21st Bomber Command Tactical Mission Report 240, 243, Ocr

8/6/2019 21st Bomber Command Tactical Mission Report 240, 243, Ocr

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llissic:ns 239 and 244 'i1are miningoperaticns that \ l i l l be reported in aseparate Tactical Missioo Report. ilhichreceiv63 ally limited distr ibuticn.........

MissiCIJ No. 238 \las a 315th B a n ~aranent '.ling night prec ia im a tt ack .This missiCIJ tC6ether >lith missicns 232and 245 are being reported in a TacticalMissiCll Report to be issued in the verynear future.


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l l issicns 239 and 244 'Q'ere miningoperatiaus that n iH be reported in aseparate Tact ical Missl


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Eaet-;7est. A. f o soal l industries are locatod in the ci t.y b\l,t. t.helarger and core icport.ant installat. ions are out. of tho congest.cd area .rai l road st .at ion and SOOG warohouses o an al ternate or the san-Yol ine are located at the SOuthwest edge of the ci ty .(2 ) JQ.g;umoto Urban (Mis:!lioo 241); KUoaDoto i l l

the rour th ' largest ci ty on ~ b u . I t containa a nucber or Sl':la1linduatrios 9 ot which probably arc converted to the canuract.ureof aircra! ' t parts for the asseobly plant Ii o.1les eaat ot tho ci ty .I t also centains large l : l i l i tary instal lat ions and icport4ll.t rai l roads.The ci. ty i s abo\l,t 3 miles Ncrtheast-SOut.haost and 2 tlilE13 Nort.baest_Southeast . The Shira Rivor entere Kl.u:I8r.Joto free thG nort.heast Bnddividos tho ci ty approxim.:ltely in ha l f , fort:1ing an effect ive f irebreakabou.t 400 f'eet ~ f i d e . A cast le aod mil l tary headquarters area are imthe nortbuth and mountains to the n orth . Itc..cnta1n.s sevora! large parks and threo constructed f i rebreaks. J,t)Jie:xtorw:1s along tho southern coast of Shir:lonoscki Stra i ts for about 5c i los and in land f rcn l to H cile.s .

0 . Detai ls of PlAnning - - OpcrationN,l(1 ) Boebing Plans '

(8 ) Detcminat ion of Boob Loadl..!.. BOClbs; Each :1ing c ~ r i o d a ca:con l ~ ofAN-M47.12 incendiary bCDbs and 500 pound. aioablo clustera containing

Jof)9 bocbs. E:2.ch 'Jing was schcdulod to earry 2 sroups ot l&j.7 ine.:ndi ary bocba, except the 3l3th tUng Ilhich cl\I'riod only 1 grou.p of 1&47a.Tti'olvo aircraf t f'reo oach '11ng nora schedu.lod to Jlrocodo tho m inforco to tho targot as pathfinders and o!U"k tho hrgo t ! l r03 m. th :47incond iary banbs .

g,. Fuzing:jl . Tho AN-M47>'.2 incondiarY baJb . , earr10d

ins tantanow8 noaa f 'u:cs.tee t aJ:t0'l"8 tbo ta rget .

~ ClWltors vcre fuzed to opan 5 9 000

3 . IntorvMS!?9tor SottiQ&l; 'Ibo intor-lCClOtoraot t ins tor the 1IN-V47J2 boo.bs IlOll 100 foot . Tho s ot tin g f or clWlCCZ'ba:b a "as 50 too t .

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!l- Di9cuss:loQ;~ Each tarsot arco. 'lfl1S considoredhizhly i n f l ~ a b l e . of r el at iv el y l ig ht construct ion and cxtrocolyvulnerable to incendiary a t tack . Tho Dixod residentiol and l i ehti ndus t ri a l s tr uctu re s lX)cprising each tareot area ,"orc wi tM for

tho l:l1xed attack flith M47 incendiary ba:lbs and E46 c l ~ t e r s . 8/ Jevidenced by successful at tacks ago.irult s i nne r ta rgets . Boob load3also ;;oero based on an effic ient ut i l iza t ion of the available Slpplyof incendiary boobs nod clusters_ The amit ions chosen were believedto have suff iciont penotro.tion and f i re set t ing poucr for dest ruct ionof cos t s tr uc tu re s in tho tarGot area .

. Mnioun offort ;;oss d ircctod. e,gainateach ta rget as tho tonnago axpoctod to be dropped on each tm s sppraxicately 200 tons por square milo. ' the nin1ouJ:l. lltlOunt believed I:l.doQustoto effoct tile dosired destruction. Kw:1arxIto and trbe c a p o c i a l ~ ,",orobel ioved to require r.axinuo offor t of j ings sssie;ncd.

1.- The fuzing an!! intorvalOlX!ter set t ingsspecified 'uoro considerod tho oost dosiro.blo, eonsidoring t ho o l ti tudoof attack, uniforo. densi ty on tho t a rget a r 0 8 8 . and ef f ic ient function in g o f boobs and c lus te r s .

(b ) Bombing I1.. Tho dotcro.inatiom Of the axel! of attack

and al t i tudes l iere dependent upon the bost red3X approach 1Ud a l t i tudes for radar synchronous bo;nbing. A core detailed o x p l ~ t i o 1 I 'concerning the chosen axes of a t t ~ c k s ~ alt i tudos is contain inthe Radar Report (tlnncx .t. Part V. herein) .

b Bor.lbing a l t i tudes , forces .:I.ssigncd .. axesof attack .. length of runs and other per t inent dat:J. ere as follO':1s:

Force--4 Groups of the S6t b ";ling.BocbinR Altitud9--l0,OOO to 10.800 f t .M3an Point of Igooct--oS1o68J1.ISa Q!. .\ttQ.ck-35 doc;roes TrueLemth .Qt jhy),--42 DilesTine Qt Blm-9 oinuto",Dr i f t - 5 degreos r ~ S h t

,R. Mission 241--TarBot. K\ll;lRI:!oto Utba...'"l .llrs::::!,1Forcg--4 Q"oups of tp..o 7Jrd 1ifiS8o?binG Altitude-10.OOO to 10,800 n .Moan of IONot--0810'j6 .:lnd 0.31101.2!. yt tncku49 degroes TrueLeMth .2!. R!!:'l---58. ci10sI!..92. ot &!.! l--12 wnutcs~ - - 5 decroes ri.:;btMission 242 Targot, Ube OrbAA AmIVl!2I..;,g,__) Groups or tho ) l ) th :i1na;Bornbins Alt1tqdo--lO,OOO to 10.800 f t .Ml;mn Points Qf. ~ - - 1 0 8 1 0 4 and 1250612t ,\ttaclt--)25 ciogrocs TruoLoooth PL .B!lS-45 anlo!!

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~ ! Q . a ! !( 0) Ube Urban .rea (Mission 242)

B!lsO Tact ical Doctrineto1';1'0to3243N-13233E Doparturo Point--Oklno "loa.to southncst or Shikoku.3)24N-13l4230E 1P--a jutti"'!J point or hodacross the bay t'rQ:1 Oitaoa si ly i dont if ie d. mkins theto best rod3%' approach to thot arget .T3r8:et Ubc--a r igh t turn to l!l!1dsendto a v o i d i ~ tIck ~ e a s .3250N-13257Eto1.0toBoo" Tactica l Doctrine

(4) ShiD.onoseki Urban :.ra!! (Mission 243)Boseto1.0to3243N--13233Eto3334N-1]126E

toT-?.rgetto3302N-13305Eto1 '0to8'3.80

(3) Flight &l.;inec.riMl

Tact ical Doctrine

Departure Point (S3::le 3.8th 'lt for Ube)IP--an easily identiJ ' iedpoint just to the rrest otUsa. cakiI1B tt l e best radarapproach to th e 'I'.3.rgct.Slrioonoscki---a. r ight turnavoiding flak areas.Landsond.

Tactical Doctrine

(n) Flight Plan: lJ . t i tudo 'and spoods. excop t forbco.binc; run and ca:.1pr'ossion o f s tri ki nG Coree. :7ere planned ter oaxiC\lt1 fuel oconooy !lnd safety . No Ilssel;lblies \'Jere to be effected.(b) Loading:.

1 . Fuel r eserve data indioated tb3t noitherthe 58th(Tinien). 7 3 r d ( ~ i p a n ) . 313th(Tinian), nor th e )14th(Gu3C)7inc;a trO\lld require boob bay hnk s . A. to ta l tuol 103d ot aPproxi.c::ltelJ'"6100 eauens por aircraf t ';illS p h nn c d u nle ss inclocumt ~ e a t h o r requiredla rger tuel reacrvoh

2 . N:> ~ i . l : l . u : : : l cr cin.iDu.":1 blXlb loads -:Jera epoe1tle4. BOCb load. ~ r e - a 3 t o l l o ~ B J

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2. :a:J,unition load nas oatir:nteri to be JOO

EGoct044yorn ae(Nu.n4')15;00015;00014,00014,000

17;00017;00016;00014,000

Potential CQPQity(PoWld,)58th ',71l'1G7Jr"d :7i1l3.31.3th :7iIlG.314th linc;

(11) Tho plfL.i for thcso o b s i o n a n b.:l3od. on nightrllcbr inoondiary at tacks and a l l rbutcs noro choson for tll.o beat r.3d:1fQPproo.ch.. On a l l of theso t .u ' ,Joh, \ l i th the C%coption or Shiooneseki,radar reconnaissance had been obtained. bosed on routes doten:rlned by,Pictut'es in tho radar f i l e s . There tl'as no f a s t s;JCcp scopo ccwcro3Gea t 10.000 foo t 'a'hich i s essent ia l t o cCClplote the pl.3n.'llns C\nd sottil3,lup of b:riefinG a a t o r i o l .

