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TACTICALMISSION REPORT

Missions No. 2 10, 2 11 & 212Field Order No. 88

Targets I Urban Areas of Toyohash i . Fukuoka and ml i zuoka .

19/20 June 1945

Tab le of Contents

Tac t i ca l Narrative •••••• I II • ,. • • • • • • · . . .Annex A - Ope r at i o ns • • • • • •• • • • •• • • •

Part I - Navigation Track Chart. • • •Part I I - :Me ll nP oi nt s of Impact • • •

· . . .· . . . . .·. . .Part III - Bomb i .ng . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Part IV - Fl igh t Engineering Charts • • • •Part V - Radar. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •Part VI - Gunnery • • • • • • • • •Pert VII - Radar Approach Charts ••••Part VIII - Air-Sea Rescue Chart. • • •

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Part I - lUasions No,Part II - Mission N o .

. . · . .. . . . . . . .210 " 212 •211 ., · . .. . . .

· . . .Annex C - Communications, •

Part I - R OM ••Part II- Radio •

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Part I - EnemyAir Opposition. • • • • • ••Part II - EnemyAntiaircraft. • • • • • • • • •Part III - Damage Ass essment. • t • • • • • • • • •

Section A - Toyobashi. • • • • •Section B - Fukuoka • • • • • •• • • • •Section C - Shizuoka • • • • • • • • • •

A n n e xE Consolidated Statistical Summary. • • .. . . . · . .Annex F - XXI Bomber Command Field Order. I • • • • • · . . .Annex G - D1s~ibu t ion . • • • • • • • • • , .. • • . . · . .

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SUBJEOI': Report of Attacks on Toyohashi. Fukucka and Shizuoka. 19/20

June 1945

TOI COiIIl1Ianding General, Twentieth Air Force, Washingtcn 25. D.C.

1. IDWNI'IFICATION OFMISSIONS:

a. Field 'Order Number 88, Headquatters XXI Bomber Command.dated 19 June 1945, directed the 58th. 73rd. 313 th and 314th Bombard~ment Wings to take part in maximum-effcrt incendiary attacks .on Toyo-haslli. Fukoka and Shizuok.a in XXI Bomber ComnandMissions Numbered210, 211 and 212.

b. Targets Specified:

(1) P r i m a r y Visual a n d Rada r Targets:

Mission Wing Target

210 58th Toyohashi Urban Area

211 73rd & 313th Fukucka Urban Area

212 314th Shizuoka Urban Area

(2) No seccndary .or last rescrt targets were specified.

2. srR ATEGY AND PLAN O FOPERATIONS:

8 Selection of D-Day; Due to the continued unravor-ab Le .weather over the Japanese homeland for precision banbing operations.a second series or incendiary missions was planned (see Tactical Mis."sicn Report fer Missions No. 206 t~.ough 209 f.or details .of the firstaeries). The targets selected were cities that were relatively lightlydefended and plans were made to take maximumadvantage .of radar banb-ing meth.ods. As a result of a favorable weather predicti.on on 19June, fLnn decisi.on was made to attack.

b. Importance.of Tarsets=

(1) Mission Ne. 210 -,~ Toy.ohashi -. L.ocated 30 milessoubheaa't .of Nagoya. T.oyohashi has assumed greater military import.

ance in recent years. In 1939 tbia:city acquired a large Navy ar-senal and is reported t.o be making aircr,ft cannon and :rm.chin.e guns.It als.o has an Arrrv arsenal and mis.cellaneous industries. 81tua tedon the 'main TOkaid.o Railroad line. T.oychashi was f.ormerly a silkcenter and an armY school area. '

(2)' Mission Nc. 211 -- 'Fukuoka -- This City. locatedoa the northwest coast of Kyushu ab ous 35 miles southwest of theShim.on.oseki Straits, is important ~~s the commercial and administra-tive center of the eurr.ounding are~. It has a 3-mile wide bay 81-

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A. The weak: defenses of the 01ties to be at-taoked p~tted seleotion of a base bombing 3ltitude of 1000 feet.No drift problem was antioipated at this altitude •

. . 1 . On the basis of expected bomb loads, itwas estimated th3t the following tonnases would be dropped on thetarget citiesl Fukuoka. 1 35 6 . a n d Shizuoka and Toyobashi. 684 each.

,~ .Other bombing plans made were ~s follows I

Axis or L e n g t h o t .Altitude A t t a c k Bomb Run Time of Drift

Mission Wins l.2!:2! or Attacit 'degrees) £mtlg:s1 Bomb Run f.!leEees

2 1 0 56th 4 Gps ~''; ' 'OOOteet .. 72 4 3 6 minutes 2

7600 teet 15 seconds right

2 11 7 3 l ' 1 1 4 Gps 9000 ~980 () .. 7 . 5 0 1 0 minutes 73 1 3 t h 3 Gps 8000';'6600 30 seconds right

2 12 3 1 4 t h 4 G p s sooo feet. 315 29 7 min.utes 6• 58800 teet right

(2) Navigationl

(a) For Mission Number 210 the following route wasse1eotedc

Base to Iwo Jimto

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Iwo Jima to Base

Reasons far Choiee

Tactical Doctrine.

This easily identll'ied radar lamfall point 17mile s west of Nakiri Point was seleoted for de-parture.An easily identified point on the Inland Seasouth of N'lgoya was selected as the initialpoint for a turn onto the banb run.A r:i8ht turn off the target was designated

after the bombing run.Tactical Doctrine.

(b) For Mission Number 211 the following route was

Reasons £or OhoicS

Tactical Doctrine

The landfall point selected Was easily ident-ified by radar.The northern tip of Shimabaro Island. wbibhwas the best radar approach to the target.was selected ,as the initial point.

.A .right turn away fran the target was specified.

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(0) For Mission Number 212 the fOllowing rou t e "'3.8

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Reasons tor Choice

Tactica 1 Doctrine.ase to Iwo 1tmato

Kozu Shimato

344 lN-1384430Eto

This eas il y iden ti f ied i sl~n d sou th of TokyO

was seleoted a s a departure po in t .Hakaohi Poi.nt. a gocd turning po in t and easi ly1dent ifi ed by radar. was selected as tmini t..

i a l point.A lett run of f the target was specified to land'send , between 3 43 6N- 13 814 E a nd 3 44 7N-13 B20E•Tactical Doctrine.

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Iwo Jima to Base

(3) lI'ligh t E ng i ne e ri n g:

(a) Des igna t ed altitudes and speeds were formaximum fuel econany and sa fe ty,

(b) Assemblies were to be made only to canpress

the striking fo rces .

(c) Fuel reserve data indicated that none of theWings would require bonb bay tanks, with the average fuel load p e r air-craft to be approXimately Q700 gallons.

(d) No maximumor minimum banb loads ,.,ere spec-ified, bu t .the fo l l owing bonb load data was included in the planning;

Potential Eltpeeted

! !3 !& Capacity (Pounds) Load ~Pou n d s l, ,

58th 18,000 J S . O OO

73rd 16.000 14.500..3 13th 16,000 14.000

314th 15,000 14..500

(e) The ammunition load per aircraft extimatedat 300 pounds.

proach charla.)(4) ~J (Sea Annex A. , P'lrt VII, for rader ap..

(6) All.3 cities riere cQnsidered goOd radart a rge t s . and routes, initial points, offset aiming points ;md meanpOints of imp a c t were c b o s e n from a radar viewpoint •. .

(b For Mis s ion Number 210, the fo l l owing radarconsiderations entered into the planning.

1. Toy oh as hi . l oc at ed between Atsumi ~anand Hamana K o ; was excellent for eithet direct or offset bombing. '!hein i t i a l p oin t , on t he coas t of I s ~ Wan, was on 3 direct line with ani s l and check poin.t and the target, thereby reducing the prQbability of"deflection e r ro r.



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3.. The straight coast line on Atsumi Wanwa~expected to provide a good offset 8bning point for all rate eorreOt10ns.

11 , . The city signal of Toyohashi showed up wellon the soope.

(0) For Mission No, 211, the following radar consid-erations entered into the planningl

1. Fukuqka.. loeated on the western croat ofRYushu, is dense~ buil~UP along the coast gnd gives an excellentradar return.

2. The initial point on the northern part otAriake Kai at the mouth-of the Chikuga Kawawaa exoellent due to thedistinotive area and good land-water contrast.

