21st bomber command tactical mission report 178, ocr

8/6/2019 21st Bomber Command Tactical Mission Report 178, Ocr

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,-cISSION NO. _FLOWN 1"

COpy NO. 41

HEADQUARTERSXXI BOMBER COMMAND

APO 514

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Mission No. 111_8 a specialmission o.Dd will rece1nspecial distribUtiOD.


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ftM Tactic:!} N3rrotive 1: 'nnet A _ Operations , 8~ 1 _ Novigotion Track Ch3rt 9P3rt 11 _ Flight Engineering Chona 10Part I I I _ Radar 12Port IV _ GuDnery 12

Port V ... Air..5ea Rescue Chart ,...Part VI ... Fie)1tEJ' Escort lI1eslO1l. Reper\:. 15Annex B ... I;'eatber " 17p.::trt I _ ieather s ~ 18Part 11 ... Chart _ Forecast \ /ea ther YS.

Observed f"estber 20part III ... prognostic Map 21Part IV _ synoptic Map 22

Annex C communicotions............. 23Port I _ Rodar Counter Meosures 24port II ... Radio 4O........ 26

29)030J2.. .. . ... ...... .. .. .IntelliGence part I EnCtlllY Air Oppositionpart I I - Enemy l .nti,o.ireraft Port I I I DfUll,3ge l,sscssment Annex D

l.nnex E C o n s o l i d ~ t 6 d stat ist ic : : ! l S\lt!ll8I'Y " )4.J..nnex F _ XX! Bomber COtmland F1o:.1d Order . . . . . /l.nnc:L G _ Distribution


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1 0 _ 1 " 5StJB.T:E'1'1 Repcrt Cit OperatiCIDS, 19 _ , . 1916'l'fh CODIlDodina GeDel"Ol, ' h e u h e t b Air parce. WoIlb.1DrP- 15. D.c.

1 . lDwnCAT1(J! 01' IIISSIOH.o . n e l d order NUmber 71 . Headq1,lQrh.ra XXI 8Iaber CO nat

dotecl 18 M1y 1945. directed the 5 8th, 7)r'd. JIJth. WId. 3Utb lk!Ua'd...merit Wings to t:lkc p n r t in 1I. eoordin;:lted attack in m. SaIIber C Illasion Nwober 178 ne;:tiDS't targets 00 Honshu with I1SM... lIS e e c e n .b. Tarfiets specified:

(1) PrinJu'Y Visunl Targets:(a) Twenty-t'flo squadroos at 8-29'8 were :l.saiDled t oat tack the Tnehikawo Arm:! Air Arsenal (Tarset 90.17 - 2008).(b) Eight squadrons of S-29's were Qssisrae4 to t i t

t a c k the T3chiknwo. Aircraf t Company. T:'IcbUcaw=1 plnnt t r o . r t . ~ t 90.17 ...792).

(2 ) Second::lry V i s u a l 'l 't\n'!et: Jo.pDD Mus1c.!l.1 Instr\CeMCompony (TlI.ruct 90.21 1219) in the oity of ~ t s u .

(3) primc.ry Radar TarBet I Conter o f the ei ty o f ~ t 8 U 2 . STRATEG'{ AND HAlE OF QpERATIOJ''5:

0 . . Selec t ion of D-D/lY: On the basis of ..enther forecas t"predic t ing fovornble wf::othcr i n t he Tokyo a r ~ o . . r i m decision wasm:J,do to s t r i k e on 19 M:l.Y.

b. Importonce of 'IUrBets:(1) Th.e Ttlc:hik:1wo A r m y Ai.r ArsnQl i s t he p rin ci pa l

orroy a i r .:u'senal :a.n 1o.po.n proper. The :lrsen:l.l produces Ulgines nndoirfr.:unes and, i n addi t ion , has f o c i l i t l e s t o r 'lor1.c.l rcsOQJ"ch. cx_pa-iDOntctlon. r e p a i r . and noc1i1'ico.t1on. No sic.11ar t n c i l U i o e QS';ll.o.eo i n Tokyo. This t a r s e t adj o i n s tho lorge TQchiml1o. Airf ie ld (Tor -get l40i1.) and COTer9 an arMof more then 5.000,000 9qUl:'lre f .. ~ ~ oT 'ahieh n J ' P ' ~ t . l : r 60 p Weer.t i s b u i l t up. Th:a.s ecmpllny i s c re d .i te d v it h about 6 j)8J' cont orJ a ~ n o s e c(IIlbet o.ircrc.f't produotlon.


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(6.) BulIullatslI, a citJ ' with 8 popl1aUCID 06ft5,ooo. c O l l t ~ n s en..zal 1mpcrtaDt plODh pl"Clll__ Yltal . . . . =. II.AIDaDs theae aro plOl$. 1Iblch prollQCe propellers , Wi m e ,dOF8. dyes, tool8 , plyw004. yen... ... am llbotosnstt1c ellU1. . . . "'-CU7 18 lIlao the 8ih or an IIDpe1"iBl Gow'ur__ nil.,. _op, a. eIthe torusst repo,ir slops in . T a p n n ~ ~ aree, wb1cll baa II bi&tl pclJIlI1.e.tiClll density. i s il2tl=tllllDble nDd i.e cloae17 bu1lt -.p.