(b ) On Xuro the v a r i o ~ ~ p r o a c h e : l l narc s tud ied t r mreeol\no.issllDco pictures i n the rad& f i l e s beftlro 03.Ss18ning a route tora 10,OOO-teet radar reconnaissance o.ission. The lar;3o h i l l 0:1 tho e ~ of tho c i t y east a big shadro. Coc.iIlG i n froo. the v.1ter go.'WQ the ele.:l!'.o st c i t y r e t u r n and offered several good o f f s e t pointa. 'n1o I?nas the S O \ l t ~ r n o o s t i s land i n the Xure Bay r ~ i o n nnd there SlO\l.ld beno d i f f i c u l t y i n idcntifyillG it. The poninMa or T"'..raet 657.l v.::.s "-good o f f s e t p o i n t . ~ t i t u d o of at l e a s t 10.000 feet ..as rcca:Dended toavoid the s::l.oarine of island r e t u r n s .

(c) On Kuooooto ao I I ' a t 3241NoolJOO7E ' : 1 ~ or1&inillTp1l!t.nnod but a t t o r revlet7ina tm roconn: li ssanco tho 7Jrd. ':ling reQ.uested3219N-12959E. '!be ncr.r IP l7as requested bccause ot the s h ~ O ' I l C.3St bythe 2185-foot h i l l s t o the north\7est ot tho c i t y . f.ftor S)c.e diecussi o n on the a a r i t s of each a x i s . the Ch.."\DgO 17M JT.:mtod. 'l110 route l.I.!Iedhad exoellont chock points f o r navigation; and I7ind runs by passin,:;around the Ilou,thorn coast of Kyushu. Free the IF to tho target theaxis paral leled. tl1l3 coast l ine of a PGninsula m.ich ran c:l.iroctly iD.totho targot Bree.. Direct f ix ed analo roobinc; fins considered to be thobest c.athod of rl3ICMEl.

(d) Ube ual l QSsiBlled flith tuo radar ~ i J : 1 1 n s pointsf o r o ff s et r e l e a s e . This, t o r s e t \7aS very lOnG nnd narrOO' oi th theaxis at a t t a c k along t h e 10nsitudiD.al a x i s of the c i t y . The IP '07.:13on a ' d i s t i n c t i v e coastl ino p r o j e c t i o ~ a t 3324N-1314230E n i t n theo f f s e t aimillB point south 'of the c i t y . : t t .3355N-134J.6E. ~ ( ) h a r b o ~l i n e shol,od up d i s t i n c t l y , Siving good rO,torence to ~ h alc.ins :Lotsnhich 0131"13 iru d i r e c t l i n e to the tuo b u i l t - u p aroas :Ln t ho horba r.

(e) .\dcQ.unte scope c o v ~ r " ' C o had beon o b t 3 i : 1 ~tho various oininc r.U831ons to the ShicOnoseki aroa. Sinco SnOOD cldI s spread alons the coast l ine i t 1705 decided t h ~ t tho axis of Q t ~ kshould be perpendicular to tho loQ[,1. t ud in fl l axi s d tho ci ty in 0 orto obtain cuxi.c.w:l resu.lts frOl:!. deflection o r r o r s . 'Ihe IP vas o..t thod i s t i n c t i v o r i v o r couth j u s t north o f T Q ~ a d a with tho a E i ~ ~ tbejus t aoutb ot Moji. This a z i s [;Dvethe r::L,lloX1cuo. offset po:uaUi treD!&OJ! Poninsula.

(5) Radar Counte r M ;a su ro s i , I t Va8 p h D ' " to -R(2,I obSorTors to aearth tor oarly U'nrniDG and a u n - ~ 1 D Cto condu.ct a gonoral a o ~ e h in th& ~ D 0 6 ~

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also planned to barrage jlll) th() enollV g u n - l a y i n ~ and soarehHGht r.!l.darsin the 72-84 and 190-210 megaeycle b3nd and to spot jam any enOTltf rad3.rSisnals that appoued outside the barrage.

(6) Air-Sea Rescue:

those mis5ionsavailablo:-(a) Naval: The Navy Ua5 furnished uith dot :1 il s o rand _he follouing air -sea rescue fac i l i t ies ~ e r e cade

.1.. Six subnarinos ~ c r e to bo stat ioned dutine thoent i re missiOns "" 3200N-13200E. a t 3 2 3 0 r ~ 1 3 3 2 S E , a t 3300Jl-l,3400E. !lot3000N-13440Z. a t 3OO0N-136oS&. and a t 3000No-l)640E.

the entire l!li.ssionc 2. Three surface c r ~ t were to be stationod duringa t 2830N-13730E. a t 271SN-1384SE, and a t 1 8 0 0 1 ~ 1 4 4 3 0 E .1 . Sevon D.lclxls acre assic;n.od .:lS t 'ollcms:

4t 3000N.13440E f ra :1 01lS40Z unt i l a l l :drcraf t passed on return .\ t 3000N-13605E frOn1 011710Z, unt i l a l l ai rera t t p3ssed on return ..l.t 3000N-13640E frOl:l 011SSS2, unt i l a l l aircraf t passed on return.J. t 2830N-13730E froo 011630Z unt i l a l l a i r c r a t t p3ssod on roturn .t 271SN-1384SE frOl:l 01l700Z \m t i l a l l aircrnf t passed on rctU%l:l t 2000N-14330E fran 0 1 2 2 2 0 ~ to 020020ZIt 1800N-14430E frO!l1 012220Z to 0200202..

~ Crash boats 'I1ore assigned in the iI::l:::lediatevic ini ty of Saipan. Tinian aod GJ.ac duriIl6 the c r i t i ca l peri III oft ~ k e - o f f and landing.

(b ) ~ This Ccmman::l. assiBncd 6 SUpcr-Ducbos as!ollo'l7s:,.l.t 3200N-13200E from 011440Z un t i l a l l aircraf t passed on return.Jot 3200N-13200E from 011440Z unt i l a l l ai rcraf t passGd on return i.t 3230N-13325 from on6ooz unt i l a l l aircraf t psssod on r Q t u r ~. .t 3230N-13325E from on6ooz unt i l a l l aircr'if 't passed on r e t ~ .a t 3300N-13400E from 011440Z unt i l a l l aircraf t p.!l.ssad on ro turn.dt 3 3 0 0 ~ 1 3 4 0 0 E f rom Oll440Z unt i l a l l ai rcraf t passed on ~ o ~ u : n .(See Annex .i t Part VIII for cMr t of locat ion of thoso faClll t: l, .cs)

d. Details of P l a n n i n 1 - I n t e l l i ~ e n c e :(1) Enf3lt'{ Air Opposition"

(6) ~ t i s s i o n NO. 24Q-KurQ: I t uas o s t ~ t e d t h ~ t 15 to20 f iGhters could offor only nee l ie ib le opposi t ion.

(b) Mission No. 241-Kulln:noto: cstia."tod 1S to 20f 1 ~ t o r 8 ~ o r e e3p3blo of intercoptina this s t r iko but opposition shouldbe D06ligible.

(c) M[ssion Nb.242-Ubo: I t ~ a belicvod t h ~ t 15 to 20t Jdhtere might intercept th is s tr ik e.\d.) Mission No.243-.$himonoseki: A.Pproxim:\toly 20 t ~ b ~ l t tt . . , . be airborne for th is str iko but oppos it ion should bo occl

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of the preponderant proportion of the f igh ters to an mticiptl ted in -vasion. Another control l ing factor was also the apparent shortage oraViation gasol ine. Although the Japanese have night f igh ters tooy arefew in number and the i r equipuent i s fa r belO'l7 that of: Allied standards.F ~ tha t reason in tercept ion by night f igh ters and night fighter--dayf1,ghter combinatioM wil l remain weak. ~ s of t he i nt er cep ti on wil lP70bably occur in the t a rge t area where B-29s n i l l be si lhouet ted byh r e s or by searchl ights . There iB nothing to indio. cate tha t the enelll7m.ll employ DGg t ac t ics and it can be assumed tha t the enecJ1f ' ;Jill beable to narn his defenses from 3 to 5 hours prior to B-29 l andfa l l andtha t there Tlill be interceptors to meet bOl:1ber formations approxioately50 mdles out to sea . The divers i ty of the ta rge ts and poor operat ional~ e a t h e r may reduce the ant ic ipated f igh te r react ion indicated above.