.3 . . The surrounding area provided geed refer-enoe cheek points both for rate and course.

li. The target was good for either direct orfixed-angle offset banbing.

(d) Fo.r Mission No. 212. the following radar eea-siderations entered. into the planning:

],. Shizuoka, located on a flat plai.ll near theeoast on SUruga Wan, was a good radar target.

2. Its location on the coast between Dye andNishiji.ma provided good- check poil).ts for off set bcmbing.

1. The initial point selected provided. for anaxis of attack fran tbe southeast, the best approach to the target.

(5) RaMI It was planned to have 15 RrnI Observers aeaz ebtor early-warning ruid gun-laying radars and eont Inue a gener:ll sear-chin the ,38-3000 megacycles region. The enemy gun-laying 3M. aear-eh-light radars operating in the region of 78 mesacyclea and 190-210 meg-acycles were to be barrage jammed and any signals outside the barragetlere to be spot jammed.. ftRope li (window) was to be dispensed wheneverneeded as additional protection from searchlights.

(6) AirooSeaRescue: The Navy was :turnished with detailsof these missions and provided the rescue facHi ties included in thechart in Annex A, Part VIII, ~bich also list air rescue facilities oft he XXI Bombar Comnand. .

d. Details of P1anninp; -- Intelligence:

(1) Snem[ FiRbter Reaotion: It was estimated that 30 to40 fighters would be available to ma~e a weak interception of theFulWoka mission, am apprax:imately 20 to 30 fi@lters would be avail-able to render "l7eakopposition on the Toyohashi and Shizuolm strikes.

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(2) E n e mYAntiaircraft;

(a) For Mission Numbsr 210, it was knOt"m from Photoreconnaissance that the Toyohashi defenses included 14 heavy guns, 52medium weapons and 3 searchlights. Aircraft were not expected to bein range of the 6 beavy guns and 47 medium';7eapona north of Toyohashi.Due to tho poor night defenses of the city, inaccurate tire was pre-

dicted. It uas decided to attack from the west, with 9. breakaway tobe made t o . the right to avOid all antiai rcr3ft defenses in the vicin-ity. Base aititude of attack wa s to be 7000 fe~t.

(b) For Mission Number 211, the Fukuoka defenseswere expected to be moderatelY effective due to tba 49 heavy @llls,71 medium weapons and 5 searchlights in the city. The lack of seaz-oh-lights uas expected'to handioap the Japanese. It was decided to at-tack from the south, due to the fact the defenses were east and northof the city. Breakaway was to be to the right to avoid Kyushu anti-aircraft defenses. A base altitude of 8000 teet was specified far

the 3l3th Wing and 9000 feet for ,he 73rd Wing.

(c) For Mission Nwnber 2l2. it wae knO'lin from phCTte'reconnaissance t h a t the Shizuoka defenses were poor for night defense,

including only 16 heavy guns, 4 medium weapons and 1 searchlight.Antiaircraft was not a major planning consideration and the route~a8 planned t o avoid t h e defenses in t h e general area. Base att3ckal ti tude specified was 8000 feet.,

3- EX EC UTIO N O F TH E M ISSIO N S:

a. Take-off: Take-off was accanplished as followsl

Pathfinders Main Force First Las tMission Wine; Airborne Airborne Take-o ff Take -o t t

210 58th 12 1:29 190 <)13Z 19l043Z

211 73rd 12 130 1907042 190810Z

211 313th 11 84 190655Z 190736z

212 314th ~ l25 190~OZ 1911 ! 9 Z

XX I B . O . 47 468· 190655Z 1911l9Z

• This does not include 6 Super Dumboaircraft.

b. Route Out: Routes to the targets uere flown as briefed,with Iw<>rima being used as an intermediate cheek point.

e. Over Targets:

, (1) PrimarY Targets: Bombing and target area navi~tionwere accomplishe~ by radar. although in numerous inst"\nces the target.as well as the flI'es that had been started by e rly aircraft. wereseen by subsequent B-29's. Excessive turbulence was encountered 1n agroat. maI\Yinstail.ces. Metro winds forecast· tor the target wet'agreatly in error. being reported as fran 60 degrees at 30 !mota onMissions Numbered 210 and 212. almost 100 degrees ort forecast Dueto part ial cloud eoveeage over the primary targets, 3. ma j or i ty • of thebomb releases were by radar. or the 480 aircraft that dropped 3339.7tOIll at bombs on these 3 'targets from altitudes of 6900 to 12,000 feetfrom 191411Z to 19l 817Z. the targets were visible in 156 releases andnot visible in 324 releases.

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(2) Targets of OpportunH}l1 F1 ve aircraft. 1n~ludiD82 that had also banbed the primBil'Y targets and are inc;luded 1n thefigures listed above, dx'opped 22.9 tons of bombs 00 4 targets ot op-portunity betwoon 191415Z to 1917llZ at altitudes r3.nging from 8000to 12 .500 teet.

C3 ) Remainder of Force: Thirty-t\7o aircrai}t \,ere non-effective.

d. Route Back: Returns to bases were flown as brisfed.Navigators received excellent aid from the Iwo-Okinawa Loran chain.Radar and celestial navig~.tional aids also \'Tereused. Sixteen B-29'slanded at Iwo Jima.

e. Landi!lB,; Airc.raft larded Itt bases in sca.'ttered showersas follows I

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58th 19221% 200051.Z

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313th 192002Z 192312Z

314th 12223% 200125Z

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f. Losses: Two aircraft of the 314th" Wing m~P'elost onMission Number 212 to unknown reasons.

g. Oper a t ons S U lII! I l! ! . ! !'YI

(1) Navigation:. See Annex.A. Part It for Track Chart.

(2) Bombing: (See Annex A, Part III, for d.etaiied re ..port.) Turbulence and winds presented tite geatest bombing problems

on these missions.

• (3) Flight Engineering; (See Annex A. Parl IV, forchart s, and ikInsolidat ad St.a tj. st ioa1 Summary, Annex E t for ptherdetails.)

(a) Narrative of Mission. as Flow,l

1. Cruise to M9.inland :m:! Assembly;:ual climbs' were maill imnedia te 1y aftertfk e.off to 901 t i tudes4000 to 10,000 feet, where the i n i t i ~ l cruise was f l o r a l . NOwere IMde.

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aircraft.~. Eomb Run: Bombing was done by individual

3- Return to B a s e s : The best return was ~deby an aircraft descanding slowlY from 10,000 feet on the entire re-turn route at a calibrated air speed of 180 miles per hour, using1662 gallons of fuel.

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(b) Oomnents on the Results of the Mission: . J: major-ity ot the aircratt were already loaded \1Lh a full bomb capac1.ty. The58th Wing off loaded as much as 300 ga~ons of, gasoline per aircraft.

Bombing(4) Radar:

Was chief ly by radar:--(Saa Annex A, Part V. tor details.)

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(5) GunnerY I Sea Annex A, P&rt VI, for details.

(6) Air S~a Rascue: There were no ditchings on these

h. Weather: Weather was gener:J.lly as predicted. althousilmatro winds were different than forecast.

i. Communications I

(1) ROM: (See Annex C, Part I, for details.) FifteenROMObservers participated in these missions r.m.dperformed planneds~aroh apd jamming. They logged a tohl of 54 intercepts.

(2) Radio; (See Annex C,Part II. for dehi 113.) Thirty-three strike reports were received.

j. Intelligence ~I

(1) Enemy Air Opposition: (See Annex D. Part It for de-tails.) Only 21 attacks 'ilsre made by the 43 eneDzy'fighters encounter-ed. with 1 ene~ aircraft be ing dama~d.

(2) En13! ! l . vAnthircraft: (See Annex D. Pqrt II~ tor de-tails.) Flak on these mi8~ions w~s heavy and medium o~liber. nil tomeager in intensity and genorally Lnaccunabe •. '

tailS.)(3) Damall:e Assessment: (See Annex D. Part III. for de-

(a.) Mission Number 210: Damage to the' city of

i'oyohashi resulting from this mission ms 1.7 square miles, or 52 percent of tho built-up area. Damage outside of the built-up portionof the city tot311~d another .24 squar-e miles. Industrial damge in-cluded Target 1224. the TOYQhashi Artr:IVBase and Arsenal. where 15warehouse buildings were destroyed.

'(b) Mission Number 2111 This mission destroyed1.37 square 'miles, or '21.5" per' eent , of the built-up area of Fukuoka.Tar.=;fAt l255, the Hakata Harbor, was 30 per cerrt destroyed am Target1270, the Hakata Railroad station and. Yards, sustained. minor damage.

