e JAP BATTLESHIP

HARUNA HIT PAGE 8

e 315 th WING
GETS GOING PAGE 9

e JAP AIR
STRATEGY PAGE 12

e JAPS TRY TO
HI DE PLANES PAGE 13

e LESS FLAK AT
SMALLER CITIES PAGE 16

MAJOR SATO
e SURRENDERS PAGE 17
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JAPS
ted but none attacbd fWo
11 •• tr: ot !1x
on2Z .rune,
nrO' :rs~ XXI Bomber
B_29s _ere 1011t. one' SBtb
Wing plaD8 crasbed at
land '5 lad after betDg hit
~ h1t tin Jap8n8 58 by tlak and three to 'IX
IiJcrt!t ractar1- and,tor parachute5 were leeD to
-' .-sure, pve Kure a open. A' 73rd w1ng p1aJl8

.,;. ~....... L
i1d: 111 tbI A!'1~nal.
!e=us, 1n the farm of l:'ed~r.....
) craib laDded 00 retarn
ber' ..... ,.,.:

ttle
It 1s lnt.~ed that thts weeltly re.
port be .. source or lntOl'lII!lt:lon fOf' COm.
bit ere.s e!1cl start otUCIJ'S "ho have a
ltllt1llla~ interest 1n the operatlollll of
XXI BOIlIbu COllI!llarKl. '11thln those
flit .tr1ke photographY,
,,!lOt calplete yet but
.. 0lltI whIch have been ~
tMI1JlI4, plus the i!ltrike
I.
L •
Flail: _as geoerall1' 1atense
aod accurate,.ueh of it
comill6 from BaYal ...dse15
l1111U it should reeetve the "ldes~ pas. )MtOf. Indicate an ex- in the b&!'bor. !'be '73rdt
sible circulation permissible IlI'lI!Ier the IIl1l1lt 41.7'1 work. The
pl'OT1'lons or Aft :'180_5.
atons were as follOWs: :Iins llIuffered 64 pereen
I hattIe damage and the SBtb
In 01''''1' that a uxll11l111 or intellt_ 54 percent. ClDI a~t
haa a shell go c~plete1¥ UlroaF a
senel IIlaY be lnellldlld the report is II!!! !'lAVAL ARSENAL
liven an O'1arall classifIcat10n or Sec_
rlt. When tile Mtun or the lII.aterlal !Illl target (657A) and 1.U branch wins without exp1041.D&·
wurants I 11't1ivldual article hanl re_ r.r.,. lit HtJoo constitute the catn
ce!.e" • la.ar .ecurlty classification. BATTLBSRIP RJRUIl B(IIBID
-...i or the Jao Navy. It pro-.
The report 1s so assembled that the
eoapollllnt .eeUolll .illY be r_oved 100
c!.:culated or fUed "parately. If por_
t10ns ue reproduced', lIecurlty 1'&&ula_
c..uo.
... ~ • AA machine gun! • 120
navol guns, projectiles,
all' propellants and torpedO'5. Quate
Post strue pbotoS ...
tor d.-&' asla5~' B__
ever, the 5triP attoaClI: Jlb~
~
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t10ns IlUSt be ob"l'vact and tha source '1l1 reported to be produe1na na..
credited. _1Il- up to 16 lnches together dicate that the reJU1U .,.. ..-aJ.-
~Qnts for fortre5s guns aolS lent.
Conespollllanee l'tgard1na this pub- !. , rer ships guns. explo,tv",
tbII"~ ~
HelUoll Ihwld be addressed to the ClIIIl-
1M1lCl11ll1 OellenI, XXI Bomber COlll:l!lnd.
4PO 234, c/o P~b.3~ter. San Francisco, i-,,-t.~~te, gun Sights, pert'cop.....
(I and other electrlca"
AI a bODld
na (the c.- c;Ita ~ erea"
tob.". ill . .
ad witb I1nkfn1:h.
~
....- _
CaUtorllb. "'t~t1on, PI:. or S. A-2. i
barbel' reoe1Yed Guoeo' _. . . . .
~t~8th Wing suppUed 64 aU"- • ooo-pooDll ~.... file