(2) Enesy Antiaircraf t :(8) l1.1805ioo lob. 240. Kure Urban Areo;

1. Ad. Defenses: The Kure area had the folltmingA..\ defenses t

Heavy AA Guns;. 1]2; Mediuc .u. ,eapons: 83.Searchl ights ; 15 - 20.

In addi t ion to the land-ecplaced defensessevera l large un i t s of the ' Japanese f l ee t nere in Kure berbor andYicini ty as follo'. ls: 1 BB, 1 CA . 2 CIT. 1 CL am severa l DDs. OtherdefenSes in the Kure area '.lere; Hiroshima; 88 heavy M. and Otake:20 heavy u..

2. Route and-Axis of Attack: The route to theta rge t area if'as planned-to avoid a l l other AA defenses. I t nas plAnnBdto a tta ck th is ta rg et fran. the sou th l1es t . si nce. due to the te r ra in ,t h i s 'I78S the only sa t is fac tory radar approach. Flak had caused. extens ive damge to our forces in t h i s approach in dayl igbt . Ho'i1ever. onlymoderate f l ak rrith f a i r sea rch ligh t e f fec tivenes s l1as expected a t nightfo r th i s 17SS the f i r s t night attack on th is c ity . A r igh t breaka'if8Yavoiding oth er flak areas 17M spec if ied .

was planned.i ne f fec t ive .

At th is.3.. Alt i tude:

a l t i tude , mediwnA base al t i tude of 10,000 feetf lak \1ould be almo"t canplately

(b) Mission No. 241. Kumamoto Urban Ares.:1.. ),A Defenses: Kumamoto nes defended 8S

f o l l o \ 1 s ~ Heavy AA C>.ms: 28; Medium AA 'ilea-pons: 16; SearchliGhts:a (Estimated 2 - 6):g. Route and N is of Attackl The route to

the ta rae t ~ a p rimar il y ove r 17ater and avoided other fla k a re as.defenses of Kumamoto (par t icu la r ly searchlic:hts) ..-rare ver y poor forprotect ion agelnst night a t tack . Only m o d ~ r a t e ~ n i n a c c u r a t ~ : lak th enaB expected and flak 'ifas not a major conslderatlon in d o t e ~ n ~ n gaxis of a t t ack . The bteaka'l7&y 'l78S east avoidina flak: araas and th ea l t i tude planned gas 10,000 fee t .

(c) Mission No. 242, Ube Urban Areal1tha t t he def en se s consistedplanned to avoid other flak:

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Southeast to avoid the S h i m o n o s e k l ~ & > j l defenses was specified.(d) Missiorc No . 243. S!. imonosekl Urben Areal

1. A.A Defenses: The defenses i n the Slll1lonoaski-tklj i ' a rea '!Jere as f o l l o " s ~ Heavy AA Guns: ';7; Medium AA:1'eapons: 31; Searchl ights ; 2 7 .

. Route ani M i s of Attack: Most of theroute t o t h e t ar ge t a re a \188 over uater and avoided defended areas .I t tJas planned to approach t h i s t a r g e t fran the SOUtheast. This vasB more o r 1 0 S 8 uptJind approach but i t nas the only approach (";1ith goodr a d a r check p o i n t s ) t h a t could be used and s t i l l avoid Ya",ata defen.saa(168 heavy 8uns) iamediately l1est of Shimonoseki S t r a i t s . A breakat14yto the North t o avoid Yauata ' r :8S specif ied. Follcr.ring the breakawa;r.a i r c r a t t uer8 t o make a 180 degree turn back: over Qater, avoidlQi; theUbe area.

1 . Altitude: . l base alt i tude r1 10,000 teetwas planned.. At th13 a l t i t u d e automatic wapona ef fec tiveness vouldbe p r a c t i c a l l y n i l .3 . EXEClmON OF THE MISSIONS:

a . Take-Off:(1) Take-off '.7as accanpl isbed a" f'ollotJs 1

Aircraft Airborne'.7ing Mission Canbat Pathfinder He>! F i r s t or! Last t58th 240 148 12 4 ' OlO700Z OlOBJ2Z73rd 241 150 12 Ol0705Z 010B17Z313'h 242 100 12 OlO757Z 01085933 l 4 t h 243 128 .12. , OlO9QOZ QllQ,2ZTotal 526 48 6 OlO700Z o11036z.Thcse 4 a i r c r a f t did not carry bombs.The above t o t a l does not include 5 a i r c r a f t a"s ig led to . t ir-Sea Reseue.

b . Route Cut: Long r anee naviga ti on m13 a c e c m p l i s h ~ bya i r c r a f t proceeding to the target individually b,y '.7ay of' Ino 11m3.There nere no navigational d i f f i c u l t i e s eneountered on the route ~ the t a r g e t s . Target a re a navigation. ~ i n d d e t e r m j n a ~ i o n and bomb1OGnerc accomplished by radar .

c. Over Targets:

(8) Three a i r c r a f t . 1 of nhieh 11.1"0 bocbed tha.primary target , dropped 14.3 tons of bombs on targets ot apportulu.ty.(2) Primary Visual and Radar _ Mission 2lL.l: One hundrod

&D4 f i f t y four a i r c r a f t dropped 1107.2 tons of' bcmbs on t h e }(umal:lOtoUrban Area.

\aod f i f t yArea.

(1) Primarv Visual and Radartwo a i r c r a f t dropped 1081.7 tons

_ "11,s,,ioo 24Q;of bOOlbs on the

One hund.t'edKure Urban

( a ) One a i r c r a f t dropped 7.8 tons of boobs oa tarset or opportunity.

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a i rcraf t (3 )dropped . ~ P r p - i = ~ r ~ ~ V ~ ' ' ' , ~ u a ! ' ! ' ' : ' ' ' ~ d . . . J j ~ ' ~ d . a r ~ = - c . M l . ! ! ! . ' , ! , i " o " , - ~ . ; u 1 one hundred714. tons of bombs on tho Ube Urban Area.and tnenty.\!Ieki llr'ban

(4)cightArea.

Primarya i rc ra f tVi.:!Iual and ~ a d a r - Mission' 2411 One hundreddropped 833.0 ton" ot barbs on the Shimono-

ta rgets or (a) Fiveopportunity.a i rc ra f t dropped 37.3 ton" of bombs on

without d . Route Baclndi f f i cu l ty .Navigation on the return t r ip ~ a accomplisbed

e.. wnding: A ircraft landed a t bases as foll0;7S:!!!!&58th7Jrd313thJ14thTotal

lti.ssion No_240241242243

1rst Mrcra t t012110Z0120102012158Z020001Z012010Z

Last Aircnr t02001JZ.012)llZ012357Z02020SZ02CJ205Z

Fif ty eight aircraf t landed a t h o rima duriDB these missi on".r. Losses: Ckle B-29 was l os t 'I'lben 2 engines tai led enroute

to t arget and 1 ~ I a S l os t nhen the ai lerons f roze .g. Operations Summary:

(1) !oevigation (see Annex A. Part I , for track ebart):There ;rere no major navigational discrepancies noted but tima controlwas not as good as th 'l t on previous missi. ons. Winds in th.e variousta rget areas varied from 300 to 320 degrees a t 30 to 25 knots respecti v e l y .

(2) Rombing (See Annex A, Part n ani IU , f o r detail:!!and MOan P oin ts o f Lmpact).

(J) Fl ight Engineering (See Annex A. Part IV. ta r char t ) :(a) Narrative of Mission as flown:

1. Cruise to the V ~ i n l a n d ~ IndiTiduol climbsnere made immediately a f t e r take off to al t i tudes between u.OoO and8 000 feet where the in i t i a l cruise was f loqn. No assemblies were~ d e . Compression of th e fo rc es nos cffected by varying cruisingal t i tudes and a ir speeds.

(4) (See Annex ,l,. Part .,Radar Scope Photos) I Operation t1&S nol'1llll1.

Bombit18 was eonducted by io4i ... for the 58th, 1Jrd and JIJ th r;ings

(b) Qal!nents: This l!Iission: uas normal 1n a l l re -One group of th e )14th \'Iins inst",Uo4 ODe bcmb baY tank loed.Jgallons 1n ~ 9 airplanes.pects .with )00

. Bomb Run:idua1 a i rc ra f t a t 10,000 fect averageand 14,00 0 f ee t fa r the )14th 'l7i08.

1. Return to Ba.:!e: ~ e t u r n to base "as c c D d u c ~by i nd iv idua l t l. irc ra f t ci thout di f f i c l l l ty . Min111l.UlfI fuel wu used '6:tcruisiDB a t 15.000 feet for t l10 hours. descending very s l ~ l y to 9. 000t ee t and cruising there till a 180 rpm descent could be =ade to ba$8.185 c .\..S. '>ias flOlln.