(0) Mission Numbgr 212: D3.IIlBgeo Sl1i:zuOK9.rom-this mission totalled 2~25 square mi lea. or 66 per cent.' of the en-tire city. Target 2024. the Sumitomo Light Mehls Plant. was sevar-ely danL~d. Seven unnmnbered targets were also d9.maged.

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Part I .. Navigation Track Chart

Part II .. Mean Points ot Impact

Part III - Bomb i ng

Part IV .. Flight Engineering Oharta

Part V .. Radar

Part VI .. Gunnery

Part VII· .. Jlad.1ll" Approaoh Chat'1;s

Part VIII .. A.ir~a Rescue Chart

Missions No. 210. 2ll and 212

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fART I I I - BOMBING

1 . M is si on No. 210 . Tqyohasb i s

a. Wi th a few exceptions bombing USB acc~liahed u i t h rad~pElrform1ng tho principl:J.l sighting oper'l.tions. Each Qroup employed adifferent procodure for a study to be made of the merits of the dit-

t erant procedures employedunder identi ca 1 ooOOi t ions ~ Due to the un-observed and undeterminable results of e l c h procedure. no definiteconc lus ions were dra~.

b. Diffioulties encountered '"Taro turbulence caused by firesin the target area, a 4 / 10 to 10 /10 cloud coverage and in3bility tosecure an a c cu r a t e radar wind.

c . T h e initial point RaB satisfactory. and there were noOOlDllents on the axi.B of attack. The dri.ft on the target r u n 'l7a.s re·ported to vary from 8 degrees left 'to 10 degrees right. 'li'hich wasprobably due to the inaccurate radar wind.

d. Five aircraft reported bcmbing equipment 1ll9.1functions,1 B-29 had a forwlU"d banb bay doar malfunction and 20 clusters were

.alvoed ineffectively. Other equipment failures were 2 A- 4 releasesand 1 B - IO sha ck l e .

2. Mission No. 211. Fukuoka:

a. The greatGst d i f f i c u l t y encOlmteroo. \'las an '1PPlU"entulnds.hlft radically d i f f e r e n t from the briefed wind. On t.he t'3.rget approachSODle aircraft contused t he shadO\v behind the mount:l.il'l. l'l'ith the b.3,Y tothe rear of t h e target and made early rsdar releases, con s equen t l yfalling short. VisibUi ty i n the t.~get a r e a r r a s unlimited and somev is ua l r el ea sa s were made. However. ~ greater pe r c en t a g e of the re·l e a s e s uas accompl i shed with r3dar 3 s9 i s t 3 n c e .

b. T he i ni t ia l point was Bat iBf~c to ry ~nd no commentwasmade on the axis of attack. .Average drift reported was 3 degrees right.

e. Four B-29's of the 73rd Wing reported m31functions ofB-IO shackles and 1 reported bombbay door difficulties. Nine aircraftof the 313th Wing;r.eported r a ck m a lf u nc t io ns .

3 . Massion No . 212, Sh i zuoka :

a. NO difficulties we r e encountered and banbing was accom-lllished as planned.

b. The initial point and ax~s of att3ck were reported assatisfactol'j". Drift v ' l r i e d from 6 degrees left t o 6 degrees right.

c. F iv e B- 29 's reported r'1ck ma l f un c t i o n s , 5 had d i f f i c u l t i e swith A-II.releases and 2 reported intervalom.eter malfunc.tiooa •

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PART V - RADAR

1. Rad,ar Bombing AN/APg , -13 :

a. Number of sets operative on take-o,ff: 484

b . ~~ber of set~ operative over target of A! e bombing: 461

c. Percentage of operative sets for A/C over targets: 96 .6

d. NUmberof sets oper3tive on 13nding: 45 6

e. Numberof A/e using a,zimuth st'3.bilization; ,328

t. AvcraS3 maximum range (in nautical miles) of trn-gets:

65 a t 11~400 f ee t70 at B,OOO feet'68 at 5 ,000 t o 10 ,000 feet76 a t 10 ,000 t o 20 .000 f ee t

g. Average maximumrange ( i n nauta ca), mi le s )o f beaeons s129 at 12 ;650 feet136 at 10 ,000 feet112 from 0 t o 5000 t e e t1 4 4 f rom 5000 t o 10 ,000 f e e t1 JO from 10 ,000 t o 20 .000 feet

h . Number of failures in p '3 . t h f inde r A/e : 3

i. Average ~imum range of Japanese coast: 53.6 nauticalmilos ..

j. Slight mutual interference was experienced.

2. Radar Navigation: APN-4 and APN-<j

e. NUmber of f i xe s reported: 3350

b. Antenna used and usablo maximum rilIlge of each in nauticalmi le s follows:

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c. No i n tar/arence l'1as reported.

d. A total of 17 sets was reported as inoperative.

3. IFF - SCR-695:

a. Sets were turnod On and Off as per SOP.

b. Sets were checked on an average of 30 times per 3ircraft.

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4. Absolute Altimeter - ggt.Z18,

!!I. Mlmber or sots operative: 222

b. NUmborof sets inoperative' 1

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a. Avorage deviation f~ axes of att~ck ll3S 3.,5 degrees.

b. Methods of release \713re tixed :tngle. b'ilck-s13nt r3nge 3Mdireot bombsight synohroniz3tion.

PART VI - 0 0NN 1 ! RY

1. No ot A/e tiring: 28

2. Averago turret load J

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3. Average no. of rounds fired in eanbat par turret:

T-o 1.79

4. No. of rounds tired in combat. 8.35

s. No. ot rounds used for test firing: 1676. Average per gun". 0 6 3 7 .

6. Guns Loaded: 58th Wigg lJrd W1116 313th 'Hins 314th W19BHot Cold Hot Hot

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e. Percontage of Equipmellt operative: O,F,e,99.lj:(

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PART I _ MISSIONS NUMBER; 210 AND212

PUNNING FORECAS!'

4/10 1017 cloud a.t 1800 ft, base, and tops 8000 ft, lncreasiD8slightly in evening to 5/10 'I7ith shoo-ers; 2/10 middle cloud

aed 5/10 hlgb cloud above tho 1011 cloud.

.\.S bases.4/10 10Vl cloud bMO 2000 ft, top 5000 ft uith scat-tered large cumulus vith tops to 10.000 ft, andscattered bands of middle cloud.10/10 1017. middle and high cLoud in tront 'rllth base800 to 1500 it and tops to 30,000 ft. decreasinginto well-spaced r:llld broken layers by coastline.

To Coast.

Tokyo Areal 9/10 10\1 cloud baae 1500 ft, top 3000 ft; 6/10midd l e cloud from 14-16 ,000 ft; 6 /10 high cloud.at 30,000 ft.

others I Variable 3-5/10 10\7 cloud with occaaioml patches ofmiddle cloud. 6/10 high cloud ~t 30,000 ft.

OPERA'l'IONALFOREOAffi'

Scattered 1017, middle and high clouds lith se3.ttered sho'.7ersin the area dun ng the t"lke-off.

Scattered 10'17 and middle clouds to 25°N 17ith aca rter-ed ahw&8to south of 20oN. From 25°N to 28QN there will be SC9. ttoredlow' and high clouds with brbken middle clouds. An active coldfront will give overoast low, middle and high clouds, with mod-or",te rain reducing visibility frem 0 to 2 miles' to 33°N. Fran31'N to the tar~et ar-oa thero will be broken 10\7. midd.le 3Mhigh clouds. L ho routo returning \vill be the S'MnO as theroute outgoing.

Shizuok~ and Toyohashi! 4 /10 l 6w clouds. b~se 2500 . top 6000ftl 3 /10 middle o loud e , base 17 ,000 , top 18,000 ft; 2/10 highclouds a t 30 ,000 ftJ'ViSibility 8 miles in haze; ninds at8000 ft will be 160 • 25 knots.

OBSERVED WEATHER

Scattered 10'l'r; broken middle and overc st high clouds at take-off becoming broken lorr and scattered to broken high cloudswi t h scattered ahorrers OQ return.

Sc~ttered low and soattered to broken middle clouds t o 2~N.From 25°N ~o 28 0 N there were overcast low, and middle oloudswith moderate turbulence 'lod rnoder'3.te to heavy l"'3in. Fran

280 N to 3.:fN t:here were br-oken low clouds and broken to over"cast middlo clouds. Frcmthis POillt to tho tM'get there \70rebroken 10V1 and middle clouds \'l'ith tho middle clouds becaningscattered at tho end of the zona. ~he route returning was thes ame as the route outgoing.