(1) 8l:r.bine; Plo,DSI(0.) Det.n!llIlll.tion c f Bccb Lo34;

1. Munitions: I t IRIS plAnned U e t a l l aLrcrafton t h i s mission would cerry JOD-pound genual-purpoae ~ b . . The a i r c r c f t dispntched {liPinst Tnrgets 2008, aren D (ncrth est u e a at tJaeTnchik:lOQ Army Air Arseml) , ond Tarbet 792 (Tachilmn .lircr::ltto Ccap.any, Tochikn1i3 Plont) , roere to cc.rry bc:mbs fuzed r i t b I O l ~ a e c c n c l 4 . nose. OM non-delay t o i l , 'Il'hile those dispatched ngoinst TlU"get 2008,::l.rQ C (southeo.st arro of the Tnchiknrn:: Arr:!Y Air A r s e w ) . 'lreJ'e t oc " r r y bcmbs fuzed 'Pith inst:J.ntc.neeus nose and nan.-del!lY t a i l

.,g. Reasons f o r Selection:2, . T n c b i k l , , ~ Army Air Ars enal ioreo 0 andthe Tachiknoo Aircraf t Company: The usc o f lo rt;cr s ize beebs ogt:.in:R

t h ~ s ~ areas was given 3erious consideration since i t gus ~ l i e v e 4 thatthey would be more effective against these tyPes of structures . whiGhnere of lOfib s p - ~ n , 8 t ~ e l - f r n m c construction, and subject to spreadingcol lapso. However, due to the l imited time bat'l7een mission p1:u.ni r.aond t ..ke-off , 0. cho.nge trCJ!l the SOO-pound 'tanb rocks would not be poss i b l e . I t WDS expcted thot tho selection of SOO-pound b ~ b s wouldt \ l loo maximum tonno.sc of high explosives to be released on the tc.rS6tond tM.t tho MUltiple number of h i t s obt:lined \7ould (l. . sure a u i -..uc.do.n:oge to bUilding contents. The .Ol_second delay nosc 1'\ae 'lO':J,S s a .lccted sinca i t ~ o u l d al lan the bomb to Curst 6 to 10 f c ~ t b o l ~ thelevel of thEr ro of. g in ns ; maximum. dQDQge to buildins: contents. Thenon-deloy t o i l fuze was s e l c t c ~ in ord&r t o give cround l c ~ l b ~ s t st o n e a r - ~ i s s banbs.

Tecbikn'flTl Amy A i r Arsenal Ja'M C:The SOO-pound genernl.purp03e btt!J.b lUIS cons1dcl'oo to be tho: most cr.tect ive 'l':'c!lpon tor e o p l ~ ogninst t h i s crM- ~ i n c e the builclincsl o c ~ t e d there ore o f tbe b:1ll&'l' type. or SSll l i n plan .aroo. TbeOSSUl'ldd nUl1'lb..r of ' h i t s by the usc o f these bor::bs 1l'ould 3ssure l:IO.Jti.rnWl! d ~ g e to the g r e a t e s t nUl:lb",r of inQividu..,l uni te . The inste.n.to.neous nose fu?;o wes selected i n order to obtt'in borob burst tot r o o ts t r u c t u r e lovel . I t vas exPlilCted t h : ' t s t r u c t ~ l e o l l ~ p 3 o o!' thob u i l d l n g 3 would rO!lult sine.. t h e IlCln structUJ'f ' l cIX:bclrll ct thio


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s. Ud ' , As. 7 ....lIunt Fuj i . am. located 3 ai les 'Cest d th telm ct Bu'G.I t oos eJl:pccted thet Mount FUji would also 8erY6 ::loS ::Ion cxee l l u t ~ e c kpoint on the tar ,Jct run.

J . The r.lEnn points of iJ:Jp:ct ':" erE seleeted i l lsuch n .ny tha t . with the probo.blc exis t ing surtnce 'Il'uxla trc:o .JJO 4egrees. the smoke frlXl thfO f i r s t ilIlpocts gould no t ob scu re tbc rcae1Aing l:1eo.n points 01' ixlpact to be bombEd. The points ebosen ":"ere ecmsidO;red to be the most prOl!liocnt points in tht. tClr"get QTeca.

(2) Nevisotion: All oi rc raf t ~ r to use t h t o l l ~ l Q groute:

R ~ ~ s o n s fe r Choice

(n ) Fue l r bser vo d ~ " ' 1 : ' l o lnd ie 'hd thot !'lOst a1rN'Onof the 58th, 7Jrd, and 313tb 'Nings 'il'ou::ld c."'"rry npprcuo:. tc1 68


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(4) . . ._ . _ "'..'_ u , . Air _ _. . . A1rcratt tr. . . ~ 0 D 8 1 _ e 6 to .. pocao t eC8 tb07 are loc3tel1 iD the .... 01 rn. . .u rCll!lllll 1D 111.. s I 'lie 1:6 ...'l'oQo c1t7 area. It._ tberetcre 4ec14" tbd t.bI s r t -7 I'IIlIIlI' ..set vould be the city of1IltDa!t.Ua.,locate4 CIa tbtI oou t . . . . . . . .routo.

(5) Ro.dnr Counter Measurcs; It woe plQI'lMd to 11M n ..observers to DfF enrly..wornins :lDd sun-laying row :lad to ccaluo1: 0.I!c:ner.:::l seorch in t he r eg ion of 38-,'3000 m08Dc)'Clea. Search roc.i.. . . . .pulse o.rolyz(.rs. ,m:l n/F antennns ncre to be mploye4 0D4 o b a e r f t t 1 ~t1ere to be mode throughout the ialonde en route to tbe t::rset aa ' -ell.:lS in the torc;et areo. It tr-l8 pl.:1ll.red to e:arry rope to be dispcDoMl1tar protection fran Clok.

