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SASTl\]i' SO-OP-920.. '
STKrISTIOAL S U ~ ~ ~ Y OF ACTIVITY
WEEK ENDING 13 AUGUST 1945
Auth:CG t;SAS!AF
Ini t : ABT
Date: 14 Aug 45
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I - ~ K l V E ! · E N T OF USAST AF OOl·lBKr UNITS ( f
I I - TACTICAL ACTIVITY C II 'I I I
- AIRCRAFTt.1'D CREW
LOSSESIV - STKrUS OF AIRCRAFTV - SPECIAL REPORrS
r - J,lOVEl-lENT OF USASTAF C O ~ l B A T UNITS
iOl F tr Wing
:q 50 Ftr Gp
lq 358 Ftr Gp
+4 Troop CarrierSq
Directed Admin to issuoordera assigning Wingand units to 8th Air
Force. Opnl control
s t i l l vested in FEAF.
Ready 1 Oct.
Reedy 1 Oct.
ETA O a . ~ u 4 Aug. Depart
ed \10 29 July. Date ofar r iva l haa not been
received.
4 EmergencyRescue Sq
5 EmergencyRescue Sq
7 DnergencyReacue Sq
To move Hq Sq less Det.
of ' 6 OA-lO to 1"'0. ErD
25 Aug.
Act ion being taken to estab l ish readiness date of15 Aug fo r 8 8-17 a i r c ra f t
end Cre\·IB.. Readiness date
of ' 15 Sep f'or 12 AO-I0
aircraf i and crews. Dates
are not firm.
Flight E ready we 15 Aug.ETA Okinawa 23 Oct - 1 Nov.
+5 Troop Carrier Ready Wes t Coast in ..fu.l. 90 Photo
Sq Not yet cal led to port Recon Wgas of 2 August.
311 Troop Carrier E'TA Okinawa 30 Aug. Gni 4I Photo
Sq eoh departed Oahu 22 Recon SqJuly.
316 Troop Carr ier ETA Okinawa ,0 Aug. GndSq eoh departed Oahu 22..1:1.
It i s now detennined tha t
th is unit will not be assigned to USASTAF.
Locati.on Guam. To move detachment of 11 Aircraft ,15 off icers , 60 EM to VIrFighter C o ~ a n d , Iwo Jima.
Readiness date Guam 20 Aug.
1 Photo Recon Sq Gnd echelon of FlightC departed Guam 22 Jul
via Saipan for Okinawa.ErD Saipan ' l P.ug. F It
A & 8 ErD I<\J 5 Aug. ETA
Okinawa 3-12 Sept.
T \ ~ I E T H AIR FORCE
,;()2 BOlIlb Gp
; ~ Btab OpFor 315 Wing. Gnd ech
in place. 88 out of 90UE and reserve aircra.:rt:.have arrived. Hemainderenrout.e ..
509 CompositeGroup
Gnd and complete a ir ech
elons in place, Tinian.
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EIGHTH AIR FORCE
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For 47 l;lg. Gnd echelon
r o ~ d y US 25 Aug. Flightechelon ready 15 Sept.
F ~ 7 WSe Gne echelonro y US 1 Sopt. Flight
oh clan reedy 15 Oct.
For 47 ~ g Gnd echelonroedy US 1 Sept . Flight
cctclon r c ~ d y 15 Oct.
450 Bomb Gp
H-q-47- 1lbi:11D Wg Ghd nnd f l t cch rcndy
US 1 Scpo
489 Boob Gp Per 47 ~ ' ! g . G t l ~ ueh rea.dyus 1 AuC. Flicht echelon
rot'.dy 15 Sept.
376 Bomb Gp
Hq l Bomb ~ All gnd echelons roady
492 B o ~ b Gp US 1 J ~ Flight eaharons
454 Do:nb Gp
456 Bomb Gp301 3 e ~ _ b Gp
Hq 96 Bomb Wg Lli gr.d e c t e l c ~ 6 reedy US
467 300b Gp 1 Dec. Flight echolons
4-'18 Bo:nb Gp roody 15 Jan.458 Bomb Gp
466 Bomb Gp
98 Bomb Gp
Gnd echelon roady US
1 ITov. Flight (lehclon
f ~ r i v 8 d Ouhu 24 Jul.Hq Sq l e o ~ nir c c ~ c l o ndeparted Oahu ;;0 July.
ETA Okinc.:ra. l l ~ · - 2 ; Au&o
F ~ ,16 Wg. Arri7sdOehu 4 Ju l . E:l'AOkin
awa 4 Aug-22 Sl.'lp. Dis
patching 5 to lC oir
craft a i r c r ~ deilyunt i l cOI:lpletc UE and
reeerve (45 :.;C)rca.chcd.
For 316 ''IE. E:l'D Sent t lo8 Aug. Er J.. Okinawa.3 - 1 ~ Sept.