~ .¢.~ _ 186
the 73rd 12e tor a total t&u bU .btp . . Waft iItt.
:!ttP"" ;lrbarne. or these, 1&6
JABS D.· GAlICIA
COlOM1, G.S.C.
AC or S, A-2
UTH: e.G. XXI B.C. Initial.w:~
~ t2' 60l tons on the pr1JDlll7
r;-
18,875 to 21,000 teet.
'~0 ~OIIlbing: 58th 'J1r2&, ,S8
, toba' 1 tOM; 73rd 98 Ale,
.. • One of the ~8th 'Rilla
...
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~1_,lAd (WI'Iiii_
~~ ... ..
DATI 7 JIl17 1945 ~ ~ 10 of the 73rd "1121: b<8-
-1;" t&toseta. Eighteen retdI'D-
=~.-­
.1-::ru:: ::0 10
,~- lo,. 35th PTu
7·19·H
1U'teen enemy aircraft'" dab-
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D~ILG! AI' TM.!ASHI!.\A: Eighty five percent of the

plant ~ destroyed after the 314th Wing strll(e
aetl1nst the ~l1tsubtshl Aircraft Company Pl~rrt
(Target 1681). (~ S' P 81)
IE: JAP BATTLESilIf II:.am!A (enclOsed
b e!.l'ele) gets its ~tcrn blO-lm off by
~l1tet hitS ['rem 4,OOO-POl.lOd boobs Our·
~:'« an attack on the l:ure Naval Arsenal
~ tbe seth and 73ril Wings on 2e June.
u::A~1ib1~ on the plant was excelle .!:':.
t~ • '!."nts 58th Wing strlYe photo,CIl""
_e~~~o~n~~~'B~how(glrect hlt5n~nd
• £ 2
dropped "15U8111 IcYi' :;e~7ft'f1/II",

~'" nearb'I
t:.ree
~ ~ttsllb1 ••-and
tOll'n~ -- -
established
".v"' .",,,,,;;~,::...
'v."'" ,o.b'O:: .It'' •"", '."
'~~'"'
:rvt
~ ~.,
"'•• CCiIll, ...
sM t as an 1.nteu8 ted 81.1'- r.. t •
ptex.
.n'".or
." -" n
~-r"; ~ per,,~OU8h ""::,r:,~~:'
to", t ..... "
•J,,,, sot t ."Ube
ng.bov.'b .rte
"Ube' 'nr the
thO fittY ."or';; .,,. ",
.." ,...

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the it on
root , ....'"
•.", m"" ;",,'4;
.. '" .._ort.,.r.. j
or 'trike' On, hun.red ",n- .",. . . . ,.r
' " h "re.on""",",t ,nd on' 1 , ...
.;: ;. ...
It " 5" wer' olr borO "
, 96 tonS I,r t'(""t'..