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(5) Gunnery (See Annex A., Part VII. tar detai ls) I There~ e r e no outstanding dif f icul t ies encountered during the8e missions.The crC\7rescued oJilll8. and

(6 ) AirSea Rescue (SEle Annex A. Part VIII. to r ebart) Iof 49\'961 bailed out a t 184,SN-14450E and II cre\' meI:1berB wereThe crew of 25V531 bailed out 25 mlc.!! South-Ecut of bo9 e r c ~ mamber:l ..-rere re8cued.h. '!leather (see .1nncx B. Part I . to r detai l s ) : The "eather

~ a g en er ally a s p re dic te d with vis ibi l i ty unrestr icted at b ~ e s onre turn .i. COllI!1Unication.:p

(1) Radar Counter It'.easu.rcs ( See .\nncx C, Part I , tardo t a ib ) : Tho 72-84 and 190-210 megacycle band t'l'as canpletely jam:Jed.Spot Jammers reported tha t soce of the e n radars ':rero turned o f ta f t e r . being spot jacmado(2) Radio (see Annex C. Part I I . tor de ta i l s ) : Thirtysix s t r ike roparta i tere received by the ground s ta t ions . no violations

o t securi ty 'I7ere recorded.j. Intel l igence Summary:

( l) SneW llr Opposition (See Annel: D. Pert I. fordetai ls)! . Approxilll8.tely 30 enemy airc:ra.rt made 4 at tacks duritl.G thesemissions, causing no loss or danago to the 8-29 I s . There itere noclaims made by the 8-29's .

(2) EnEmY' Antiai rcraf t (See Anncx D. Part II . fa r detai l s ) :There were no 8-29 1s los t to flak on these missions and only 5 'I1uedamaged.

(3) Damena , \s"esscent (See A."lnex D, Part I n , tor details)1(a) Mission N:l. 240. Kure Urban ArQAI A totc.l of 1.3

squa.ro mlol l Yf.:l.S dO:Jtroyod ( ~ O - p a r cont) of thc ta.rgot Qrell.. Six nu:lebor6d targets 11.1:>0 were danQged on this. str iko.

(b) Mission No. 241, Kumamoto Urban Area; One sqv.aremile. representing about 20 per cent of tho built-up port ion of tho ci ty ,nas destroyed or damaged.

(e) Miuion No. 242, Pb6 Urban Area: Damase to,th is ta rge t totaled .42 square milo or about 23 per cent o f t ~ b U l l t u ~port ion of the c i ty . The bui l t -up industr ia l area r ~ e c i T c d l l t t l edamage.

(d) Mission No. 243. S!imonoseki UrbAn MellIDamaGe to th i s target amounted to .51 s qu are milo or 36 par cant otthe bui l t -up port ion ot tt .e oity

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18/71

Far t II _ Baubioo

1 . lJ iss im 240 !{ure Urban and Indust r ia l Area.a . This t a rge t 'd'as attaeked with max:ir.:lu.m effor t by 4grQ1ps or the 58th \1ing with 1 UPI designated a..s the primary r t sua l and radar t a rget .b. Speci f ied bonbing a l t i tudes uere lO.OOO to 10,800

f ee t . The attacking force lias given a D-bwr fo r departurepoint. A ll a i r c ra f t arr iving a t the departure p oin t b efo reD-hwr and betneen D-hwr and D -bwr p lu s 35 minutes wereto banb a t an a l t i tude or 10.000 fee t . All a i rc ra f t ar r iv -ing a t departure point a f t e r D-hOlr plus 35 minutes bcmbeda t an al t i tude of 10,800 fee t .

e . The bomb Iced ca ls ia ted or 2 grOlPS carrying E-46incendiary c lus te rs and 2 grOlps carrying U47A.2 incendiarybanbs. .\ to ta l of 160 a i rc ra f t were airborne carrying anaverage o f 14,869 prond!! or banba per a i r c ra f t . to ta l1142.3 tm s of bcmbs uere airborne ni th 96.4 per cent re_leased on the primarY t a rge t .

d. The grea tes t di f f icul ty encCllIltered 7 8 S 8 to 10/10undercast O'{er the t a rge t area 'd'hich prevented 'Visual ba:ling fa r a i r c r a f t ba:lbing reTe so d15patched frQ:l th e i r ha:le bases to insure a dirtereace c4200 feet in a l t i tude fo r the target run. Tbe bomb leadcmsia ted of 2 grcups carryif16 ~ 4 incendiarY clustara .and 2 grQ1PS canying M47A2 ineendiarY bCXIbs. Each YPInas o.ttacked by 1 grcup carrying Eo-46 incendiary c lus te r sand 1 grcup carrying U ~ 7 A 2 incendiary bQ:lbs. (be a&Dd.re4s 1 x t y ~ t \ 7 o a i rc ra f t r,era a irborne carry ing an avent&* II15.171 pcunds of banbs. A to ts l o f 1175.2 t a l . at~ e r e airborne ~ i t h 94.2 p er cent baiaB release4 0"'.

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c . ten_tenths undereas t a t the t a rge t caused di f f ioulty fa r the a i rc ra f t , '.'lhich uere forced to make visualcor rec t i a l s due to inoperat ive radar . FQ1r a i rc ra f t reported malf'u.ncticn o f B-lO shackles. '1';"/0 a i rc ra f t repon-ed malfunc t ims or banb racks.

d . The IP used ';Jas 3 2 1 ~ 12959E and '.'lss repartedas ; "at ls factory. No ccmnent llas made en the axis of a t t ack . Average dr i f t repcrted '.18S 4 degrees r i sh t . Ca:J,p r es si bi li ty f ar t b i s ';ling uss 100 minutes.

e . Banbing accuracy i s unlcna.rn.3 . Missien 242 Ube Urban Area.

a . The Ube Urban area uss at tacked by 3 grQ,lpl i of the313th . ling u i tb 2 MPI's designated as the pri..mary visua land r adar t a rge t .

b. Specif ied banDing a l t i tudes 7ere 10.000 to 10.800 fee t . The banb lce.d cens i s t ed of 2 grOJ.ps carryingE-4b incendiary c lus te r s and 1 grQ,lp caIT?LDg ~ 7 A 2 in -cendiary bembs. Cbe hundred and ttJelve aircra1' t 'Q'ereairborne ca.rrying an average of 14,958 pOlnds of blJ::1bsper a i r c r a f t . A t o t a l Of 798.8 tOlS of banbs ...ere a i r borne >7ith 8 8.1 p erc en t beil".g re leased a t the priJ:larYt a rge t .

c . The planning of IF and ax1=! of at tack uere ecn.s id e re d ex c el le n t. The average d r i f t reported -;1CS 5 degrees r igh t . Compress ibi l i ty for the ning vas 102 c in-u t e s .

d. Banbing accuracy i s unlmatD.4. ldissicn 243 Shi!nCllooki UrbM .\rea.

a . The Shi!nClloseki Urban :i.rea mlS attacked by 4grcups of the 314 th i l ing \ l i th 1 t$ I des ig na te d a s theprimary visua l and radar t a rge t .

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b. Bombing a l t i tudes fa r the 12 a i rc ra f t acting aspathfinders \ lere 7,000 to 14.800 f ec t . The main fa-cebanbed f ran a l t i tudes varying fran 7.900 to 19.000 feet .The banb Iced cCIlsisted of 2 grwJ)S carrying M47A2 in -cendiary baubs and 2 g rwpS car ry in g E--46 inoendiaryc lus t e r s . (he hundred and forty-twO a i rc ra f t ",ere a i r borne carrying an average of 13.809 pQ,lnds of bcobs. At o t a l of 936.6 tCl'1S of bQ:Qbs uere air!!orne \lith 88.7percent released a t the p r ~ r y target .

e . Banbing usa accalIp1ished primarilY by radar . llj.Ul.a te":1 a i r c r a f t banbing visual ly . Five a i rc ra f t bQ:l.bedt a rge ts of opportun1 ty ahen r:lechanica! f a i lures preventedthe i r banbing tbe pr imarY. Five a i rc ra f t reported ~ , l ~tunct ions o f B-10 sMck l ; s . TIro a i rc raf t reported ........ funct ions of A ~ re leases .d. No c aIIllCDt nas made al the IP or axi8 c:4 a t tack .Average d r i f t reported \18,S 6 desre08 r i sb t . ccmpreuib111ty fa r tb i s ~ i n g vas 120 winutcS

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21/71

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25/71

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26/71

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27/71

PARTVlI _1 . l-b. of Ale Firing.., 40

3. 4verago DO. Of rounds f i red in ~ b 3 t per turre t ;

2 . .lTerll8e turretY!:560

load *!OL450

T1;'00 y433 I.l.JOO!It ~ 5 4 5

4. lb . of rounds f i red in canbat: 65I.l.5

5 lb . of rounds used fo r test f i r ing : 3897. . e rage Pergun. 5-34.

8 . C,F .C. I Tai l t u r re t i l 1 O ~ a t i Y e . amplid)one 1I1a'De4 out .turret hunt in elevation. turre t bind. t i r ing circuJ.t out. aDd 1008.dynamotor ground_b. CAL50 M.G.: Ejection chute jams - J .

- 6. Gun,s Loaded = 58th l ingHot7. Malfunctions: 7Jrd JURi 3USh:UPS )l1Flh 11MCold8 . Equipnent operation (Total pe:rcent&8e operatiye).

b . CAL50 M.G-t 99.1.(9. Remarku Thezoe ;rere oh1,y tour BZlSIl1 d:tuta.


