XXI Bomber Command Monthly Activity Reports, June 1945

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AINITIALS: /10.DATE: 5 June 1

XXI oottBER cn,;:tJ;.ND

,MONTHLY A CT .IV IT Y R E?O RT

5 Ju.:'!e 1945

PART I S':'RE:j.TH OF THE CQ'.::aAND


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PART I - - STRE.IIIGTH OF THE COMiMND

1 . Hovoment of UnitsRith only a few exceptions, a l l uni ts n 5 s i ~ n e d or attached toHel'dqual'ter:>, XXI Bomber Command and i t s f ive llings he-va non arrived in theUlcnter. 'rho rernaining one-third of the 58th Wing ground echelon , ; i l larri ' le in June ,.13 \li11 the 827th Chamiclli Company. All ground echelons of

thu 315th Wing are in rl1ace, but f l ight echelons are arriving slowly dueto fnilure to complete Northwest Field on schedule, and this movement ~ i l lnot be completed untU July. All units of the 509th Composite Group areno's .in place or enroute (lXClpt for the 1s t Ordnnnce Squadron, scheduled toarrivL: in June and July. The 41st Photo Reconnnissance Squadron is due toa n i V


5/20

PARr I - - STRENGTH OI" THE Cm,tMND

L Movement of Uuits';i1th only a fe .. exceptions, n Il unlts n s s l ~ n e d or attached to

H e ~ d q u a l ' t e r : ' : X.1l'.:I Bomber Command and i t s five l/ln&5 he.vc now arrived in thetheater. 'fhe recaining one-third of the 58th \'ling ground echelon u i l larrht. . in June r.s will the 827th Chemical Company. All ground echelons ofthe J15th Wing nrc in plnca, but f l ight eeh:lons are arriving slowly dueto fei lure to CQ;!lr1ctc iJorthr:est Field on schedule. and this DQvecent '" i l lnt.ot bE" cOi.lpleted unt i l July . All units of the 5 0 9 t 1 ~ Cocposite Group aren lr. place or enrou te excep t for the 1s t QrCnnnee Squadron. scheduled tooniv.,; in June IUld July. The 41st Photo Rcconnnissanee Squadron i s due toc r r i v ~ in t.'le thent.er in JunE'. All unito of the Coahut Stltging Center orenow in p:i!l.CU at 1\10.

. 2. Forsoonol 8t.renrt,hAt t ' le Gnd of tile r:onth th strcugt.h of the COllllll.l1d in the theater

..as 8,MS officf 'rs e.nd L.b,192 enlisted oen, 0'; l.1 t o td of 57,080 comparedto t'n ultim.:.lte strength of about 79,500 personnel.


6/20

Per Cre,\;, AsgC. - Tot.al 86 84 8J SO 87 9J 59 84 86f1Vi'f.: COI'l:IDrd totnl ir.cl"Ud.. s J15th \;ing M;:.y figures.

PART I I . USE OF AIRCRAFr AND cnE'i1Sl. li2.ur !J . Sorties Flown Per 8-29 Aircraft am Crew

SuMM/,RY OF HOURS & SORTIES58TH 73RD 313TH 314TH XXI BeMAY APR MAY APR MAY APR l'tAY APR MAYAver B - A/c Asgd 154 179 192 173 177 146 186 512 710

fl.(.tcr B-29 Crews A,gd 168 249 235 217 213 180 223 659 841Total Coobti. t Sorties 923 1409 1269 1112 1167 966 1191 3487 4558

Sorties Per A Ic Asgd 6.0 7.9 6.6 6 . / ~ 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.8 6.4Sorties Pe.r GreH Asgd 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.1 55 54 54 5.3 5.48-29 Hours F'lo..-m -Per Ale Asgd - Conbat 85 108 91 88 92 98 96 96 91Per Ale Asgd - Total 94 117 102 100 105 115 107 lOS 102

-. Per Cre;: tsgd - Gocbat 78 78 74 70 77 79 80 74 77


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3. UtlH'l,nt1on of f;ircrhft on Mnx1mum Effor t Mi3sion nt,yS8L,.1% of tLircr,.,ft on hi.md or 74.1% of a i r c n f t ll.lioignEld :.-ereutil ized on Il::'xill'lUm effor t oission days dur in6 Muy. There ,;erc f h e lll:lXi

tlUI:1 effor t missions durin g th e month, two to NRgOYC., trIO to Tok}'o, nnd oneto YolcollllMa. OJ' tho 84.1% ut i l ized , 80.6% ~ 7 e r E 1 airborne on combnt rn1s:>ioosEmu 3.5% 0n other l ~ i : : : s i o n s . The '73rd Wing uti l ized 89.2% of i t s nircr,d'ton bf'lId compl.lrGd to 84.7% for t.he 58th Wing, 83.0% for the 3l4th rling und77.rJ1, for tho 313th Wing.