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LA opposit1on was meager to mod-
era:.a and generally inaccurate.
The~e was no loss to flak. l\bout
12 ?8l'cent were ba ttle damaged.
KAWANlSHI AT HIMEJI
he Kawsnlshl Air-
rarget 204'1, tHlmeJl Plant. was
c:oaft COlIlpany's craft of the 58th
attacked by se a11' of 58 airborne.
Wll15 on 22 June, tmary dropped
Those hitting th~ m~ns from 16,000
351 tons by v~:~ed targets of' op-
feet. Four d tw were non_effective.
portunl ty an 0
EnalllY air
ttton was weak
oppos
!reraft were
ant ineffective. 1~~e58su5talned.
10ft and no C8Sua
d~: ~o:ragenerally
rt sustained
meager and
ln~ccurate flak.
The 58th really dli! a job on
this target. Post strike photos
reveal that tne plant 1s entirely
destroyed. Or1g1nally it had a
roof area of 953,000 sQU!ll'e feet.
UITSUllISH! AT KAGAY.IGAHARA
The Mltsublshi Alreratt Company
Pl9.nt at JI'.agallligahara (Target 1833)
apparently has been engaged in as ..
se:tbly and post assembly operations
only. Some aircraft are reported
to have been broken dOll'l'n at Nagoya
800 sent here for reassembly,flight
testing, post assembly operations
unknown tuncti
monthly output Ob. bt,
wa; t
500 engines 8nd est~t ~
plant was sever a1:-~':' to _
73rd Wing attaCk e~ da~, ,
loss frail! ths.t 8~n)9 J~'br\
to have been four taCk Ills
ell8ines and two ~ontha ~tl'-ij
'tie""
of airframes. It and eo ht1i lQt~
Sively rebuilt
.had bee b ~
....
The 313th Wi
airborne for t~ had 30 e~
which dropped Ue to~Ul0b, 2S •
ary Visually from 19 00000. tha Itla,
bombed another target
turned early.
rett, r.-.
and fCIJ: I\,
Post strike Photograplu
incomplete coverage and the II'~
minor
of the miSsion cannot be us::,'
KAWASAKI AT r.AGAUlIl.\IlA.~'
This aircraft plant CT'atpt!4'
is believed to as:!lelllbl, fOltn ~
and other lC".a"asald 11leraft: II
Kawasaki Company has beft rWlIII,
thtrd among Jatenlll Jl'indp&1 ...
craft producers.
Twenty WO alrcrart or t!ll !UII
'J/illR were airborne. £i&b-.
pad 116 tons of bcmbs v1nallflJl
16.800 feet. 'nlree dropped mw
on the tlitsubUhl C~ It~
Same town, on r.aw.aki ~
Akashi and on Ha..attu. ~"t'"
was shot darn by ennr .um:.J...
ON,S IN O.NE DAY
fit
e5 June the Boober Command
Ol ad attaCkS agafn st the lar-
I:"..ej~b!l' or individual industrial
I'lt!J hit on a single day by the
~~. /line numbered missions "ere
f!;fIl,
~ only a couple of cases have
~t st:'ike photos been obtained.
~ c,se are hazy or cloud covered
"oat the results of this series
rI ettaCks are not known at this
l!]e. Reports of the miss ions fo1-
l:t:
sM1'lI!0 LIGHT l>IETAIS I~DUSTRY
r:us plant, located Ilt OSaka
(!Cpt 263A) is O:le of the four or
!tTl bi, producers of propellers for
;~ ccabat aircraft. In addition,
II e:ld surrounding un1ts of the
::Ii11lJ acecunt far large quanti ties
U'l1u.:lImJJ:l and duralUll1in essential
10 a1rcraft production. This plant
lJ btl1evel3 to be the original site
i the S~1to!Oo venture into the
~~ bu.siness. I t has one of the
111~e3t anl3 Ir.ost modern rolling
rar alu:ninw:l sheets in Japan.
It Sutnty one B_e9s of thl!' 58th
22,000 feet. 'nlree bombed other
targets.
Three enemy attackS "ere received
and claims "ere Illade of ttro enel:lY
shot down. p_5l escort ,;as sighted
in the target area. One ail'crart
was lost to unknown reasons Ilnd 14
landed at 1wo Jimll.
Six aircraft were da:naged by
flak which "as generallY rlIeager and
inaccurate. only about 25 percent
of the crel'fs reported flak.
YX'Ii\."AJ:I AT AKASJfI
lb.1rty eight B.29s !'rem the .31.3tll
Wing were at.rborne,31 of ther:J drop-
ping 184 tons on the prL'!lSr V b,."ra-
dar through 10/10 cloud fraIIJ 19,300
feet. Five bombed other targets.
Six enemy a1rcrnft were encountered
and three unaggressive attackS re·
ceived. One enemy was elaitTled a9
destroyed and one daroaged. O1e air-
craft retU1'ned early o.nd eight 1an-
dec at 1'11'0. There were nO loss.s
aOO no casual ties.
psrt -:.aa·
aircraft

a~ fly-away. fore reaching tile Wilt.

Twenty e1ght aircraft of the
fighter opposition is ~111'"
the SUll1mary or the prec 1DIIIl»
!6'1112 were Sixty
~ne,
aIrborne agalns t i t on
four of them dropped
sion). Six aircraft IUlti W10 OrIS or bombs by radar through

313th Wing had it as a target and
Ie of them dropped 104 tons on it
V1!ually from 16,800 feet. ?ive
dropped 34 tons on the Utsube 011
nerinery, the secondary
Five returned early.
target.
gnemy air opposition was repor ted
as =oderate and af~essive, with 19
attacks tIlade. No B..29s were lost.
?lak was ~eager but generally ac ..
-"".... .
damage.
IncOlll.plete photo ,.VfAi.a\
35 percent of the PUtI 11Jf1"
or damaged follpwl na
Enemy opposition . .1Jtltf!'ll ....
effective with seve~~r.. _~~
12 unaggressive a nd DO ....::i...
craft were lost a t.rse' ~
klto~IOUd fran 21,000 feet. Four
~_ler targets and t.'uee return-
~ Y. 'l'birteen ene:t:y fighterS
III ~:1gbted and only onl!' attack
tu~llte. therf' were no lo.ues or
'~d les. Several aircraft re-
!"u Sighting friendly fighter
ll~ Jl Eight aircraft landed at
".
rlu£ltht
d aircraft sustained minor
l:d 1 a:.a!o;. f'rec generally aeasel"

