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Annex E - Consolidated Statistical Summary 4.2

BEADQUA l t T ERSXX I BOUBER COW AND

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Field Order No. 48 mallion Ho. 4ISTarget I I i i 1 taublahl Aircraft Engine Work8

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24 lI&rob 1946'fablo 0 1 ' Oontent.

TactIcnl Narrative Annex A- operatIons

Part I-NaVigatIon Ohart Part I I - Radar Approach Chart and Scope ChaM:Part III .. FUght EngIneering Charts Part IV .. Racial' Report ... Part V - Air_Sea Rescue Chart 0

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Mn'sx B - Weather " Part I - Weather Summary Part II .. Chart .. Forecn!lt Weather VB.

Observed '7eo.t.ber Part III-Prognostio M a p . Part IV - Synoptic M ap

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. 242526I Annex C - COl!IJnuniontlons Part I _Ro.d0."f C9untG~ Mell$J,1l'es Part II - Had!o '. 0 0 0 .. . . . ' .. .. . . 0

o 29301.nnex D .. Intelligence Part I - EnelllY.\:11' Opposl tion Pa rt II .. E nelmy Antlo.ireraftand

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SUBJECT. lleport of Operationa. 3' Maroh 1~'5TO. Comma.nilingGeneral,' Twentieth Air Force, 'faah1npOll 26, D. O.

1 . I D E N t l f I C A T I O N O P M I S S I O N ''. Field Order No. 4 8 , Headquarters X I I B o m b e r O o m m a a d ,dated 24. llarch 1945, directed the 73rd, 313th and 3Uth BOIIlbarclaentWings to oommit a normal .f'oroe on 24 Maroh to attack th$ lI1t.ub1sb1

Airora~t Engine Worka in Nagoya.b. Targets Specified.

(1) Primary Target] The lUtaubish1. Aircraft EngineWorks, lUI shown on m Bomrer CommandLltbo-Kosalc No. "90.20--193.and &s designated on the POlt-strike picture of D a . m e . g e AueumentReport in AnnexD, Part III, ot : this report.(2) No aeoondary or last resort targets were 'pacltied

STRATEGYA N D PLANO F OPE MT ION Ia. Reasons for Selection 0 1 ' Tanett Reoent operations _

indicated low-alti t'Ade. night radar bombing against priority airoraftplants could be carried out luccessfully and econom.1oa.llybetore theen~y cO'uld effectIvely cO'unter this new tactioal use of VHBaircraft.BeG~u!eof the good radar orf~et alming points and the plant'. prox-imity to t'he coaatl1n1'1 this tllrge-t WIlSaeleoted to help perfectthis new technique. the weather forecast presented on. 23 Yarcb in-dioa.ted route and base condi tiO'na favorable for 8uch II. min ion aDd.firm deCiaion was made to attack.

b. Importance. -9f TUgetl According to general intel1i~nc.souroea,the lHtlubisbi Aircra.ft EngIne Worka is one of . the two lar-gest manufacturers of engi~1 for Japanese combat planes, 1.4~rterenttypes bafn~ prodube4_ Moat of these are older types under 1500 bor power, but some are new models of 1600 horsepower or more. ru.factory ~ellTered eng~nes to 9 different airframe assembly plant indicating the degree to' w~lQhthe Japanese airplane industry wasdependent on it. Engines were being shipped 9.B oVerseas replacementunits lUl.~ aleo to Vo.rlOll8Army and Navy a1r arsenals in Japan. Atotlll of 20 different planes had some of their engines supplied. bythis pla.nt, including several of the more important new types.


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0,. P2tPeils of Plg.nnincOpe ra;tbnRlI(1) Bomb1.ngP1onB I

(a) ~rm1np.tion of BombLoW '1. The 31&tbWing, assigned the task ot pinpointing and lighting the target with flares for 30 minutes, assignedlOairorllf't to ea.ch of these phue8. Their plana and loads .. re ...

follows :.. The 11.26 flares. best available torlighting a target of' this type. were to be dropped by 10 plane. tromana.ltltude of 8000 to 10,000 feet and fused to open at 3000 feet, II.setting which should give maximum illumination and maxlDltlll eff.ottveburning time. T.hls should Ught tM target clearly for a dlltallO. lipto 3 and 4 . ml168 and permit the main.force aircraft to bomb ri.~ll,y

until incendiaries had started eufficlent fires for contillue4 vi.u&1'bombing.. s . . To supplament the flares e.n4 ark tbalOQation of the target so thD;t it could be BeeD from d1ata.ncee up to15 miles. 10 plnnu were to carry M-17 inoendiary olllSters. Tht.

Wo.l I to enab'l.e crews to kill eeur ae and rate and thus be set tor ..visual run when the!l.imingpoi.nt Wall seen. T he incendiary oluater.were fllBed 1 ; : Q open at 3000 .feet and were seleoteeS for the probabilityof their setting numerous brilliant fires with.ln the target area,.

.!. Bombing aircraft of the ml!l.inforce were tebe loaded With 2 M.76 lnoendiarYbombs CrUiSedinstantaneous nose aMnon-d.elay tail) and as ~ SOO.pound general-purpose bombs (1/100delay nose, non-delay tail) lUI fea:sible. The latte.r WUB consideredthe most effective high-explosive weapon because principe.! buUd.ingain the ta:rget area were of normtll epan nnd no.t .lSubject to spreadingcollnpse. The 1/100 dehy nose fuzing wa.s to a.ttain bombburets 6to 8 feet beneath the roof, there,bydamnging both maChines and strllO..tLlJ"8S. The n.on-delny tail .f'udng wa.s selected to obto.in ltCilabblU"8tof nenr lIIis58&at grOWldlavel to obtain m! lX imWD. blast efrect on near-by buildings. Tha M.76 bomb W!;I.S chosep. beca.uae it l i e d . ballistic qual-ities dmllar to the 500-pound general-purpose bomb o.nd could be usedin mixed loads.

A. Every twe1.fth al rcral't was to carry a 1'1111load of M_l1 incendiaries for reasons listed in paragraph.1. It.". Each drar aft equipped w1th II; 1-1911camsre.

W &S to oarry 1 photoflash lI-46 bombwith drflg plate removod. and loadodto ('eleallG last. TiZlOfuting wa,5 !!amea& ac,tunl time of fall fOJ'hip eJllooplolllive bombs 1n ordfl.r to o'btdn best .trike photography and to givemax imum number of bo.mbbursts in each pioture.

1. Mintllltl1ll. ground spaoing wall to be usacl togive gree:wst pOlll1ible cOI1t:entrat1on of all 'bo.mhs within the toJ'yotare'.a. " . . . Airc.reJ''t weN' loaded to obtain me.;ei:m,U:tonna.se of each type of tIIllnitJon on'the ta.rg9t.


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1. The 10 p..tbt 1rlders of the 31nh Wins .. reeach to make 3 run. over the t2rget trom different directions with.1minute interval between each plane.!. Two aiming pOints were .. d gned , 1in thewest part of the faCtory and 1 in the eut part. Al l a ir cr af 't l1a el 1a cammon initial point (34/36/301 ~36/33/00m). A%.a of attack,altitudes of flight and attaok, and commitment of forcea foilowl

Axil of Attaok Altitude on Altitude Poroel ' l 1 n c . frgm 0 A P Rqyte Out- of Att,ek A,,1W473rd 27 degrees True 4000 to ~OO 8000 to 6800 All3l3th 32 degrees True 5000 to 5500 1000 to 7800 All3l4th 27 Degree, True 7000 to 7800 7000 to 7Soo 5 0 % 011and 32 Degr ee. T rl 1e 1000 to 7800 7000 to 7800 each.ill Wing. were given the option of fly1ng 500 feet on top ot onr-cut if' practioable and desirable. Grol1nd speeds vQJ'ied between 225and 300 ml1u per hour f or q ui ck w ith dr aw ....a ft er relea..4 or 'bomb.I l . l ' J i c h' 1t ts w er e b et we en 5 to 7 d eg ree. r ig ht.

l. The 3l4th Wing also dispa.tcbed 1 airoraftwith a qualified commander who was to act as a master of ceremoDJ.,in maki~ My important announoements concerning taotics. In addition.he was to relay from time to time cloud base to planes of the maintorce. This plane was also to take photographs of the tar~t area atthe conclusion of' the attack.

