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~IIITElllGENCE REPORT
4 May 1945
m BOlICOl! OPERATIONS
One Strike Gets Two Factories :3
30 More Airfield Missions 5
B-29s Assist in Okinawa Fight 5
XXI BOHCOM THGBTS
Tokyo Arsenal Area 7
Numbered Targets in Tokyo Arsenal Area 8
Photo Coverage. 15-28 April 1945 10
J APAm. DEFENSE
The JAF and the 21ST BO.!CO!I
- 11

FLAK INTELLIGENCE
Japanese 10 Centimeter Gun Captured 15
Increase in Barrage Balloons Reported 16
Another Instance of Flak Damage by Fire
from a Surface Vessel 16
SPECIAL REPORTS
Oxygen _ Critical Flight Levels 17
Higher Mathe~atics 20
Air News from Honshu 20
 m plo~~(; A.·~ter 11 r.:r~:7-~': l'·~il"""-: .),.t.
E STRIKE GETS
o FACTORIES
nl departure fro!!! the at-
The a
lr.s on
Yal'rfields since the last
. ':fa .:"ircr~ft ";omp=;ny ar.d one dropned
id on To~'o ~as a three-wlng
~/aagainst the '[i tachi Aircraft
.~ Tar"et 2009, on 24 April.
P~ng' the °second bird l1i~h the
:>e bombs, the B-29s a15 a hl t the
by Tachikawa Aircraft Company,
get 792.
one hundred thirty one aircraft
e airborne at 0300 hours for the
sion, 122 of which were effec-
ve sorties. Clains against the
my aircraft were 17 destroyed,
probably destroyed and 25 dam-
d. "ive 1l-29s were lost (see
ecial ,eports Section for Jap ac-
t of B-29s shot down).
73RD '!lING
Thirty four aircraft dropped 626
5-pound GPs on the Hitachi
t,eight dropped 134 X 535-pound
on Shizuoka and one dropped 12
5-pound liPS on "hl,;:l>ou Visually
10,500 to 11,500 feet through
a cloud and haze.
Good to excellent results were
orted, With two concentrations
bursts centered on the primary.
lie obscured most of the target
the strike photos, but severe
ge was reported in the large
engine assembly building and
direct hits 'llere s:"n <:>n b',ild-
~n the s outhvles t par tion of
Pant. dther hits were made
the edge of a small uniden-
ed factory near the' Shizuoka
aft Engine Plant.
line en
dest emy fighters were claimed
~ ro~ed, nine probably de-
hit ~v~~:..n..~a~ged. One B-29
313T't "1""J
I ••
""enty nine air~raft
"ine ~ofJped 541 X 535-poul'ld IJPs on
t~e ~lt~Chi plant. ~ight drooped
fro., this
L06 X 5v5-pound ","s on the Tac:liY.a_
17 X 535-pound ~r5 on !~e~shiden
Visually fro~ 13,OOC fe,t to 15,oeO
f ~t throu£o 6/1" cloue and hllze.
Visible bursts i~ the strike
.jhotos of t1e flrinsry t~Bet indi-
cate the main pattern as covering
tnoq north~as t and s,)'1t':u1est por-
t:. .,.3 of the target erea. Snoke
prohibits the plotting of o-hs in
the target. There are nu::erOU5
hi ts in the large !!:a:'n engine asse~­
bly, building in the s outh',1es t cor-
n:r of the phnt. There are 15 hits
on ~jor buildings of the TachiY~~a
Aircr~ft Company, two hits on han-
gars and several adqitional bursts
in the service ap~on area.
Three eneny aircraft ~ere ce-
stroved four prob~bly destroyed
and hv~ da "aged. One '3-89 of this
vling was hit by flak over the,tar-
get and crashed. One crashee sed
burned at lwo.
314 Tn ':TING
Thirt eight aircraft dropped
729 X 53~ pound GPs on the prim:ry
- dr ned 44 X 'i~5-
t!lrget. Three oP., wa Airerart
pound G?S on the Tac~i~~ X 535-poti,d
P13nt and one dropper eld' visually
GPS on Ya tSU"'t'a l~i~~ feet t.'lrough
from 12.000 0 , There \fere
6/10 cloud a~d haze.' b17
"h large :nain ass em
hits on "fa th "itachi plant and a
building 0 ,e" bursts in the
concentration of f the plant.
northwest section 0 •
ir raft were de-
?lve en<l1l\Y a jy destro/ed ana
strayed. 10 proba~-29 was lost to
13 damaged. One e t and four pII1'a-
flak over the tsrg 0 en. one air-
~ ~~"Q sae'n....MJlO!-!!E::.:.~ __ ~ _