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cuate, damaging 11 planes Fire sustained. .\t t.tte,,.t ~. rllJo IIllCCurate fire Accuracy'"
wes reported as being a;curate generally meagertalDed lUI' , considering th; under_'-
cloepinC barrages. Two aircraft SUll
KAWASAKJ AT AKASHI age. _ ,~. ~
'!2j ..."e.ka Army Arsenal ~ .
~rtl ~.h1t by 109 airC':oan at. -
The Kawasaki Aircraft Hant at
AJ'sshi (Target 15(7) produces aero_ Photos re'lea~~-::;,
.....,.!"" tto~ll~ng, of leo airborn-.,-
~~,~ '159 tons on the 1'1"1
thrOUg~ 10/10 C'101.J'
. _ III
. ~:,.
plant totalingr t~. ~ ,
el.gines, 8ir1'r8l:les and has another
~~r::t1on of ~e plant devoted to an 24 percent 0
L~.~~~t)
. L.

c141med as destroyed and one dam-
agee. No aircraft were lost.
Eighteen aircraft sustained flak
dall88 e , most of which W8S minor.
Flak ns generally intense and ac-
cu:ate for most eircraft.
ATSUTA PLANT AND VEHICLE CO.
The ~14th l7i"8 had a double tar-
get: The Atsuta ractory of the Na-
goya Arsenal (Target 197) and the
Ntppon Vehicle V.anufacturing Com-
pany. The Ati!luta Pla":t is the first
or second in importance in the Na-
goya Arsenal callplex. The Vehicle
Ccmpany was an important pre-war
producer of railway rolling stock.
It n:.a.y have been partially conver_
tl!d to production of armored combet
vEbicles.
Thirty two aircraft were air-
berne, 16 of which dropped 94 tons
or. the primery v1sually from 17,440
flak Wh1ch. was gen
varied f'r0lll accur ~~lJ.1J .....
a"'ll tot'::""Iltl'~
AI CHI W"""" _ 00.;;;."
, ""rGIn
The Alchl AiJocr PlI.Jt
Plant (Target 17.e~t 'orIQ, !l,
of several A1chi Plan~s t!Ie 1l..~
lieved to lll8.nutacture ~. It ~ ~
ponents and assemble aIr -Jilt' ~
craft. It manUfactures AlChJ.I~"
c olllba t types for the na.". ~~lQ
ing the dive bOl:lber Jll.d I lceli
major developer of new t,J~lIl
S1xty seven 3l3th 'fIl
"",
were airborne against t~ ~tt.
dropped 347 tons b)' I'adar ;~1U,
uall)'!'rem 20,000 feet. . ".so
bombed other 'targets • .,.~
were lost. one to unknorn '~2il
and OD.e which was abandQQ14 l~
miles off the coast of HOIlSInI.!li:
crew members "ere rescuell.
TWo returned early e.D:1 !ive
aged. 13_295 landed at 1'1'0 J 1ma.
of the
"",4. InemY fighterS tackS
were Mos t AA fire was meager to mod-
tPfIIlItI (l,e aggressive et erate and inaccurate. Ona aircraft
~ ~ '::dratthe assemblY point. receivad m1D.or d&lDage. (Secr.t)
~4 rtCtl ri~ters ...r e destroyed,
to' ;=t11 4tstrClf8d end two dam-
1484!f!.51J ESCORT At Na~oya tne tighter!l patrolled
!be VII nght81' Coldll18. nd report at 22,000 feet whlle the bomberS
state! that in the Osaka area the went dawn through the overcast.
bcebe ..ent into overcast under
25,000rl raet .hile the fighterS The fighterS reported about 48
a:b1tted and p.trol1~ above the enenxy f1ghters :In the Nagoya area
orereas t for about 60 minutes. and four over Osaka. They cla1.lll
i hundred and tort1 eight }lUs- t"o destroyed and s1.JC damaged.
t&llI' trQlll the 15. 21 end 506 One ,,:Us tans was lost to opera-
j'lghter Qr01PS on 1.0 were air- tional reasons, the pilot ball-
bol'll' on 86 June to support the ing out ard being picked up by
...
!0IIbe1' COlIlIDand strike egains t Jap- submar1ne. (Secret)