Targets. Toyhashil 9/10 10n cloud. top 5-7000 ftj 3/10 middle olouds.base 15.000 ft.Shizuokal 3/10 low clouds, top 4,000 ttj visibility 12 miles.

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PART II - M ISS! ON NUMBER 211

PLANNING .FORECJls :t '. .VIO 10\7 cloud at 1800 ft, b'lse. and tops 8000 ft, increasingslightly in eveoingto 5/10 171th shoiloI's; 2/10 middle cloud;5/10 high cloud sbcve t.he 1011 cloud.

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As bases.4/10 10\7 cloud ba se 2000 ft, tops 5000 ft witb soat-tered largecUlUulu8 ~ith tops to 10,000 ft lod s(:1it·tared bands of middle cloud.10/10 lor.!~ middle 3 0mhigh c16uds in' front uith base800 to 1500 f t Rnd tops to 30,000 ft, decreas.ing intou-ell spaced and. br-oken hyers by c09.stline.

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9/10 low cloud base 1500 ft, tops.3000 ft; 6/10middle c l o u d from 14·16.000 f t ; 6/10 high clouda t 30,000 ft.Varia bLe 3.5/10 Ion cloud wi th occasiOM1 patchesof middle cloud; 6/10 high cloud at 30,000 ft.

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Sca,ttered low and middle clouds.

SC'lttered lo?} 3.Odmiddle clouds to 26°N with brok011 high cloudsst3Tting at20 0 N. From 26°N to 2B oN there will b 0 bzoken 10\1am . middle clouds rmd scattered high clouds. From this pointto 3t'N a frop.t will giVE! overcast 10;1, middle and high cloudswith modorate rain FUJ .dmoderF.l.teril'Ue icing. From 32

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Route I Scattered low and middle clouds and broken hi,sh clou~s to 2S'N.From 2SoN to 2BoN there were overcast low.. middle am highcloud s , M;3.yY rain and snow, modsra te to severe turQulence andlightning. Frem this point on to the target area ther'e wereovercast low, middle and high cloud.s becoming scattered andligpt to modsraterain. The route returni.ng I73S similar tothe route ou.tgoing.

Target: Fukuoka: 1/10 10;( clouds, base 2000 ft, top 3000 ftl 1/10middle cloud at 12.,000 it and 2/10 high clouds at 25, OQO ft j

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1. Purpose I

a.. To D/F early l1arning and gun-bying radars.

b ., To continuo search in the 38-3000 mc b3nd.

c. To barrage jam the enerqygun-laying and searchlight r3dru;osin tho 78 and 190-210 me band and to spot jam any gun-laying signalsthat appeared outside tho barrage in an effort to render the encIl\Vde ..t e n s e s ineffective.

d. To confuse enerqy searchlight activities by the use of r9pe.

2. Methods

a. Fifteen observers participated and used the folIlbwing equi~-mont to acccmplish the search'and jamning:' 507-APT-l I- APQ.~2. ll-AR Q. ' : '8,18-.'lPI'-3 (DOdified), l-APA-23. b-APA-24. 12-.:\PA-ll. 2-APA.. 6 , 1 5-APR -4 .·I-dPR-5 and ;i-APR-7.

b. Rope ..as dispensed at the rate of 3 bundles per 10 seconds..hen proteotion was needed against searchlights.

3 . Results:

b. Rope was anployed ..-.ith apparently good results in divertingsearchlights.

a. Sinoo the ai rphnee bombed indi vidu:llly the barrage wasnot entirely complete but considered adequate for the t3rgets concer ned ,

F ,\. .,." 1/ e. ifty-four intercepts were made am are listed :liter 4,Remarks.

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8 Ten signals nere D/F'ed and 2 of these indic"ltad ship,-borne radars.

b. A signal with the characterist ics 310/1400/25 in teroeptedat 3435N..13810E sweeping at the rate of 80 rpn could not be identified •

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1. Strike Reports;c Thirty-three strike reports messages flere re-ceived during this mHaion- from airCt'aft over the tatget. The 31 4t hreceived lOr tho 58th .. St;· the 3l3tb. 8; 8nd tho 73rd~ 7.

2. Fox Transmiss ions I ~eathor and time broadcasts WEll'S made in

accordance vlith ,XXI Bomber COl'lDll3nd regulations.. The 58th Wing trans-mi tted 1 IId1.lmlI.Wr F-type meSfl"l.ge. obich was received by 75 rad io opera-tors.

3. Frequencies: The 58th Wing reported that during tbis missi ontho Air-Sea Rescue frequency of 3310 kca came in strong on the 6615 kcsstri.ko frequency. It caused considerable intcxference. Corrective ac-tion was taken by this headquarters. Tho 58th Wing also reported thatthe OWl broadcast station on Sai.pan B.m the hemar on Ino Jima .. 131'0 jam-med very effectively near aId over the'Empire by the onany.The 58thWing said the Japs used tono, steptono ,buzz' saw and OW to block. outthe signals. The following was a percent."lge breakdown of traffic- perfre quoncy t. 18 percent on 3 mc;· .39 per cen t on 7 mcs; and 43 per centon 11 mcs,

4. Navigat i.oo.9.1 Aids:· Nino ire que st.s for HF DFbeari nga: fiBre re-ceived and all we r eobtainoo. The 73rd m n z transmitted 2 additionalbearings to an aircraft iOO.i ca t ng a possi bIe di tehing...Th er e . were2 requosts for VHF/DFbearings and. they were obt.3inei.. Homers. rangersand broadcast stations WGl'f:! used effectivel,y except for the OWl sta-tion and. lwo Homer over am ncar the J'apen.ese mainland: •.

5. Net Discipline and Security: Net discipline was excellentduring those missions. There, was 1 instance of an :lircrsft mixingcode and clear text in an OF_ASHmessage. 00.0 super dumboigave coursein dear and then enccded in shackle. Corrective action ,I8S t9.ke.nin each ins,tance to prevent reoccurrence •.

6. Eneiii' Transmissions; The following cases of jamming and en-

enw transmissions wore recorded during these missions: .

a.. ,020 kC.EJ: C'Nfron. 1340Z. to 1925Z· was ineffective ..

b. 661;5 kcs: OW from 9DT during entir-e missi.on was partial-ly effoct.ive.. ..

c..- 10305 I\:C8; ow 'from 2100Z was p:u·tiaLly effective.

d. 9145 .kc.1"I:

(1) Enemy voice at 1121Z gas part i ally eff ect iva.

(2) ~ap not operating 60 rrequency from 0900Z to 1900Z •.

was effect·ivo at dJ..fforcnt intervals, ineffective at other times.-

e.. 6055 kcs.:·

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(4) SigDal sound like a whistle at 1700Z VIasineffective.

(5) Bagpipe jaIlJlling from 1250Z to 1306Zuas ineffective.

f. 10880 k01il1

(1) .~rican voice at 1128Z was ineffective.

(2) V's from st a t Ion using call sign "LZS/LZF" betueen1400Z a n d 1820Zuera partially effective.

(3) Station using call signs IIKPV/KITIbetueen 1235Z.and 1330Z uas partially effective.

g. 1990 kes: Keyed CW at 1847Z0blocked out groUDd stationand was 'Vcry effect.ive.

h. 7415 kcar Koyed (JJ from speed key at l828Z and 2147Z ./9.5

very effective.

i. 10820 kcs: Jap C~q a t 1030Z uas partial~ effective.

j. '=1410kes, 7310 kcs and lu60 kcs: Negligible.

7. Distress: The 73rd Wing reported the follouing distress t r 3 £ -fie: 'One (1) OPASR'messag~was received by the \ring r2dio station.Suprad. Naval DF net, ,m s notified and a wfix o obt"ined on the distres-sod aircraft. (Note: AACS at this reading not able to provide p19.ncsof this eomnanduith "Fixes", necessitating the usa of the N3.val f9.cil;.·itiess' Radio operator of the distressed ~ircraft sent in the position,course, speed and altitude of the aircraft and obtained an HF/DFbeari~.mCC 'Wssnotified for tho purpose of picking up the plane by radar dueto its proximity to Saipan. .1 . short time later the aircraft r-ad i o oper-ator scnt a message indicating th:lt tho emergency "lias over. This planelanded safely'. Th e 58th Wing recorded the folloning transmissions:

Aircraft Call Text of MessJ.ge

19V75248V75339V75l24V75114V75427V75123V75143V752

1820z1815Z1755Z19l0Z1930Z1856z0055Z2327Z

No.4 out, course and position.Sighted flares and position.Sighted flaros and position.Sighted flares and position.No.1 out and position.NO . 3 out and posit4on.Four rafts circling and positen.Flares and smoke. position.