4. other U 5 ~ S of AircraftI t l f'ddition to the 3,ens bombing sorties conducted by very heavy

~ i r c r r f t during bff:y, theN : 'ere l.21 cdning r.orties, 93 o:e3.th:r ~ t r i k em i s ~ i o n s , 82 photo r e c o n n e i s ~ ~ c c nnd r ~ d n r scope m l : J ~ i o n s , 28 fi[hterna\'i.gntione.l rnd escort sor t ies , ::'nd 10 se:' scnrch sor t ies .

98% of the \:eather str ikes \It:re !ffective durine th .. monthcompare-d to 92% in April . Mechnnicnl 1 ' ~ i l u r e \:"as the :Jole reason for the2% n o n - f r c c t i v ~ .


8/20

1. MaintenancePART I I I . MAINTEUiiJiCE AIID OTH1:!.R FACTORS AFFECTH'G l iSt OF AIRCRAFT AND CR.-lOWS

Highlighting the maintene.nce picture of the month VlCS the performanceof the. 58th Wir..g, ,,.hieh flew within 6% of the COlllmand Rverage hours andsor t ies per as:>igned n i l ' c r a f ~ although i t h ~ 25% less maintenance: personnelper Ale on ham. In addition. this Wing consistently imicated the highestper cent age o f a i r cn f t in COLll!u.asion daily am the lowest non-effectiv6 ai r -

For the past three r..onths, the percent of aircraf t on hand which werein cOIll.'D.ission da:"ly !".a.s shown 8. :.:;tenciy increase, the f igures boitJg 47% for.tarch, 52% I'm' hpri l , am ~ Z for May. This increase should have per:uitted a higher pGrcent of aircraf t on ham scheduleci for missions dur ingLiuY, altt.ough the p ~ r c e n t of scheduled &ctu.').lly cecreased from 24% of planedays avaih.blc in April to n';t in May. These increases in the percent of

a i r c r ~ f t in c a n m i s ~ i o n f u r t h ~ a g g r ~ v a t e the 1011 ratio of crews to aircraf t ,m a k i r ~ i t increasingly di f f icu l t to cren a l l available planes.

As further shown in Parts IV and VI of this roport, both the numberof ail 'ct 'aft aborb and aircraf t losses due to maintenance increased sl ightlyduring Linj'. 6.4% o f a ir bo rn e aircraf t aborted in May beCI.l.U$e of maintenar.ceand materiel f!:lilurlJll compared to 5.7f., in April and 5.8% in !.'iarch. (seetc.ble on p ~ g c 9). lit the same eime ~ l of aircraf t losses 17erc due to r:J.e-chunic:::U. :roeasons in May cor.rpared to 11% in April . A large portion of theseVlere caused by fai lures on teJ:e-offb. I t should be noted fai lures of bothequipment and m.:tir.tcnance personnel contributed to this abort inc rease,while the por..:ent of 61,ine fnilurG8 remained cotlste.nt.


9/20

Th!.:l I'vc:rr.gc tlIilC it took to rcpnir rdrcrttft nt 1\ /0 during themonth of , " f l ~ ' if! indicuted by ' the follor:ing tf 'blc. Included in th e elapsed

Ll\NDINGS AT mo JIrAJ,EFUELInG M.AINTElI/lNCE TOTAL

'lEEK TotAL %"OF it OF %OFENDING SORTISS NU!1BEil SORTIES NW.BER SORTIF.S NUMBER SORTIES9 M L ~ r 695 105 15.1 23 3.3 128 18.416 1o\.1.Y 1730 64 4.9 26 1.5 110 6.423 May 1018 26 2.6 9 .9 35 3530 M-"1Y 1141 .--2J, -.2-'--'- 41 -1.& 102 ---.MTCYrLL 4584 276 6.0 99 2.2 J?5 8.2

2. \klL,tcnt'.Ilc", nt 11,0During tho month of Muy, u stendily incrcnsing bncldo[; of grounde

nircrr'.i 't f 't 1\,0 .11m.."I. highlighted t.he e x i s t ~ n c c of 1'. growing mointennnceprobleM. T h ~ c x t ~ n t of cc t iv i ty nt INo fo r tho month i s indicated by t h tc.ble belo_ J cov.::ring t."te four-i:Cck period from 3 tk:ly to 30 Lt.y, 1945.


