD-uate4 1D a ctaP6ct aue of. ; r ~ .

lag6oka,a city of 70,000 locatedIlGrth centr l l l Honshu, 1s an 1m-rlant center of machine and tooltletlon and also h e. rallroad~ l o n . The city has 8 built-up ore.l square miles and 1s sitlIl12 miles inland fran th e shoreIlle Japan Sea.te 313th Wing at tacked this tarI11th 136 planes, 125 of whichtped 934 tons of incendiaries onI primary. Bombing was throughbelOUd from 12.500 feet , Fiveled oUler targets end si x r e t u r n ~I&1"ly. One wind run and on8 s u "bo also were airborne. T h l l ' ~Wlen landed on 1.,,0.

, TOyama, 17 3 of whlcbdrPPedpst ns of lncendlBI'les on the,_to target through 0/10 cloud"lz 500 reet. One strike ai r . nd tWO wtnd run e .1 rc ra tto t h e r targets. A s u p e r ~ u m b oo1.d th e strike planes.returned early end nine landedJlX eneIDY a i r c r a f t sighted madeone attack. APproximately 20jIInt of th e at tacking B-29s r6 .iw1 heaVY and medium flak,meagerllIllccurate. Two were sl1ghtly. . . by flak.10 post strike photos have been.UJId.

VISSION 308 wOO NAGADKA

t b Twentieth j\ir Foree put 496iary_ bearing B ~ 2 9 s into theon th e night of 28-29 Jul1 asaJtI1t1eted i t s -raU' warning",e s against Japanese citie';1% c i t ies b i t along witb fivt~ ~ had been drned earlier byts and r ad io t ha t tht1 ..1'1TOYAllA. under attack by th e 73rd Wins tl0 On th e l i s t " . For the JaP :;on th e n1gb t of 1- 2 AUgust, r inal re " _ Q to this plan 1lblcht u rns a re no t in but it is doobttul that ~ 1 b e d 1n SOllIe de taU in t la.

tmuch of this e1tYll'ill be l e t t stand1Dlo ~ t or this publicatiOD, s ee t hePage of thiS 111\1'

~ six c i t l e . attacked wereI .


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wire a irborne , 91 dr'oppitll 658 tcmof tneendiar1t!l 01'1 the e1tJ'. SI9' isually and 34 b1 radal' thrlJl&h2 to WlO cloud ft'CIIII 14,900 feet.Six returned ear11 and the w111d ranB..29 allo b ~ b e d the prtaarY Telllaoded a t I .a .

1':D8117 aircraft ..-r- . .itt. tatttle boablr. at the tarsst and 21attaCkS were reported. coOrdWt1Cl1lbetwHD 'e&1"cbl1&flt l and tb l tl&t1tel'l . . aotM. one eae-1 rtptel'.. . claSPd d.ltror-d and 8-291bad DO 10 . . . . . i l e 4 1 ~ - b16YJ'tJ,8II: . . . .neral.1T ....1' aJld. iDlooarat e s- e prcbable J lbOl:: : :_I .. ..,....... rlal:tri l l . . . . .

THE NAKAJDlA AIRCitA?r CCllPA1'IY atHanda. Target 1635. 'If&! 44 peretlltdestroyed by the 314th \11041 in th ldaylight m15sioD of e40 Jul1

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~ f meager and. inaccurate ..U\ a ~ t a or some of tM last aU'''cking. some pholfsmorush ~ t o b s e r v e d . No loU ar (1,,-ed from t ' lak.P09t 9tr ike photOll have blaa".llISSION 301 __ OOA'KI

~ 1 19 a to'll'n of 35.000 10cate 4\11 es IIlles northwest or ""soP 't b.a t u t t l e and ehalllical center~ a 15 eonsplclO\l1 . i l la 1D fi r' i i I th e ci ty , Ilost of tlblcb ar etlg war suppl1. , .11Qaty seven 31"th wtDl . . . . . .

