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STKrISTIOAL SU~~~Y OF ACTIVITY Date: 14 Aug 45
WEEK ENDING 13 AUGUST 1945
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TACTICAL ACTIVITY
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STKrUS OF AIRCRAFT
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V - SPECIAL REPORrS

r - J,lOVEl-lENT OF USASTAF CO~lBAT UNITS

iOl Ftr Wing Directed Admin to issuo 4 Emergency To move Hq Sq less Det.
ordera assigning Wing Rescue Sq of' 6 OA-lO to 1"'0. ErD
and units to 8th Air 25 Aug.
Force. Opnl control
still vested in FEAF. 5 Emergency Action being taken to es-
Rescue Sq tablish readiness date of
:q 50 Ftr Gp Ready 1 Oct. 15 Aug for 8 8-17 aircraft
end Cre\·IB.. Readiness date
lq 358 Ftr Gp Reedy 1 Oct. of' 15 Sep f'or 12 AO-I0
aircrafi and crews. Dates
+4 Troop Carrier ETA Oa.~u 4 Aug. Depart- are not firm.
Sq ed \10 29 July. Date of
arrival haa not been 7 Dnergency Flight E ready we 15 Aug.
received. Reacue Sq ETA Okinawa 23 Oct - 1 Nov.

+5 Troop Carrier Ready West Coast in ..fu.l. 90 Photo It is now detennined that
Sq Not yet called to port Recon Wg this unit will not be as-
as of 2 August. signed to USASTAF.

311 Troop Carrier E'TA Okinawa 30 Aug. Gni 4I Photo Locati.on Guam. To move de-
Sq eoh departed Oahu 22 Recon Sq tachment of 11 Aircraft,
July. 15 officers, 60 EM to VIr
Fighter Co~and, Iwo Jima.
316 Troop Carrier ETA Okinawa ,0 Aug. Gnd Readiness date Guam 20 Aug.
Sq eoh departed Oahu 22..1:1.

1 Photo Recon Sq Gnd echelon of Flight

C departed Guam 22 Jul
via Saipan for Okinawa.
ErD Saipan'l P.ug. FIt
A & 8 ErD I<\J 5 Aug. ETA
Okinawa 3-12 Sept.

T\~IETH AIR FORCE

,;()2 BOlIlb Gp For 315 Wing. Gnd ech 509 Composite Gnd and complete air ech-
;~1 Btab Op in place. 88 out of 90 Group elons in place, Tinian.
UE and reserve aircra.:rt:.
have arrived. Hemainder
enrout.e ..
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EIGHTH AIR FORCE

NarE I Beginning evacU'ation of 8-29 aircraft to North Field, Tinian, 11 AU~6t.

Totc.l of ~O o.ircr~ to be OVCCUE'.tcd.

Hq ;516 Bomb Wg f~riv8d Ouhu 24 Jul. 98 Bomb Gp For 47 l;lg. Gnd echelon
Hq Sq leo~ nir cc~clon ro~dy US 25 Aug. Flight
departed Oahu ;;0 July. echelon ready 15 Sept.
ETA Okinc.:ra. ll~·-2; Au&o
376 Bomb Gp F~r7 WSe Gne echelon
353 Bomb Gp F~r ,16 Wg. Arri7sd ro y US 1 Sopt. Flight
Oehu 4 Jul. E:l' A Okin- oh clan reedy 15 Oct.
awa 4 Aug-22 Sl.'lp. Dis-
patching 5 to lC oir- 450 Bomb Gp For 47 ~g. Gnd echelon
craft aircr~ deily roedy US 1 Sept. Flight
until cOI:lpletc UE and cctclon rc~dy 15 Oct.
reeerve (45 :.;C)
rca.chcd. Hq 96 Bomb Wg Lli gr.d ectelc~6 reedy US
467 300b Gp 1 Dec. Flight echolons
346 Bomb Gp For 316 Wg. Depcrtei 4-'18 Bo:nb Gp roody 15 Jan.
Scc.ttlc 10 Jul. ETf. 458 Bomb Gp
Okinc.we. 25 Jul-22 801)..... 466 Bomb Gp
Pl"" to dispctO;l 5 to
10 o.ircrn.ft da.ily com- Hq l~ Bomb ~g All gnd echelons roady
mencing 1 Au h • 492 Bo~b Gp US 1 J~. Flight eaharons
454 Do:nb Gp
382 Bomb Gp For 316 ''IE. E:l'D Senttlo 456 Bomb Gp
8 Aug. Er J.. Okinawa. 301 3e~_b Gp
3-1~ Sept.
H-q-47- 1lbi:11D Wg Ghd nnd flt cch rcndy-
383 Bomb Gp For ;16 ~g. Ern Soo.ttla US 1 Scpo
18 Aug. EI' A Okinnwo.
1'-22 Sort. 489 Boob Gp Per 47 ~'!g. Gtl~ ueh rea.dy
us 1 AuC. Flicht echelon
Hq 20 Bomb Wg Gnd echelon roady US rot'.dy 15 Sept.
1 ITov. Flight (lehclon

485 Bomb Gp For 20 Bomb Wg. Gnd

echelon roc~y US 1 Oct
Flight echelon ready
15 Nov.
For 20 \'!g. Gnd cchclor:.
rendy US 1 Nov. Flight
echelon roady 15 Dec.