10/20

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According: to informntion submitted by the depot, in t he s ec tionsof the depot performing inspection, cero repr:ir, s h ~ e t mctd, nnd fl ibhtte st in g c ct iv it ie s, tho dis t r ibut ion of oocklog and llr'n hours consumednppc:r...'>d as follor.s:

'l'hc bF.cklog of B-29 und F-IJ nircraf t on hcmd in the depot in crc;>sed f r o ~ ~ ddl;,' nvcrc.ge of 12.8 plnnes on h.s..'1d in April to 13.4 plr.neson h r ~ d d u r i n g ~ . This i n c r ~ e s e is not believed to be excessive, sincethe nvcI"':.gt> Of>cklog in teres of W'on hours dur in& iMy sccr>.ed consistent f7ithilori< l o . ~ d s normc.lly r ~ ' G u i n d for eff icient operntions .

DurinC the ~ o n t h of May, GlIam Air Depot showed tl. 5ubstl 'ntial 1mprovomC'nt over ~ " r . ! ' c h I nd April in tho time ('cnsumod in tho r o ~ i r of 8-29and F-13 ::-ircrclt, ns indlco.ted in the tp.ble belcm:NO. OF "Ie 1;,VffiAGE Oi. 'is A V E R / ~ G E ELAPSERETUP.NED TO Ale \lE1lE DAYS IlEFOOEr'lOlrrH TACTICAL UNITS TIl DEPar liORK STARTED

~ . , r c h 2 :J6 5".pril 8 52 8.5Uny 12 23 3.7

J. .I.binten ncc of B o m ~ r COl:!!lt'.nd Aircr:'1ft ,t the GUt'!D Air Depot

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11/20

This incrcnse in days grounded CIllj-" be due to f'. possible increl".sc in c-u-gobacklog f 't the De!oOt int',slII'.lCh as 1"'0 has grently incre:1l500 tho dccends being!:C'.de Upo!l tI'Pm;port nirerl lf t of the Depot.

DJr.lng the nonth of f ' ~ Y 1 39 J\OCP requests ~ : e r c received freI:! Iko.Thv GUf'I:! Air D e ~ o t filled 82% of these requisitions. or the 39 requests of'Iblch Ulera i fJ. record, 26 were for R-3350 engines Clnd 8 r equos ts , ;e rc foraD C001C'rs. The nvurnge olapsed time bctl"le,m reC(uieition and rece ipt ofp:l l' k [ rounding &-29 ni rc ra f t a t 1..0 'f1e.S 6.3 dr>.ys.5. Supn:;'y F".ctoro

T ~ supply ~ n flow of cnginee 85 presently projected UTe sufflci ," l!t to I:'eet the reqti.irements of the C o r . ' ~ thrt."l.1gil the month of September~ s ~ o u 1 d ~ o b e c ~ ; c f a c t o ~ h i r ~ e r l n ~ operations. Shipments nrc set upto provide (' mtudI:'iUll\ 60 dny stock l0vel of spt!.res t".nd t l minimum of 45 days.-;tock level . .\s of 31 ~ f . : " Y the r-verq,:c ho'Urs on cUJ:ltl.1ntive pul led eng ines1''.5 ?5L 9 ~ O U 1 " s . This , /[\5 I'n increfl.se of 2:1. hours over the )0 l ~ p r i 1 f i g u r eof 233.3 ~ o u r s . The a v e ~ n e a hours on plulcd engines for the period 1-15tlr'y r e : . c ~ t . d ;:95.1 tours . The highest poriod :{et recorded on engine pulls.m.5 I' D ller:'fe of 320.9 ho'-lrS for the 73rd \7i!lf for the 154 engines pullerlin the t.'r.'0 '..r e c ' ~ poried ending 31 iAey 1945. This f igure exceeds the 319hour p r o ~ ( : c t i o n of tlle l i fe ex?!cta...'1CY of R-3350 engines Lt1 the t h c ~ t r .