Nineteen enemy fighters were seenand 15 attacks made on th e bombersbu t no losses o r c la ims resulted.About half t he f or ce r ep or te d flak,heavy and mediUll1. meager and inaccurate. Three B_299 were damaged.No post s t r ike photos have beenobtained.

l.lISSION 300 . - UJIYAUADAThis city ha s a populat ion of52.000 and is located 43 miles soa tl lof Nagoya. two and a half miles iDland from Ise 8ay. I t is a part otth e Nagoya indus tr ia l area and hasa bu il t- up a re a of 1. 2 square mile .The 3l3th ~ l 1 n g sent 99 aircraftagainst i t , 93 of whi ch d ropped 735tons of incendiarie9 throUgh 0 to5 /10 c loud from 12.700 teet . Sixdropped v i s u a l ~ y and B7 by radar.One banbed another target. five re turned ear ly . One wind run aircraftcarried no bombs. Nine landed on

Iwo.Fourteen enel:l)' fighters lDadethree attacks which accompli9hednothing. Ued ium and heevy flak 'It'IlS

MISSION 299 - - ICHINllIIYAThis 15 one of the secondary citie s rl thin a 30 mile radius of Nagoya . I t began early in th e war toconvert industries i n to sa te ll i tee

of Naga,ya's aircraf t industry. I tis nine mil es wes t of Nagoya on th eTokkaido (louble t rack main 11newhicb runs fran Nagoya to Gitu. I ti s a former texti le center nO'll' producing l a rg e qu an ti ti e s of war lllater ia ls . Population i s 50.000. On13 July .8 p erce nt o f th e b uilt_uparea was destroyed in an incendia ryattack .The 73rd Wing hed th e target andpu t up 127 at rcra t t against i t , 122of them dropping 865 tons of lacen_diar ies through no cloud from 15,000feet . Fifteen bombed visually and

107 by radar. Two bombed othertargets and three re tu rned ea rly .One wind run plane was airborne andalso bombed th e primary. s even o fth e 8_29s landed at 111'0.

No post s t r ike photos have beentaken.sQuare m11u. Demol1t1on bOlllbs'It',re dropped on it 1n a dayl1ghta':tack on 24 Jul1'.

Seventy e1ght aircraft or th e53th Wlng n r8 airborne against tt ,7S or thalli dropping 730 tom or!5JO_pound lncelJ11ary clusterS [reID1),800 teet . Yorty seven bombedvisually and 29 by radar througb 4to 8/10 cloud. Two dod run air cral't also were airborne; they r;f1'-b lt ed t he target broadcasting andalso dropped leaf le t , on threecities. Two planes returned early.Seven landed at IWo.

ODe enea!3' auera t t wa' sightedbu t i t d.ld not attack. KedlU11l andbeavy flak '11'85 very lIIeager and In .llccurate nth no 109' or damage re sulting.No post strUte photos have beenobtained.

MISSION 298 - - AC&ORI'Ih15 cit)' 15 the most h ig hl y d eveloped port 1n northern Honshu and15 the tunnel to r e l l traffic be tween Honshu and Hokkaldo. I t 15on th e northern part or HOl'I5hu 1nthe southern curve or Aomori Bay.Population 15 about 100,000 aoo areals 3.71 square miles.The 58th staged 65 ll1rcratt at:11'0 to hit this target. Although:'eaflet and II1nil1 /lissions have\een staged through there, th is isthe f irst time a major strike hadbeen. It also 1I'IlS the f i rs t major1I5eofI1I'o's -super service stationl'hich consists of individual gas,umps at the har(l stands. Seven of:he plenes landed back at 111'0 onthe return t r ip while t he o thereell.llle on back to TiniBn.Sixty one of the 8-29s droppe(l546 tons on Aomori, 35 visually and

~ by ra dar, th rw gh 0 to 10/10cloud. Bombing was C'rCUI 13,800feet. Three aircraft bombed othertargets and one returned early.r1l 'o 1I'1n(l run planes br 06dcas teddnd data and dropped leaflets.rive enemy planes were sightlll:!but they did not attack. Heavyflak 11'. very meager and inaccurate.rhere was no loss or dalllage.