(6) , , \ , i r-8Ul. Rescue: (See Annex AI Pan 1'. tar l incH. . . )(


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o. ' ! t ' :C . rill ...... s" , .u- -!I l l NQ p i n bCSetb '7 J l I l - , JlIlIIA7"" '10 JlIl8111& .,..313'b 610 l 8 1 8 1 ~ 111.".lilll! 181M 1""XXI B.C. 309" 1811115't 181" This figure etocs not include 5 S u p c r ~ ODd. Ji, _naat:1ca1 .......:I i rcrat t tar tbe t1Bll'ers.

b. Route cut : Airc:rnCt procco:lcd inlliridUtlollJ' to , . . a_add , .llreQ8, Novijption 'nos neca:lpliBbed without incident ua1J:l& Lar'S o.aIceles t ia l as oid8. Scvu-c winther condi t ims ~ e r e encoutltarell ef te rthe group tOX"llID.tions 'ilc.rc acca:lplisbc.d. ODd as a rt :sult . most of theformotions were spli t up.

C. OVer Tar.get:(1) Prim;ry Radar TarBet: The. r.oother i l l t!"E: '!'achiJI:ae

ore:l vas ca:lPlctcly utxlc.rcost necessitatL:g tbe ba:abing c t ~ t 3 U .the primory roctor t.:::lrget. T.:ttgct area Dovig::ltion and bcnbiog werooccanplished i:by radar. A tota l of 272 B-29's bcmbod 8aI:m:latsu trCZl1901.51Z to 19025& at al t i tudes frem 13.300 to 26.640 tee t , releas1.D.s1486 tons of 5 0 0 ~ p " u n d go:;nc.ro.l-purpose ba;Jbs.

(2) Tergo 's o f OuportunitYI Fourteen airer.:lft 'l:la::be4 10different t r . r 8 ~ t s of opportunity releasing 74.1 tons at 5 0 0 ~ p o u n d gcn_e r : J . l ~ p u r p o s c bams. (For br ..:J.Ia:lOlm of tnrgcts tl.nd other s ta t is t ics ,see Consoi id:J.tcd St:J.t istic.:ll Sl.mlJll.:ll"y.....nncx E.)

(3) Rt:;rnoindtor of FCll"Cc: Tl7cnty.thrcc ai rcrn t t vera non_e f f ~ c t 1 v c .

d . Route Bo.ck: Return route 1r.\.S noun os briefed and ~ nccCClplishcd u it hout i nc id en t. Tuonty nircr.:l.tt lMdcd at Ino J im .

c . Lan(hng: .l.ircr::.i't o th e 4 Winas lolldcd at bases undergood. gcoth&r condltions as folious:

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(a) 110ft 06 t:be t ~ 1 o u .... . u , .. . . . , . . . . .cOUD:ter1D8 i u t r. . . . ooaliUClDlI a .so 1Il1.. tI 'c. 1LIII J'eClDll, 8 8 a reault .mat at UIc bcdd .D&" KC . h b e l '" saa.......Jaircrat t .

(b) There verc ff l l l IlI!l1f'UDcUClII. e x ~ " . orthose r epr tod . tbe 58th "lag bod 9 8S fo1l.cJgs. 5 a1l'a 'aft I'lIJIICr'oIpncUl:llltic-4OCll' r:lC.ltUDCticma and 1l. ai rc ra f t reported. IIIIlU'UDOt:l_ tt lclcctricnl relensc.

(3) 'lim' Engineering: , s e c . . u & n e l : ~ . Part: I I . fer Clill:fta.and Consolidot&-d St: l t is t icnl S\IlIrm"Y. Lona Z, tar clctaU )

Cn) Nnrr.::Jti.,.e at tbe Mission as ncmu1. In i t io l Cruise and ..samblY: II08t a:1rcraft

proceeded to aB3elbly 700nes a t a ltit ud es f'I'(Ill 3000 to eooo teel . f tct it les requ ired fer the assemblies 'Q'er'e o.pJ:I"o:I:icatclJ' as poa4icte4.

l . Climb to Bombirg ; '1ti t \ l4o: Bocnuse atg.:;o.ther condit ions. forl'ltltioos nere broken up with acne c i r c r ~ t telimbing :18 high .:IS 25.000 feet in erder to get above the weatba(the briefed b o ~ b i n g altitudes were 18,000 to 20.000 t c ~ t ) .

1. Rr.:tW"n to Basel The rninimml fUel eena\Elp"t ion fran target to 008C nos obtained by Iltlint:1ining 0 constnrlt r::lto o fdcsct:lnt of 30 to 50 fee t per minute a t r::ciliiur.l r.:lnga oirsp...ods. (b ) Comments:due to the cxtr@nely bad ~ e o t h e rwas opproximatloly a s p re dic te d. Sinoa rQs$er.Jbl ie3 vcre nat otta:aptcda t bombing a l t l t udcs . fuel conauopUClb(4) ~ of the 272 ~ i r c r o f t t ~ ba:lbed by radar.

(See J.. nnex ),. Ptlrt I I I , for Det: '\ i la.) .....11nttacltlad the priJ:nry rod{\%' t:'\1"&:t ( H ~ t ! l u ) .

(5) G\.Ulmry; (Soo, /lnne:lt h i P-ll"t IV. fo r ;)01;0110.) The r .';I'OS nogliBiblt- enemy a i r opposit:ion on th i s rn!.ssion. :.11 W'L1l'uncUona~ e r c due to t ~ s t f i r ing .