OMORE
AIRFIELD MISSIONS
t lS11ue of this publ1-
tM ~red thI'OUgh Bomber Com-
elt1C11l C~e J!U5!on No. 81. In the
..,eIstr that was 1fI'lttenthe
,..k !if;eestrike attacks ma(1e has
_btl' ~o 113. All of these 11115-
Jtllped except No. 96 on 24 April,
:;;~~a1nst airfieldS on Kytlshu.
21 ~~l1sSiOnS 62 through 90:
rarii~ were-ol G , ~noya, RanoyeE,
en r.okUbU. l'llshira, Tach1ara1 and
l~ AuC1eld'. The three wings
n;:pu ed 195 aircraft which dropped
811 tollS or GP and 157 tons of l'rag
b(IIN thl'cugh CAW to hazy weather,
t'rlll12,OOO to 19,000 feet. Thirty
l\1oe tollS were dropped on other
tll'lets. One hundred seventy enemy
Iire"art were Sighted and 100 ot
tbt:l i:lde unaggressive attack3.
nat ns hellVY, meager, inaccurate
co murata, continuously pointed
IIlIl barraga types. One ene1llY air
:rt las destroyed, three probably
JtI':i'os~.arli 17 daoaged. No B-29s
----r"'i"-;-,..,.~;;o;;
~eMrally meager end inaccurate.
Thh we! the Ul'st or the air_
field miSSions to be Covered by
flghter escort. Crews b<X!lblng "'0.
kubu reported Seeing 20 to 25 or
the 95 airborne P~5ls. No B_2g,
were lost but there were 21 early
return!.
27 tprll, 108 throuAA 113, !be
six-m ss onson tlitrdm' were
against airrh1ds at ItUlD1. l1ya.
zald, Kokubu, JUyakonoJo, Y.anoya,
and Kush1ra. All three wings par.
t1cipeted. One hundred ten or 12:3
airborne banbed the assigned pr1m_
ary targets visually rra:l 11,000 to
16,500 feet through O/lQ to 2/10
cloud With excellent to unobserved
results reported. Enemy air oppo.
sitlon was generally moderate to
weak, flak heavy and medium, meager
to mo!lerate, mostly inaccurate.
One aircraft of the 73rd \'Ilna went
down. near Agrihan. 'n1e cr8'll' bailed
out and all but one were rescued.
One aircrart or the 314th 'I1ill& was
lost to enemy action after being
hit by air-to_a1r phosphorus bOlll.b
after 1eavlng the target. Four
crew m(lllbers were seen to parachute
end it Is belin"ed they It'ey have
been nicked up by a sub. (Secret)

'"BOTH BARRELS·
Targeta 2009
c:"aft Plant northeast
(The Httach! Air...
ot Tokyo) and
l!2 Am.!. 91
Itts- "ri'"1ha-r,
tlal.t.aka arxl
through 95: Tar-
KUshlra. ll1'yazak1,
Kanoya Airfields.
Ibet7 three aircraft ctropped 426
8-295 ASSIST IN
Target 792 ('l'aehlkawa Alrcraft Com...
pany) are shown un~er attack by the
. , of GP on the primary targets.
.. ib'oPPed 4.5 tons on ShiraiZu
CltJ, !Iombill& was from 14,000 to
OKINAWA FIGHT•••
XU Bomber COlllllland on 24 Aprll. The followirll; article was
C'::ontldent1al) 11,~ teet and weather CAW. Sev- prepared by Navy Liaison, XXI
tlt7 ~icht attacks were made by en- Bomber Command.
tIJ ficht81'S, or which three prob_
Ibl1lare destroyed and five dam- The B-29 strikes aga1.l1.9'1; the
'Pd. I'lak 'lras generally heavy, airfields on Kyushu were cade at
::alar to lIIOderate and inaccurate the request or the U.S. Navy and in
S13~~ate. One aircraft from the direct tactical support of the op-
Ith ing,returning early, crashed erations at Ok1nawa. This makes
erl!l'1; dItched. OQe base, injuring 11 crewmen. Naval operations there of direct
rIsk W'U heavy, interest to the XXI Bomber commend.
Against the three wIn!' thna ltt¥jttll.!l. throwr:h 107: Tar_
.ere 249 attacks b)'" en$llly alreratt
tans. and secure te .- tftll
ho Dliss 1188. cOlIIINl 4. ~
lalla ~reusa, ~ta:-s-am, Toml_ Naval aviation has had two lllain
SZOOWld, scattered .trO:~1IlI" Itkl.' ~~bari.
I t'wo b.taDees ot 811"-to-a1r bClll.bl~ Nittagahara, I.llya_ functions in the invaslon or the
llpoQ . exploalon, .C~,. e1t~ Unit1ds , Kokubu and ~!lyakonojo
I 01a
If.e reported, both urwuceellstu1. Ryuk;yuS. It has operated in direct
i One I1"Tln« dropped -rope-BIte- _et.. !tttt a1t-b on ~j()uShu. Of 255 a1r_ wpport or the troOps cturing the
rectanaulu obJ ectl "';-~. 195 ~4 orne by the three Wlngs,
rapClrt. A nUlllber Y6 lII""::
al strips two teet 10Jt& and three actual laoding and. in the r1&ht1 ng
J