J. Attack '11&8 to be made by i nd iv id ua l d rc ra tt ,with 1minute interval between planes. A definite radar bombing r u nwas to be made over a radar aiming point befpre visual correction waamade.I

(2) N av 1g at lo aa l P l an n1g gaRmI t 4 RegnDs tO T C heio,

BasetoIwo Jimato3 4/ l6N - 13 6j 45 /3 0Eto Landfall I A ~ood radar ldentification cheek, pe~-mitting direct access to initial point.Iwo Jimat A check polnt for radio and radar ala

34/36N - l36/33Et o Inlthl point in Nagoya BaYI The lDOSt dlrectroute to the off.et aiming pOint.Targetto

Immediate right turns to be made of t the targetto get planes out of the heavily detended areaas quickly as po.sible.IVlo Jimato !WO Jlma l! I, ~a ino be u aed BIll a ne,vlgati.onu "'heck'pOint.Base


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(3) 'Ught liiipeorlQ1 PlWipCl(a) Flight Plan'l. Speedll and altitudes, except t or b Ol ll bi ng rlUlor 250 mph oalibrated air IIpeed to ~et aircraft ~ f r o m target a squiokly all p Ol ll l1bl e,w er e p la nn ed t or m & . X 1 1 1 1 W 1 l fuel eoonomy and lIareEntire fli&nt was to be m~e by lndlTldual_plan8s.(b) Loading.

1. Fuel reserTa data of p ro rl ou .s l ll is ll io a ID-cUcated that the avetage aircraft of the 73rd and 313th Wi~1I did. notrequire bomb ba.y tanks. Wing and center wing tanks were to be tilledto oapaoity for an average fuel load of eeoo gallons. Aircraft of the314th Wing required an additional full bomb bay tank to r a tuel loadof approximately 7300 gallons.J. Bomb Load .

A. 10 maxirAum o r Dd ni ll lW llbollb load speoified. Average load for the 73rd and 313th Winge waa estimatedat 16,000 pounds, while tor the 314th Wing it waa estimated at 10.000pounds, the differenoe being due to tbe 314th Wing'e greater 41etanceto the target. 1. Ammunition load wa s left to disoretionof W in g C om ma nd er _s .

(4) R ~da r P la nn in g.(a) T ho raciar route .eleoted for this low-altitudestrike was essentially the same as for the 2 preTioue incendiary at-ta.cks on Nagoya. (See Taotical Misslon Reports Boa. 41 and 44.) Allruns were 1 .n it 10 .t 8d o n r ad ar . A new offset aiming pOint, tho northeast~ner of the inner harbor. waf used. The harbor showed up _11 on thesoope. and there were many oheck pOints on it.

(b) Route from initial point to ta.rget was alteredon recomlllendation trom the lY ings (a straight ccur-se from initial pointthrough the dffsot aiming point to the aiming points' to simplify oft-set bombi~ problems.(0 ) Initial point ' IRIS 0. distinct indentation of la.n4southwest of the target on IS6 Dav.( Fo r d et ai led r o.d o.r I lp pr oa...ea see Soope Chart RS-19 and RadarApproaoh Chart RA-Ii! in Annex A. PQ,tt II.)

(5) Radar gounter.Measurg!l(a.) Routine searoh was planned for enemy radar .ig-nals on frequencies between 36 and 3000 mos by 8 r ad ar o bs er ve rs .

(6) A 1.r -S ea R es cu e P la nn in gl(a) The Navy was furms bed wi th details of the ma.sion and waS requested to furnish available faoilities' for alr-sea. ~s-oue pu~oses. FaCilities furnished followl


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lJ,SZlJiI1. Three su.bmarine. udgned to 11t.'I.1....du.ti81 were IItationed for the entire ahdon ... tollOWllI WOOI-137/301. 32/ooN - 138/15E, and 30/001 - 139/00 .& . '1 ' lIr . . Dwabe ail']llan .. were &Saltine. tothis following position., 30/0ON _ 139/00E dlU'1a& t1u .r retllmfl1ghtl 22,100N- 1U/30E froll 24.8000Zutll end of 1111. 1.,. _4 1'/_~

l44/00E from 242100Z until end of mission.1. Surt_c. vas.els were ass1gne4 .. t41.. ,

1 for the e.ntire lIIission at 18/001 Utl30!, a, dostropl' at IS/ool ..l4.0/00E 1'1'011 2407001 until 250800Z, and a destroyer .soort at-1Sl/OOlt' 1 . 4 / 0 0 E during t h e entire mission.J. Three orub boat. were statloned durlni theor itical take-ott and landing times: 1 in lI.gioi.De 8q; 1 betweenSaipe.n and Tinian, and 1 southWest of North Field at Gi l am .

(b) Thls Commandassigned 2 Super Dumbo airplane.to orbit the tollowing poal tions. 32/00. - 138/151- from 24.15301 Imtil241730Z. and 2't\5N - HO/lOB: from 2417301' IUlU1 2&193OZ. ODe B 1 a p e J 'Dumbo_8 on ground alert from 240730ZWltll end of lIi .. 10o. C a e .Anne~A , Part V , for details.)

Ii. Details of PlonniD' .. IntelUPMe I(1) ipslIlY' Air Opposition: General intelligenoe 8ourC indioat3d there were nt maximum180 single-engine fighter. nnd 64 twia-engine aircraft in B. SO-mile radius, o.nd 252 s ingle-engine f'lghter.

and 64 twin-engina aircraft in n .00 mile radius. P a s t experience in-dioated there would be some night opposition from twin-eng1ne planesand possible daylight, single-engine plane - searohlight comblaation..HOwever.these bad proved ineffective, and enemy aircraft cona14erat1onsdi d not enter into plann1ng for this miss10n.I (2) Ant1niroraft and Air-to-Air Bombing:

(a) BM,vv.AlA GUM t Nagoy(lwas defended by 200heavy guns, practlco.lly all of whi;;h were within range of our aircraftat some time. Heavy fire also was expected from sbipping in Nagoyaand Ise Bays. Accurac of Ure was expected to improve on thi. mission.the third simllo.r IltTike on Na,goya.

(b) Automatip ',liupop" There were a.pproximatoly110 automatic weapona in the area. Although they had not been a majordefense ~apon on previoue miSsions, their fire was expected to bemore effective if searchligh tracking improved.(c) SeBf9hl1ghtBI Approximately 54 .. archli~t. badbeen reported in the area. and an additional SOhad been reported ~.

iilong the eWflrea< O f ' lise B'ay.' SenrohHgh etteo'tivenesll on the .eoo04Nagoya.mission ha d shown Blight impl'OVemen't>ver th~, t1rst;. 1r geed'lieatheF' oond!t~Otll!l..xist&~. bette~ SStU-obllght ~aoklng wa.aexpeoted

(d) BarrHa 8a1100nll Three or 4 '&arrage balloonllflying from 2000 11 0 5000 teet were reported on P\\st Nagoya nIght .aullcea,bu t 'I:'l00 "of',those were on t)le proposed f l . x 1 . 8 ot attack f'rCfll Ii~ Ba,y,to the tnl'ge'l;


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(e) ttegt P O flQnpipCI.1. Since thh .t r 1ke Wall approx im ately on tileSame QXis of ~tt~ck as the other missions, aircraft were instruoted tobomb tram 6500 to 9500 feet and ind1 vidud drcntt were stagerecl inaltitude between these optimum limits. Tbe,e instructioDS were basedon the f ol lo wi ng r ~8o nS I

.A. A n i nc rea .s ed p er cen ta ge o f a 1r cr attlost ~d damaged due to antiairora ft bad occured in the prior a mi.810DIU Nagoya It.12 M arch, 6.95 per cent, and NllgOya 18-19 U aroh,9.7 per cent.