(6) Air-5eo ReeQuc.: Ono *cra t ' t frlZl tile 31)tb ' ilingcroshed into tho 900 a sbor t di8olt:mce t'rOQ sb.o:re on tnko-oI't '. 70ursurvivors acr e r es cued by boats stationed o L ahara .(7) Fiahtt .r E 3 c o r ~ : Fi. ) l tcr escor1 (p .51 'a) wa.a t"ut. .

nished bY VII )i'igb.tc.r Ccmrnnd. 1::'ut no rendeZVOUS ';I'OS occlZlPlishedbecause or rooth6r conditilJNJ. One ~ i g h t c r , with a r-uah cng1..l)C. 1'011behind the f i ~ t e r forcE. 0 5 it .::e:::ll"cd t ho ovo rcos t oDd tMlS'"'.n to cliJ:Ib.This ~ i c h t " r joined 7 B_2C1'3 om. oeca:'Iponied thl!l:ll into tho tllr4'--t

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(2) B!!!!.21 c;ee ADDeI: C. Part: u. t l Iddla . ) f t. ._ere f . inatoncea or jnm1ns repc:D'ted Bad both 411M11p1iDe aal .....-1ty 1I'ere senora1l7 reported as socd.j . Intell igence S ~ r r l

(1) Eng Air Opposition: Blfilll7 a u oppoelUCli OD "b18miSSiOD v:lS nE:gl1gibh. Onl::r 8 eDE!Q7 a i rcraf t were 81p '" aa:l DOlle::Itt.::lckod. Lock or eDtD7 intercept ion v=l.S bcl1e?ed to be J:lt,1Jll7 as rcs\ l l t of 10/10 cloud cOVGr.

(2) Enemy J..ntiaircr:J.tt; (See &nnes 0 , p.nrt. n. tor ,..-t n i l s . ) Antiaircr.::lft opposition on th is missioo vas repcrted n il fe rmost ai rcraf t . The fC'l'J' insttlI1CeS of tmtiai rc :r :l tt reported vcre termed.cost ly rnetlgcr and illClccurate. There nere no B29'8 lost or cb:nged.::I.S::l. resul t of antiaircraf t .

(3) Dar.:DBe I.s9CSsr.lCnt: (See i .nna: D. part I n , tar 4,,-to i l s . ) Dosge to ~ t 9 u ci ty on this ::l1ssion totaled 6,200,000square fee t ( .22 squo re mile cr l..42 oares). miehn:prcscnts oppr'Qd-mat;;;: y 5 p.:.r ct.nt of t h entire ci ty .

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N:lrrot1ve: one hundred P.51s or the VII F1ghter Cea:r:u:ll! vcro a i r borne a t 081S t o escort a force of XXI BcDbe' Ca:IOD.nd ~ 2 9 s O.D 0. ba:lbirlB attock .:IBainst Tachiknwo I . ir Arscnnl. Honsbu.Rendezvous \.i tb navigator B.298 gOS QOdo m.tbout u1Cidcnt at 10.000fo(,.t over Kita 1'1'1'0 Jir.1Cl, and f ighters narCl on course t o ouccbl7 3Dll departure point a t 0345. Hnlt w y to thE: OP part at tha s t r i t e ferce ofbcrnbers t;10S c....countored. and f ighters flGJi' on tbcir r igbt 1000 t e e t o.boYc.ApproxinOtcly 100 n i l o s short of tho OF 0. solid o v e r c ~ s t condItIon waaencountU'cd. FiGhtcrs ottcr:'lpted to f l y ovr it and nround it. bu t couldfind no breaks. o.n.d a t 1120, aft . . r clinbine to 2.4.000 f e " t . th e t iGht..cot:rlOnders ordered r e t u r n to bo.se. PIanos 13ndod a t baae trcz::J. 1)40 t o1419. One f i g h t e r . \"lith 0. rCiU8h engine. f e l l behind t ho f iBhta r ferce asi t ne::lrod tho overccst ond beLPn to c l m b ; t h i s f ight a JoinoS 7 s t r i t eba:Jb ...r s and occQ':Ipaniod t h m i n t o the tarGot area. One bccbot' Jct t isccodi t s bcr.l.b9 o..nd led the t i g h t e r b::lok to rendozvous c i t h naYigIl.ter 8--29 cblc.bbrousht hio hOOlO. ..1.11 ti[#l.ters rc turnod .stlfely.5. a . f,'c::lthor: At t okoo ff overcast fl'31S 11000' . t r o n n clOl.1d l ~ at.8000'. SC:lttored loyers :I t 4000' and l.5oo'. V i s i b i l i t y . a s II D1lu 111.b:lze. Enroutc c louds broke to scattered lC'IJ olauds. tops to &000' t oJJoN. Vis! b i l i t y increased to DO:lTly J.O o l I o s . ,1 t J30Zt 1(111;" clOUl1I1 in crUlsod to 5/10 t o 8/10 (lnd as Honshu eOt1at Ji'!lS neared becane solid t o24.000 ' . Cloude h:l.d the opponrnnee or t h i n tOG Wl.tb occasion.... cleM'pockc.ts. V i s i b i l i t y : lbou t 200 y;:1r'ds. u U b no turbule.Ql::c. RoturA coad:it ions seoe as outgoing.