j
--
IncheJ _Ide. One .n.~
chutUts.

rr 77 4'218!!
8lreratt
"sa obaerved strat1ng B-29 pazos..
on the ~ound which. ap • ..
'Q'
8C ld.ng aircraft.
IlIOVed In· an arc Un'
(Secret) •
Tb::"CI
t~P!:lg 1P~i;ary targets by radar,
"~"iOOo't o. tona of GP baDbs
~.lO e f),Jd, 0 ..... ,000 feet thr~h
hsl\101l ~ No enellly aircraft op_
enC~ntel'ed. Flak was
tion has been to gain control or
the a1r and thUi protect the sr-
that haS followeCl. Its second tune-

and surtace units t'rCil the attaclal

• S ot Jap plan" .._

, ~!~ll'~;·;"/.~;""
,.
~ ..
:~(;f he turne6 over to
T'rQ tlA VY. G::\ OUP~
The forces available for this
..... ork consist rr.alnly of t,ro groups.
Task Force 58 and the CITEs. The
former 1s composed of the ~ssex
class CVs, the lighter eVLs I and
their screening battleships, cruis-
ers fond destroyers. .\11 of these
ships are modern and fest, thus
forming a hard-hitting, highly mo_
bile unit. The eVEs and their
screen of older ships form Task
Force 51. which 1s slower but still
paclG a lot of power 1n the planes
it ean launch. In addition, of
course I are the search planes I both
land end sea types, Which are need-
ed to provide constant patrol of
the area.
In past operations the eVE groups
have furnished most of the direct
air 3UpjlOrt for the troops and the
comb~t air patrol~hich kept enemy
plams away. The fast carriers
were largely free to l!I8ke diver-
sion~ry strikes against the main
staging areas {'rom 'Ilhich the enemy
air oppositi~n was expected to come
(witness the raids against Tokyo
during the Iwo operation). The
success of these diversionary raids
did a great deal to reduce the
eneny air opposition at the target
during and after the invasion.
onUAWA TClUGH SmATION
~e situation was different in
the case of Okinawa because of the
extremely large number of planes
that the enemy was able to throw
against our invadin8 forces. The
Japs have also had more staging
bases available for use. They have
made increasing use of various types
of suicide planes. These factors
for~ed Task ~orce 58 to stick close
to Okinawa and to expend a large
part of its efforts in maintaining
a :ombat air patrol around the im_
mediate area.
,eal1zing the importance of hold.
ing Okinawa, the Japs have shown an
unusual aggressiveness in the use
ir planes. This is shown by
,be)' thnt wo have ~e •
e dama~e that our
• L
ShinS h ..../e
Durlne; 'the S,.fre 'e6 ' ••,'1 "lr
25 A!'rn \1~er~Cld fr~el~i!t
2, ?4? planes estroj'e(l t·,~
ticn. Of thes~n the O"'"~":;:
Task :"orce 58 621,:no'!t~
b;r CITE planes 5 \'I'!I'@ -"'"~
Force 51, and thand ~'~
BritiSh, navy e b&~ lit,
the Army Air ~~o search pl.•.~ ~4b,;:d;';;;it¥i"C&A
..«tf&~~".-,;;.,.p~.-..: -...._~~
~: TOKYO Aj{SENAL~RE~\.
rces, """II,
Despite this th
f~.icte~ conSi~e~abie 1!1;;s~
a1 units part1cipat~ da.".att~
s ton. During the ~ 10 t:.t, ~
the operation we h1rst til ,&~
~
Sh1ps1Ia4~'
stroyers and sl'l8ller ave
over 10 other Ships d ~
extent by enemy !lct10~:'.8.£~tl
aged but not sunk. "nCl'<.lt!'
!tl:lll pages for names) are cluster"a in
'!
C s, one c1n" one C1lE and 10 ' he XXI Boober co:nmand strike tl-e very center of the area, 205
ships. Almost all or lbll of 1~p14 April against the and 206 actually touching each othe~
cause~ by enemy aircraft lll!1. 'tokyo Arsenal area was the 1.evetments on some of the eT.ploSives
ci~e attacks predomine.t1~. second of the three big raids buildings are so high t~o.t they
agaInst Toliyo City proper, and is reach above the or1gi:1al roc1'-l1M.
¥YUSHU STAGIIlG A.~!.I. Ulltat1 Yel Y esti.-ated to have de- 110 regular pattern is follo'1l'ed 1n
