SASTl\]i' SO-OP-920 .. ' STKrISTIOAL S U ~ ~ ~ Y OF ACTIVITY WEEK ENDING 1 3 AUGUST 1945 Auth:CG t;SAS!AF Init: AB T Date: 14 Aug 45 Page ..l.-0f' ....L Clllliilfioat1on oancen .. b7 DOD DIDCTIVI: 1 0 . 02OO.t, oUeot1ve 28 llov. 5BA I - ~ K l V E ! · E N T OF USAST AF OOl·lBKr UNITS ( f I I - TACTICAL ACTIVITY C II ' I I I - AIRCRAFT t.1'D CREW LOSSES IV - STKrUS OF AIRCRAFT SP ECIAL REPORrS r - J,lOVEl-lENT OF USASTAF C O ~ l B A T UNITS iO l F t r Wing :q 50 F t r Gp lq 35 8 Ft r Gp +4 Troop Carrier Sq Directed Admin t o issuo ordera assigning Wing an d units t o 8 t h Ai r Force. Opnl control still vested i n FEAF. Ready 1 Oct. Reedy 1 Oct. ETA O a . ~ u 4 Aug. Depart ed \10 29 July. Date o f arrival h aa n o t been received. 4 Emergency Rescue Sq 5 Emergency Rescue Sq 7 Dnergency Reacue q To move Hq Sq less Det. of ' 6 OA-lO t o 1"'0. ErD 25 Aug. Action being taken to es tablish readiness date o f 15 Au g f o r 8 8-17 aircraft end Cre\·IB.. Readiness date of ' 1 5 S ep f'or 12 AO-I0 aircrafi an d crews. Dates a r e n o t firm. Flight E ready we 15 Aug. ETA Okinawa 23 Oct - 1 Nov. +5 Troop Carrier Ready West Coast i n ..fu.l. 90 Photo Sq No t ye t called t o port Recon Wg a s o f 2 August. 31 1 Troop Carrier E'TA Okinawa 30 Aug. Gni 4 I Photo Sq eo h departed Oahu 22 Recon Sq July. 3 1 6 Troop Carrier ETA Okinawa , 0 Aug. Gnd Sq eo h departed Oahu 22..1:1. I t i s now detennined that this unit will n o t b e as signed t o USASTAF. Locati.on Guam. To move d e tachment o f 11 Aircraft, 15 officers, 60 EM t o VIr Fighter C o ~ a n d , Iwo Jima. Readiness date Guam 20 Au . 1 Photo Recon Sq Gnd echelon of Flight C departed Guam 22 J u l v i a Saipan f or Okinawa. ErD Saipan'l P.ug. F It A & 8 ErD I<\J 5 Aug. ET A Okinawa 3-12 Sept. T \ ~ I E T H AIR FORCE ,;()2 BOlIlb Gp Btab Op For 315 Wing. Gnd e c h i n place. 8 8 o u t o f 90 UE and reserve aircra.:rt:. have arrived. Hemainder enrout.e .. 509 Composite Group Gnd an d complete a i r ech elons i n place, Tinian.
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The decreo.oo in effect ive .Jol-tieo f'lown th is .'/'eek by B-29 and P-51 ~ i r c r ~ can
be attributed to slackening of opera tions durine tho current ~ e a c G neg?t1ntions.The p-47's, at present under th e con tro l cf FEAF, increased thelr ~ f f e c ~ l v e . c o m b a tsor t ieo flown over the Empire. A comparison of th i s and · lus t weck a efr ectlve
NOTE: All r ~ t G O nrc calculated on n monthly b ~ a i a . The f ighter Dortie rates arebaaed upon the exist ing UE of 75 aircro.f't and 144 ~ o m b a . t crewe per group
loas 12 aircraft ~ ~ combat crews held for C o ~ b o . t Air Patrol.