.k . A nt in 1r oh ft e f' te ct 1v en e.s w a s known toin crease on a repeated plan of attack.,. Change fr em proposed o , x18 ot attack wasimpossible because ~ good radar run on the ta rget was n ec e ary.

!. I~ was decided that aircraft break awa y tothe east and southeast following bombs away to get out of the heav117defended area. At land's end, defenses of Toyohash1 and B a m e . m a " "were to be avoided.3. EIECUl'ION OF T H E MISSIOH:

a. tpke-o fr: Take-otf was llCoompl1shed as planned. with the314th Wing. 20 pathf1nder and pin-poin ting aircraft leaving prior toother aircraft. Actual take-off was as fol lowsl~ Ale M rbollnsa F i rst A l C Lost Ale73rd 12 2 0736Z 0647Z3 1 3 t h 79 0720Z 0829Z314th 50 0652Z 07411

mBo mber C om ma ndTotal 251, 0652Z OS"Z The ri~r. includes 2 Super DumboB for . t h e 73rd Wing and 1obser-vation photo misalon ~ster a t ceromonies for the 314tb Wing. Nota ke- of f d if fi cu lti es w er e en co un ter ed .

b. Route Out I N av1g(l.t1on on the ~o ute out w all rel ativelyensy beCause of Loran ~nd good smooth celestial weather witb few cloud Some light rain - b o w e r . ' were enoountered, but landfall was easilyidentified. Radar was used tor pilotnge. The wInd was a& briefed.310 degrees an d 35 knots.11. 0nr 'fauat:

(1) h1mVY Tar gat a D 1f i 'i c ul t i es e n co u nt er e d 0'1'81' thetarget were all follows I oloude _!O 4./10 stra tocumulus. base 3000 f_ t.'tops 7000 to 8000 teet; 8moke reduoed visibility from 15 to 2 mHuJpoor lighting by flare8 hindered bombardiers, and bombardiers madee rr on eo UI J c or re ct .l ol 'l Jln I n.c en .d io .r yb om b, t ha t h ad n ot b ee n d ro pp lS d Oilthe target. In all, 126 aircraft bombed by radar an d 96 made visualrelea .ses, dropping 1507,6 tons of bombs on the target from lSOOZ to16l7Z at altitudes ran ging trom 5650 to 9600 feet.


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(2) Lo,.t Rourt Tarat. Tbroe drcraft of the ?Sri _III(including 1 th:'lt aleo bombedth3 prima.ry) ' D ombe l l Toyotashi and Shiap-from l604Z to lUOZ at altitudes froID6000 to 'JOOOteet. u-opplDC 17.8tons of general-purpose bombs and 1ton of incendiaries.

(3) Target. of Opportupity. One nirple.ne of the 31:5thWing bombeda.n unknowntarget at an IUllc:nownime. dropping 6.6 t O JU I otgen.ero.l-purpose bombs and one-hlllf ton 0 . 1 ' inc endiar ies.

(4) Twenty-two aircraft wero non-efrectlve. POl' deta1l.,see Consolidated Sto.tistioal Summary,Annex E.

d. Route BOckl In general, all aircratt returned to baseindiVidually by the shortest route.e. Landingl Aircrll:rt ot the l118.inorce landed at baae Ilftdergood weo.ther condi tionl 1.1 follows.IW Firat Ale lAst A lC73rd 2046Z 2311Z313th 2l11Z 23l7Z514th .mu . & U 2 ZTotal 2046Z 2340Z

Four aircrnft landed at Iwo Jlma in order to refuel.t\. ~I Five aircraft were lost on this m18s10n asfollows: ; as a reeult of unknown reasons. 1 en route to tQf'get whenen eng~ne caughb fire (ditching) J and lover the target due to anti-aircraft. ('!'he tonnages of 3 are included under Primary Target andI under ''fu.rgets of Opportunity.)s- Ope ration. Sumll!!lry: (1) Nn.viUtiOD1 See Annex A ror po.vigo.tiop track oharta.

(2) Bombing The dUficul tie s encountered over the tP."gft.listed 10 pe.ro.grnph :3 e (1). brought forth the following commenta andcon4ideratl ons 'for ru ture operet ions.(a) Bec~use of the li.itod field of v.ision o t thebombsigh~ tol~soope. ita use tor this type of night bombing wns h~per-ed. It 1s though.t tbat the use of the reflex optios, now en rOllte tothis Command,may possibly have resulted in better bombing.(b) Mora effective tnrget illuminntion methods weroneeded. Somemethods suggested follow:

1. Flures should be released not direotly oyerthe target but perpendicular to the axis bf attack for sUhollettll1gand better lighting of the target. . Teams of 4 pl~nea should be used. with 1carrying incendlnries and flares to light up the target for the other

:3 oarrying high.explosive bombs.~. Flarss should be on the last stntion ot' eADh~iror~t 1n order to light the target for sucoeeding ~l~ea

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(0) Amajor 4isn4vanta,e or u.inc incendiary baab.for target me.rkin~wa.stheir being employed as a.1m1ngpoints evea_eftthey were not plaeed on the target.(d) It is possible that better bombins results w o u l dhc.w been obtained by putting a larger number rJ t airoraft over the tar-get In a . s.horter time in order to reduce the impairing of visibilityby smoke.

(3) Flight Enginaerip'l(a) Ipitial OrQia.. Altitudes and sp.e48 tloWQonthe initial cruise were 0.8 planned--al1 aircraft climbing to designatedalti tu.des between 4000 o.nd6500 feet immediately atter take_ott. Thi.procedure proved to be comparable in fuel economy to previous l1is&1oaahaVing a very low altitude initial cruise. It also provided grontero r ow ~omrort, better navigation, and increased sattey. lhis mi.sionplan was o.nother phue of the tests being conducted 'by this C O I I d I I a D 4 todetermine best prooedure for maximumuel econo~. Ho eleaeata orgroupe were a8sembled during the m1s8iop.(b) C11mbto bombing alt1tu411 T1merequired torbombing altitude climb varied greatly since many type. of prooedure.were used.(c) Crube to Torget. Very 101t'power. were re-quired to obtain maximumange air speed in the orulae prior to start-ing the bombing run, the apprOximate average pOller Betting bUng 2000rpm and 30.6 inches mo.nifold pressure. A'terage power setting requiredto obtain 250 mphcalibrated air speed on the bombing run waS approxi-m~tely 2350 rpm and 41 inches of manifold pressure.(d) Return tp BB''' III neurly 0.11onael, returnsto b~8e were m~e at 5000 to 10,000 feet until approximately 1 hourfrom the' base where let downs at approxlmately:'lOO feet per minute wsr.e

JIltl.de. Fuel oOl'l8Ul11ptionata indica.ted returns at 5000 teet gave bestfuel economy.I

(e) C ommentg on M issioDI.1 . The 73rd Win:; (Saipnn) ca.rrie-d the f5rentostC'.vero_gcombloud to Jllpnn to dnte, 16,957 pounds. The 3Uth \flng,loented on Gu4m . loaded 4 of its betteJ' a.iror&f't with approxim:l.toly17,000 pou.nds of bombs nnd 6750 gallons of fuel (other airorC'.rt carried7400 gallons of fuel and approximately 9000 pounds of bombs.) Theaeo.1roro.f't completed the mission and returned with en o.vernge of 846gallons fuel reserve. only 141 gallons below the 3l4th Wingaverage.This proved fairly oonolusively tho.t bomb 10Ms should be varied withInd1vidual o.ircr o.f't ~d crew capo.b1l1iu.ll. For ruel oonsul)1ptionnnd wlaght data, BeoCOllsolldoted Statistic 01 Summary,Annex E :. For vertioo.l plot, fuelconsumption. and.historical -records, see AnnexA .