8. Equipment Ma!futJctions: AN/,lRl'-13. 3 no'side tone, 3 fixedantenna br'okenj i'J:J/,'m-7, 6 sense arrtennas broken, I needle hl3nting,2 control- boxes inoporati va; SCR-269G, 1 inopcr3ti vo r SCR-522" 8 ibop-er~tive. l,receiver inopotativo. 1 trmsmittor inoperativej BC-348 ,3 ~noperatlve; Ititerphone, 1 foot microphone suitch inoperatiVe, 1 jack-box pulled loose, 1 jackbox inoperative, 2 microphone switches 1nop-erat i ve , 1 rtli crophono cord br okcn, 1 heads at moper-a t iva i RL-42, 10inoperative. 3 weights lost.

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.Part I- Enenzy-Air Opposition

Part II - Ene IIzy'Antiaircraft

Part III - Damage Assessment

S e c t i o n A - Toyohashi

So at iOD. B - Fukuoka

S e c t i o n . C - Shizuoka

Missions No• 210, 211 ani 212

19/20 June 1945

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PART I ... ENEMY.\.m OPPOSITION

1. S\lI 'lll lary:' Jap fightClTS l1era unusually weak during, the missiollSagainst Toyohashi, Fukuoka and Shizuoka. An Gstih'l.atod 43 mterco?torsmade 21 attacks and succeeded in damll.ging only 1 B-29. Crons cla1mod 1cnelIlVaircraft damaged by a tail gunner.

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2. Mission No. 210, 1)8thWinp.:. Toyoha.shi:

B.. 11 . total of 13 'attacks was reported. by 4 Groups. Si x attacksoccurred before banbs away. 8 attacks occurred afte.r bonbs away, and 2

attacks occurred boyond land's end.

b. The majori ty of the attacks wore aggressive and in Qostcases 17crc pressed to. within 100 to. 300 yards. Some of the aircraftrcpo.rtcdas· being sighted were, because of d"lrlmess. id en t ifi ed onlyby tho fact thattracors 1101'0 seen coming from them.

c. One jet-propelled aircra.ft or baub VIaS reported. One B-29was fo11o.'11OOar 35 minutes immediately aftor boabs away. The objec:twas described as an or-ange streak of flame that flew an tb,e left resraf the B-29 and fallowed all attempts at evasive act ian. The abjectendeavored to pull ahead of the B-29 butnaa never able to get 01630,);,

than 600 yards ~ At the same time a' fighter, be1i0vcd tutn-engine,also remained. wit h . the B-29 ab out 2 , 000 y9Xd s out on tho right t hrcu ghall evastve action, and aomet imea maneuvered to '1ttract attention.lVhen'tho jet-prapelled. aircraft an the left af the B-29 "Q"au1ddrap ordive. the flame would grow dull r~d ani SIU311, but an < J . climb the flooe'i10 uld graw bI' ight orange and stream back' 18 t 0 2 0 f cet • Th e speed oftha B-29 was all. indicated 240 to 290 mph, but it i1as unable to. lewe0i t hcl:' plane unt il beyond land 1 s ond , Dul 'ing this encoun tel' there

was no. f iring an oi thor sid e.

d. Three encll:l1aircra:ft picked uP 1 B-2 9 just ovur landisend and flew an the 10ft Hing of this B-29. just aut of firing range.One Niek. was on the tail and what appeared to be 311 inv")rted gullHing S/E aircraft fleH directly overhead. LThcenenv aircraft over-

head se'-llled. to be the leader and all 3 started in to. attack simul ..taneous1y, but n~ith;er clased to firing nnge nor- fired.

e. One B-29 was f'o'l Lowed by o.,S t.r-ong nM t e light aft erbombs anay. This light never closed nar fell back even rrhen theB-29 i ncr oaaod its speed. ' I 'he emlIlV Ii hne was f ina lty lost in a cloud.ThI3 ,crew reporting this believed the plane na.s a night fighter.

f. Two B-29's reported fighters fal1aued beyo:6d the coaatline. The fighters cansisted of 2 twin-engine aircraft, whieh noi therfired at nor were fired upon by the B-29's. One rad:;ll:' operator re-ported that the 2 planes followed about 150 miles beyand tho mainhnd.During this time there uore2 bright lights in his r:Sldar scope whichmoved araund constantly. Ho sal d that at this time 2 planes, prabably

B-29' s , appeared in relatively the same pasitian, vhi.ch led him to.believe the 'bright Ught~ moving araund quickly ·'f.are enCJl1Wighters.

3 . . . Missian No o 211, Z3rd and 3l3th Wings, Fukuaka:

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(1 ) A t atal af 12 enemy .3 ircraft .,3 a sighted by i nd i v id-UBI creom. No Rttacks ,rere 'sustai nod. One stationary searchlight liTasob sez-ved in the target area, with an unidentified S/E orbiting aroundit.

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(2) Two balls of fire were observed just before. bonbeaway. One bright !'ball of fire" approached to within 50 yaxds'of 1B-29 at 7 o t cLcck low at a very high speed at an altitude of 9. 8 00feet. The B~29 took sliGht evasive action and fired at the objectwith no apparent results. After the object passed under the B-29,visual contact was lost. No wing nor fuselage was seen in connec-tion therewith. Another object having the appearance of a largetracer with trailing smoke passed approximately 100 feet over 1

B-29. Aga i n , no other distinguishing features were noted. Inas~much as the lighted objects did not trail the B-29's as in the pastand considering the number of ground-to-air rockets reported. itwas possible that the reported objects were actually rockets.

(3) One phosphorus banb burst was observed just afterbombs away. The reporting crew was of the opinion th':lt it was anair-to-air bomb due to the fact that after bursting it descerded a ta 45':'degree angle (300 yards to the left of the observing aircraftat 9,800 feet).

b. 'U3th Wing:

(1) Twelve enemy aircraft were encountered t and theymade a total of 4 attacks.

(2) One enemy aircraft was observed flying up asearchlight beam over the target o

(3) One ball of fire was Observed ahead and disap--peared into the smoke Over the target.

4. Mission 212, 314th ning, Shizuoka:

a. A total of 18 enemy ai rcraft and Baka type bonbs wasencountered on this mission, and 4 attacks were made.

b . One of the Baka t~~e bombs and the aerial b omb s werebelieved dropped by a large multi-engined plane. The ' 3 Baka type'bombs made no attacks am only 1 followed a B-29 at 1.000 yards.

PARI' II - EN EM Y AN TIAIRCRAFT

1. Mission No. 210 - Toyohashi:

. a. The primary target wa;:; attacked by 136 aircraft (in-clud_lng J2 pathfinders) of the 58th Pringb etween 1558Z to 181ZZfrom 6900 to 8800 feet. Axis of attack varied from 62° to 82 •Weather was reported as 7/10 to 10/10 undercast. Twog roups furth-er reported a dissipation of cloud cover over target after fireshad started" '

b· o Flak was encountered en route to the target as tabu-lated below:

LOCATION COORDINATES

MatSUzaka 3434N 13932E Meager and inaccurate.medium.

Tsu 34.40N 13630E Me~ger and inaccurate,medium.

Ohata Airfield 3432N l3?40E, Meager and inaccurate,menium.

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LOCATION COORDINATES REMARKS

2413N l4233E Me,mgerand inaccurate. medium.

c , OVer the target area heavy flak was reported as ni 1 tomeager and generally inaccurate. Medium flak was described as meagerto moderate and accurate. From I to 3 searchlight beams (1 was blue)were reported in the target area, but no aircraft were illuminated.

d. No aircraft were lost to flak, and of 136 aircraft at-tacking 2, or 1.47%. sustained flak damaced.

e. On withdrawal, flak \W;l.S encouneer-sd from over water posi-tions south of the'Toyohashi-Hamamatsu area. It was described asmeager to moderate. inaccurate medium flak. In this connection 3aircraft reported what may possibly be a new tactic in AA defense.After breakaway these aircraft were "paced" by an E/A carrying abriGht amber light. The E/ A remained about 800 yards behind andlevel. Twelve to 35 miles off shore 1 4 small surface vessels wereobserved both visually and by radar. These craft w-ere staggered inthe approximate positions indic:lted on the sketch below. ModerateAW fire was emanating from these craft. Th e possibility that thismight have been a p: eloarranged deployment of Small craft to inter-cept Alc on the approach and/or breakaway should not be discredited.