Tho;:. supply of chaclct'..l r l ! ! l l l ~ ! d t i c n (B-46 , E-4B, Arf-I,f17f.l, AlHf7'6,


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6. Ilon-t.vdla.bili tv of Cornbn.t Crews All A Fac tor Effec ting Util izationf t averLga of 16.2% of n s s l g n L ~ creps ~ e r e not ~ v a i 1 n b 1 c for

cOlilb..,t during the t\.o week period ending J1 r ~ ~ y . With tho extrEIJCly 1011c r o ~ to i r c r ~ f t rntio under which the Commend is o p c r ~ t i n g , this pcrcent ~ b e c c ~ e s increasingly significpnt. As shown in the tnblc b u l ~ ~ , thechief recsons for nan-rvailcbility ~ e r e crcwz not fully t r ~ i n e d , D.S. rtl e c ~ c r ~ J ~ c h o u l in the United S t ~ t e s , end sickne&s.

CO:.!Ei.r CR,&",' mtBER I1VJ.ILABILITYBASED ON il.Vffi;\GE FOR. ALL CREr! POSITIONS16-J1 w.y

58th Wing 13rd lUng 313t.t. Wing 314th 'I1ing n I BOF %OF %OF %OF %OF

!.SGD .SGD ASGD ASGD ASGDri.ssigncd 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%AVIlllrblo 87.8 84.7 76.4 86.4 8).8

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1. P ~ r c e n ~ of Airborne Aircrnft Bombing;, OO:olBING Hn:MF.Y TP.llG:i1.T - tiAY

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Th p e r ~ e n t of tirborllO ai rcraf t bombing the primary target rosein i.';c.y to 89.4% comp


14/20

-ART V. RESULTS1. D c s t r u c ~ i o n of TargetsAS sho":in in Appetrli.>: At during i.:ay the Comman::l perforned threenif;ht an::. thrc(,. d"l.y urban Ill'en missions total ing 1950 sortie:>, 36 daylight

tl!.ctice.l missions t o t & l l ~ 768 sor t ios , 10 night. mining missions total ing421 sorties, am: tr.o daylight o1ss1ons against irxiividual s t ra tegic targets totaling 277 "ort ies . In these missions, 15,934 tons of i rrer rl ia r: :l es , &,255 tons of bi&h (;xplosives, nn:l 2,LJJ6 tons o f cin es for n to ta lof 24,595 tons ;ic re dropped on Japanese targets . Th", greatest tonnege inone raid in MY histOF! ..e.s


15/20

2. Bombing Accuracy

For thes" , missions, lI.CCYr3CY i"igurcs ho.ve oocn obtained from theOprat1or.s AI'llllysis Sectiol!, giving the circular error for as l!l8.IV forcations e.s suff icient pcetogn.phy wt..s c.vcl1L.ble, f1herc j>Ossible, cclcul:l.tiens of the circular Error ';7crc bc.sed on ac tml bursts observed,but if this .,'es iLpcsiblc, calculatior..s were r:w.de uti l izing bo!r.bs-ina ir photogrnpb.y. Tl:is l a t te r lethoo, clthough net completely rolilible,docs p n th l n approx.imntely 1000 feet . Thefollowing tabulation su:::ce.rizes tho da.ta for t.he mission.:. against pl" l l -elaion tc rgcts .

Bombing f'.ccUTacy ds.t.r. for teo !:1onth i s rO'Ughly divis ible into twosections; s t r ikes agci.nst precision targets am str ikes e.gninst Kyushuair f iuld targets .

' UIlS:: IF;: j sr.ipping t lctivit lcs. Also, at t r i t ion mine f iddl : l planted in tho Imtersnrouni Kcbu nm Osakll hnve had th is 8ll1ll0 effect becnuse mine sucepingclose to 3 h ~ p s CnL in confined wnters is a slow p r o c e ~ 5 . M i ~ ~ n g of theports of ftlgoyn, Tokyo, arrl tile SOilS of 1.11ynzu nr..d Tsurugu in NorthernHonshu hns lLIso beer. n c c ~ p l i s h e d ;'Iith success.c. Nc.1:nl 3e.scs - The main nuvnl bnso i s at Kure am the majority

of navo.l ships have been sUltioncd in the Kurc-!lirosh1m.D. aren. The watershnvc boen mined to reduce the flc,xibility of Joptloose nuvnl operations bythe c o n t i n ~ ~ threa t ~ h 1 c h mine fields prosent to shipping movement. ThishilS been chiefly n tncticru operation in support of tho OY.1nc.na CIJ.Clpn.i.gn.