28/71

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30/71

IIE:.TH:::R SUM'.l.RY

PLiNNING FORED:,srfuses: 4-6/10 1007 cl cud base 2000 tops 6-8000 f t . increaSi.ng

to 6/10 base 1600 tops 8 .12,000 f t by 2400K ';'I'ith 4/10middle base 12,000 tops 14 ,000 f t and 3/10 hieh c1cudaa t 30.000 feet . Light to moderate shamrs during Uldof period.HOJ.te: ~ 3 3 ~ : as bases except fo r increased c1OJ.diness late~ POrl od.

T cce.st: 5/10 10'l1 cleud base 2000 tops 5000 ':I'ith 5/10r.l1ddle c1eud 14-16,000 and 6 /10 high c1euda a t 30.000feet .Targets: ,Ll1: 8-10/10 100 c1w.ds base 1200 topa 6000 with SlZ1e

tops to 6000 and 710/10 t liddle c1:uds 11-17,000 and8/10 high c1Qlds 28,000 feet .

Base I l tTakC-Off:Scattered 1= and middl e c1euds.HOlte: Se:lttered lOW' and oiddle c1euds to 2 6 ~ ~ . Fro:. 26 0 N

to 350 N there >lil1 be broken 1al' clQJ.ds and scatteredmiddle and high clw.ds i1ith 1m c1euds beca:l.iJ1g 8/10a t 320 N.Targets: K1.u:lu.'lloto, Shi.r:lcnoseki and Ube: 4/10 1C1l' c1OJda. bue

2000 f t , tops 6000 f t , 2/10 aiddlc ckuds at 15,OCO f t ,4/10 high clQJ.ds a t 28,000 f t . 3inds .:1t 1l.OOO f t rtllbe 250 0 a t 32 knots.Kure: 7/10 1a1 cleuds. base 2000 f t . tops 6-12.coo fi.5/10 nidd1e clQ.1ds. base 14.000 f t . top 16.000 n ,6/10 high cleuds a t 28,000 f t . .dnds at 11,000 t tn i l l be 250 0 a t 30 knots.

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35/71

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36/71

SECRET- - - - - -LIST O? IWTEil:CEPrS

00074 0500 25 3900N 13630E 070245 0015 21 121 5 .. CHI0075 0000 08 3255N 13210E 070245 0212 21 122 p CL OTAD300077 0490 47 3410N 13100E 070245 0400 21 121 5 n CHIo07B 1000 12 33-1ON 13130E 070245 OZ15 21 121 S n CHI0078 0452 32 3Z10N 13600E 070Z4i 0005 21 122 p .. C"rlI00078 1000 10 33Z5N 13140E 070245 0210 21 121 S CL CHIooHO 0750 60 3050N 13440E 070245 0100 21 121 S .. CHI0090 0370 36 2640N 14208:;; 070245 0915 21 122 p El 0010103:120090 1000 00 3317N 13148E 070245 0300 21 121 S Ell 0010100020091 0980 17 333a:i 131Z21: P70245 0317 21 122 p Ell 0010100020096 0830 19 3252N 13400E 070245 0340 21 122 p '" OC1C100020096 0670 19 3238N 13300E 070245 0406 21 122 p r . 0010102020096 0365 32 3332N' 13300E 070245 0410 21 122 p EO 0010102020096 0480 15 2500N 14200E 070145 2358 21 121 S E l oo101C2020097 0477 18 ZSOON 14200E 070145 235 21 121 S'" o(10103)Z

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37/71

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1 . Str ike Report: ThirtY_six Strike Reports were receiYedby the Wing grQJ.nd s t a t i Q l s . The 58th and 73rd Wings recehed9 each; the ) l ) t h legged 6 end th e 314th recei'ved 12 repClI'te.

2. Fox Transmissions: The 7Jf1l. l ing gro.md stet1cm t ~ mitted 2 Fox type messages t o a i r c r a f t in t l16ht. I n t e r r ~ a .t i e n shot/ed tha t Q.lt o f 1.54 operators, 1.48 logged the f i r s tmessage and 120 re ceiv ed th e seccnd. F.easona ghen fCll' notr eCeiving the message include atmospherics, CJ interference.jSl tming. equip:nent malfunctiQ'ls: Off watch and eating. Ueopaeweather and Time signals ';Jere trans:nltted en the h::ur an4 halth:Ur by a l l Wing s t a t i e c s .

3 . Frequencies: GrQ.lnd Stet icn tligns.ls were adjudge4 to"the radio operata-s OVer the target t o be atrCl\6. t ~ o e ; b e r 1 cin terference ranged frQ:l moderate t o intnse. The 7Jrd Jina 'a10 u.egacycle frequency usa c l e a r thrO.1ghQl.t the early hQlrl!l atthe mission. Hcnever. as SOQ) e8 the Str ike Rep


38/71

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(5 ) C.I between .l400z. e.nd 1600:z.. 'BJU V 3CU' wueffect ive.(6) C at 1625Z. with ident if ioe .t ion Cd waa etrect ive .

c . 1010_5 k cu 1i:Jrsl1B:ihle.d. 1145 koSI

(1 ) Jap staticns operating beween O9OQZ aIl42000Z were v e ~ f effectiT6.(2) J'ap Cil a t lOQ.5Z and l80SZ vas partially ef'f_

ect ive .(3) Steady CJ signal and CJ characters at l2JOZ

uere part ial17 et tec t iTe .e. 6955 kCSI

(1) lap Toice bet'l7een 1300Z aDd 1500Z ... part ia l ly effect ive.(2 ) StatiCll sent 'DLi1' far 45 a1IIa\u bes;1mI1A8a t 1230Z and ' lfaS partial17 e t t e e U ~ (3) Sl7eep tbrQ1gh J8IIIIliDe at 161..OZ 1IU 1Mtteo-t iTe .(4 ) Steal\Y signal a t 165& a a ftZ7' . r t eo t1" .

f . 10880 Ices;(1 ) C" and tQ18 aigpa1 CIl. retum trCII t up t :vere par t i a l ly et1'ectiYe.(2 ) Scratchy note trem 1600Z to 19DOZ .. ert..ectiYe.(3 ) Steal\Y Cli sigDa1 trCIII. 1653Z to 17031 ..

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(2) Hash C,I code bet..een 145& and 2 0 0 0 ~ '!las par.t i a l l y effective.1 . 10820 kcs:

(1) Bagpipe jamming at 15J3Z '!las effective.(2 ) Keyed e,1 a t 1830Z was p a r t i a l l y effective.

7 . Dist ress : The 73rd,l ing sulElitted tbe fClllcnizlg quO\ed.report: 'Shortly a f t e r takeoff grQUld statiQ1 receiTeel a me age fran 357963 in reference point code giving the pasiti


40/71

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41/71

330711 - 131471340," 1JZJ8I3JZ7N - 13226BWI lJZ34I34_. 1JZ16B340811 - l32321W2N-1J026B

P..m ' IEJm&Y FIGHTER OPPOS!'!:!m!

1. l ighter ~ P P 0 9 i t i o n on the Kure-Kumamoto-'Ub_3:limonosekinisht s t r i ku I'1IlS "1egligible. Thirty Ja.p fighters mad8 otlly 4attack., . cauai.ng ntl loss or damage to 8-293. Crewa lIl&de no c l a i u .Fair to POOr operat ional weather DO doubt restr ic ted J.,p f ighteract iVity ..

2. One a i r c r a ~ t reported that aftel- bc:robs away...hen a t 15.000fee t and about 20 1I:1nutes from the coast . h o bal ls of t i re WG"e Jl i8edbelow and on either aide ot the a i re ra f t . The balls were ClUeh lar.;erthan superchargeri ;low. but ot S O l : l . ~ h a t th e Sa::P.e color. The ball.a orf i re did considera:ll" maneuvering fading 1 1 1 l ' ~ to a bare 0';iI' tor sl.mo8tII minute and then .:OIlling on brightly tor 30 to 40 secoDda. The ba l l .ot f i re continu8d ') n out to the coast . and dis'lppeared abortly tberaal ' ter . lb firing ,.as reported.

3. Crews rep)rted. that 2 unidentified aircraf t t o l b e d a B - 2 ~tor 2 hears On the return route

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1. Mission 'l40 - Kure Urban ..rea (NiBht);a. The primary target was bombed by 1,52 . i r c r an or the 58th:ring between 1502Z - 1705Z frOtll. 10.300 - 11.800 feet . olXis ot . t kd tvaried frOlll. 1 - i..8 degrees. ' !! 'eatber was reported sa 7/10 - ~ / undercast. Tbret. a i rc ra f t . 1 ot whicb also ballbed. the prill l&l'7. bc::aIbedt a rge ts at oppor ' ,unity.b . Enr:>ute to the target meaeer' 1104 inaocurate bee..,- t l a tnl!l encountered as tabulated below:

Logation Qogr4iytUUllultiNieataYawatahama1JnJ........-- I labi- . . l -a lUaa'.. O'V pt .... l1M . . ....-sw __ ......... t " " , ~ , , _ ... ""' ' ' 'T' ' ..._.---- _-_ - '1. . . . _ . I .au_ ..