ype & Model Sortieo Per Auth Crm... Sorties Per UE Ale ~ / 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
~ . f o n t h vlcek Month Month V/ook Month Thi.s Month Month
i3-29a flew only 6 missions n g ( ' . i n ~ + , urban areas CJld induetrial targets, none of
which wore flown after 10 August. 672 effective sort ies dropped 4161 tone of in cendiary end high explosive bombs. A detailed l i s t of the targets attackedfollows:
Target Date A/C Attacking Tonnage Dropped
T o y o k e . ~ l a Naval Arsenal 7 August 156 820Nakc.j ima A/C Company 8 August 51 245Yawata Urban Area 8 August 226 12971l'ukuyawa Urban Area 9 August 91 557Nippon 011 Refinery 10 August 95 902Nakajima A/C Company 10 August 75 ,40
? 8-29's were lost - 1 by f l 3 ditched and 1 loat in accident. 100 8-29's wereasmaged - 25 received major damage and 75 only minor damage. Mining of Japanesowaters was carried out with no loss or damage to the B-29's. 50 Effective sortieslaid 201 tons of mines.
P - 4 7 1 ~ concentrated the greatest part o their effort on dive bombing enemy military ~ n : r t . a 1 l a t i o n a , citiea and hnt.h lro1d snd water tr9Jloporto.tion. 610 Tono of'n n p n ~ and high explosive bomba were dropped by 655 aircraft over the tnrgeta. 6Aircraft were lost - 2 by flak, 2 to engine fai lure, 1 crashed on takeoff and .1to causes unknown. A 1ia t of the j:, (3. ' wa:
Miyakonojo CityK a g a . o t . i m ~ Oi ty~ r i t r o Plnnt c.t Mino......o.ta.AO River R n i l r o ~ d Bridge
Kumamoto Citykbeoka. l" ShioDi Roilrec.d Bridge
~ e n y Shipping !fum:a IolD..'ld{ i g h w ~ Bridge - f.fiyazakll iyn." ' i City
6 AUGust
6 AU:CU ..t7 t .uguot
7 i.uQJot
10 . \UQlot11 ;..ub"Uat11 A:.lg,:-t
11 August
12 ;.uguot
1'../0 . ' . t-tRoking
97/18
4i"1:;161
414047159
TOl"'.nc..go Droppod
9443"478
157
4110
47158-
- 165 GnUor. tc:rJ,s louecd ·.lith r.npnrn.
!"lIO Jir;.c. bcoed P-47e of tho' 414th Figr:.t.:r Group :'1c"l one VLR eiDolon to Hon<:>hu
~ i r f i c 1 d o on 8 ~ u b U o t . ,8 Effective corticD nttcckod end 2 of our ni rcraf t were
loot - 1 to f lek a.nd 1 to ronoone unknown. 6, e f factive comb:"..t oir pa.trol BortioD
,1crc fl0·,m :/ith no ?:1cr:y c o n t C ' . ~ t .
I ~ i , ~ ~ l a u y r u 2 ~ ~ ~ d Kochi : ~ r f i c l d ~ ~ c r c rocketed end o t r ~ : d by 1;5 ~ i r c J a r t on7 end 9 ! ~ u g u c ~ . ~ 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
~ o r t e d a force of B-29'o to tho Ya.wo.ta Urban Arena. 15 Photo oscort sor t ieo wero
S c . G ~ ' : i Airfield 7 .\Ui:,U.:::t 97 1 0to.nshin and Tomboichi Airfioldo 8 AuL,1J.st 4c 4 0.'cl:yc Arec.. 10 Auguot 102 0 6
B-29'o to tho
Ta.r.£ota a t-
'-51 a,ati -.i ty dccrc::':lCd th is w""ek. 102 Effective o.ircrnf't oocorted~ p i r o und 2,4 o.ircraft n t t ~ c k ; d Honohu ai r f io ld on f ightor sweopo.
"o.c!:cd ::er:. <:.0 follc·,:::J:
11 P-51' 0 :tero loot , 7 tc flc.k, 1 to ongic.c fc.llul"O ::'.Ill.! , to rCil.3.:;n& u n ~ Q : m .16 ~ i r c r ~ yero d ~ c . . g o d , 9 to flQk, 6 C L U ~ o d by j ot ti ooncd fue l tanko end 1 tocauoaD unknown. I eddition to th o o b o v ~ 94 effect ivo c o ~ b n t nir po.tr01 sor t ieswore f l o ~ n with no oncoy conto.ct.