SffiTCH SHOWiNG APPROXIMATEPOSITIONSlOF URFACECR AFT M OUN TIN G AW FL AK W EAPO NS

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f. SearchliGhts beams .'I'ere reported in posi ti6ns other than·the target area as follows: Tsu, 3; Matsuzaka, Ii Kowa, li and Fuku9,28 A l l lights were ineffective and badly hampered by cloud cover.

g. Blackout in target area was excellent. A few lights were

observed on Toyohashi Airfield.

h. Miscellaneous AA Observations: One barrage balloon wasreported south of the target. It evidently brake loose fran itsmooring for it was seen to rise and disappear in the clouds.

2. Mission No. 211 - Fukuoka:

a. The primary target was bombed by 221 aircraft (individ-ually) from the 73rd an d 3l3th Wings between 141lZ to l553Z f r am8000 to 10,000 feet. Axis of at back was 8

0average for all aircraft.

Weather was reported as 0/10 to 3/10 undercast wt,th winds of 20 to 30

knots from 355 0 to 4 00 •

b. En route to the target flak Was encountered as tabulated

below:

LOCATION COORDINATES REMARKS

.J!30N 131,OOE 12 gun flashes; no sky burstsseen.

Qnuta 330 0N 13028E Meager and inaccurate, medium.

Alone Bomb Run(Between Omuta and Tgt)

Meager and inaccurate, heavyand medium.

Nobeoka 3235N l3142E Very meager and anaccure te ,heavy.

Kumamoto 3248N 13045E Meager and inaccurate, heavy.

c. Flak Over the TarRet:

(1) In general flak in the target area wa s described a s

meager and inaccurate, heavy am medium (m.ostlY..medium). Heavy flakreported as baxrage' and continuously painted. lhe exceptions were ex-perienced, as usual. by aircraft which were coned by searchlights andwere as follows:

(8) One aircraft coned by searchlights experiencedmeager to moderate, inaccurate medium fire.

(b) One a:i.rcraft was illumina ted for 2 minutes andreceived moderate and accurate, heavy and medium tlak--contiuuouslypointed.

(c) Another .aircraft illuminated by 6 searchlightsreceived moderate ani accurate, continuously pointed heavy flak.

d. No flak observations or encounters were observed onwi tbdrawal.

e. Swmnary'~ofLoss and Damage: No aircraft vJere lost t.oflak on this mission, and of 223 aircr3ft attacking, only '2, or 0.90%.sustained flak derrage ,

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g. Blackout at Fukuoka was ccm~lete. En route to rod framtarget the larger towns were blacked out. while the smaller were not.

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f. Searchlight Activity:

(1) Between 15 aDd 25 searchlights were reported in thetarget area. Approximately 55. o.r 30%, of the aircraft over the tar-get reported being picked up by beams and held for periods of 30 sec-onds to 4 minutes.

(2) 'Same crews reported that rope proved very effectivein eluding lights. and some also reported that evasive action provedeffective. Most lights seemed to searca for periods of about 1 min-ute before effecting a pick up; however. 2 green beams "ere observednear the center of the city which effected several "zero" pick ups(radar controlled).

(3) Approximate postions and number of searchlights ob-served were as f oll ows; Miyazaki,' 4 (P. I. coverage also ShOI7B' ~) jKumamoto. 6 t M1yakonojo, 12J Crnuta,. 2; Isahaya A/F, 2; Kashima, Iitarget area, 15-25; and 8 miles east of Fukuoka. 2.

h. Miscellaneous AAObservations:

(1) Several greenish blue flares were observed ascend-ing'and exploding a t 7000 to 8700 feet. They emitted a faint trailand. upon exploding, briefly illuminated the sky.

(2) Several greenish explosions or glows on the groundwere reported in the target areao Crews reported the appearance ofthese glows seemed to be' coordinated with' the searchlights. Thisapparently .. es a similar, if not the same, phenomenon described inthe Tokyo area on XXI Bomber ConmandMission No. 183 (det.ails otwhich appeared in XXIBomber CommandTactical Mission Report).

(3) Six crews reported a series of red or ember groundlights or flares (not searchlights) en route and out of Kyushu. Theselights or flares were estimated to be' 10 to 20 miles apart and would

come on in pairs as a B-29 approached. then go off after the aircraftpassed OVer. The sequence of turning them on and off was done insuch a manner that the B-29's ground path was well defined. ThisSame phenomenon was previously reported around Nagoya. From the avail-able infonnstion there seemed to b~ no relationship between theselights and flak defenses. However, the possibility exists that theselights might be used to define the B-29 flight paths to vector enEilllY'interceptor aircraft.

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(4) One crew reported that about 100 possible rocketscarne up from 5 posi tions just south of Fukuoka. About one half ofthese rockets had green trails. a m one half red trails. They as-cended to about 12,000 feet, looped over and exploded with whiteflashes.

(5) CreviS reported red trail rockets could have beentracer :fire, but tha.t green trail ones were rockets •.

(6) Another crew reported that while over the targ~tarea'2 greenish-blue tear-drop shaped "glows" ascended in a long,S10\7, shallow climb from the eastern part 'of Fukuolca.These "glaws"were bout the size of 40 mmflak and exhibited no rocket trails. Atabout 12,000 feet they burned out without explcding.

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3- Mission No. 212 - Shizuoka:

a. The primary target was attac.ked by 1~3 aircraft of the314th Wing between 1551Z to 1754Z from 7950 to 12 ,000 feet. Axis ofattack averaged 315°0

b. En route to the target a few bursts of heavy flak wereencountered by one aircraft at the I .P. (Hakachi Sak i ) .

C;o. Over the target 90 aircraft reported meager and inac-curate heavy and medium flak. All other aircraft reported flak asni l .

d. O n witbdr8\7S1 flalc was reported as fo11owsr

LOCATION COORDINATES. REMARKS

3436N 13810E 6 to 8 inaccurate heavy burstsand's End

(West of Qnaesaki)

Over water (30 milessouth of Qnaesaki)'

Very meager and inaccurate.heavy.

e. Swmnaty of Loss and Da!Il3l1;e:No aircraft vlere definitelyknown lost to flak; however, 2' were lost to unknown causes. Of 124-aircraft att acking, 2 or 1.61%. sustai ned flak d"'lIn3ge.

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f. SearolHiMt Activity: SearclUights were observed as fol-Target area. 4 ; Shimada. 1; Fuzida, 1. and Shimizu, 1.

g. Blackout of the target area was go cd.

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PARI' TIl .. SECTIO N A .. DAMACE .A.SSE.SS-lENI'*

TOYOHASHI 0.21 URBAN

1. Damage to the city of Toyohashi resul ting from XXI BomberConmand Mission No. 210, 19/20 June 1945 is 1.7 sq. m. or 52% ofthe built-up area of the city ( 3 . 3 sq. m i . ) .

2. D3m.ige outside the built ..up portion of the city totals0.24 sq. mi., thus raising the total dan age from the above men-tioned strike to 1.94 sq. mi .

3. Industrial damage included Target 1224. Toyohashi ArIItY'Base and Arsenal, where 15 warehouse buildings were destroyed (atotal of 189,000 sq. ft. o.f roof area)',

Reference: AAF Air Objective Folder 90.21

Mosaic annotated to show damage is on the follooing page.

• Based on XXI B.C•• C.loU. D• .A. Report No. 126

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FOKUOKA C ITY

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EAR!' III - SECTIO N B- DAMAGE,ASSESSMENl'*

1. The XXI Bomber ConmandMission .No. 211 of 19/20 June, 1945destroyed 21~5 per cent (1.37 square miles) of Fukuoka City's built-up area. The ci.ty had not been damaged. previously. (See note be-l o w. ) '

2. Two numbered targets daIlIlged include the following:

Target 1255. Hakata Harbor. 30% of buildings destroyed ••

Target 1270. Hakata Railroad Station and Yards, minor danage.

3.., Damage is centered anound the harbor area and scattered •throughout the city. A very small amount of spotty dama;ge extendsinto Chiyomachi and Hokazaki.machi.