(4) ~~ (800 AnnexA. Pnrt IV, for details) Poorto.rget illumination interfered greo.tly with bombing adjustmentll.(5) GUnnery: CFCequplment and .SO..oal1ber me.oh1negLlll.llwere each 99 per cent operathe .

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(6) Air_Sea !escuel Fi alrcratt w e r e reporte. aie.iDl'one believed at 8ea. Becaus. of insufficient information the e.archmade by Super Dumbosand Dumboswa' unsuccessful.

1 1 . WeatherI (See Annex B. tor details.) Weather oon4i tloDJIwere almost as predicted. Conditions were good tor take-ofr and land-ing, although the 31'tb Wing enoountered light rain on landing at GU~

1. Communicational(1) Radar Counter MeUU"" (See Annex C. Part I. tordetails.) Searoh result, indioated possible radar-controlled coordin-

ation between ~ntiairoraft and searChlights and aD IDtrio~te e~lY"Are-ing net operating along Coast from O.$hlma to Oal0 Z a k l .(2) Wl2a (See Annez O. Part II, for cleta11s.) A total

of 21 str ike reports were tra.namitted and reoel ved. 1J.1 15 "questafor bearings were obt~ined.j. Intel1hence SU!!!!!!arv

( I ) E n e m y A i r Opposition, (See Annex D . P a r t I . tordet~ils.) Air opposition was slight, only 3 attacks being made. BOweger,1 of the misling 11-29ls mo.yhll.vebeen lost to enemy airoraft.

(2) E e(See Annex 0, Part~I~IIII;,f~0W.rUl.lr.daet"Q~i"lU;81oi..-i'-L.......:~~~~~~6L..lU~~'::='=~lights were IDOreeffective than they had been on prevl0,lsthis tQr~t. There, were many reports of rocket activity.

( 3 ) BombingReSults and Dams,e Assessment I (See Annex D.Part III, for details.) New drunage to primary target totalled only4.5 par cent of total root area. Other dumnge inflioted follows:

(a) Ta..rget 196 - Chi.gusa Factory, Nagoya Arsend 39 buildings destroyed.

(b) Nagoya Pottery Works. reportedly oonnected toCh1guso.Fo.otory, Nagoya Arsenal ~ 22 buildings (90 per oent of plo.nt)d.estroyed.

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(0) Target 254 - Mltsubishi Eleotric Kanufa.cturlngCo 502,000 square feet damaged.(d) Target 200 - Torilllo.tsu Factory, Na.goyuhnenal 5 buildings destroyed.(e) Xureha. Textile 1.1.111 (reported mlUlitionB plo..nt)Enti.re plant of 10 buildings destroyed.(f) Asa.sh1. Pottery "'orks Entire plo.nt or 16 bllUd-IngB destroyod.(g) New do.ma~ 1n northeast section of Nngoy_ to.tolled 8.053,000 square feet,

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proMh to visual bombing or the p.rimo.ry target. The radar run W(:I.Splann-ed Wlth a:.P whioh could be employed for a ra.da.r relellSe 1 ~tl.thercondl ..tiona were poor. Reports indioa.te that bomb runs begun by radar and thencho.nged to visuo.l WEIre.foroed to revert o.~aln to ro.do.r due to defiaien ..eies in th.e technique for l11umina.tlng the target. Confusion wns ctl.l.lsedin some CQ.ses by Illff'lculties 1n D..djusUng the bombing technique tosuit pOor target conditionso.t the la.st minute. The plan Wa.,sto illum-inate the tc.rget areo.wlth flores o.nd incendlo:.ry bombS for vi.su!;ll re-lens e. Only 98 out of 2240..1rc ra.!'t made vi.sun1 releasos.

(2) Of 41 radnr wind runs the nvere,ge de'11a:tlon from aver-.ago wind WIlS 12 degrees and 10 knots.

(3) Ra.dar rang.e nt landfall WEi.S betw@en50 and 80 Geutl ..cal miles.

b. SCR~718(Radar Altimeter) .. N9rmal.c. S9R-69S 'IFF). Normold.sion peri.od.

miles..iJilgN -4 (Loun) ..Tr:.;.nsml tte I" was on throughout the nUs~Average mu lmum runge was between 1000 and 1.200DIlut1cal

a.EquiPment Perfrmg.no9:1 1 . " A H l A P 9 . - H I Operatlonal over hrget as follows: 75rdWing, 93:C; 313th 'i!ing. 97%. and 314th "\flOg. 90.5%.b. SOB-7l6I Nomalf"unctlons reported.e, SCR-696: 1 failure reported.d. A J J I . . \ P H . f . 7 failures reported.

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Foreoast 0400Z 23 M4rch 1945

Do .te 2 4.- 25 M ar c h 194 5

Bases I Guam: SCattered low clouds bases 1800 it; s ca tt er ed I lI id dl eolouds. Light to moderate showers between 0400Z to 1 2 o o Z .Salpanz Scattered low Clouds.

To 23~1 Same as So, lpan, 2 3 N t o 270NI 51/10 cumulus. bo.sa 1800 ft, top.s 7000 ft;10/10 altooumulus, base 10,000 ft, top 14,000 ft; 5/10c l r r ~ B , base 28,000 ft.;nON to 300NI Solid overcast in layers to 28,000 ft.300N to Coast: 10/10 cumulus, base 2000 ft, top 7000 tt;6/10 altocumulus, base 12,000 ft, tops 14,000 ft; 6/10cirrus, base 28,000 ft, reducing gradually to coast.

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Ta.rget, Tokyo: 3/10 cumulus, base 2000 ft, tops 4000 ft, 1/10middle. base 12.000 ft, top 14.000 ft, 5/10 cirrus, base30.000 ft. MIddle a.nd high clearing after 1300Z ,.Nagoya I 3/10 middle, base 7000 ft. to~ 10,090 ft; 2/10c f .r -r usIn m or ni ng o nl y.OsaJcll.-Kobe: 6/10 cumulus, base 4000 ft. tops 10.000 "ft.O per ati on al F or ec as t

Base atTake-oft. Gu am . 5/10 cumulus. base1800 f"t, top 7-9000 ft I4/10 a1 to-cumulus, base 14,000 it, light show-ers.Sa.ipo.n-Ti nianl 4/10 cu mulus, bas e1800 ft, top 6000 ft, visibility 15miles.

Routeout. To UONI 4-6/10 c um ul us . ' ba se1800 ft, top 6000 f"t. Vi Iibili ty 15miles. M O W to 27O)J. e/lO o\llllulus,base 1500 tt. top 6000 rt, 8/10 alto-oat1ulua, base 10,000 ft. top 12,000ft. Rain showers reduoing visibilityfrom 10 to 2 miles.270W to Target. s/io strato.cumulus, base 2000 ft, t o p 5.5000 ftJ4/10 altocumulus, base 10,000 ft. tops12,000 ft, to 300N . Visibility 10miles.Target I 4 /10 s tr a.to cu mu lu s, b UI)3000 ft, tpp 6000 tt, visibility 6-9miles. Wind a.t 7000 ttl 310 34 knots.

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Gu am t s/rc CumulU 8. base 1600 .t'ti7/10 altostratus. base 12,000 ft,Visibility 12 miles, light showers.Sa.Ipan-Tinianz 4/10 cumulus,base 180 0 f 't; 4 /10 a lto str at us ,b a. se 1 2, 00 0 ft. VIsIbility 15miles.To laoN, Same conditions asSaipan. laoN to 210N : 8/10cumulus, base 1000 ft, top 6-6000 tt; 10/10 altostratus, ba.se10,000 ft. top 12.000 ft. Lightrain showers lowering viaIbil1 tyfrom 12 miles to 2 ml1qs,21O N to 330N, 6 - 8/ 1 0 c um ul us Uldstratocumulus. base 2000 ft, top6000 ft. 3/~0 altostratus, b.a~H..t_~OO"i't, tOps 16,000 ft b.tweenag.... and 3~N.