5tt()jfld 10.'7 sc,uare ClUes of t.he the placement of these arsenal tar.
~or'!1 cit.y. completed damage
KyuShu was the major It' assess:aen
gets, bUt in general they are grouped
t reportS have been hele. more or less concentrically around
area for these attackS and ;1~ liP pend1J'\g Tenet 205, the grest It.abash1 Ars·
continued to show large Il':II t~-phY, butgoodonreconnaissance the basis of
0'10-
the
planes on many of the a1ttttl nasb re?orts,here are the results~ enal.
Since Task Force 58 was rn The district is, or was,-ell
stay in the i:nmediate rte~i 1M arsenal area is an ov81- criSs_crossed with rtre alle:;s and
Okinawa to help provide etlblt 52;el!, congested res idential and
I lD8in arteriesi although SO:!le of the
patrol, the Navy called oat' IntJstrtal district in the north- almost solid y bUilt-UP areas be·
Bomber Command for tactled .,est uction of Tokyo. It is bound- tween such fire breails are as large
tance in the form of su1U1 ed OIl the north 'by the Sumida River as 3/4 mile on each side. Parks
the stagt"ng airfieldS. aM extends as far south as th~ and sane open drill grC'J.nd5 and.
On 17 Apr 11 the x.XI 11_
or.:.
~ct1on of the Chuo ~ailroad Line
;~~ in froe the \1est and the
similar spaces occur, Darticularly
toward the west. but by aM large,
the groun~ area waS cocpactly cov-
cand coc.-;lenced a seriell 'lZJ.eo ~ lallroad which, co:ning from
on the major y,yushU atr.'1 e:ea.~rth, practically bisects the ered. FINE INCEllDIARY TARGET
26 Apr.1l five attacks ht'a;
in which approximatelY 000 ~
dro1)pe~ upwardS of 4, HEA1flLY POPULATED Rarely haS such an opportunity
fragmentetion and ge~U for attack on industrieS dtrectl:1
banbs. 'nit 194.0 density of population contributing to the war-mak1ng pe-r-
filure!l range frOlll 30,000 to 80,000 er of the enemY presented iueU.ble
The number of eDllIll1~P""'. ~ square eile, pretty thick b}' And rarely doeS the inf'lam:na and
ually ~estroyed or d"
extent to which the air.~::..df,:
:iI
fll _tern standards. exPlosive nature of the indU5trles
within the target area reach sUCb •
1ties were put out or OF-• • W1t~e character of the structures
not known. In any ~.n'.
enemy air raids OD th' d-I
"',' ~ln the area varies f'r0lll crowded.
1\1 Ct:1Mntly '1I'ooden houses, to in..
degree.
gxploal ons during the 1:3-14 April
gaged in the Okinawa o~ .. -..W,t1otlal buildings and of course 11115siOO were salci to ban b8f1D
I l1111es anY. 'nle completed
abruptly. Since 17 Aprl!.'.- 1ta arsenals which give the place seeD 100
of the first B..29 att.o.~ damage assessment report will tell
the story. At pr•••nt·aU_~-AcaD
,-ensDa:!le. Severel of these are
tilt s~' as the photo on the next
"" .
been only one raid of aD1' .-
~I
t
haps the cocbinat1OD or do is liSt the taratU clUS 8J"'l'" 1D
plane attrition at th~_~· the area and Indicate tbl1 1M'
the disruption of th8 '~I _~e ~hree largest ones. Target surrerec! auaae•
by the B_29 at tae kS to&' .... , and e06, (see followlM
more than the Nips cOU lll
cret)
 ~ll1tary Cunpowder
Army Branch po~der ractory
DaO!lged
11111tary ',','orks. Taklnaga wa Arcy Arsenal
Da:taged
• e09
Inawashlro Transformln~ 1tation
,ll
Asahi Electro Cho~ical Company
,It
r,lnugawa Steam Power Station
,13
~ Arlllory Da!:la~ed
powder ?actory. Itabashi
Ordnance Storp.hf'luse
?olfder "agazine
Tnbata-Nipporl ~allroad Yards Dar;.e.ged
Government Steam Po~er Statlon Damased
Arcy Engineering School De..':laged
lIaval Gunpowder "'orks
!oho Steel -='oundry Co:npany
Nlppon ?iston ~lng Company (r8~8guchi)