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e. aircraf t were los t to flak on this lIliuion and or~ 5 ai rcraf t a t t a c k i ~ (al l tareets) onlT 1 or 0.65% sustained tlak~ e The usually lntense and accurate f i re previously encounteredfrom naval vessels in Xure Harbor c o n . p i c o u s ~ absent. This wasprobably due to the heavy undercast.

f. Searchlight @tivi tylreported in the ta rget area... FromNaka Shima (3J57N - 13237.).F r 1 - a ineffective b _ere1 to 5 beflma ';lere reported near

bomb run.g .. Miscellaneous .\.. Observations:

(1) Lights vere observed on the island chain alons theBlackout in the target ares wss not described.ot the (2) .. very eftectiYe smoke screen enveloPed ODe island

island c r ~ i n approxicately 4 ginutea berore bocb relaase.2. Mis8ion 241 - K1..lm!!mOto Urban ,..rea (Nicht):a . The primary ta rget 'ltaa bomlle4 by 154 a i rcraf t ot tb e7Jrd \ J i ~ between 1450Z - 1630Z trom 10.050 _ 11.500 fee t . .tz1a

or at tack varied from 14 - 58 degrees. "eather "as reported. 9/10-10/10Over a l l of X",ywsbu u i th 10/10 over ta rget area . 1iDd va. 25 knots rrc.290 degrees .below, b . Enroute to the ta rget f lak was encountered as tabWated.

LocationMaku.razak:lKushlkinoVicinity or IF1110_

Cjoordiootoa3115N - 13013'3142N - 1301SE)215N - 13000.3236. - 1302&

Arrlr:Meager aDd. iucColratebarrae..... mecli,..) !eager ud inacCllrate.medium.Neager and iDeceurate.medium.Ueaeer t.nd iucclU'atebarra6e. - .4 i...

0.. D.-er the target area only a Yer1 tew bu t . t . . . . . seen. MediUlll. t lak 9U repotted. b7 l ea . than hall' tbe attaokiDc torce.d .u d orlbecl a . meager, lDaccurate sad bu'rage t) 'pe. 10/10UDderoaet aut l_ over tbe tars_t waqueetlOMblT aOCOWlt. to r tbeII1Ilal' f lak aOUYlt7.

4.. c:a 1 1 ' 1 ~ meesv. :lMocn&N.te. IIeP7 . . . . . u - 11*no a,__


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g . Miscellaneous ..... Observations I(1) Blackout of the target ues generally complete.(2) . ~ a i n . strange conical_shaped masses ot t i re werereported in the ta rg et a re a. 'I hese were the 88IIla type or eJ:ploaionareported by th is \'ling Over Sasebo on a previous s t r ike . One crew . . . .

t he i r Olm E-48 clus ters explode prematurely jus t a t t a r lS!l 'l 'il:lg the ./e.There \'Iss a ser ies o f ) - 4 ezplosions oceuring at 500 root intervalsas the c l ~ t e r s descended. . .nother cre;, saw the bOll:lb load. or &Do a i r .craf t ahead Of tbam explode prematurely and IlSSIIU s huge eonlC&1 "aped~ s of f i re . The descr ipt ion or there conical IIbaped pt8lllllotur8 ezploelons ofE-48 clusters f i t a very closely to the r s ~ s on the SueboI : I i s s i o n ~ .\ $ fur ther evidence the 73rd rJing: conducted. a bClllbing t tthe E-48 clus ters on 4 July aod photographed the a.ppnrence or the pre_mature burs ts . . . t ter vi9ning the photos pract ical ly a l l cre.- .be: :nI~ e e d that they appeared to be the lIame as the conical Shaped burst.Observed OTer Sasebo and Kumamoto.

30 Mission 242 - Ube Urban .o.t'ea Wightl :I t . The prilllarY ta rge t -:1a!1 bOll'lbed by lOO"aire.ratt ot tbe313th 'Rir16 beheen 1530Z - 1712Z f ra l l 10,000 _ 11.600 f ee t .axis o f attack vas 320 degrees.. Ifeather 'Il'8.S reported as 0/10-5/10underc.a.st i Ji th v inds ot 20 40 knots rTaD. 260-290 degrees.b . Enrollte '0 'h e target f lak il8.S reported. lUI tabulated bel.. ,

Location Coordi na teo B rmBeppu Bay 3315" - '3 '40' ......,. .... i A a e ~ ' -

....,-Picket Boat 3340N .. l ) l )OE M e & c : . ~ Uld iAaCCtIr'8t.,""-icket Boa' 3240N - IJ230E Me&e.er &Dod iAaccurate,medium.Oita 3315" - 13136 . . ." ........ &Dll i .uCCUft le .beavy.en t a ,urate.ares.

c. OYer the target area f lak wu descr ibed sa aeager to ..._inaocurate and Erltdium., Heavy flak vas Y81'7 .lI(,ltr u4 1Daco-J. tew very ineffect ive searchliGhts w,.. reported iJ:a tblt . . . .t4 . era wltblrll'A'al I airorat ' t _countered. QJ '7 -e- UIlIIlu.ccUZ'ata b_'117 t lak Mel' SbiIlI1au. (a a1Z'oraf't were loet to tlu ClQ w.. loa . . . . 01 100urorat t bc:IIb1DrS 0Il1J' 2 Ql " 2.0:1 autaiDed. t1 . * .


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400 teet (4)Over the One cre'i7 reported 2 - 3ai rcraf t (in the target p h o a ~ o r u .area) .4 . MiUloA 243 - Shl..monoseki Urban . \rea:

a . Tho pri lDary 'll8S'bOOlbed by 128 aircraft ottho 31l"tb i1'l asb e t ~ c e n 1700Z - 190QZ tran 7.000 - 19.000 feet , , ~ i . or attacka variedtram 281 )20 degrees. ~ e a t h e r gae reported as 8/10 _ 10/10 under-cast .

belovl b . Enroute to the target f lak \18.8 encountere4 u tabulated

Locatiop Coordil)8.telI,P.(Naaasu} 33J4N - 13120EOzaki .\IF 3352N - IJ040E

Meager alld inaccuru..medium.Me",.:r to *"CIU6te ..stalrlJ' accurate, . . . . . ,.c . Over the target area f lak \185 reported. 4JI .paral ic .meager, inaceurate and heavy. ledium f lak ".laS deacribe4 sa ""'erawto intense and inaccurate. Searcbl1chta vere readered CCIIIIIPle\el7ineffective by the overcast.

4 . en wi thdraval f lak m lS reported .asw. la.ecC\ll"deam medium a t Ube and Botu. 1IJhile tlying acro.. the IIIl&D4 sea . . . . - .1J/C received llI9ager and inaccurate heavy f lak trClll. uf t1 . . . . . . .1..e . !b ai rcra t t vere lost to rIa t OD. thie lliaa10a 01 131-

ai rcraf t baIlbing (al l targets) 1 or O.m auataiAed flak 4 .t . Blaekout ill. tbe target area was reported as good.


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p.\RT I I I - D:J.l.'.GE J .sSESSWA... KURF- 9 O . 3 o - U R B . J ~

1. Sunmary or D!une I&lil t_up a rea; Sq. !.!i. to ta l _ 3.26; Sq .Mi. destroyed _ 1 .)

Per cent destroyed _ 40Planned t arget area; 2.,0 sQ. m i.Total da-nagEI to date: 1.3 sq. o i ,

Per cent de3trQYed: 60SFer ceot a t bJ.ilt-\lp &1'0111 40

TarBets damaged by current s t r ike : 4 l:U1mbered; no other.Note: no previQ1S da!::lage

2. ~ R within l imits gt built-up 8 rea JArea ciag.'lBe frcn current str ikeJ r : t r . 8 t r ~ . 4Sq . Io:.i. Sq , IU , PEl oM!

&lilt_up arE;a (Urban)Built_up area (Industrial)&lilt-up area (Total)IBmage to t :!mets:

1.06....1 .)90.30- 798 Kure RR StatiCil 657B Kure Naval ShipYardI 6570 Torpedo BQlt Base &:

Mine ~ . P o t 657D PrOt'isiCIDS &: ClothingDepot

30% at bui ld lDp d.. t r ~ e dat 4 e s t r ~ e d


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B. KUM.l1fOTO em1 Summary: Damage to the city cr Kl.mlacoto resulting'trOlllXXI Bomber Corc.-nand Mission 241. 1 July 1945. to ta ls 1 ~ sq" mi

~ h i c h represants about 20% of the buil t up portion of the ci ty(4.8 a q m i ~ ) .Target 5(l.351248, the Ki.unamoto Mili tary Zone


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c .. Outside Urbap Area(Within 5 lIl.1lel!l of O8Iltor of 01\,)

Q .Q 1! t . l .Q .. . 11 .A 1.