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,. _ to _ . . .- u.tollot_ _1. ApmlImtt:LCID DpeDl_. 23U da 001 8 t cr- ....__ ... , .. . .w1Ds taDb 100").

ao.eollDe coaa1Dll1.lIS.h It.... - 5J'o . . . . CoLy& 1)6 ~ 11ft 1a ....__ )46th 7 t . Sol .5413 lPla CoLYB 152 . . . . 11ft 1a _ . . _)47th It - 5180 ..la CoLY& 165 ~ lo t t 1a 172d I t 68TI . . . . CoLY& 60 lift 1a'_ . . _)78th It. S'I 5942 ..,. (AY& 117 lo r t 1a ......._)5318' It. S. - lPla CAY8 ,," lor t 1a _ . . _)TOTAL 36 ,e)1 &318

e. Rcmrks.Stre.:lks of 7CllOA'isb SUbs' t I lDeG. resmbl1rl ElllrItLr, .... a . . .on the surf'oce at the 80:1 beginning 5 ci lca ecst 01 8117C1DDBiM acella ...CX'tl;;nding opprO%iD:ltcly 10 cile s a t 80 deBE'e_. UU8 .::tIC otllUrwUca..mde at 0. point 20 roles e:lst r:4 Seith 1 8 1 ~ 1 I d Seorcb at the lIftIl"oo.dto 'liith ne(9)tive resul t s . It i s considaod tbBt \h1 . cODd1t iCD"caused by Bua:nrinc volcano llCtion. OnE t ighter pilot. r141n& lUI. , ... .sen13er on Q B-29 navitPtor plane , r epor ted tJu::t be o ~ c d c l ~ ~ . CDN ii J'ima.

lIccurctc lIoather data on tb is type of mssiOb 18 DBJlll.atlZ7. f t1aproblem appears to be part ia l ly solvod by tbe plllD to ba'f'C1 a _oAtbel'plane precede the fiGhter stro:J.t'l by one boW', end relll7 th", ~ e nat_of the r.uathcr 910118 tho route to the Group Lc::1dcrs. A.salr.1Da P'Clpal"USG of ::111 socurity nrosures, th is plon should brillG ab ...ut tb" 4. . . tred.resul t s .

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lWoSlS; V l0 lOR clOll ll . 111_ 2000. t ope ' to 8000 ft d t l a ! /U 1dMI_olO\d tra:I 12.000 to 13.000 ttl ecd te re l Il1P . ws..ara cluriD8 the oft&nlOCll.

To coost:

~ Em : S:tmc na at ball88.10/10 10lIl' Iud 1lI1c141e olcurl ill wan ft 'oal . f t _itlLtops to 28.000 tt aDcI 11&b\ raUl iDlron.a \0 . . . .l::l,Yt.rs clUl"ing tht: af'ternocm.4/10 1 (8 c loud . t e n 2000. t"", .sooo f t l aYd l . 81C1a1th innlns quickly to n ll bcblD! trOlll .

T.\RGEl'Sl 2-3110 101f cloud, bose 2000. tope 4000 n OQ aU oOlRhC'aHonshu and Jrusbu.

HOurI;

Opere.tional Forecastsase nt 4/10 lo g cloud, base 1800.T.3ke ott: top 5.8000 f t ; 4/10 bi(:bcloud a t 30,000 f ' t l 'elidely scat teredshO'l'l'crs.

3-4/10 l cloud, beae 1800 wUhBCll.ttered &bogers d Tinilul.

Route 6 Some as the baSES . To 2 1 ~ : J-4/lo 10lr cloud. baa.Out: 16 to 2CON: 3/10 lou cloud, 2000. top -6000 n.oose 1 0 , top 5000 f t ; 2/10 high 2 1 to 2 I 8..10/10 10'11' cl0u4.cloud a t 30,000 f t . / l200rq to 24CW: 8/10 10'11 cloud. rose oose 1000. top 7-9000. 10 0 m4-1000, top 8.1-5,000 f t ; 8 /10 middle cUe cloud, 'ana. 9000. top U.OOOcloud in layers b e t ~ e E : n 11.000 ond f t . scattered l i sh t ,shOl':'OI's. r i a 23,000 f t ; 6/10 high cloud a t i t i i l i ty 15 oilc8 1 ~ e r i n g to 127,000 f t ; vis ib i l i ty 12 miles l o ~ - mile in rain.erinB to 1 I!lile in r a in ; l icbt to 2 1 to 26'N1 3-5110 1 cloud.moderate ice above 15,000 f t . b::l.SC 2000. top 5000; 8/1001441e2 4 to 2 ~ N I 7/10 lcm cloud, b::l.se cloud. oose 9000 f t . top 11.000 n .2000. top 000; 8/10 niddle cloud 2 6 to J ~ H I 2 ..5/10 lev cloud.in lClyers bctneen 12,000 ond 16,000 bose 3000, t op 5000 It; 'Vis1bllit 7f 6/10 hic;h cloud ot 28.000 it. 15 miles in l iEPt hoas.2 to tarn et arOOl 3/10 lou 320W to tarp. . t arool 10/10 cloudaclou d. tnse 2000:f t , top 5000 ft. in layEr.!!!rW 2000 to 14.000 nbecOJ"'..ing .!!oJ.i.d 'l


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U ! , z fa ..llS,aoo = 41 mlS3 -- = .,.110,_ 2lIQAll .-15,000 l!W15 01 2I!3Il!810,000 11 08 lIW30 ..5 ,_ 22!iIJ5 20 303/1, 16 --- 122,000 22Q/J,5 '" 3JIV16 21 17SUrfaoe 21o,flO 30 247/08 '" 3lQ/OS l'VIDdlll llaf't; .. Oh!!!!4

BBllI(l to 21'" 2 l to " zaret211..00020,000 255/3&10,000

285150275/25

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" ' D h _ ~ _ " " _ __ ,b. To coDtiae r0431' . -rob. in 38-:JDOO _ repca. To coDtuee ..., radar IlT tIM _ 06 J'OPII

2. M e t b o d ~a . Kino obsor ...ers par'ttcipttod GD4 UM4 the tollon.acment to accCElplieh the;, senrchl IO-.\IR--,. 8-.lPM-l1. 1 ~ - 1 0 . 2- " "

and 3- ~ - 2 4 .b. Rop() w s dispensed at tbe rote of 3 buDllca . . . . ......