Physico-Che:::lical Industries. (Research) DlIoOaged

Oji Paper Company Damaged

Probable Powder Plant. "ir iog range - Cavalry

para.de grounds adjacent to the !::ast. D~.aged

lInldentified. la.!'(;e inst9.ll~tion. Probable light

Illetals plBnt. lrawaguchi)
~~el7. unidentified plant, prob3blv Oji ~3ctory of Chuo
r.oY-yo, Y..r.., 1'l8nufacturing ordnance fo:, tM ar~ and

201
ltabashi Ar~ .\rsenal ~nd Vil
navy. ":nong a 8roup of ::llants directly connected dt!'!.
~~enals. having secret ~ode syobols assigned the~.
er Such priVate firms !:l.re not loc:!ted in thB a.-ea.
Probable po·r.der storage or arsenal.
,.". .'
entral Clnfol..f __ '~ldentiried industry.
203 I n_~ - _
Diesel J idoSha Co. autos/parts ell/dnes; Ale parts.
"cnishi Ph 0 t 0 "' orks. reported converte~ to f"uZlS,
o.irpla
ne &un Sight Circles, se!lsit1zed alu'=1inun sh~ts
~~i~Uku 1!l Station ~ YordS~ler nst outlet. oae
ree ~ost ljportant in TokyO.
 7/0ro (OVERAGE
15 April thl'ouah 28 '\!lrll 1"'~5
I;lSS! 01 AH.ZA.
CO\1E~GE
.. "" .... , .... ~ ... kyo
6" ,24" ,40"
ol'14~ 14 Apr TOKYO
6" ,1:::4" ,40"
S!!144 15 Apr TO~'o-Jrumano_
~:arnama tsu 6" ,24" ,40"
l:"'AC: I,. .'--- 1
-"'kyo
IAbortive AIR "'ORCE
_..... - Apr l,;snce.Lea
NAVAL

In the latter
Apr Japanese Raval AJa;t or 1944 tt;e
>;II- J.." ( I .Lt>
Kyusnu ~as't 6: ~OUr.lllo ."'"* ,.. . " considered the supe i orce (usually
fUrume-8hlmonosekl went a major chang/ i or arc) under_
I
Tokuyama-Sasebo
Yatsushiro
g
A series or Area Air organization.
ganized to consol1dat roups If8S or.
of battered naval ail' e the remnants
TOkyO_!lito 6" ,24" ,40" 1 F.~.... ments recovered at ~nits. Doeu_
close that th wo Ji12 dts.
psaka-Kyoto_Izu 6" ,24" ,40" !ppe1ar generalI;r ~~~~n~~i~;jiest
Tokyo-Osaka 6" ,24" ,40"
''''
FW",
oce. defense • seareh all"
_ patrol. 0