44 Bomb Gp For 20 Wg. Gnd cchelon

reedy US 1 NOVe Flight
echelon 15 Dec e
149 Bomb Op For 20 Wg. Gnd cctclan NOTE: Top Secrot tintc. pertoining to
reody US 1 Oct. FliG _ mOVOI!lont of unita not included
ochelon ready 15 Nov. in thio ruport·
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ACTIVITY
The decreo.oo in effective .Jol-tieo f'lown this .'/'eek by B-29 and P-51 ~ircr~ can
be attributed to ~ slackening of operations durine tho current ~eacG neg?t1ntions.
The p-47's, at present under the control cf FEAF, increased thelr ~ffec~lve.combat
sortieo flown over the Empire. A comparison of this and ·lust weck a efr ectlve
combat Bortiea follows:

B-2~iJ. P-47a P-51s

This Week 702 555 4;;0

Last Week 1/'57 50-~5 455
Plonncd va Actual Opcro.tir..g P.El.:te s

NOTE: All r~tGO nrc calculated on n monthly b~aia. The fighter Dortie rates are
baaed upon the existing UE of 75 aircro.f't and 144 ~omba.t crewe per group
loas 12 aircraft ~~d combat crews held for Co~bo.t Air Patrol.

ype & Model Sortieo Per Auth Crm.. Sorties Per UE Ale ~/C Loco Abort Re.tc
A/C Planned Actuo.l I.Act,ual Plannod Actual Actual Rate Per Per Sortio
Thio This :" ':Chis Thia This Thio Sortic This
~.fonth vlcek Month Month V/ook Month Thi.s Month Month

B-29 4.0 .6 1.9 10.0 .8 2.4 .5% 5·1~%

p-47N 6.9 2., 5.2 15.1 I~. 9 6.7 .7% 8.lJ%

P-51D 8.' ,9 1.8 16.0 1.7 5.8 .' 2.4% 11·5%
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Dct~i18 on Tnrgeto Attackod

i3-29a flew only 6 missions ng('.in~+, urban areas CJld induetrial targets, none of
which wore flown after 10 August. 672 effective sorties dropped 4161 tone of in-
cendiary end high explosive bombs. A detailed list of the targets attacked
follows:

Target Date A/C Attacking Tonnage Dropped

Toyoke.~la Naval Arsenal 7 August 156 820
Nakc.j ima A/C Company 8 August 51 245
Yawata Urban Area 8 August 226 1297
1l'ukuyawa Urban Area 9 August 91 557
Nippon 011 Refinery 10 August 95 902
Nakajima A/C Company 10 August 75 ,40
? 8-29's were lost - 1 by fl~ 3 ditched and 1 loat in accident. 100 8-29's were
asmaged - 25 received major damage and 75 only minor damage. Mining of Japaneso
waters was carried out with no loss or damage to the B-29's. 50 Effective sorties
laid 201 tons of mines.

P-471~ concentrated the greatest part o~ their effort on dive bombing enemy mili-
tary ~n:rt.a1lationa, citiea and hnt.h lro1d snd water tr9Jloporto.tion. 610 Tono of'
nnpn~ and high explosive bomba were dropped by 655 aircraft over the tnrgeta. 6
Aircraft were lost - 2 by flak, 2 to engine failure, 1 crashed on takeoff and .1
to causes unknown. A 1iat of the j:, (3. ' wa:
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Miyakonojo City 6 AUGust 97 94-

Kaga.ot.im~Oi ty 6 AU:CU.. t /18 43"
~ritro Plnnt c.t Mino......o.ta. 7 t.uguot 4i" 47
AO River Rnilro~d Bridge 7 i.uQJot 1:; 8
Kumamoto City 10 .\UQlot 161 157-
kbeoka. l" ShioDi Roilrec.d Bridge 11 ;..ub"Uat 41 41
~eny Shipping !fum:a IolD..'ld 11 A:.lg,:-t 40 10
{ighw~ Bridge - f.fiyazakl 11 August 47 47
liyn."'i City 12 ;.uguot 159 158-
- 165 GnUor. tc:rJ,s louecd ·.lith r.npnrn.