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hi;-~3: ~ioli- 320B ~&oH- ~jOH Ii!:a!iIS. 000 20/20 -3 300/48 ..12 300/60 -17 290/65 ..2210,000 10/17 8 300/30 -3 300/35 -10 300/40 -126000 aO/17 10 310/27 2 310/30 -6 310/34 ..a6000 30/17 14 . 325/25 4- 320/25 -2 320/27 -44000 50/17 18 340/17 8 330/21 3 330/22 03000 65/16 22 360/19 12 350/18 8 340/18 5

3nrfrQe 70/11 26 5/,? 17 330/12 13 3 2 0 1 l ? 11 IWinds Aloft .. Observed

lye !o 1~31 16!: to 2 7 B 2I~ t!il 340N15,00010,000 100/1S1 2 6 5 / 4 0 1 ?S5/451 305/4018000 310/36I.6000 85/161 :500/261 310/381 310/34.K40002000

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SaipRn-7inian. 4/10 cumulus,base 2000 f t, to p 6000 ft, visi-bility 15 miles.~: 6/10 oumullle, baae

1200 f t, to p 8-9000 ft, 6/10 o.lto-cumulus, base 12,000 ft. Visibility15 mi l es ~ ow er in g to 1 mile in show~rs.

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a, Eight RCMSenroh Alrornft part-iclpated in and oompletedthis mi.sslon. All bands f:r:om 88 to 3000 me wert moMtored. 'Re6ults ofeen:rch and enemy !lotion indicl1te possible Goo.rdination betwoen flakand searchlights, and signals Indioa.ting rndar ..controllad equipment.

b. J .. total of 73 Signals was intercepted, but a!ter the aniUyslsfor repetition. and ambiguity, this nU!l1.berwas tasolvol1- into. 36 different .signals.c. No offensive counter measures "Were e.mployed.

2. .Rssuas of Se~rch:11. Sign.als '01' particular interest intercepted wore ll.S 1'ol1ow&;

(1) 3050/1500/ ..7.9(2)3125/12751..7 9Tb.ese 2 signals were intercepted en route tothEltctrget ond. 1n the SQJIl6 general locality on the return trip. !ho pointof intercept en route wo.s33/35'N 137/10E, The point of intercept onthe return trip was 33/28N 138/20E.

(3) 3090/2000/3.5; This signo.l woosintercepted. o.t 34/20Jl 136/50E off Do.1oZaki. This waS a dl.stlnctly o..udihle signn1 with a.vo.rying jagged poale pUlse.(,) 76/ /8 34/00N 137/058(5) 78/ /Short 34/05N .. 136/55E(6) 77.5/2400/6 34/50N. 137/20E

These l&o.rkTAKodel 3' swere not directly a.s.soc1o.tedwith flak.(1) 77.5/910/6.5(6) 79.5/g00/7. 5These are proDctble ~rk fA Model 3 '. l ig na ls in the

Hagoya. area. Flak wall !;en.,r~lly moderQ.te and ina.ccurate.It. Other dgno.ls intercepted in the to.rget oreo. were 0 .11

toll 01lIl IOhoUC1;griatio. Iptercept Locationg Remarks75.5/466/32 3';20N .. 136/458196/900/5 34/45B .. 136/45E115/2000/6.6 36/10N.. 13~/4-5g178/1500/4.4 15/05N.. 137/058T he 3 toregoin,. s1gaO.1a lIGrG eon1oiden.t with searchlightsaccurate to accuro.te flak.220/500/25201/100/1186/750/3G150/350/ .....102/470/16

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35/15N ... 136/55135/l5B .. 136/55ESS/15N .. 137/15E34/ 4.51 .. 137/3513';35N .. 137/558

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o. Signals interoepted en route to the t~rget were a s f ol lc ws lChV!l9teristi95 Intercept LocMion Rome.rks106/500/40 26/30N - 140/45E Friendly, IwoJima92.2/ ---/20 26/30N - 140/45E147/ ---/7.5 Nishi no Sh1rna :Mark 1 .Model 381/485/60 32/20N 13B/OOE Mark: CHI157/480/6-10 32/25N - 137/351': lIark 1 Model 3170/950/2. 2 32/40N .. 137/10E108/475/26 33/35N - 136/35E l4o.rk 1 .Uod.el182.5/480/32 33/10N - 136/45E Mork CHI73/480/28 33/15N .. 136/40E Mfll'k CHI112/295/4 3 3/ :3 5N - l36/35E80/445/26 33/35N - 136/35E 1lie.rk CHI100/810/11.5 33/35N - 136/35E ilark B98/350/24 33/35N - 136/35E Mark 1 Mod.el 1157/465/14 33/35N .. 136/35E Mark 1 Model :3243/300/8 33/55N .. 136/25E

d. Signals logged on return from target were a s fo ll ow s 1ChgtD.C;terigties Interoept Locatlon R em r ..r k s101.5/---/2074/250/14.580/200/40146/470/4

33/50N _ 138/00E32/50N - 136/25E31/30N .. 139/25E31/25N .. 139/30E

Mark 1 Model JMark CHIMark ;CHIUork'l Model' :3

3. hnalYllh and Conolusion;:a. No D/F'ing of ~y signal wa.8 employed due to Lack of suit ..

~ble eqUipment. Looations given ~ro airoraft position at point ofintercept.b. The 2 10.om Signals at 3050 nnd 3125 me are suspected tobe friendly submar.lne equiplllilJlt due to close simila.rity of the oharaO-

teristics.e, The 3090.mo signnl was interoepted near Do.io Zakl and 111

B . suspeoted l:ia.rk 2 Model 2 Jo.pal1ese land or shipbo.rne surface searohand fire control.

d e One searoh airoraft h a d the opportunity to fly along theOoa.t from O-Shilbt\ to Ddo Zald for over an hour. The numero". Elfsignal. logged indicate an intrioate EWnet in operation in this vioini-ty.

PART II - WIO

1. Strike Repqrt! t Twenty-one .trike reports were transmittedby aerial operators a.nd all were received by the Ground Station.. Onea.erial operator of the 73rd Wing. unable to henr the Ground Station.had hh strike report relayed by o.nother o.iroro..ft. In one other in-ata.noe a relay 'W0.8 neoessary beoause the e.1roro..ft' 8 tran.mi tter signalWQ.S weak and the Ground Sto.t1on oould not reoei ve the mOlllll).ge.

2. Pox '1'rQPlliuioDa I ,The u.sual UCOP';'Cweo.ther and time s 1&00.1.were trans 1111ted every hour and half hour by the Ground Sta.tions

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3. Freguenoi!!!s l lIo.jority of traffic du.r1ng this mission was ca.r-ried out on the 7 and 3 megacycle frequencies. The 11 megaoycle frequen-Cies Were regnrded as pro.ctiolllly useless over the target. Atmosphericinterference was slight and ground etntion operators reported only afew incidonts of lamming during this mission. Following is a p er ce nt ag ebreakdown of trnffio per frequenoy, 64 per cent on 3 megacyCles; 30per oent on 7 mega.cyoloB. e..nd 6 per cent on 11 megacyoles.

4. Naylgationd Aids I Fifteen requests for SF/OF bearlngs weremade and all were obtained. Six VHF/DF bea.rings were requested and ob ..tained. The 3l4th Wing reported 1 request f'or VRF/T1I from Iwo Jim&.with 8xoellent results. Homers and Ranges were used extensively withgood results. K R H O Was also used. However, Some crews reported theOWl station was jammed over the taJ'get.

5. N et Disc mHne and Security, The 73rd and 314th Wings reportedgood discipline and security. Only 1 c a S 5 of a n aircraft Interforlngwi th another's 'b'ansmlss ion was reported in the 73rd \Ving. The 3 1 . 4thWing reported that there were no br eachee of' security or diSCipline,HOwever. the 313th Wi ng r~p orted th o.t ai rpl ane com man ders com pla inedabout the continoU9 chattering on VHF over the target. Several caseeof' o.ircraft talking to other a.ircraft giving 0.1 ti tude. course. locationwere cited with specific inc idents. There were no other reports atbreaches of security or discipline.