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werewo un1dentified industr1escallpletely destroyed.MISSION 294 - - TOKUYAMA

Tokuyama, tbe 3l3th \"ling' s t a r ~get, is located on tbe southerncoast ot Honshu D l a r the westernend of th e Inland Sea sbout 50miles east ot Shimonosek1 Stralt! ,I t is a small industrial e o n e a n t r a ~tion of about 40,000 persons. Twolarge soda chemical plents, a largerefinery and 011 storage facll1t1esar e among the industries in or oearth e clty.It 15, in addlt1on, the maln

population centerof an 8I'e8 ot C O D ~sldersble importance to Jepell8sewar product ioD, BUildlngs ar e ottypical Jepanese frame-stucco COD-struCtiODone hundred two B-29s were airborne !rca the 313th W1as. 97 otwhich dropped 747 tons or 1ncendiar1es ._ 65 by redal' and 32 v1sually.Bomblna was through 3 to 10/10 cloudfrom 11,500 feet. One aircraftdropped e1gh t tons on 01 ta and a..iod run B-29 dropped four tons onthe prilll&I'Y target. Four returnedearly and nine leoded et Iwo, one

at Ok1nad.onl1 enemy a1.r opposit10D wasone Baka-t7Pe interceptor 'llh1ch ex ploded after haW tired upon, MediUmand heavy flak var1ed tram raeagerto 1nt8Il.5.. I t 1rlLS 1naccurate. AI tllougt!. several S-!?9' were rocklldt he re ' " no flak los ' or dallllloge.'0 post s tr 1k e pictures havebeeD t;ak1!n.

JlIssICli 29 5 . .- CllJTAc.ata . . . be-bed b7 th e :514thwtM. ,... oity, eleb h u a popu..

leUOD of 1'",000, 1. oa lJUSbU. ontb l aortbeU O(8,t or Cblaaban(IlI1t. A 4 ~ t coat t ields .UPP17QIIIta wltb _ te t a l used in th e

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,.rt' bundred s ix ty one B'-29s of13r4,313th and 314th "lngs were~ D OD the n igh t of 26-27 JulT 1Dcend1&r:r missions against the~ 5 1 ! l cl t ies o f lIatsuy8lJl8, Tom_and cmuta. Impart ia l i ty was: 'tor the Japanese main islands,,IOl15hU, J{yUshu and Shikoku eachJttl "hare ot th e bombs.IISS!ON 293 - - MATSUYAl!A

IItsuyama, target tor th e 73rd. , 15 th e most important cityport In western Shikoku. I tI population of 120,000 and 115.-ted on th e northwest coas t onilta plain. Bef or e t he war thelltacture of cotton fabrics wasI principal industr ial activi ty ,ItJpleally. most o f the se mIlls: . been converted to war produe.!be 73rd WIng pu t up 129 aIr 1ft. 127 ot whic h d ro pp ed 911.. or 50o-pound incendiary elus and iD-pound IneeOIUary bombs1til, pr1.lDary t a rge t fran 11,700t Seventeen bombed vl!1uall1k UO by r a d a r th ro u g h CAVU con-ons. Two returned earl1. ODe~ ai rcraf t , not included in,..tats above.dropped three tonsprimary.:u- enelDY ai rcref t were encOUD-llt.and one attacked. ene en8ll1ra:l' 19 c la imed a s des tr oyed andlit 29 l Ius tained major battle d. ... .r(1tA th e enemy attack. SeveDlanded a t 1.0. Twenty tive, ,_ t ot th e aircraft reported!tIr lOstly medlum. me.Ser and 1 .....te . Three B.2911i r e ~ i ": duege.'ft1e Wing di d an excellont job 0:,thtal'get, destroying 73 p e r ~ D~ bunt .up area or th e e1tli'i t ou t area viSlble OD pOlli.ftt e ~ o t o s co vers 1,22 Sq:raD'i p ~ : _ .2 2 square . i le more 11-\is -...nned t a rget area. OM raaDdShops and warebouses a r "

Thirty two B29, t'r0lll th e 314thwere airborne. 29 of thalli drOPPinge07 tons on the target through 4 to6/10 cloud trom 10.400 fee t . Eightbombed by radar and 21 Visually,One wind run aircraft accolllPaniedthe strike. Three returned earlyand t" o landed at 1,,0.There was no enemy a ir OPPOSl1:10n.Medium flak was meager end inaccur.ate and no loss or damage was causedby t t .There h as b ee n no post strikerecOfllJ81ssance. (secret)

; ; r ;:10 post strike photos have beenobtained.