I~i, ~~lauyru2~ ~~d Kochi :~rficld~ ~crc rocketed end otr~:d by 1;5 ~ircJart on
7 end 9 !~uguc~. ~ p-47U'::I \lcro cl.cctrc:-;:.l 1 by flc..'..,:, 1 or'sine f.::..i.lurc r.nd 1 no
"01.1130 reported. Nona of our o.ircra.ft wore dOl:'lngcd. On 8 .•uguot, 50 p-47' D eo-
~orted a force of B-29'o to tho Ya.wo.ta Urban Arena. 15 Photo oscort sortieo wero
rlO\-:TI.

!"lIO Jir;.c. bcoed P-47e of tho' 414th Figr:.t.:r Group :'1c"l one VLR eiDolon to Hon<:>hu
~irfic1do on 8 ~ubUot. ,8 Effective corticD nttcckod end 2 of our nircraft were
loot - 1 to flek a.nd 1 to ronoone unknown. 6, e ffactive comb:"..t oir pa.trol BortioD
,1crc fl0·,m :/ith no ?:1cr:y contC'.~t.

'-51 a,ati -..ity dccrc::':lCd this w""ek. 102 Effective o.ircrnf't oocorted B-29'o to tho
~piro und 2,4 o.ircraft ntt~ck;d Honohu airfiold on fightor sweopo. Ta.r.£ota at-
"o.c!:cd ::er:. <:.0 follc·,:::J:
AAF A/C AAF Enomy A/C
TD.J'got ~ Atta.ckinr Loooes Dostroyed

{UI:!nCc.yo., Ka.:JUI:It go.\lo. c.nd Tc1::-/o

Aroenc.l 6 AUj:,u,:Jt 97 6 2
Sc.G~':i Airfield ,
7 .\Ui:,U.:::t 97 1 0
to.nshin and Tomboichi Airfioldo 8 AuL,1J.st 4c 4 0
.'cl:yc Arec.. 10 Auguot 102 0 6

11 P-51'0 :tero loot, 7 tc flc.k, 1 to ongic.c fc.llul"O ::'.Ill.! , to rCil.3.:;n& un~Q:m.

16 ~ircr~ yero d~c..god, 9 to flQk, 6 CLU~od by jottiooncd fuel tanko end 1 to
cauoaD unknown. I~ eddition to tho obov~ 94 effectivo co~bnt nir po.tr01 sorties
wore flo~n with no oncoy conto.ct.

CO!1plcto tabla of' tactica.l activity follows:'

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AAF Pero Ena:;y

Typo
A/O AAF L08600 Loaoo~
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LosoOO
Prob Dao
Targot Sortioo BOLlO
Err Abor Tonno.r;o DeBt Mia Dan K t·! \'1 DG

)-29 (r.fo.ri :ma.o B c.scd) 0 1

25 2 21 4 0
Empire Urbnn Arcuo }17 26 1854 } 0 0 0
0 750 12 5 0
Inc.ul:ltri~ T~gctB ~55 40 2;07 2 0 0
0 o0 0 0 0
Mining }O 2 201 0 0 0
Total 702 68 1~362 5 o 100 2 }) 9 0

'-4711 (10 Shion Bused) 0

~ 1 1 1 0 0
Diva DOl:lbi~g 665 44 610 6 0
o1 0 0 0 0 0
li'ightcr S,-IOCpS 1}} 12 0 ~ 0
1 0 0 0 5 2 0
YO:dc..tC. 8-29 Eacort 50 7 0 0 0
o0 0 0 0 0 0
Photo Eacort 15 1 0 0 0
0 4 2 1 1 5 2 0
Total 85~ 64 610 9

. p-4711 (Iuo Jioc Booed)

T oku.-.lnt:3 c. .!> T o.ku i'lhiJ:!t.
Honohy Airf'lcldo )8 ) 0 2 0 00 0 0 0 0 0
OAP (Iwo JiJ:lo.) 6) 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0
5
Totcl 101 8 0 2 0 o0 0 0 0 ,0 0

P-51 (hlo Ji::lc)

VLP. Escort to Hcno~u 102 11 0 0 0 20 0 0 6 1 11
~~ Swoop Hcnohu
Airficldo 234 19 0 11 0 14 1 5 0 0 0 0
CAP 1\':0 Jino. 94 2 0 0 0 o0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4}O )2 0 11 0 16 1 5 0 6 1 11

II! - A!RCP.:.FI' f.!1) GREW L0551$

:'oooc~ thic ~:cck ir.crOClocd. 5 ::l-2?1 z ",;or: lost - 1 to flc'!>:, 3 '.... cro r;l.itchod and 1
.1O.C lO::Jt on c.. takeoff' nccldont. 11 p-!H' 0 ~':orc lost, 2 of then ,-:orc lOut by tho
'~14th Fighter Group c..t IWOi 4 to flak, ; to engine failuro end 4 to Co.UOOD unknown.
11 r-~l' <:l ",tere lc:Jt - 7 to fl~. 1 to engine fc.ilure end ~ to unlmO\'In reo-sons. .