Three unaggressive ~ t~
feet. fifteen bOlllbed other targets attacks were oade. Up to lOliotl
ar.d one returned early. Thirty were s 19h ted 1n the U I . n
seven attacks were received from and a t landfall.
tte 35 anemy fighters Sighted, gen_
erally in t.'e assembly area. One Flak was generallJ ...,., .. then only halt c(lllpleteC!, nOW ha!ll
B·29 was abandoned 90 !'liles frOlll one strip cOlllpleted and the seconlf
two- 1.rdS &S~ted. on ate f1J'st
inaccurate. Five planes .... r.::e XXI Bomber Command's newest
hnd's end after it had been hit by aged !!ost of the Un IIlPtlJ'lI t1:l!. tt1e J15th, sent its modified th 35 of t;he1J' a1J'cr
the
flak. The ent1re crew was rescued
bJ· submarine. Six aircraft landed
barr~ges althoush SaM of !~ lo!9$ on their t1r!lt strilIe aga1nst
~e Jap hOllleland on the night or
strike, took•
_ ott in ,. dnuteJ
at 111'0. to be radar controllell tb:_
clouds. !602'1 June. Their '15th B_B9S
target was the Ut- MODIJI'IED
Flak 1'I8S generally moderate and SUMITalO LIOR't' IETAJ,S l:be River 011 Re_
reported by cre"s as the most ac_ rtlleT7 at Yokk:ai- '!!Ie " th~
.uplarMI1
,~. !lUDIC! to the 315
curate they had encountered. In Twenty seven, or 33 alfaI".
addition to the one abandoned. 11 the 314th 'J11'1& aubcr-- are .od1t1 ~
el1 CS
received flak c1alll8ge. 150 tons on the su.it.-tldi -... !be 3lSth, bued mldU' al1 wrrtI
als Company at NqO)'l· ~. NOl'thwest Field, dcept tbe .. 11
VITSUBISHI AT rAGAMIGAJULq. done by visual and rtd&!' tJt
21',000 feet. !i'our ~beG oSW"
I" It
~. llll'l has the
~ a~ 501at =et~
_ ~'='iJii·
set5. Enemy oPpo!lnl~!!f; ,:x*~_

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This aircratt plant (Target 1833) "PIratt pVt1allJ
CI' llftll1. '!he ........,:
w&s the target tor 79 of the 58th weak and there were DO~- tbeQtnl:l PlIrsomel ot ,.are
.:' t_"--
"'rlng planes. Fitty nine of them .........rial"':
t1:'OPPSd 405 tons on the primary
from 15,150 feet. Bombing was vis_
Ses.
Flak was intensl .fIlI ~~
11'111 1'_1n1ng two
11ll!))$, the SOene!
,",l~ 33lst.have
'F..~
ull. Seventeen bombed other tar-
gets • the target. MO!lt tUl ~~ no anlS those .. ,01 bio
concentrations. SiX ~" bt ~tt1 ts should
Twenty ene:=IY aircraft lI8de 25 to ta1nad flak de.'ll&I e • t~e&dy to go in
3) unaggressive attacks. Claims
or tOUl' weeks.
KAWASAKI lit DOIJIffII"M
a.~ainst the enemy were five des troy_ !..t~e Urst 315th
ei, two prObably destroyed and ThiS air.,.rt plO" ~-,.' 1ft ~ to arr ive was
t:ll'ee danaged. Two B.29s returned was assigned to,6 ~.~ 'est OlfTl on North.
e!U'ly 80M !.l landed at 1"0. There
were no losses.
put <own
two"" ""' ...""
110 .... lf~aio~
314th Wing. ~ Field by the 'Uns '8
?t~k Rr!&adler oeneral
~ixteen B~29s were da~ged by Ten bombed othet toJ'~~"'­ O!J 1 A. Arlll!ltroosl. Jr ••
craft was lost at Ch' ~
June. The ["lold,
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