1rben considU'ed accessory.3. Results:

n. FInk was oenger ond i t MiS not possible to 4I'01r QD7 4ef'lUt.conclusions reEPrdina the Ltf'cct of r ope on ena27 r.3dora.

b. R ~ d ; : u ' sEarcb resulted in the tollorins intercepts,Characteristics Coordinates :rJe1 ..!! ~ . ! ! J l ! ! %ZIlI00068 0483 :J2 3307N 13947E 051945 1045 21 122 P N CIlI00066 0483 32 3227N 13946E 051945 1045 21 122 C Ell CHI00070 0475 44 333011 13630E 051945 1238 21 121 5 '" CHI00074 0481 24 2415N 141JOE 051945 0820 21 121 5 L1 CHI00075 1900 03 3445N 13724E 051945 1220 21 122 P CL 01'1.0300075 0920 08 350BN 13840E 051945 1201 21 122 P OL OT.'\0300075 0920 08 3443N 13846E 051945 1201 21 122 P OL err.o)00076 JSOO 30 3450N 138$E 051945 1148 21 121 5 II I CHI00077 1824 03 3352N 13935E 051945 1315 21 122 P CL 0'1';.0300078 2000 30 3435N 13840E 051945 1129 21 121 5 I l i CHI00078 1600 35 3440N IJ740E 051945 1220 21 121 S I l i CHI00076 1600 35 3405N 13750E 051945 1220 21 121 S I l i CHI00079 0480 36 3405N 13931E 051945 1317 21 122 P '" CHI00079 0450 35 3320N 1392,5E 051945 1045 21 121 5

'"CHI

00079 2000 25 3515N 13640E 051945 1200 21 121 5 n.- CHI00060 JSOO 20 3.300N 1]92OE 051945 1045 21 121 '" all00080 2000 30 3525N 13620E 051945 1207 21 121 S '" CHI00060 0490 36 3230N 13930 05194.5 15 21 121 '" aa00060 1386 05 34400 13750E 051910 1204 21 121 CL crr ..0300081 0483 44 3237M 13946E 051945 1040 21 122 P '" CHI00081 0485 26 2600tJ 14100! 051945 0900 21 121 '" CHIoooll6 2000 3D 344' 13610E 051945 u.55 21 121 S n: aa00066 0355 34 2905N 14010E 051945 1005 21 12 l "'- 0 0 1 0 1 ~00069 0784 12 3447N 1)925 05194.5 1130 21 122 P "'- 0 0 1 0 1 ~00069 0790 12 325CJl I1900E 0519!15 1250 21 121 S '" 0010lC20200091 0970 14 3440N 13825E 051945 1150 21 121 ... oo101000R0009) 025 20 3430ll l)84.5E 051945 1140 21 121 I I i 00101CR0200096 0700 12 3255N 1)9.5OE 051945 1216 21 121 Do oo10100(Qo "'75 16 ))ION 1)640E 051916 1242 21 121 S I l i 0010102C11tQ '