(1) U,unbered Targets90.32-619. NiB.!lan Chemical Industry CompaD90.)2-622. 'Onoda Cement CompaIlY90.)2-1600. Onoda Steam Po'l1er Plant

(2) UnIlU!pbered Targ,tsOnoda Electr ic SUbstationSbin-Okinoyama C o 1 1 i e ~ReferenceH ,\.\F ld r Objective Folder 90.)2Ebotos I Pre-e'trike I JPR5Ml41

Post-dtr ika: 3PR5M3l7I nc lo au re u Pos t- str ik e photo Jm5M317-1VI 63.umotated mosaic shol7ing damage

I'bne Tb i b l .None vis ibleNoQe viaible

lbne r isibleNone TUd. ble


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D SHIMONOSEKI tJRB.:.N ...REA.1. Su=ary:

ao Damage to ShilllOnoseki lllllounts to .51 Ilq. mi orJ 6 of the built-up portion of the city. The damage ill centeredalmost e ~ t i r e l y in one large urban area - the E portion of the citybOUnding the waterfront.N::l polit ical The built-up areal imits are available. of Shimonoseki ill 10 42 sq. mi .(,\rea computed from photqgraphs).

Industr ia l damago includes the tun fOllowing t a r g e t s ~Target 42 (Shimonoseki Port) - J :cedi\lCl., 15 s:::allbuildings destrOYed, representing 2 of the port faci l i t ies .Target 1111 (Shimonoseki :Fm Shop,s & Yards) 1 modl.uaand 15 small buildings destroyed; 1 I!lediwn bUilding partly dest..'""O)'ed.TarBet "'as 25% destroyed.

b. Targets CA.itside Built Up ..rca (uithin 5 mile radlu.ao f center of c i ty)

(1) l ~ e r e d targets:90.34-99 S h i m o n o s e k i - ~ ~ e d a P o ~ r Plant90.34-1119 Hatabu RR Shops &Yards90.34-772 Kammon RR Tunnel Viaduct90.34-1846 Mitsubishi Shipyard9O.]4-43B Osaka Iron :7crb90.34-40 Asashi Refinery90.34-1848 Nittc Sodium Sulphate Co.90.34-1849 Oriental High Pressure Industry90.34-1847 Mitsui Zinc Ccnter

(2 ) Other ta!'Bots IKacmOD. RR 'l'unnelTanokubi ShipyardSbilllOnoseki-ti:lji Tunnel

None visible!b1e Ti3ib1elklne visibleNone visible1I0ne visibleNone visiblenOQ8 visiblel'klne visibleNone r ia ib le

none vis ibleNone vis ibleNone visible


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I1 . SUumaJ;;r,1. I81n4ge to the ci ty of utle rSliultiae trot:L~ s a i o n 242 of 1 July 1945. totals sq. mi., or 23= or the bUilt-upPOrtion of the ci ty.

Damage is concentr3ted moet heavily In th econtor of the c i ty - in the bui l t -up urban aroa and oxtendll to thoS POrtion of tho c i ty whare there are several scat tered burned.-outareas". The buil t_up indU8tr ial area Eeceh'cd l 1 t t l e dazna,;e.(The total bUilt_up portion ot ~ h city COTers1.8 sq . mi., of' gh leh 1 .0 9 sq, l l l i . i s bullt..u,p 'urban arc. ', :md .71sq .. mi,. i s bun t-up indust r ia l area" .. )

2. Sta t i s t ics of ~ m a g e l

Aroa ot oity....rea at cU t dostroyoo: ~ O Q ot built-up arbnn zonea-oa of bUllt-ull urban zono destroyedArea ot buH t-up indWitrial zone~ e of bUilt_up industr ial t one des troyed

~ 1.S...

1.0 '39.713

ppEnA;

.23 . I teaization of Industr ia l Pl!mace:

Obe Spinning" ',ieaving Co . - 4. l ar ge bu il di na s gutted.. k c:r.e:U".bUildings destrOYed. Plant about 50%destroyed.- 1 vary large structure 'guUe4. 1 larsebUilding 90% 4l!stroyed. 10 =edIUl1i build.iogs destrOYed. about 10 small b\iJldic,g.destroyed - 90:( of the roct area ot t buildings a t the c1.D11 h 4 1;1"0)'814.

I

eo. Upnbered Targets

It. _"..,reI,.....

Noce y idb l .NoDe "'15Ibl.Hoo. " 'b ib l .N:)oe ' risibleNou ",1.lbleNcoo n d b l .Ible 1"1.1ble-. ' r i . ible. . . 1"1.1ble---_.--


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KEYrzza DAMAGEll!CJ 3PAASLEY POPULATEDI-I BUILT UP AREA URBAN1.......1 BULl uP INDUSTRIAL AREA

, , ,

UBE 90.32 URBAN AREADAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT 118

XXI BOM. COM. MISSION 242 IJULY 1945C,/.U.-XXt 80M. COM.

1000 1000UOi . i a ~ t illhit


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UBE 90.32 URBAN AREADAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT IIB

liUCl80Il COlI MISSION 242 lJULY 1945C l u. - . . , 101I. g)III. - .- -. a . . AIiI_.'

IlYrmJ_lE I ..,.n PQPUUIfO_ . . . . .y . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ - .T g t IIIUSnIIL IMa


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'CONFIDENTIAL

SHIMONOSEKI.90.34-URBANDAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT 113

XXI BOM. COM. MISSION 243I JULY /945

C.I.U.- XXI BOM. COM.o IO\.,I

sr.OLE IH FEET

fNI

KEYllZZI DAI I_[8 ] lIP1lRKLY BUlLY UP- LIMITS Of BUILT UP AREA

5000I


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SECRET

CCJ!S0IIMED ST;"TISl'Ili'.L "''.BI


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"uuo


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939

61

9195 I - 119_ ! _ _ 12_'-.1 22_ _ 1 1._ -1_ ._ 1 - ' -r-'-' -, c l_ , 497 29

1- i I ' 55 5 I --_.. - - -_... ._--_.---Aircraft Landing a t 110'0 .1111I1:1240 _ 5Gth 1i1ng - 16 Aircrll!t1241 _ 7)rd \ling - 4 Aircraft .*242 _ )13th Wing _ 11 Aircrf\ft.".:4) _ 314th \/In& - 27 AlrcrN't.

48943

.!.Q.!i!!

- --_.m 1I0mbor COll'llll\nd rlold Ordor :fo 21col lof ro r t ho fol low ing offort :1240 _ Mbll1N.m offort .1241 - Mnxlnum ofror t .1242 _ MM:l1llUDl oCfort. {J group.)1243 - MBxlmum oCfort.

! E ! ! !

IIOTZ,

11NII2lI1221;.rjTiUl.1086 I,

-

MISSION 240_24}'A I RCRA f T P A R T I C I P A T I N G " DATE I-July 1945'. . . ..- -_.. '.-. - J- - - - - - - _ . - -- _ . _ ~ - - ---_._- -- - - --I nMB OF TAXE OFF TIME OF RETUIUl lA i c j A/c , A/c ~ I _. 'TO/0 . _ . i - .- . -:---- - --- - -- ' ' , - ' ~ - - ' fBOHBING IBOMBING ; llOMBING ICOlm.ETING TOTAL TAL.m.- IDIS I' rll.S'1' I LAST LAST I irnST j Lt.ST I PRIMARY SECONDARY OTHER !OTHER TYPE Ale l f ~ ~JOID I l TARGET TABGET I TARGETS I MISSIons, :lFFECTlVE1"+-_.- t . ,. - -- .. , . - ,- _ .. --I .. :-- -1'- r' - E ~ C T I ~- l 1 . M1esion #240 , '_II.! 1 Ja l 0700 Z i 0032 Z 1-2 Jul.1 2110 Z I 0013 Z I 141 - I 2 -, 143 I 5_ 12 1 I " I 11 - I - - ' 11 1__ 1 '1 I I - -,- 44_,2 I I - - 1 - 2 12lUselon '241

J ! 1, 0 11 N . 0705 z I 0317 Z 1 Jul. I 2010 Z 2311 Z 143 - 1 -! 144_,12 I 11 - - _,1121 I _I - I - I 2I I Milsion *242 I I100 : 1 Ja l 0757 Z 0059 Z l' Ju l I 2158 Z 2357 Z 91 - ; -, - I12 , 91 - , - I -I ' 'I j Kiloton 1243 ! I I0900 Z I 1036 Z I 2 Jul 1 0001 Z I 0205 Z 114I ' 12I '

oiooZrO)6 Z Ii:, Ju l ,01.0 '-I 0205 z"


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~ l t ~ R . U : UISSIONBREAXJ)()WH OF &.LL &!RCRAFT FAILnlG TO BCiIB PRDIARY TARGET DATE 240 _ 2431 July 1945

.. .IWRE PiRSONNEL IRROR FLIGHT CONDITIONS EJmIY ACTION QTIIERIlcmbecs. NonbBC1Dbe4J Bombed Non_ 8ombltd, I Bambed Non- .vJ: Dombed ,I tarnbed NonvlecBOmbed I I!ombed0 _ ureoUY eecmdll Other ~ e o t i T e e e o . ~ a r y Other Effeet iv Secondary OtLer f r r ~ e t 1 v eooolSry OtherI I I I Ml8810n 6240 I I I ~ 4

1 ~ I I1 I , , "1881+ 1242I I I- , H , , ,

Mllelo 4, :1 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2- -lo. t onrouto to tnrgot .