16/20

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1]1 J:::.punt;.E'(' drerl . lf t 17rC dtJstroyoo nnd 82 probc .b ly de strayed inL ~ ; : \ : r ':.C/ b rin g th e to tw to d!Lte: to 614 a : rc ra f t dostroyed am 387 probablyoe::rlroy..d. In ,.QQition, ]00 Jc.p::t:l8se a i rc ra f t have ooGn destrcyed ordOJ!lt..6""d on thE' growii in str ik",s I;'_enin.st airrigId:; on Kyu;;hu am ,shikoku.

3. J ~ p : . r u : s ( . Ah'cruft Destroyed

lo'rct'l the. ir..fo:L'!:l:.ltion Ilvllilttble, t h 3!Jth f ling "ould seem to havet i l l ' high3!' bO'llbine accuracy for thG::;';' mi:::sionz. T h i ~ tiiffer....,nce maypossibly e;.pl.ciP.l::d by th{:. i:lethodg of briGfing used, tho J l J ~ t n f!ingdu::igroting tin A i r . J . i ~ Point rather than the nssig'l:ad ff,PI.

' I h ~ p:.:rcent of cr:eny t:.ircrr-ft ott.'.lckil".g I'1hich wt:re clfJstroycd orprobl,bly d ( ) ~ t r o y { . d rvucheci i t s highost l eve l in ll!ay ~ / i t , h Do Conmand cver{ . . . g ~ of 1 6 . 9 ' i ~ COllI:a!'(;.d 'te, 1.7% in Apcil, tht;: pr(;Vi0lli; ~ g h . Th


17/20

1 . Aircraft und C r e ~ LossesBeth e.1r-cr&ft erri Crctl loss ::,utes increased in May for tho secomc.cnsf:.cutive conth, Tho aircraf t loss ra te was 18.(.% of U.E. comparedto 18.2% in April ani 14.3% in March. This was equivalent to 2% of

a i rborx c..ircraft in r,luy, 1.6% in April am 1.3% in MarciL The c r e ~loss rate Rn5 17.7% of V.Z., 0. sl ight decrease from the 18.2% Aprilf i ~ u r e but higher then the 11.2% rete of I. larch. HOl'evar, expressid onl.I. sort ie besia, cr",,: mtunber casuul.ties wero 1.5% of airbCJrre co::lparedto 1.4% in Apl'i1 aoo. 1.0% in March.

PART VI, COST OF MISSIONS

l n a s l l r u c ~ 8S 41. of thv 90 a i rcraf t los t during thl: month were los tcn TokJ,To milJ5ions, it Iil.] be c ; x ~ c t l ; ) d tha t losses T:'.B..y level uff 0.3 thechief Tokiu ~ e t ar ge ts ere destroyed. An exact analysis of causesfe r a i r c rd t losses is d if fi cu lt t hi s conth bccaust:' of the l uge percc,nt.o.ge of unknown losses, HcwO;lver, 1.\5 shm;n below, t he percent los tto C1cchanica.l reasons inc.leascd 10% ovor the April Ratti,Cd,'S&> FOR B-29 CPS; LOSSES I ' - - - ~ C " " " U S " " ' b S < n F O " " R ; n B - ~ 2 " 9 " j J " Z C " L O S S n o " E S " " - - - ,

/.prt w',Y I jJlR MAY I25!.JJi, 19 2 1 l'nc::lY Action 32 52% 25 28% I7 11% 11 ~ I iAcchaniclll 7 11% 19 21% ICombat OpcrEne::lY ctic.n


18/20

PE.aCBI.."l' OF TD1J,L Lie LOST Hill DJ.?{hCEDJ:.:.nucry F e b r u . ~ . r y March April

E ~ i : l Y " i r c l ' ~ ft 51.6% ;'4.61 5.)% 14.8% 8.5%Flak 12.7% 42.ifI, 77.8% 61.;% 72.2%Flak end Aircraft 15.9' 8.0% ) . 2 ~ 15.7% 6.5%Acci60nt & V . ( . c ~ ~ r d c n l 2.5% 4.'1% 2.0% 2.2% ).0%.. Own Guns ','.0% 4.)% O . 8 ~ 1.7% 1 . 4 ~Other & Ur.kI'lOml 10.2% 5.6, 10.9% 4.1% 8.4%