Tabulation of losses followo:

B-29 p-47 P-51

Alo C/O Vo 0/0 . /C 0/0
This Wook 5 } 11 ) 11 6
This Month 7 4 11 ) 17 11
Enony Loo BOB &
Thin Wock o 5 6
Th13 l-Ionth o 5 10
Ratie or Gnc'tly' o.ircraft lO:Jt in cot:lbo.t tc AN!' aircrc.:rt. l"at in cnM.bn.t o.nd o.cc1l.1ent8
!biB Month .6

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. p-4 7U 0 :Jhow
A:lrCrc..f't. cn.;,t of ComilJ::llon fer parts hc.o rccc.i1':cd c.t Co 10,' lovel but l<"'Ur oo' for
n 3hcrp ~ncrcC.oc this week. For purpQOCo of coopcrioon, percentago f tho nuobor
tho pnst four wacko 10 indicated below. All porcontc.goo arc booed on
of nircr~ C~ hc:.t.
p_~l.!!.
Week Endinj", 8-290 p-47a
13 Auguot, ~,,~ .5%
.1% 3·2%
6 Au.;uot .:$ .e% ~910
30 JUly .2% .4%
15 JUly 3.9,1 2.7%
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I.vcrCl.fio Effective Strength For Ta.cticc.l Unit:J

'rypa Madol 0/0 0/0 Effective

&> .I/O A/O Strangth'
.vO Unit:! 0:, Ht\1ld RccA.l On Hond Rendy

8-29 XX Air Fo:,co 932 61>2- 1225 8)8 626

P-47N 318th, 413th & 507th Gpo 25 1 175 5 16 456 175

P-51D 15th, 21 at ~ 506th op::. 205 123 398 392 12;

P-47N 414th Gp (rwa Jion) 58 18 152 147 18

v- SP~~I:L REPC~S

T~cr.ticth A:~ Force Cc~~~t Crc~ ~oport~

Refloating the Grouir.g c.c.turity of tho Air Force in JUly, 160; crew 'JeoneTs or
approxioo.toly 145 crowe cocplctcd their tour of 35 niosiona, an incroaG'GI' of 150%
over the ~revicuo ncr.th.

Far the firot tina the 313th nnd 314th Wing. joine~ tho 58th nnd 75rd Wing. in con-
tribu~ing to the rlml of erC',f ocr:bcro rcti;n:.cd fie%: cC:lor:t ..

It is eotinc.tcd. thc.t Augu.:::t rctircr.:cntJ ~Jill c,.:;dn CXcCC(~ thcar. of tho procoeding
-.cnth. the-UGh the inercc.oo ::i11 by no :J.eCl1fJ be :'G l.:.rc:o 0.0 that Datilcon June and
July. There io acne indication that-the 58th nnd 73rd Wingo retircnents have bO@tn
to stabilize. ~ith a oteady rcplnccocnt flow aaourou· end inprovod acho1uling
thoro io reason to bolieve that; in the futuro total nir for co rotirooonta will
rO!Jain o.t f". fCl.irly CO!lotc.r..t rc.tc.

Though oortica flmm in J\tly \'loro 116% of' June aertieo, tho nunbcr of conbnt crew
~c~bera repertee killod end niooin~ was 136 only 42% of oonparnblc June roaaca~
The nuobor of crew nanboro lost was tha lowost since Ule bogining of operations
lr.at Novo'".J.ber.,
SOUROE,
Twont1nth Air Forco
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C'Oobo.t Orot, Per-Donnel Arrl'V"!h[;'o.t 'JSASTAF Root. f'.nd Rccoo.ticn Cc.t~tor

C')p.bct Expori:mcc I: Nur..l:cr

Tot!:.l Arrivals for Month

Avcro.t;c lh.:o.bor of l·fontho in CcntroJ. Pc.cific ArOc.
Avero.go Nunbor of Conbnt HOUTS Flown
Avcro.~-o Nuobor··of CO:lbat I·lioo1ono Flo'lm

Intoncod Diopcoition of Poroon.~cl:: !:tu:lbcr Fercont

Conbnt Roo.o6ignnont·~ 59
Cc!::but' ne ct " 41
Crow by Type of Aircr~~ Flownt r~U!:lbor Percont

B-29 15 20 75~1
r-47 }7 1.8
9} 4~6'
P-51
P-61 2} l~l

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