For 316 Wg. DepcrteiScc.ttlc 10 Ju l . ETf.Okinc.we. 25 Jul-22 801) .....
Pl"" to dispctO;l 5 to10 o.i rcrn .ft da .i ly com
mencing 1 Au h •
For ;16 ~ g Ern Soo.ttla
18 Aug. EI'A Okinnwo.1'-22 Sort .
NarE I Beginning evacU'ation of 8-29 a i rc raf t to North Field, Tinian, 11 A U ~ 6 t .Totc.l of ~ o . i r c r ~ to be OVCCUE'.tcd.
Hq ;516 Bomb Wg
346 Bomb Gp
353 Bomb Gp
382 Bomb Gp
383 Bomb Gp
Hq 20 Bomb Wg
485 Bomb Gp For 20 Bomb Wg. Gndechelon r o c ~ y US 1 OctFlight echelon ready
15 Nov.
For 20 \'!g. Gnd cchclor:.
rendy US 1 Nov. Flightechelon roady 15 Dec.
44 Bomb Gp For 20 Wg. Gnd cchelonreedy US 1 NOVe Flightechelon 15 Dec e
149 Bomb Op For 20 Wg. Gnd cctclanreody US 1 Oct. FliG _
ochelon ready 15 Nov.
NOTE: Top Secrot tintc. pertoining to
mOVOI!lont o f unita not includedin thio ruport ·
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·.4 .-""=; . ,II - T A C T r C l ~ ACTIVITY
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
combat Bortiea follows:
B - 2 ~ i J . P-47a P-51s
This Week 702 555 4;;0Last Week 1/'57 5 0 - ~ 5 455
Plonncd va Actual Opcro.tir..g P.El.:te s
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
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%.
D c t ~ i 1 8 on Tnrgeto Attackod
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:
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To.rgot
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
rlO\-:TI.
AAF A/C AAF Enomy A/CTD.J'got Atta.ckinr Loooes Dostroyed
{UI:!nCc.yo., Ka.:JUI:It go.\lo. c.nd Tc1::-/oAroenc.l 6 AUj:,u,:Jt 97 6 2
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.
CO!1plcto tabla of' tactica.l activity follows: '
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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
. /C 0/0
)
)
5
5
11
11
p-47
Vo 0/0
-- -----_•._.-
}
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
5 2 0YO:dc..tC. 8-29 Eacort 50 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0Photo Eacort 15 1 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0
Total 8 5 64 610 9 0 4 2 1 1 5 2 0
. p-4711 (Iuo J ioc Booed)
Toku.-.lnt:3c. .!>
T o.ku i'lhiJ:!t. 0Honohy Airf 'lcldo )8 ) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAP (Iwo JiJ:lo.) 6) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totcl 101 8 0 2 0 o 0 0 0 0 ,0 0
P-51 (hlo Ji::lc)6 1 11LP. Escort to H c n o ~ u 102 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
~ Swoop Hcnohu14 1irficldo 234 19 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 0
CAP 1\':0 Jino. 94 2 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 4}O )2 0 11 0 16 1 5 0 6 1 11
I I ! - A!RCP.:.FI' f.!1) GREW L0551$
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..... .r:omIY - 8T J'J'!!S 'JF AIRCRm'"
. p-4 7U'0 :Jhow
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
'rypa &> Madol .I/O A/O 0/0.vO Unit:! 0:, Ht\1ld RccA.l On Hond
8-29 XX Air Fo:,co 932 61>2- 1225
P-47N 318th, 413th & 507th Gpo 251 175 516
P-51D 15th, 21 at 506th op::. 205 123 398
P-47N 414th Gp (rwa Jion) 58 18 152
0/0 Effective
Rendy Strangth'
8)8 626
456 175
392 12;
147 18
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.,
SOUROE,Twont1nth Air Forco
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7 5 ~ 11.8
4 ~ 6 'l ~
5941
Percont
Fercont
Nur..l:cr
•
_AGE .LOF.L
1520
}79}2}
r ~ U ! : l b o r
!:tu:lbcr
•
B-29r-47
P-51P-61
C'Oobo.t Orot, Per-Donnel Arrl'V"!h[;'o.t 'JSASTAF Root. f'.nd Rccoo.ticn C c . t ~ t o r
Conbnt R o o . o 6 i g n n o n t · ~Cc!::but' ne ct "
USASTAF 8 ~ roAn {JIINTROL
111 AUGUST 1945-
Tot!:.l Arrivals for MonthAvcro.t;c lh.:o.bor of l·fontho in CcntroJ. Pc.cific ArOc.
Avero.go Nunbor of Conbnt HOUTS FlownA v c r o . ~ - o Nuobor··of CO:lbat I·lioo1ono Flo'lm
Intoncod Diopcoition of P o r o o n . ~ c l : :
Crow by Type of A i r c r ~ ~ Flownt
C')p.bct Expori:mcc I:
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