"""'..b ' McthocS ,. Reliabil ity

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,........"'Ie. ,......... Il!!a zaa C & & . .:== m:= ~ =:t=:.........00.00 03/16 26 33 ' ' ' ' ._ 0 S l ~ uqs tl ltl 8 _ I .0010' 15 2'73'" 1IIUOI 0 S l ~ .... tl ltl 8 " . . . . . . 00'01/ ""'5 12 263'" 1fllOOI OS''45 08J8 21 12. 8 " _00'01/ 0000 JO 33308 ._ O S ' ~ 11" 21 12. 8 OOIlX1_00.03 ""'5 11 3J4011 '''I,SE OS''''5 Ul2 2l 12), 8 ., OlXIlXI_00.03 .060 '0 J2II'" ._ 051'45 1018 21 121 8 5 OOIlX1....00103 .000 '0 311011 'm" OS''''5 '02) 21 121 001_00'04 ...,. 15 155CB ' ' ' 'OE 0Sl'45 'OS5 21 121 8 III 0lll01lI20I!00105 ""92 ., 33551i ."... O S ' ~ Ul8 21 W 8 0 0 1 0 _00105 0)10 25 J40SN lJ605E 051'45 'JOG 21 l22 P 0 0 l D _00108 osa6 19 2600N 14100E 051945 0851 21 121 S Di OOlOlO2CR001" 02)4 ., 265'" ",057E 05'945 08lI2 21 121 ' " 0010 . _00110 0494 12 275m 14l00E 051945 21 121 S .. OOlO1lll:CJ200112 0000 00 )41,5N 1390SE 051%5 1122 21 121 S00112 0355 48 3J4ON 13340>: 051545 1200 2 ' W S ' " 0010,0lI0lI00112 1000 40 lilON 13900E 051945 1143 21 121 5 ! I i 001010002DOll? (2)8 07 3 0 5 ~ 14015E 05194.5 0947 21 121 S n; oo10102Cl200117 0240 08 2946N 14017 C51945 1000 21 122 P 51 00101C120200"'7 "'80 20 344SN 13740E 051945 1217 2 ' 121 S ' " 00103000)00150 0500 12 J2500 13940B 051945 1125 21 121 S Ell 00103000300150 0500 08 3250N 13940E 051945 1125 21 121 5 Bi oolC3000300153 0500 00 272.5N 14050E 051945 0950 21 121 5 Eii 00103000300154 0700 03 270.\N ",055E 051945 0847 21 121 S !Ii 006 OOOJ00155 0535 05 2810N 14040E 051945 0927 21 121 5 Eli 00604000300155 0500 05 3350N 13910E 051945 1137 21 121 5 Do oC!6 oro)00155 0500 07 3350N 13910B 051945 1137 21 121 5 Di c06C4ooo300155 04,50 08 3310N 1392,% 051945 104.0 21 121 S a; 0010.3000)00155 0495 06 3015N 14.000E 051945 1015 21 121 S Di 0 0 4 C ~ O O O )00156 0495 05 3100N 14010E 051945 1012 21 121 S n.' 00604000300158 0451 10 2650N 14100E 051945 0855 21 121 5 DO 00103000.300158 0000 08 2740N 14045E 051945 0912 21 121 S00158 0500 05 3315N 13930E 051945 11]2 21 121 S no 00604000)00158 0500 04 3315N 13930E 0S1945 11)2 21 121 5 ~ 00604000)00159 0510 oS 3300N 1402ClE 051945 1022 21 122 P ,0 00102000'00160 0543 33 26S0N l .4l3$ 0S1945 0840 21 122 P n; 0(10)000)00164 0500 10 2650N 14055 051945 0844 21 121 .3 5 ' 00103000)00182 1320 01 3U5N 14015 051945 1000 21 121 S CL 0040200183 0250 10 2830N 14050E 051945 oe:;9 21 121 S 1l1o

.. lrC1"Il.tt. ilonblf\(l Prl. :nry Tnrgot ~ 2 7 2~ ( , r c o n t Ot 30ablIIG _It'croft _irborno 88.0%

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tiEClWHW FAlllJRE P ~ N N ' E L ERROR FLIGHT CONDITIONS EN'DlT AeTIC!( OTHERUtilT non. Bcmbed Banbed 'on- """*' Bombed Non- Bombed Bcmbed Non- Bombed Bcmbed H O n ~ t - L f l k a b e d .-..Effectin 5eeoDde.ry Other Erfectiy ~ " " " ' . , , Other Id-reeUTe econdllry Other EftecUv Secondary Other r t 'eett e o a d ~ 0....

1 2.. .. - 1 .. .. .. .. - ,. 3 - .. -.

2 .. - . .. - 1 - 73 4 - - .. ...013 , 1 2. - 2 - .. - 1 - .. - ....014 7 2 3 . - . . .. ..- - .. .. - ....021 19 .. 4 2 4 6 . 2 - .'. .. - .. -.

J i ~ ~ B E I

UISSION *93DATE 19 Yay l

~ ~ Q n ~ IRF.JJ{OOI'I'N OF AU. AIRCRAFT FAILING TO Bam PROORY 'tlRGET

1 aircraft all" e r o ~ Pl'n,onnel error, 1 aircraf t caintonnneo poroonnol orror .11. _ iT eTC.; PIU'SOMC 1 ( i lTOr .


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i ~ ~ ~ l - r rI::iS T:)" I.. " -OAT I \ ' G ./..... v .. T "_ . . .!._! I.,... .... ..;)...... .. ,.-.. ...C, F.:t ".".E _ . ''';.,,!- I GIOll1.Y C { , : ; A . ' : \ : : : ~ : : : : i :.::::.w:i. )?'. o ; ; s : : . ~ P':'. A..... O;'L:u tUDIIl-5 ' I ~ t . u l'R 6 0 0153 z 0217 z 13300 25250 - .. .. 39 I - I .1loG Ko'. 0 1 0250 z .. 13400 - 1 .. .. - .tbteu.saXa 0 1 0156 z - 1005C .. .. .. .. - 1siUmda 0 1 0111 Z .. 16,35(, .. .. .. .. - 1

T_ o 1 0154 z .. 24500 .. .. .. .. .. 113 1lbJ:n:m.tau l'R 83 0155 z 0257 z 13970 26000 .. .. .. - 52 I 1 I 30.G C O l l ~ t a l ...rea ot J8pm 0 1 01.48 z .. IBhOO .. .. - .. - - 1ToyoMahi 0 1 0218 Z .. 24000 .. .. - 0 113 IItlm:lr.e tc u 53 0212 z 0252 Z 22500 26400 .. 0 .. - 29 I I 1I4..0 Shil3?d8 .L..1rtiold TO 1 0230 Z .. 23000 0 0 0 1 5bhuokn TO 1 0205 Z 0 2JOOO - 1. ..&th1jo JLin TO 1 0212 Z 0 10200 - .. 0 13>4 I IilUtL.Dteu PR 16 0151 Z 02,58 " 15000 26640 33 I I U,iG ;';ibhuoko 0 .. ..TO 2 01.47 Z 0220 Z 17690 - Ta t o_ o .. 0l:.hir:lodo. ..1rtield TO 1 0155 z - 24000 .. . 0 .. 1TO 1 0157 z .. 17500 1To,,>, 0 .. 0 TO 1 0218 Z 28900 1 , - , . . 0 0IlSmmtau PR "7"- 0151 Z 0258 z 13300 2661,0 .. 1531 1 I UI. WIlMS.. 2 Oirtroft boot,ng ~ 1 t h )1 31 lntlud08 3 G1rcnatt be 11'16 /1 th 73

L I boQll1na: tll.1;h ,1\0\'1, to r ro t! I J...