MISSION 302 -- O'IfAJIIJAthrajlma 15 one of the tour larges t cit ies on th e island of' ShikokU.I t has 8 population of' 52,000 andis an important port tor inter- is lar d shiPping 8M another of J epan"textile centers Which has made usaor i t s . plants fa r war production.I t 1s located on the west centralC08st or the island and has 8D. areaof two SQuare 1 I l 1 l e s ~


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REPEAT FERFffiMANCEOn the night or 1-2 Al1!WJt the3l5th Wlng r e t u r n e ~ to the Kaw-asak!Petroleum Center, Yoyama a n Kitsu_bishi 011 Refineries. No post strik!photos have been o b t a i n e ~ since t\\1smission, the details otwhicb follow:One b u n ~ r e d twenty eight B-299"ere airborne, of whicb 120 ~ r o p p e ~l,OlB tong of 5 0 0 - p o u n ~ GFs on ttlepr1mary targets fica 16,550 reet.The weather was clear. Four air

craft, including bo w 1 n ~ run, boabed other targets. P1ve 1 a n ~ e d onr"o.Thirty seven enelll7 fighters wereairborne e:ld lll8de six attacks. Heavy tlak was moderate to iDtense andgenerally inaccurate. K e ~ 1 U l R rIak"a s meager aDd inaccurate. Searchlights "ere active a n a barragetype t ira in coordination witb tbesearChlights was e n c ( I J . n t e r e ~ Dlarth e bOll.b release line. some AArockets and parachu te nares wereseen. Flak d8llflged 15 B_E9s.

SRIMOTSU RUINERIThe ShilllotsU 011 Ratloery at 'It'akayau (T8l"!et 5026) . . . b O l l b e ~ byth e 315th Ir1D& OD the nipt of 2829 J'U17. !'hts is an lIIpol'tant ,...tt.Der Of crude petrol . - aDd baSlarse retlD1ns taell1t1"jut.r lI l"stCll'qe and b u good ,h pplD1 and1'.11 facl l1t tea . I t a p p e ~ ' to be .odUll plant, nll la1d oat aDdba s IQft1cleDt producUCD aDd ,tCll'.,. to t1 n 10 8 blllb pr1"'U" COlth e l is or aU taraeb la J. ,u.aat> 8 l r onn __ olr-aa4"'


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11 ......on the primary , one bombed anothert81"get and one which hit the pr1maryelso bOlllbed another ta rg et. riv ereturned early.

Twelve enemy fighters seen dtd

no t at tack. Heavy and medium flakwas meager and. inaccurate. I tcaused minor damage to one B-29.Post s t r ike reconnaissance hasno t been made. (Secret)

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t ighterl were slJobone Ivie , of 8-2901': ap iu t U11Ilw..a. oab s ikes aDd ttl,45 . Tbls ca8l ' ot attacks ft, 35 totoree. of 1 ~ : S ~ t iDtercepUoIng 200 to 400 a u a ~ c r a t t , .k _the Icale or c, wb.icb 1lUs1n8le B-29 It! ' ; ~ ; t r aptDltrebruarl . enuary auelID Ju17 the tM I I ! !Diller or'r11'cratt ,1rbcrDll"'"'iiifiiSt a serlello 80-29 IItriDS was 30 to 40 aDdthe aftJ"ae IIQ8beJ' or ettacks asten to leo Ttle cc.paraUn17 lCllJratio ot attack. to lIt&btin&S. i toI (Dcnall7 2 or 3 to 1) , is attributed to the f ac t t ha t .cst or the.is!lOllS l!W'iqj: Jul7 were at n1&bt.'lD1ne . l ldeD' cootlaned to r . .: e i " tbe . -al l l . t .. cxmt or o p p ~

. i t iOLIJ(SUS! &r .orm's BID10 tb I 1Ut t . . d&1l or JolTthere .ppeered a 111.bt laerease ioa.- . r tlCbteJ' , . .ct i on TIllS-.Jbe attl'lbuted to _ er ~ r I therDlleNr1Dl r,oter1 til. JaPI blf t aoaa:ernd ,urt i p18_ aDd . . . to r lSk \be