The J:.l;;rccnt cf cJ.rcraft 'txmbing which were bcttle-dN:1:iged dee:r\..tlc(.d in M ~ tv 15% eU:l.pu.rcd t t 1 7 . 1 ~ in April ~ : T l 8.9% in ! . ~ a r c h .T ~ J14th ~ i suffered th e nOEt d ~ G g c riith c rete of 1 7 . ~ ~ . The58th ',ling imci 15.2%, the 7)rd liing 14.1% D id th(= J1)th Wir.g 1).6%.f'fJri..l.. 1'Lt.,S h:.:.d !xol;n 18.8% for t h 31)th ',"ling, 15.7% for the 7)rd,fir:g ~ , 15.5% fer 1:.1:... 314th IJing. FInk '.:a::; s t i l l tn ... r : ~ j o r c..'l.USO;'f.>!' aircr=tft lo:lt cnd dc.oagc--d, c . irxlicLted by the folloil'ir.g tLblu.

4. B n t ~ l t . Dtu,ICE


19/20

COMPARISON OF MISSION S T

SECRET.- -

' .ToPe . tMi. .ions

Number ofMission. NumborAirborne NumberBombing AircraftLoet of AIrborneAircraft Lost Bombin& Altitude ToneDroppedAveroEnemy~

10329 9415 175 1.7%

1

1059 110665661324063531

54473

244966.000 t . 27.000 4933 16.500 t . 7,900 40936,800 t . 14.500 24335

19.300 to 20,000 68135,000 to 26.500 37471 } ~ 2 0 0 to 20,100 10552

17.900 to 21,40011,500 to 14.500'9,300 t . 20,0005.700 to a,bOD13,200 to 20,100

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. 5 27.000 532l . 7.400 t . 7.700 15831 . 3 ~ 6.800 t . 7.200 95802.5% 5.000 t . 6 000 1082.3% 16.300 t . 16,400- 970

1.1%3 . 0 ~l . 6 ~1.2%1.3%

MARCH15215'133

34722510

3045 55 1. 6 10230;lAY

2357

4013

1 . 3 ~ 13747759 13 APRIL 1.6% 8.000 t . 20,500 3342333 8 2.2% 6.500 t . 7,900 2510641 21 3.0% 8.300 t . 9,'00 407045 0 0.0% 5.600 t . 2b.100 2571267 13 .9% 13.400 t . 18.100 6051

24514631241375689

1772381470181291

4416

2570

87MARCH - MAY1309 1181 17 1.3%631 571 13 2.1%3f(P 3514 89 2.3%

13b4 1241 22 1 . 678 601 10 1.5%2 4 224L ..R'I____ 1.0%

2771566'?,64"21766

638366692571390W'3

1942651595200316

54

12522

82

7,35632331036

12

106113'17101

146

nA.YLIGIiT PRIORITY TiRGEr!lIGHT" URA:"" Ll{EAn.\.YLIGH'l' tRBn.if AlIEA"mIlTG (nGIlT)TACTICAL SUPPORT (DLY)

MAY TOrALS

Dl.YLIGHT PRIORITY TJRGETnGHT PR10RITY TARGLT"'GIlT llR1AlT AREAlUNING (fIGHT)TACTICAL SUPPORT (IlI.Y)APRIL !X)TALS

DA.YLIGHT PRI03.1'1Y Tl.RGB:rlJIGST PRIORITY TARGLTtnGh"T UR3AN A.r.1I'.ADAYLIGHT UImAJJ AP.E.AMINING (:-lIGHT)TACTICAL SUPPORT (n,..y)

TOTi


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: .,.TOJ.APJJJ MAR _ TO

NOV DEC JAll FEB MAR APR !!!!. MAY!f e 30mbin& Primary Target to Ale Airborne 21% 66% 44% 50% 64% 65% 69% 67% 61J./O :BomblJ1g All Tar ge ts to A/e Airborne 79% 62% 62% 67% 93% 93% 92% 93% 91;"/0 Ef'fe.Jtho to A/C Airborne 79% 63% 62% 67% 93% 93% 92% 93% 91!/O Non-EffEC; fo r Al l Causes to A/ e Airborne 21% 17% 16% 13% 7% 7% 6% 7%!/ C Non-EffEC. fo r Mechanical Reasons to Ale Airb': 19.0% 14.7% 12.3% 7i4f.. 4.7% 4.6% 5.2% 4.6% 5.Ale Loat or Battle Damaged to A/e Over Target 6.6% }2.6% 39.1% 26.0% 10.4% 16.9% 17.2% 15.9% 17~ / Lost to A/e Airborne 1;6% 4 . ~ % 5.7% 3.3% 1.3% 1.6% 2.0% 1.6%

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