U ; ~ l I I Z


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! ~ ~ ~ lK I : $ 5 ! O ~ j 240 - 24)

aOJ . J 3 ! ! :G R u :1 DJ..T:: 1 July 1945IlQCIEI) IAIHCAAM' Tn:z 0 ; """'i.EA5E ALT. Ot' :i.:l::;.,5:: T A . ~ G : : T VI 513LE TA.'UiE1 l :O! V;:SISU

TYPE I ~ : ~ ~ ~ l t G EARlES? I UTESI' VI5 IJJ..L RAIlA.:


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' > " ~ B j ; I M ~ I Q N ' 240 _ 24 3DI . , )PO: ; , lT ION OF BOI . l B S DKr" 1 July 1941]

rtlZE WlOED ON lDl- R ~ t E ' A S E n all TARGETSSETTltlC B O R : l . ~ 4IRCR.lFT TARGETS OF OPPOR JETTISONi::D I ~ T l l l u t : . D I t 1 t W ~ v / l l iPRIMARY TAll.Gm'

He ...! Tail no Tons ::0. 1 'T'ons ! ~ o ' "1 'l'ons , "'ons MO , f ons I Tons I NO '_-'l'OIl..9"- , . "'. I I "to ion iI1 1.;.1 I 31891637.8 I 3059 I 611.8 : I - I 40 I 0 I .i'>: I 18.0_ 14626 504.5 13622 469.9 - ,. 4 6.3 2.,1 I 6 I .2

Mi. io n 124:~ ' - ' t 391.2 l ~ { ~ ~ t69 7 - - - 7 ~ I 624 I 21.5 120 88.S - - 39 121 24.2 "" 6.7 40 6.7 - - - 226 56.5 192 4s.Q - - - - I 381 5, . . I 23 - 22 - - - - - 1

Mi. ion 124'1M' I ;1 GJO. I2t I 5t24 I ' 3. b : I - I - I - 1 ' ; ~ I 512 1 3 I820 5 4.0 25 5 531.0 - - - 32.4 .6s.:'1 Mi. ion *24 25.91 12 1- 1'0863 3 ~ . 6 9 ~ ~ 4 2 . o - - lG3 6.3 7"" I .4 2820 5 .0 2 5 1.0 - - 155 31.0 210 42.0- 55 - 52 - - - 2 - 1

2406.6 1161) 2322.6 - - ;ti Il6.G ;'G3 116.6/ 3 .61505.1 395G5 1365.2 - - 12.6 70 126.7 ,. .6... 6.1 40 6.7 - - - - - -226 56.5 192 "l.O - - - - J4 511 74 - - - 2 - 2~ 1 405'


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2

2

None

None

None

21m - ""J1 3cd3 l ,,*,

2

2

MlSSlWDATE

61;64

PERSONNF..L CASlULTIES

1239

1589

1871

1861;

PFRSONNEL CASlJALTHS

TOTAL I IMISS-I WOUNDED I TOTALPARTICI- lILLED 11{; &: INJURFIl CASUALTIESPATI f( ;

2

51

1

1

J.IRCRAF"l' DAMAGFD

jJJiJljI

SECRET

1

EIIDIIIEIIDII,"NllIYIACCloWN I IUN-le Ali Alc &: - GUll) OTUEa KtllWNIWORIUIllJRAlA ""'H.....AIRCRAFT LOST AM) DAMAGED

1!1 - I- I 1 II - I 1 I I.. 11_ I 2 : I

I l l . I. I 1 li- I 1 I : Mi ion I.I I ... I .. I 2 II _ I 5

I n a ' a r p t aDd crew vee f or ce d t o baH out. ZlBTon Mon eboard; 0.11 rUC\lod ..a I'euon UZlknown. 11 crOW' IIlCIIIbon bailod out; 9 r08cuod. 2 miu ing ..

&DC..,.,. LOST_1-1 ...\ I VII-J/A ~ A ' . : a . . 0I'IlIIl I . . . . . ITOTAL


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DAD 1 M , 19115MISSIW allO illl3.11J < """,cw 50 CALlBm AIBltIUTICN Ea>EHDITtREA'1"'l'ACl.sI>/C "" t/A T'IPE ' " '= }'IhED IN TEar JErrISalFJ) '" I =IloAitm MODEL ""':BAT FlllED LOST A/O

Kieei n "240, I 1 I I - I - I - I I I I IlllIlEMiss! n ""41- I - I I - I - I - 10 I 606 I 1200 I - I 1816n '242in i

II I I ) I I - I - I - 55 I - I - I - I 55MilSi n '24'. I I I I I I7 - - - - )291 400 7500 11191- I I - I - I - II 65 I 3'97 1600 7500 1)062


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5 E eRE T

FLIG!IT DArA. '" FUEL CONSUMPTION nATE 1 Ju l y 1945

MISSION NUMBER 1240 1241 fe42 fe4JUN1T 5gTH WG 7JRD WG 313'l'H VG }14TB VGALc COJ.!:'LETING MISSION 136 149 89 103I'LIGEl' DATA.Avg. :F1Y1l:l6 Time 14')8 14:15 '4"5 15:21

FtEL CONstlMP'i'IOljTotal Fuel Used:

Average 5815 5970 60)8 6096Maximum 6600 6641 6394 6595Mininnm. 5400 5331 5368 5691Total Fuel Renain1ng: 769TerAge 781 716 656-- 1 l J 9 ~ 138} 1)22 1210,. Minimun 100 160 J52 200Avg. Gels. Consuced PerRI 397.5 418.9 423.7 397.1

'l'OTA.1. rum. USED 011 AlDN Ale 950761 963511 6)451l2 855109

mGm'DATA

BtlHBEB. AIRCIW"l' AIRBOBN! 160 162 112 1102AVG. MSIC 'tl'. OF AIRCRAJ"l' 74918 ""913 75110 )591)AVERAGE USU'UL LOAD 59780 60m 6012'J 5956'1AVG. BO. OF BClCBS LOADED _ 0L0 0 4 _L004 -- --ve.. f t . or BCBS UWSD 111I69 "'"UBIGI JIJIL I.QUIID flJID Ie 'Ave.. f t . or J't8L ...a.UIWII 11II0.DI_ ,.


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SECRETMISSIon zUo-243

J'LIGlIT DA1'J. &: J'lJEL CONSUMPTIon IlA1'E 1 Ju ly 1945

MISSION m,j'MBER '21


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/.NNEIt


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TO: cCJ..'GmBCIt'lG 59C a ~ G N B ( ) I S l ' G 73CO!lGENBa.r1c .)lJCC&!G3l';I3CAfTG 31.4

:mFO: COYGEmK.;;:rr; 3l..5CQJRD PHaroere 93.4

~ H H !B Auth co x.n Be

c0, I- LJQJ,y b ' l o ~WUe.l.s Dat.oXXI B Q ! B ~ CQ.:.::.ND""All0500 1 Jill,. 1945

FIElD ORDER. mnmSR 93.M.\PS FCR PWJNING: Japan Aviation Chart: 1:218..860.1. Glti.ttcd:2, XXI BOIl'I Com w i l l attack Kure, Kl1IlIa!:1oto. lIbe, and Shimonoeek1 Urban Areqon D-Dil;.3. a. Seth ' l ine:

(1) Target: Kur


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FIEID OODER NmmER 93 CONTINtED.(3 ) Altitude Enroute to T,"l.J'get: 3,000-3,800 and. 7 , ~ 7 , 8 0 0 teet .Of) Bomb Load: 2 Groups - 1(-47 m's .

2 Groups - InccndisJ'7 Clusters Containitc 11-69'(One rouP Q{ e.1cb type of 'boQb on each UPI)(5) Tim Control: First Aircraft takes ort: Zoro Holr.

e . 3Uth W'in,::(1) Tar.:ct: Ubc Urban Prir.nry V l ~ . 1 1 iud Raw.

UP!10810412l'l67 2 c.ou. .I Group

_ Load,

t.WI Referenoe: XXI Boa Com Litho Moe&1e lJbe !.rea"go.1I fJJobaD.!dPI lOOll04 wil l be scheduled to b:l attackccl f irst . .

(2) Rout 0 : Baso:&.00 Jina3243" - 13233'3324" - 1J142)OE (IP)T a r ~ o t - Ri..-;ht Turn. cliJItJiIt:: i....nateq t.o 12.mo f t .3250. - 1J257EIwo Ji.r:e" '50

UPI _ - 1 Group 1l-47m ' .I cluster. ooDbdntIC . . . . . . . .12S067 - 1 Group clUllters ccda1ll iq: " " '

(5) Tioe Control, Firat drera t t t"


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21st Bomber Command Tactical Mission Report 240, 243, Ocr