r.yushu South
Kurume-Yatsushlro
6",24" ,'tv" ,
--- Events at Okinawa indicate
th~/apanese have com:nitted pra~~t
ca 'I all their ca!lbBt naval ~
~nits. plus a few arlllY units, lI:C:t.
TokuY8ma-~shu s. 6" ,24" ,40" I ~ ........- y medium beabers. to the "defense"
of Okinawa.
Shlmonosekl_Kure_
Sasebo
Since the prioary cdssion of the
~~~UShlro-xurume
¥.shuS&E
6" ,24" ,40" , - ~ XXI Bomber coa:nand is strategic
bombing of Japan and since the Jap-
anese have c~itted their cccbat
Y.\.ikushlma_ t ll to-
Toyama Takayams_
6" ,24".40" I 'oed neval air force to the defense of
Okinawa, it appears th!lt the !'lip..
l111geta Nl1hama ponese ArIllY fighter force is the
major defense unit .which will at-
Y.yushu E. &: S._ /6 ,24 ,40
11 11 11 I 'oed tempt interception of B-29s f'!'ca
the ~:ar lanas. 'M'lree facts substan-
Xurume Yatsushtro-
Shlmonosekl tiate this statement:
NagoY8_J(.yoto rail'*" (l) The naval air InstallatloM

TO~O-l.uto
6" ,24" .40"
6".24" ,40·
.... are for the IDost part located 1ll
Kyushu and the south and west eod
of Honshu, In the prOX1ll1 t1 or tbII
TOkyO-~lto_Nagoya Abortive 110 Nanse! Shoto. cur naTY reports
heavy enea1 losses or Jap naftla1J'-
J(yushu. 10/10 cloud' 110 cratt staged frCIII these ar...•
Kyushu Abortive (2) Fighters . t by t!l.. 11111_
of the XXI Bomber C~ bI" bHD
Kyushu E. & S._ .ost17 er'f/I1 tt&bter t7P'!. IftD
6",24",40· durIng ..d1ua alUt;Qdt .1111011I.
Kure llH.1ama
•
. ,'... .",.
• ,.1.
: .
;~
, < Tht lattAr f'UrtbIJ" .IUbStan'iat-

'-~ .. ~
 Jan claims of beating up the f"br about all hou
;8-29S' I'1hic~ at tacked the Hitachi day in raids r frOi'l 0820
and Tachikawa aircraft plants on 24 stallations. on O\lr 1l1~
Anril (see page 3) were, as usual,
grossly exaggerated. '~e .lost five
B-29s on that day. Here 1S the ac- "OUr air defense
count given by the Jap Home Service cOllbining air and laUni s, l
]adio, Tokyo, the. following day. intercepted these p~d 'lli.;
1100 the air force anes ,;
"The war results achieved in the the war results or ~:!.It
battle of interception against the and 20 damaged. so,:\
B-29s which attacked the Tachikawa
area yesterday morning were revealed "However. later contir
as 46 planes either shot down or vealed that, adding the re~;
damaged. cO!J\pl1shed by anti-aircraft
, added seven more planes.~.
"The main force of approximately suIts of yesterday's battl!~
120 Variana-based B-29s attacked terception as a result a:.'
the Tachikawa area, and also the 13 shot down e,"~" dal:Ar.:,
Shizuoka and Hnki areas Viere at- total of 46 shot down or 1.-
tacked with a portion of the force (Restricted) '-

AIANEW5 FROM HONSH(

The following items summarize
recent Japanese pronouncements on
the air situation. These items do
not necessarilly reflect the views
or opinions of the editors Of the
Air Intelligence Repol t.
(4) l.litsubishi tells autt~
abundant lumber supplY IS ~
should resort to wooden P
come necessary.

(1) Steady supply of ".I:rcr~l't to

Okinawa must be maintained 7'lOU h
"ar workers produce ":ac.' • 11' •• t~-i~l
under incredible c~ndition~'ca~sed
by enemy raids,theY'must never fal
I
I
ter before enemy aSsaults.
(2) Jap I~perial Headquart
•

announced total of 111 B_2~;s has

shot dawn and more than 150 ~~re
big bombers damaged in last t 0 er
~ecutive night raids on .ro..... 100 con•
•.., 0 area
(3) Director of Aircraft •
qlade statement to Jap ""t~dnance
Dis return from Okinl!'ra t on upon
his inspection of Jap' 8irC~;~g or
ories hit by American bombe fact.
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