Note: The political b6undary of Fulruoka City (as shown in ,AMS.Fukuoka, Kyushu t Sheet 4147-1) encloses an area of 8.4 .squaremiles': The built-up area. including Chiy6machi and Hokaz alci«mecht , totals 6.56 squ9.remiles. Fukuoka. Chiyom~chi andHokaaakimachi, constitute one target areak'nmm as Fukuoka ,

Reference.s: AMSFukt.loka. Kyushu. Sheet 4147-1.AM! Air objectiVe folder 90.35. 1 July 1945

Annotated mosaic to show damage is on follOwing page.

* 'Based on XXI B.C., C.I ..U. D.A. Report No. 97



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~ARl' III - SECTION B - DAMAGE ASSESSMENl'*

FUKUOKA C ITY

1. The XXI Bomber Comnand Mi s s i on No. 211 ot 19/20 June 1945des t royed 21.5 pe r ce n t ( 1.3 7 s qu a re m i l e s ) of Fukuoka Ci t y ' s b u i l t -u p a r ea . The c i t y had not b e en damaged p r ev i ou s l y . (S e e not e b e -1017.):

2 . T r r o n umbe re d t a r ge t s d s naged i n c l u de t he f ol l oVi in g :

Ta rg e t 1255. H ak at a H ar bor , 30% of b ui l din gs de st r oye d.. .Ta rg e t 1270, Haka t a Ra i l r oa d S t a t i on and Ya rd s , m inor d an age .

3" Damage i s ce n t e r ed a r ound th e h a r bor area and s ca t t e I ' e d .

t h roughou t t he c i t y . A ve r y sma l l amoun t of s pot t y d amage ex t e ndsi nt o Ch iy c: ma ch i a nd H ok az ak im ac hi .

~ : Th e pol i t i c a l b ound ar y of Fukuoka Ci t y ( a s shown in AMS,F uku oka , Ky ush u, S hee t 4 1 4 7 - 1 ) en c los e s a n a re a of 8 . 4 s qu a r em i l e s ; Th e bu i l t - up a r e a , i n c l u d i n g Ch i y6mach i and Hoka z ak i -m ach i, t ot al s 6 0 5 6 s qu~ r e m i l e s . Fukuoka . Ch i yom~ch i andHokaz ak imach i c on s t i t u t e on e t8.rg e t a rea knonn a s Fukuoka .

Re f e r e n ce s : AMS Fukuoka . I {yus hu . Sh ee t 4 1 4 7 - 1 0AAF Ai r ob je c t i ve f old e r 90.35. 1 Ju l y 1945

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* Based on XXI B .C., C.I .U . D .A . Repor t No. 97





SHIZUOKA (90 . 1B)

1. DalD'lgeto the c.ity of Shizuoka resulting fran'XXI BomberCalmandMission 212, 19 June 1945. totals 2.25 sq. mi., which rep-resents about 6 6% of the entire city.

2. Target 90.18-202 4, the only numbered industrial target tobe affected, was severely damaged. Seven buildings, about 594,660sq. ft •• were destroyed. This represents about 76.5'~ of the plant'stotal root area.

3 . Dam a s eto unnumbered targets is as tollows: (NUmbersusedhere correspond to those appearing in Reference A):

16.18 .20.21.

Toyo Textile Mll - slight damageGasWorks - destroyedShizuoka RRYards & Shops - damaged. and many smallbuildings destroyedShizuoka Castle Infantry Barracks - damagedLight industrial district - destroyedProbable Textile Mill - damagedNewresidential and ccmnercial construction - destroyed

4 . Old damage to Shizuoka totals about 1,210,000 sq. ft. Totaldamage to the city is 63.562.652 sq. ft. (2.28 sq. mi.; 1460 aeres)which represents 6 6% : :of the entire city.

References: A. J.T.G. Information, 90. 18-2024-'I'L, 16 May 1945

B. ero Damage Assessment .Report 76

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* Based on XXI B.C•• C.I.U. D.A. Report No. 9 B

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DATE 19 June 1945,FLIGHT D ATA& FUEL COJlf >UMPT ION-,

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AIRCRAFT CONSIDERED 119.!

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AVERAGEFLYING T IME 14 : 11 14:14

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FUEL CONSUMED:

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Maximum 6075 6582 6 5 2 9 6582 6168,

Minimun 5100 5485 5 7 3 2 5485 5117

FUEL REMAINING: IAverage 916 '720 I 713 717 954

IMa:x:imw 1480 12,26 , 1025 1226 1320I

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iiEIGHT DATA

NUMBER A IRGRAFT A IRBORNE-l('

~ 11.1]0. Bl.SIC ~IIT. O F' AIRCRJ.F'T

AVERAGE U SE FULLOAD

95 237 1 3 7

74926 7 4 9 9 9 7498,5

6 0 1 9 4

74993

60466

75707

601529 4 5 4 6 0 6 4 9

AVG. NO . OFBOMBSLOADED M i x 8 d L o a d M i x e d . , L o a d .M i x e d L o a d Mixed L o a d

AV'G. WT. OF BOM BSL01,DED 14856 1 4 7 0 1 139J..8 1 4 3 9 9

6516 6742 6752 6746

3 9 0 9 6 40452 40512 40476

5502 51+96 5734 5591

134380 13564$ 135179 135459

15078

6657

39942

5 1 3 2

135859

AVERAGE FUEL LO AD ED

AVG. WT . OF FUEL LOADED

AV ERA.GE~ HSC. N EIGHT

AVG. GRO SS~-;:T. A 'f TAKE OF,F

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!! E x c l u d e s pa th f inde r a i r c r a f t . B om b Wei gh ts :

E-46 425 Lbs ,AN-]:~-17Al - 465 Ib s .AN-M-47A2 (IB) - 70 Lbs,E-28 350 I b s .E-36 360 Lbs ,M - 4 6 39 I b s .



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Mi.ssions .No. . 210 ,211BOO 212

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GUAM0 5 0 : J 1 9 J UNE 1 9 4 5

F!i1n ORDER NUMBER 8 8

Hap3 for Pl81min.g: Japan Aviation Chart 1:218,880.

I, Omitted.

2. ThaI XX I Born Comat-tacks Toyohashi, Fukuoka and Shizuoka Urban areason D-Day.

3. a. 5Hth Wir:g:

(1) Target: l'o,Vohashi Urban Area primary r-adar- and visuaLI

(e,) UPI

0 9 2 0 6 4F or c e R e q ui r e dMaximum Effort

(b) MPI Reference: XXI BomComLithe-Mosaic ToyohashiArea. 90.21 - 1224 .

(2) Route:

BaseIwo Jima3416N - 13635E (DepartU[' e Point)343530N- 1363911: (IF)TargetRight Turn

Iwo Jirna.Base

(3 ) Alti tud e of Att;,.' \ck: 7,000 to 7, BO Ofeet.

(4) Bomb load: 2 Groups: M-47 IE! s fus ed in stantaneous nos e J

intervalometer setting 75 feet,

2 Groups: Inc end i ary Clus ter s containing ij.. 9boobs fus ed to. open 2,500 feet above target, in-tervalometer setting 50 feet"

(5) Altitude enroute t a target:feet.

4,000 to 4,800 ard 6,000 - 6,$00

(6) Take off time: Zero HOllr plus 120 minutes.

b. 73rd l~ring:

(1) Target: Fukuoka Urban Area Prinary Vianal and Radar.

MPI For c e Required

082039 Max im umEffort

Reference: _XXI Bom Com Litho Hosaic Fukuoka Area 90.35Urban.

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(2) Route:

Baselwo J:iJra32aJN - 13137E3252N - 1)017E (IP)Target

Flight Turnlwo JirraBase

(3) Altitude of attack: 9,000 to 9,800 feet.

(4) Bomb load:

(a) Two Groups: F46 clusters fu sed to open 2,500 feetabove t.he target. Intervalolneter setting 50 feet.

(b) TV/oGroups: Mh.?A2lB IS fused dnet.ant areou a, Inter-vll.lometer setting 100 feet.

, (5) Aititu:le enroute to target: .3,000 to 3,800 and 7,000 to7,800 feet.

(6) Take off time: Zero hour.

c. 313th I'Hng:

(1) Target: Fl:lkuoka Urban Area Prirrer y Visual and Radar •

MPI Force Required

063038 3 Groups

Reference: XXI BamCom Litho Mosaic Fukuoka Area 90•.35Urban.