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""" LOADED ON Am- RELfASEn OH T,\.RGETS'NPl. " BOR.I/E AIRCRAFT JETTISONED kr."rUicNED """''''''N" smIlIeIIflCW' (I Bu.B .110M Teil No. T o Ilo. on . "0 'I'one 0 .: o. ..: 'rone "0 I To.. I Wn . 1 _ -

sa.o 1 . l I . _ , so-. GP 1.01 .03 1311 327.8 1161 290.2 77 " .3 72 Il l 1 .3 - .3 " lJl-)1)4 5 0 0 , ~ GP .01 I: . D 2139 5 3 4 ~ 8 1944 486,0 48 12.0 146 36 ,5 1 .3 - -1,3 .0 ..N'-l.f)4 500n GP Inst. N ~ D . 1466 366.5 1198 299.5 67 16.8 200 50,0 1 ,2 - -

. . N _ ~ 1 " 2 100" SrDke 8 Sec. lIo"" lG 5 6 .3 - 4 .2 - - -14 '" .JMt)4 500.' OP I ~ t . N.D. 1425 356-3 1180 295,0 82 20..5 162 "".5 1 3 - -_11_,.il4u1 500 ,i GP Inat. li.D. 484 121.0 461 115.3 22 5.5 1 ,2 - - .

21 & . . . r l . ~ - 5 0 0 : ~ OP It.U...1I64-o1 500/: OP 6825 1706.4 5944 1486.0 296 74.1 501 145.2 1.' - -. .11"-1. .2 l00J bi t e 10 .5 6 .3 - . 4 ,2 . . -I. 29 OOdlll rele .... re on rget t. \h crop II to orr; ng t,lJ'ftllJ: 43 bo..ila re Ie ",d. to on IIr(;Cl I tb ccup 01.0 art: ng l i irol)1. bo. rele-.. to 00 to' '" ""'J> ... "'" .:irea

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I5 0 gN i? ::II 0 g 0 0,g 0 8I , lQ'" '"I f i lq .@ l:; '[} 0::1. :; l 0..,....'" I i~ , ,I , , ,.-I ! I ~a ; , , , ,

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58 ,j I .,., 49,:14:12 i'3 '26 1);25,2881 4:729 2646,

.VG. FLYI IX; TIm:

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UNIT

...lRCR.oFl' C01SID.RD

,we. DIST,.l:E FLO,:N(flauticnl Air Niles) , IF"UEL CO};Slm:n: , I . ;I I, 6158 , 6lB9 Il,verugc 5910 W? 6ll>2IUDxlnuo , 6532 I 64J.U 6665 I ~ 2 66t.2, i 5457 I ,!.:inillllO I 5672 5573 , 6090 5"'" ,, IF'lfd. iCiL.INHC; , i I II

j . v " , r ~ g " ! 793 I 82? 815 826 I 81? ILlt.Xicl\.D 11525 13LJ 1431 142? lJ.24Uini.mtD 3?5 31.0 425 395 386nYC. 0:.15. USED PUt HuUR 435.0 J.4O.0 ~ 6 0 . 7 434.6 m ,2;.ve. GJ.LS. U ~ J . ! l I-Ell. ;.lILE 2.21 2.1) 2.33 ".2L 2,22TOT!.!. USED ON "IRBORlC. Ale 420037 I 543552 36806< 556191 1888444,

iiElGHT DTANUMBER AIRCRAFT AIlUlOHNE -1. 6? i 90 I 64 88 )09 . .J

; 74861 751)9 IJWG. UJIS!C lIT. OF t.IRCRi.Fr 175035 174983 75580 I.Vl;.. USEFUL LO.\D 160029 160130 62139 62512 6l203hVC. tv. OF OOJBS LOl.DED 1 ' 9 . 6 ~ ' 6 I , ; " 1 2 3 ' 8 4 1 6 4 I"""d Locd .a.7-it64 ICamp B) I(TNr.(jOlP I (TNI -(;OlIlp! B) B) ,JWG. 'IT. OF BO:JBS LOhDED !1O'762 112902 12"') 11684 l2029 ,IIve. FULL LOADED 16960 1 6738 6995 7i.j7 6982 ,we. ',;'T. OF YUU LO.lDED j41760 '4o.tZS 419'" 43425 4lB92 I, , I"VG. UISC. HEIGHT 17S07 ' 6800 I 1566 7403 7


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(3) Prt.u7 - . . ~ . _ at C l al '- .(4) - . . .

(0) I'RDIlRr VISUAL (Ill --ar 9JBI&--I......... -1>' z.... 1 oMlor z r..1'l:Iao7 Yt .& !w.u - l38tt4JOB (- . . . . ; . . ' _ ) T o ,__ (JPt35OS11 - l38tt4JOB (IP) - - ra,...1Vget . . J_ot t Turn _3S2lJI - 1,3836Zoo JI.. .110..

!5) Altitude ot Attedu 18,000 teet baa, -x1_ 20.000 tNt.(6)

4. a. No d1 ange.b. Tactical Uission No. 178.

5. Communications:8. XXI BomCc:m SOl and SOP fa ' Stri.loe Reports, Contact Repozts,and IFF procedure. Strike Repcrt No.1 will be _ed.

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