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.,?1 ' B ' Z 9 ~L.: DURING JULYOETGHTERSU t b . t he Twent ie th A ir r or ceIII operat1ng over Japen flusbed t . " !Dore Jap t igh ters towardItIll! of th e Month than previouaIIIIl11 one B-29 1r8S l o s t. t o tbe"interceptors during July. nte or l os se s h as tallen graduall1I t January ot this year, wheDIW9s ot e ac h 100 sort ies w. .eII to t igb ter" ." I1u been po1nted ou t be tore,IU'faUOI1. lack at tue l , poorraUonaJ, weather over the emp1l'e,"'.ttT ot 13..29 s t r ikes and lBis at D18bt agains t poorlT deteoHarlets are the tactorl!l l imitIJapanese f igb ter opposition.!be conservation pol tcr 18 very_t. P-51s .or th e VI I Fightertalld and car r ie r a i rc ra t t ot th e"are reporting more and .ore 1D_ or tb e c8llloutiaging and bid..kIQt of Japanese a i rcraf t , aCteD~ t u u n g dummies in th e a1l'f1eldate.lIittl ot t igh ters to nortberD'flu and even Hokkaido he.' been~ Shi t t a alao bave beenl r ! ! : ~ southern FiJuShU to north-:'l!:",\IIbu. tb e Inland SeDd 0Ia' t 01& areas . This dUpOllit1ODI , ters is intended to pelWilt.:;"7 to (1 ) aY014 c1a117 '''fajOkin&.....based t l s b t e r ~... interceptioDS o t '4_ tIt"'tt (3 ) Increase proteoti ioa. . . - : : ~ ~ ~ . n a t and Dorth!'tlit""""".... and ( t ) 1 l l : : : ~ ..~ b ~ l t r to counter esPft;:" , . . on ShikolN aDd .. .hl"D\0 OPpOSITION OORI1lO 1Ot:l 10____ ~ l ~ _ J u b _ _ x1.. . at eo to ..

primary areas and s ix (one of whieblaid part of h i! mines in th e pri .mary area) pu t 35 tODS in alternateareas.One enelllJl' t ighter was airbornebu t 4id no t attack. Flak was neg..l1gible.The 3l3th also ra n mtni08 mUstons on th e night of 25-26 . 27.28 ,and 29-30 July. (Secret)

conveyor,gas purification building,column, gas bol de r, f ue l conveyor,boiler bOUtle of central power sta_t ion. two workabops, control andPUJllp house an4 other bulld ings andtanks.Kawanishi Aircraft Co, Tamad_zuka Plant,Targe t 21S7 , -n i t by 58thWing on 24 July: 77 percent of theoriginal roof area is damaged ordestroyed. All major builcUngs wereeither completely destroyed or se_

verely damaged.Isu, hit by 3l3th and 3l4th'.Yi08S on 24 July. Damage 1a .24square mlle. This 18 a result otbombings by HE and does no t includela te r incendiary damage.Nakajima A i r c r a f t ~ , HandaPlant, Target '635 , bitey 3l4thWing on 24 July. Damage is 44 per_cent of to ta l root area. One largef ina l assembly building is 60 per.cent dest royed, a sub asselli:lly bulld_i0 8 75 percent destroyed and twolarge shop buildings completelydestroYed. (Confidential)# / ~ # / ~

~ f 4 1 J C i U U U l t : d u Preliminary damage assessment be"been made on some of the missionspreviously reported on. Reportstollo,,:Tsurull:s. b it by 313th wing on th e

n ~ g h t o r ! 2 ~ 1 3 July. Built-up areao c ity I s 68 percent destroyed _.damage eovering .77 square mile.Harbor facilities ar e 40 percentdestroyed end an electric sub-station completely destroyed.

K'Uwana. target fo r 313th Wing ontlS---nIgn't o f 16-17 July . Built.uparea 84 percent destroyed __ .63square mile. A textile mill re_eelved 75 percent damage.Pukui, bombed by 58th Wing onnlgnr-o? 19_20 July. Damage totals1.61 square mile, 85 percent o f th ebuilt-up area. An unident1fied in dustry i s 50 percent destroyed.Ube Coal Li!uetaction Co, TargetItKr;tiltDY 31 th wing onnights of15-16 and 22_23 July. Damaged ~ e live , torage bUilding' t a crane,

tour unidentified bu i dings. coke

On 1-2 August ,the night on whichthe Twentieth A11' Force pu t 851B_29s in the air , the 3 l3 th r an amining mission cover ing wat er s at1asbin.Seishin,Shloonoseki Strai ts ,Hamada, Sakai, Yonago and Naka Omi.Fifteen which were to mine Rashinahd Seishin, on the Korean coast,st8&ed thrOUgh Iwo. Another abortedenroute to Iwo. or th e 42 airborne,plus one SuperdUlll.bo Ilnd one RCII:,37 laid 242 tons of mines in th en 7 S a . . -

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