(2) Route:

Baselwo Jini:lJ220N - 131J7E3252N - IJOl7.E (]p)TargetR'ightTumlwo Jim.aBase

(3) Altittd e e ll Attack: 8,000 to 8,800 feet.

(4) Bomb load:

(a) One Group: FJ...6 Clusters fused to open 2,500 feetabove the target. Intervru.ClI:leter setting 50 fclet.

(b) Two Groups: M4?A2 IB's fused instantaneous. Inter-va10meter setting 100 £ eet.

(5) Altitude enroute to target: 4,000 to 4,800 and $,000 toS,800 feet.

(6) Take of f' 1;,irne: Zero hour.

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d. 314 th W:Lrg:

(1) Pni nar y Visual and Radar Target: City of Shiz11Oka.

Force RequiredC a ) MP I

045106 MaximumEffort

(b ) References: XXI Bam ComLitho Mosaic Shizuoka Area90.18-2011.

(2) Route:

BaseIvro Jima.Kozu Shima (Departure Point)3441N - 138 4430E ( IF)TargetLeft tur n to Lard send between3436N - 13814E, 3447N - 13820EI,\U JimaBase

(3) Alt itude of At tack: 8,000 to 8,800 feet.

(4) Bomb load:

(a) Two Groups: E46· clusters f'us ed to open 2,500 feetabove the target. IntervalQJlE tar setting 50 feet.

(b) Two Groups: )fi47A2 IS I S fused inst ant.aneous , Inter-val oneter set ting 75 feet.

(5) Altitude enroute to target: 5,000 to 5,800 and 9,000 to9,800 feet.

(6) Take off'time: Zero hour plus 150 minutes.

x. (1) Method of Attack: By individual aircraft with each wingcompressing its force over the target with:Ln 70 minutes.

(2) First 12 aircraft of each ,ring to take off carrying M4? IB'swill be designated p<ithfirrlers and 'Will be flov;n by the bestradar boming crews.

(3) Groups carrying H47's will be scheduled to attack first.

(4 ) Zero Hour: 191700K.

4. a. No diang e,

b. Tnct1cal Yission No.: 210 - for Toyohashi211 - for Fukuoka212 - for Sh iz uoka

5. Communic at ions:

a. (1) XXI Bom Com SOI am SOP for strike reports, contact re-ports, a nd IFF procedures.

(2) Each flight squadron will be equi.pped to barrage jamm theregion 190-210 megacycles.

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(3) Observtlt ion s o f th.e extent and relia bili ty of the barragewill be made while (War: the target. . ,

(4) Spot jamming w:ill be oonduoted CNer the frequ6ncy ranges180-190 and 210-220 megacycles, as desired by the wing ReM.officer and as governed by the capacity of each wing.

(5) Jammers will be kept in" operation at all times when closerthan 50 miles to Honshu, and will be turned off at all othertime s, except for preflight and post flight. frequency checkswhich are t 0 be made on t be ground wh ile the jammer s areinstalled in the airplane a,

KISSlmCOM GEN BOM GOM XXI

DIsTRIBUTION: 2 Ell "ling



FIELD O RD ERNUMBER 88 CON rIN UED

(3) Obsorvat ion 5 of the extent and re Ha bili ty of the barragewill be made while war the target.

(4) Spot januning will be conducted over the frequency ranges180-190 and 210-220 megacycles, as desired by the wing ROMofficer and as governed by the capa.city of each wing.

(5) Jemmers will be kept in- operation at all times when closerthan 50 miles to Honshu, Bondwill be turned off at all othertimes J except for prefl:Lght and post fl ight frequency checkswhich are to be made on tm ground while the jammers areinstalled in the airplane s ,

KIS~C OM GEN BaM C OM XXI

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DISI ' lHBUTION

TAO'I'I A L M ISSIO N R EP O RT

Conllllanding General ~ .Arn \YAir ForcesCommandingGeneral; U.S. Ar~ Strategic Air Forces (Rear)

CommandingGeneral, U.S. ~ Strategic Ai~ Forees (Guam)Chief of Staff, U.S•. ~ Strategic ~ir Forces (Guam)CommandingGeneral; Twentieth Ai r ForceCommandiDgGeneral ~ Eighth Air Force' (Okinawa)Commander in Chief, U.S. ~ forces, PacifioChief of Naval Opetationsi O P - 1 6 - VOommanderin Chief; Pacific Fleet (Adv Irq)CommaIlderin Chief,' Pacific neet (Rear Irq)CommanderAir Foroe, Pacific FleetCommander; Third FleetCommander; Fifth FleetCommander; First C~rier Task ForceCommander, MarianasConmanding General; .U.S. Army Forces, 'Middle PacificCommandingGeneral i Allied Air Forces ~ S~A

Commandill8General; Far East Air ForcesCommming General; U• .8. Strategic Air Forces in EuropeCommandingGeneral~ ·Mediterranean Allied. Air Forcesdommanding General; Fifteenth <tir Foreedammanding General; Seventh Air ForcaOormnandingGeneral~ VII Bomber CommandComnanding General~ VII Fighter CommamCommandingGeneral; Eleventh Air ForceCommanding'General, 301st Fig~ter ~ingCommand Hq., Allied Air Forces. S'iVPA'ATI'N: Senior Intall igence Officer,' R.A.A.F •.

Commander in Chief. U.S. Army Forces. PacificATl'N: G.2 (For Section 22. RCM)

Officer in Charge, Joint Intelligence CenterPacific Ocean AreasCommarrlingGeneral, A n DYAir ForcesA~N: AD / A S Intelligence

CommandingGeneral, Army Air ForcesATTN:AC/AS. Intelligence. Collection Division

CommandingGeneral, U.S•. Army St~ategic Air Forces (Guam)ATTN I Intelligenoe

Co!lllll.8D.dinganeral, U.S.· Army Strategic Air Foroes (Guam)~TN: CommunicationsFOR: Counter Mea$ures Air Analysis CenterCommanding Officer. Twentieth Air Foroe Lead Crew SchoolBrigadier Genetali H.S•. Hansell, Jr •.Chief of Staff, Twehtieth Air ForceDeputy CIS, 0pns~ Twentieth Air ForceADof S, A-2, Twentieth Air ForceChemical Warfare' Officer. ' l\7entieth Air ForceOrdnanee Officer. TWentieth Air ForceDirector of Tactics. A-3. 'h;entieth Air ForceHistorical Officer, Tw:entieth Air Force

CoPY No .

12

34 - 56789

1011121 31 4151 61718

19202122

23 - 242526 - 272 829 - 3334

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36

37

38 - 67

68 - 69

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90919 2939495969798

991 0 01 0 11021 0310410 51061071 0810911011111211,

114115116117 - 130

Conmanding Gen.eral; 58th Bombardment WingC o r m n e nding General; 73rd Bombardment 'i"/ingCommanding General; 3l3th Bombardment UingCommanding General; 314th Bombardment WingCamnending General; 315th Bombardment 11ingCommandng Officer; 3rd Photo Reconnaissance SqCommanding Offic~r; 41st Photo Reconnaissance SqCommarding Offi car, 55th Reconnaissance Sq. Long Range','/eather

Commanding Officer, Twentieth Air Force Combat StagingCenter (ProvisionAl)

Commanding Officer; 33rd Statistical Control UnitCommanding Officer~ 6th Bomb Group (VH)Commarding Officer; 9th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Offioer; 16th Bomb Group (VH)ColIll1anding Officer; 19th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 29th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 39th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer~ 40th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 330th Bomb Group (VH)

Commanding Officer; 331st Bomb Group (VH)Commending Officer; 444th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer; 462nd Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 468th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 497th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 498th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer i 499th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer~ 500th Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 50 1st Bomb Group (VH)Commanding Officer; 502nd Bomb Group (VB)Commanding Officer; 504th Bomb Group (VB)Co!llDlanding Officer; 505th Bomb Group (VB)Commanding orficer~ 509th Composi te GroupCommanding Officer; 15th Fighter Group (VIR)Commanding Officer; 21st Fighter Group (VLR)

Commanding orficer~ 414th Fighter Group (VIR)Commanding Officer. '506th Fighter Group (VLR)Report i ng Unit; A-2; Twent i at h Air For ce (File Copy)Reporting Unit, A-2. Twentieth Air Force

Documents

21st Bomber Command Tactical Mission Report 210, 212