Ratie or Gnc'tly' o.ircraft lO:Jt in cot:lbo.t tc AN!' aircrc.:rt. l" a t in cnM.bn.t o.nd o.cc1l.1ent8
6
11
6
10
.6
11
17
P-51
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5
5
11
11
p-47
Vo 0/0
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457
o
o
B-29
Alo C/O
This Wook
This Month
!biB Month
Enony Loo BOB &
Thin Wock
Th13 l-Ionth
Tabulation of losses followo:
: ' o o o c ~ th ic ~ : c c k ir.crOClocd. 5 ::l-2?1 z ",;or: lo s t - 1 to flc'!>:, 3 '....cro r;l.itchod and 1.1O.C lO::Jt on c.. t akeo ff ' ncc ldont . 11 p-!H' 0 ~ ' : o r c l o s t , 2 of then ,-:orc lOut by tho
' ~ 1 4 t h Fighter Group c..t IWOi 4 to f lak , ; to engine fai luro end 4 to Co.UOOD unknown.
11 r - ~ l ' <:l ",tere lc:Jt - 7 to f l ~ . 1 to engine fc.ilure end to unlmO\'In reo-sons. .
P C f ° - - 2 . . - ° ~ - L
AAF Pero Ena:;yTypo J:J2. LosoOOA/O Targot Sortioo BOLlO AAF L08600 L o a o o ~ D t Prob Dao
Err Abor Tonno.r;oDeBt Mia Dan K t·! \'1 DG
)-29 (r.fo.ri :ma.o Bc.scd)25 2 21 4 0 0 1
Empire Urbnn Arcuo }17 26 1854 } 0
0 00
I n c . u l : l t r i ~ T ~ g c t B ~ 5 40 2;07 2 0 750 12 5 0 0o 0 0 0 0Mining }O 2 201 0 0 0o 100 2 }) 9 0 0
Total 702 68 1 ~ 3 6 2 5
'-4711 (10 Shion Bused)
6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0Diva D O l : l b i ~ g 665 44 610 0 0l i ' ightcr S,-IOCpS 1}} 12 0 0 o 1 0 0 0
A:lrCrc..f't. cn.;,t of ComilJ::llon fe r p arts hc.o rccc.i1':cd c.t Co 10,' lovel but l<"'Uroo forn 3hcrp ~ n c r c C . o c this week. For purpQOCo of coopcrioon, percentago f tho nuobortho pnst four wacko 10 indicated below. All porcontc.goo arc booed ono f n i r c r ~ C hc:.t.
Week Endinj" p-47ap _ ~ l . ! ! .
, 8-290
13 Auguot,.1% ~ , , ~ .5%
6 Au.;uot .e% 3·2%.:$ ~ 9 1 030 JUly.2% .4%
2.7%15 JUly ' . 3.9,1
I.vcrCl.fio Effect ive Strength For Ta.cticc.l Unit:J
v - S P ~ ~ I : L R E P C ~ ST ~ c r . t i c t h A : Force C c ~ ~ ~ t C r c ~ ~ o p o r t ~
Refloating the Grouir.g c.c.turity of tho Air Force in JUly, 160; crew 'JeoneTs
approxioo.toly 145 crowe cocplctcd their tour of 35 niosiona, an incroaG'GI' ofover the ~ r e v i c u o ncr. th.
or150%
Far the firot tina the 313th nnd 314th Wing. j o i n e ~ tho 58th nnd 75rd Wing. in cont r i b u ~ i n g to the rlml of erC',f ocr:bcro rcti;n:.cd fie%: cC:lor: t . .
I t is eotinc.tcd. thc.t Augu.:::t rctircr.:cntJ ~ J i l l c,.:;dn C X c C C ( ~ 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 andJuly. There io acne indication that-the 58th nnd 73rd Wingo retircnents have bO@tnto stabil ize. ~ i t h a oteady rcplnccocnt flow aaourou· end inprovod acho1ulingthoro io reason to bolieve that; in the futuro to tal 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 ~ b e r a repertee killod end n i o o i n ~ was 136 only 42% of oonparnblc June r o a a c a ~The nuobor of crew nanboro lost was tha lowost since Ule bogin ing of operationslr.at Novo'".J.ber.,