6. EjMmy TrY8!!lisslon; The foll owing ca.ses of interference andjBll1lD.ingwere encountered du.ring this tnission:

a. 31405 kosI(1) Japanese net oaused minor interf'erence during trans-

mission of Bombs Away reports. Bearing 298 degrees from Salpan.(2) Unknownstation sent uni telligible code at l540Z,bsarlng 358 degrees .(3) Unidentified B I T wa s partially effective trom ll20Z

to 1130Z.(4) Unidentified OWat 1335Z and 1555Z was part1.a.l1y

oi'f'eet1ve.(5) Steady tone during entire mission was very effective.(6 ) Steady tOne plus CV / , reported as deliberate, blocked

Ground Station at 1335Z.(T) Steady tone near coast of' Japan got .tronrr .. cout,... approached.

b. 6065 kesl(1) Bagpipe jamming at 14.l5Z la!SUng for 5 minute. waa

Dot TOry ei'f'ecU\,e.(2) Japanese commeroial station blooked out Ground Stat10a

over target.(3) Station sending letters a.nd prosigna a.t 11lll a.ttamyt-

ad to ~rk aircraft but was una.ble to authentioate

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( 4 ) C W jamming at 1 5 4 0 Z waS very effeotive.( 5 ) A t l 4 0 0 Z , O W jrurumin~was experienced. Later. b & ! ~

pipe jamming completely bloCked out station.(5) Uodulll.ted CW'one jammed frequency. WhenGround

Station would drift, station would return to frequency.

c. 11080 KOBI Heavy atmospMricli during entire mission.d. 3990 Ics I

(1) Series o r V f S jllllJD.ed frequenoy over target area.(2) Steady tone a.t lOlOZ waa pfl.l't1e..lly effective.(3) Japanese voiCe trr,nsm1ssionB was ineffective.( 4 ) Several C W transmissions wore ineffective.

(I) Jamming of time tick Qt 1400Z was reported.(2) Series ot V's were partially effective.

f. 3410,7310,11160 and 1.0820 lcs reported n.egligible jamm1ns;a.nd interference.'. DistQss I No distress or emergency tro .nsmissi ons 'were' recorded

by the Ground Stations during this mission.-B. Equip!"nt Malfunctions I ANIART-13: 1 fuse blown. BC-34SI1 intermttent opera.tion. 3 inoperative. 4Nf iARN-J , 12 compa.sssenseantenna.s broken, 1 unable to'switch control box to radio opera.torsposition. 3 :~aoperati.ve. SCR=.22 I 1 i.nopsra.tlve, 1 intermittent op-era.tion_ &cJ& . 13 inopero.t1ve, 2 sticking. ~I 3 s1l1tcbss in..opero.t1ve, 1 amplifier inopera.tive, 1 short in toil gunner's pOSitIon,o.nd 1intermittent aD d noBiy.

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1. General I

a. Enemyair opposition reported was s11~ht. Howeyer, 3B - 2 9 ' s were lost due to unknownc~use!. o r these at least 1 B - 2 9m ay have been lost to enemyaircraft. Ninety-s1x enemy&1rcraftwere sighted; 3 made 3 attacks (See Accuracy of EnemyFlchters).b. No B-29's were known to be lost due to enemyaircraft.Four bombers were damaged. No E /A aro claimed destroyed or dam.aged.c. One B-29 was paced tor approx1.mately 10 minutes by anenemy aircraft that met the A !e prior to la.ndfall. In the targetarea. searchlights illuminated manyof the bombers. The enemy seemedreluctant to attack.

2. Type of Aircraft Attack}ng. Three enemyaircraft made the 3attacks. Twoaircraft wre ~hOlly 1.U11dent1f'ied,ut 1"wo.s .identif ied o.Bsingle-engine.3. En emy Aircraft Sighted But Not .Attackingl Ninety-tbree enemyaircraft that did not attack were sighted. Very few ....ere positivelyidentU'i ed as to name--2 Tonys, 1 :Zake, 1 Irving, and I Nick. Severalwere partially identified--2 possible Betty", 1 twin-engine transport,and 1win-engine unident1.f'ied aircraft with a twin tail. Of the re-mainder, 12 were unidentified twin-engines. "ware single-engine ll'n-identified, and 68 were entirely unidentified.4. Diregtion A n d kgvel of Attackl Two attacks- came at the tail.and 1 from the left.5. Accuracy or EnemyFighters:" a. NoB-29 is knownto baYebeen d.estroyed by enemyaircraft.

Four B - 2 9' s 0.7% of the force) were damagedby enemya1rcraft and flak,b, Twelve enemy aircrl.l.ft were observed to be aggressivelyattacking a B-29 while it was ca.ught in searchlights over the tar~et.No further data is obtainable. This B-29 m~ be 1 of the 3 aircraftreported lost due to unknown Oal1l1eB.

6. Types of Ptp j.otlle I Enemy fire was , tor the most part, un-observed. However, lome small caliber traoer ammunition and 20-mmfire were reported.

7. Ene~ Tactic.,a. PaciD1r1 OneB-29 ....s paced for a.pproxi.ately 10 minuteaby an enemya ircraft .... ioh enoountered the bomber off the coast before

landfall. The en~ aircraft continually blinked its runnin~ lightsduring thia time,'b. TraUingl One B - 2 9 was followed 100 miles from ths cowstof Honshuby an enemya ircraft whioh did not attack but which firsd

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o. PUUS!(1) An enemy airoraft which waS off 1t5 pursul t curveolosed to w it hi n a pp ro xi ma te ly 350 yard s wi thout tirin g.(2) Another pa ssed overhead at 11 o'olock breaking awayNo fire was observed.ownward.(3) A twin-engine fighter made a pass between 5 a nd 6o' cloCk. p ressing to 500 yards and then fading aw~y.(4) An un identified fighter started n h ea d- on a tta ckfrom above. pressed to 500 ya rd~.(5) F our other pa .flsesby enemy a ircra ft were reported,inoluding 2 unidentified en emy aircraft (near l andfall en route tobase) which made a coordinated pass but failed to fire when the B -29in creased its speed.

d. Blinkin g Lights:(1) En emy a ircra ft which pa ced our aircraft for 10 minutesc ontin uall y blinked l ights. {See P ac in g a bo ve.~(2) Enemy aircraft cruising in ttll 'getarea blinked theirwin g lights a nd flashed cockpit lights on and off in some insta nces.

e. Sea rchl ights, Although ma ny B -29 ' s were Caught in search.lights on ly 1 was attacked. (See Accuracy 21 ' E ne my F i gh te rs .)6. B - 2 9 Tactics and F irepower yB Enemy Aircraft: In some in-stances, temp orarily increased power settings were used as & vQ.siveaction.9. Epemy Aircrptt HArkin g and Light,;

~. ],iIarklng8of only 2 aircraft were observed--l Tony paintedsilver and 1 twin-engin e p ainted bl aCk.b. M any I V A had lights b~rnin g. At least 8 w er e o bs er vedwith bl ue lights in cockp1t, and 2 with dome lights burning. Il any were

reported to have runn ing light' burn ing.10. "suU , o f Hit, pn l inmy Aircraftl Wone observed.11. C1aim'l R o n e .

P A ~ t I I t J l TI A IR Q RA F T A N D A I R - T O - A I R B Q M B I R G

1. _my AlA.lir91a. Al A defense and searchlights were more effeotive than on

prev1o~, mulon,.b. 1_ Primary T a rg e t 1 1' 18a t ta c ke d by',

(1) 106 A le of the 73rd Wing. between 1503 and 1607Ztrom 5800 to 7200 feet, al ong ax es of atta ck from 200to 43;

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d. Six white balls of fira were se~n to oome up from Nagoya.e. G round-to -air rook ets were r eported a s follows by the crewsof the 313th Wing:

(1) 1 at Okada and 1 o.t Toyoh!l.shi. T~se rose to 6000f t. before burning out and had a rad flame.(2) Over Nago ya. 2-6 were reported near Nagoya Oastle.

3-4 in the southeast part of town, and 3 nenr the tllrgat.f. Crews of the 314th Wing reportedl(1) Five possible rockets over Nagoy!l.a.nd 1 near He.mematsu..,(2) A le 44..09776 r ep or te d r oc ke ts ! 'i re d i .1lb Ur st s of :3dir ectly B:bo veBori Canal .(3) A l e 4 4- 24 83 3 r ep or ted : 5 volleys of rockets over theE a. ch v ol le y c on ta in ed 5 rockets which rose to 9000 f t . . a ndarget.burst.(4) A le 44-69677 Sighted over Nagoya 2 or 3 posdblerOCkets which resembled gas explOSions. The bursts were reddish-orange and far brighter than A l A fire.

g. A lc 44-59695 observed 0. greyish ball of fire about thesize of a 80ecer ball passi.ng below the ;,je in the target area.h. Shortly after leaving the target area, 1rew Sigh tedphosphorus bombs or rockets bursting at 7000 ft. directly behind theA/C , leaving a huge white puff with streamGrs. This project1le wasbelieved fired from the ground.i. Near land's end a red ball of fire waS seen coming uptrom below by 1crew.

PM T III - !l.U U .G E MSESSMENT R E PO RT N O. 21

Target Areal Nagoya. Da.te Flown; 25 I 4a r ch 1 94 5'l'Ji,lIGETS193. 196. 0 0 0 ,254; KURE8A TEXTlIE UlLL.A B A S H I P O ' l " l 'E R Y w c m s A N DN A . G O Y . A C I T Y .

Altitude S4,OOO feetS U I N A R Y

This report auesses damage to the above Usted targets resultingf rom XII Bomber COIIIIII.o.ndission 45, 24-25 M arch 1945.New damage to Tllrget 193 totals about 113,500 sq. ftor 4.5%of the tota.1 roof area.Three numbered targets were damaged.'! industries without targetnumbers, along with Ilbout 6.000.000 sq. ft or 183 acres, of urbanarea in Nilgoya City were destroyed

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(All nwnbered and annotated referen.ce,z, in this report are k8 'yod ,to pioturoein this section .)ThRGET 19~ (35/11N .. 136/S7E) Mitllubiehi Alrorc.f't Engine Works

SW!T leAL st!l8!SAJ!.Y,QF I l A . M . M I E ISQ. FT. O FROOF M E A FERCENT . r i . G EOFTO TA " R OO F . i J !E.h

DestroyedStructural damageSuperflclal damageGutted

Minor

67,2009 , a O O62,500~ 1.5%-.!!

Total" 173,500 4-.4%Total roofe.re a of plant 1a 3. e 11. 000 s,. ft.. lUI given in (lIVIndu.str1al Report No. 2 .. 27 February 1945. (See Table on next page)TA R G Et 196 . (3 S /13 'N - 1M /SSE ) C hlgu .B a Faotory, Nagoya Arsenal

Oecriptlsm1 23 buildinge, in.cluding 2 re-ported shell rllHng. and 1

ballistics building. (Ref. a) Destroyeda 4 bulld.ingsl plUB 12 revetted

bulldingll reported 0 . 1 1 silorlnge,;plosives or live aI'!IIIIunltion.(Ref. a .) Destroyed22 buildings, 90%of' NagoyaPottery Works, reportedlyoon ...va,rt(!lld to Ohl~sa Faotory,Na-goya Arsenal (Ref'. b) Destroyed

ReferClD081 a. Target Information Sbeet N o. 90 .2 0- 196 .. I, J oi nt T ar getGroup, Washington, D.C,. 7 January 1945.b. Ma.p , Nagoya No.rthenst, JJ!S 340593, Jo.nl14ry 1945e, ;.J.F Air ObJeotive Folder 90.20

Referenoe PhotographYIPre -atr1ke t 3PR51196.31 M

Post ....rike' 3 PR 5M 9" -2 1 26,21; 3RI 34'URGEr 264 (35/11N - 136/57E) 141tsub1lhl ElectriC lIi'g. Co.

Depcrlption DamageOpen storage area, 66,0 00 s q, ft. DestroyedProbable storage buildln&37,400 sq, ft.5

6 Ya.ehin.e shop- 62,600 sq. ft.(Ref'. a.) - Hiton SE !).OMlor,8% d am a s -I tProbable ma.ohine shop 62,600sq. ft. (Ret. a.)1 B end ('l%) o r

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Descrlpt10D6 Proba.ble Machine shop 7e. 300sq. ft, (Ref. a)9 Boiler house - 8 ,500eq. ft,(Ref. 1 1 )10 MaChine shop .. 62,60.0 3q. ft.(Rei'. 1 1 ; )11 Unidenti!' hd. building ~34.. 000 $q.ft,12 Unident.ified building. assembly

type. 67.000 sq " ft.13 Unident1J;'led building, 31,000

Sq, f't.

~E end (38%) ofbuilding dlllllaged

eO%damagedE central put135%daml l .ged01 ract hit on SE!lornar .. 3 6% d a.m .a ge4 7 % of Wan.d ofroof removed pr.iorto strike,80 % of roof removedprior to stri.ke

Referenoel 11.. Tlll'get Information SMatNo . $ l a , .20.254..T1,. Washington D.O.,3 January 1945.

b. AJ;;F Air Object1 va Folder 90.20 .. July 1944.Refe.re.nce photography I

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14 Entire plant. 10 bUlldin.gs)about 350, 000 sq. ft. Iostroyed

Reference: a. J&ap..,Nagoya N,orthell.st, AMS340593, Jll.nuo.ry 1945b. AbE I..ir Objective Folder 90,20 16.-4.) 6 July 1944

Refe renee photography IPre.strike I SPRSM96-31 34Post-strlk.e I 3PR5U 99-2, 26, 27. 3RI 34, 35

.A M SHI PO TTE RY w : l R J s ' (35/12/06.N .. IS6/SIS/lOE)D e 9crlpti2D

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,Entire plant, 16 buildings.about 224.QOO sq. ft. DestroyedAdditional buildinga noto.tto.cbed to pi ant - 250,000 sq. ft, Destroyed

Reference: a. Ma:p, Nagoya North.eo.st, J . M S 340593, Januo.ry 1945b. _;.j,p J.ir Objecti va Folder 90.20 M.4 . 6 July 1944

Reference photogrl>.phy:Pre -str.lke I SPR5M96-3: 34Post.strike I 3PR5M99-2: 26,27

Prints annotated nnd a.ttl>.clledl

HA~ CITY .. new d~age W !l.8 concentrated in the NS section df the City.Sa.tt. Affected,14 4.0 0 05 7 7 ,60 0276,0004.6,20092,500;521,700168,600a . 297,000146.0002 ,80 0 , 0 0 0516.00017",000434,000ip,QQQ

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FMM : COMGE N XX ! B OM COMTO: c m \ GEN73RDBOMWINGC O M GEN3l3TH B O M W I N GCOMGEN3l4TH BOMI N GI N F O : em 9i. .3.1

By Auth of CGXXI BO

j(' t o ' 16 1 J J a & e i . 1fJ.-Initials DateXXI BOMBERm~GUAM0800 26 March 1945

FIELD ORDERNUlffiER48 ERADICATENUMBER.MAPSFORPLOTTING: JAPANAVIATIONCHART1:218,880AIMINGP O I N ' l 'REFERENCE:XXI BOMCOMLITHO-MOSIA.C0.20-193.OFFSETAIMINGPOINTREFERENCE:XXI BOMCOMLITHO-MOSIAeNAGOYAITY1. Recent operations of this command indicate thai;. low altitude nightv;l.sual precision bombing against priority aircrnft plants can becarried out economically with precise results before the enemy caneffectively counter this new tactical use of VLRaircraft. Of thepriority target" t'rget 193 offers the best chance of initialSUccess while perfecting our technique.2. The XXI BornComwill attack ERADICATENO. 5 (Target 90.20-193)with normal effort.3. B .. 73rd Wing:

(1)(2)

Attack Target: From T-Hout to T-Hour plus 45 minutes.MP! OAP

086064 077032o AXISOFArTACKFROMOAP FORCER E Q U I R E D -

27 Degrees True All A/e(3) Altitude on Route out: 4,000 to 4,500 feet.(4) AltitUde of attac~: 6,000 to 6,800 feet or 500 feet on top

of overcast if practicable and desirable.(5) BombLoad: All A / e , except every 12th A/C, will carry twoM-76 Incendiary bombs loaded to be in center of train of

bombs. Balance of load will be ;00 lb. GP's. (RDXCompoBfiller to the extent of their availillbility). Every 12thA/e will carry full Load M-17 Incendiary Clusters.'b. .313th Wing:

(1) Attack Target: From T-Hour to T-Hour plus 45 minutes.(2) Altitude on Route Out: ;,000 to ;,500 feet or 500 feet on

top of overcast if practicable and deairenb1e.( .3 ) AXIS O F ' ATTACKFROMOAP FORCEREQUIRED

12.3069 0770.32 32 Degrees True All A/CAltitude of Attack: 7,000 to 7,800 feet.BombLoad: A11 A/C except every 12th A/C, will carry two14-76Incendiary Bombs, balance of load 500 Ib GP's. (RDSCom,). B. Filler to the extent of availability). Every 12thA/C'will carry full load of 1A-17 Incendiary Clusters.

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. .J1llUll(a) Pathfinder A/C carrying flares: :'ltarting T-Hourminus10 minu~es.(b) Pathfindor A/e carrying incendiaries: Starting T~Hourmillus 5 mi.nute.s ,(c) Balance of Force: Starting T-Hour.

(2) Altitude on Route Out:(a) Pathfinder A/C carrying flares and incendiaries: Asdesired by wing commander.(b) Balance of Force: 6,000 to 6,500 feet or 500 feet ontop of overcast if practicable nnd desireable.

(3) A m I N O POINT086064123069

O A F0770320770)2

A X IS OF ATTACKR QM OA P27 Degrees True3 2 Degrees True

(1.) Altitude of Attack:(a) Pathf'Lnder A / e cEl.rryingflares end incenderies; lis

desired by wing commander (bl Balance of Force: 7,000 to 7,800 feet.

(5 ) BombLoad:(a) Pathfinder A /e carrying .flares: Type and load as de-sired by l1i:)g cOr.JllIIIDder.(b) Pathfinder Ale carrying incendiaries: ~f-17 in.cendiaries.(c) Balance of Force: Each A / e two M - 7 6 incendiary bombsend baLanee of load wi th 500 1b GP' s.

(6) The J14th Wingwill dispatch A l e to drop flares sufficientto light the target for a period of 30 minutes. Also dis-pa tch 1 I 1 c carrying incendiarie s sufficient to pin-point thetarget for visual bombing. Balance of force, if any. I\'illbombaiming point 12.3069

(7) The 314th r.ing will avo i.d the 11Jlandof Rota by 15 miles en-route to target.(8) The best qualified crews will be assigned positions in thefirst aircraft scheduled over the target.(9) The )14th Wingwill dispatch one A /e to the target area forthe purpose of observing the bombingattack , A qualifiedcommunderacting as a master of cerenonies will makeany im-portant announcementconcerning tactics as he deemsnecessary

over the VHF, Channel B.(10) Uponarriving at the target area the lead pathfinder flareaircraft will notify the uaster of ceremonies the base of

cloud formation using ~,OOOfeet as base altitude. Exampleof notification: "Base of clouds is Base Altitude plus4.000 feet". This will be 6,000 feet as actual base of theclouds. After receiving this transmission from the flare A /ethe mastor of ceremonies will from time to time relay cloudbase to llWinforce.(1) ~Ietbodof Attack: By individual aircraft vttacldng witilminimumnterval between eircrvft. A definite radar bomb-ing run will be madeover a radar aiming point before makinga visual correcti.nn.

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(2) Route:B a s eIwo Ji!llflJ~c l6N - 13645E3436)ON - 13633E (IP)Target: Right turnlwo JimaOn~ithdrawal deviate to left of prescribed course if neces-sary to ..void enemydefense~.Base3436)O N - 1363311:Vllll be used as e mean I.P. "irect coursesthrough MPI and OAP will det~rmine actual 1.P. Mean I.P.will be USCld as reful'ence point for turning onto axis of at-ta ck.

(3) It is inperative that A/C be over target at times designatedto insure lighting at proper time. Delay at landfall l'Iill beresorted to where nec~ssltr y. F ull coordination i s n ec es sa ryto make the mission a succoss.(4) Fuse Setting:

(a) 500 1b GP. 1/100 nose and non-delay tail.(b) M-17 Incendiary Bombs- instantanE!OUSnose 1 non-delaytaU.(0) M-17 Incendia.ry Clusters fused to open 3,000 feet abovethe target.(d) M-46 photo flash bombs - A / c loaded with Gp's fusedsetting wi~1 be. same as time of fall of 500 Ib Gpls.A /c loaded with ~l-l7 IB's will use fuse setting from

borabdng taLle for altitude that is being flown.(5) Calibrll't.ed airspeed on bomhing run - .250mph.( 6) Interva.lometer setting: Minimum( 7) Bombing Instructions: Crews will be cautioned to check posi-

tion CE refully before releasing bombs',(8) A mmdmumnumber up to 50 percent of the aircraft, will curry1 each ,,-/+6 photo flash bomband K-19B camera, Number of air-craft will be based on number of K-19B cameras that are llvtJ,il-able for use. The photo I'Lnah bombwill be dr-opped last withdrag plates removed.(9) For thiB mission pins and car-o-seal wire of incendiary cl us-

tel'S ~ly be removed from fuses prior to take off.In the event the cloud base is lower than '8,000 feet, allaircraft except !;he pr. thfinder flare find incendiary A/c willstand by for traNsmission of the cloud base altitude, fromthe mE.!sterof ceremonies. The cloU(l. base will be given asbase c.ltitude plus so :nany thousand feet. Th., base altitudeis designet~d us .2,000 feet. Tho altitude for attack for7Jrd and 314th v:'ings will be 1500 fGet below the cloud baseand 500 feet below cloud base for 313t.'1Wing.

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(13) Radar sets will be turnJd off for 45 minutes emmodiately nf-ter leaving the target so interfeNllce wil1 not be made ono th er a ir cra ft o n bombing run.(14) Allorting aircraft on route out will turn 900 from prescribedr ou te h et\ di ng and fly 5 minutes bef or e tu rn ing on r etu rn h ea d-ing.(15) T-Hour and D-Dey: 250110K

4. n . No ohfuag~.b. This is Tactical Mission Number 45.

5 . C om mu ni ca ti on s:a. (1) Radio silence will prevail enroute to target except in caseso f e xt rem e e me rg en cy .

(2) No contact reports will be sent enroute to torget. Contactreports will be sent on return route m 1 1 y when north of 28north.(3) Wings will designate one J)l~ne per squadron as the only pl.aneto transmit a strike report.(4) Strike reports references: (Reg. 100-20 S.O.I.)(5) All a.lrcraft will monitor ChlllU lel B in the target area forthe purpose of receiving instructions from th e TOr:'_sterofceremonies.(6) The following code will be used by th e master o f c er em on ie sfor authentd.cataom

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123Before giving instructions the master of oeremonies will givethe code word followed by one of the c or res po ndi ng n um ber sas above , F.xample: Master of ceremonies, OSCAR 8, Cloudp;"se, Base altitude plus 5,000 feet.

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