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XXI B 0 M BERe 0 M MAND
REPORT
12 April 1945
XXI BOI'COM OPERATIONS
Three Aircraft Plants Bombed Same Night 3
73rd Attacks Nakajima Plant 4
Kyushu Hit on Command's 50th Strike 5
March -- Bad Month fcrr Japs 6
Gibson Girl Leads toRescue of 20 8
XXI BOMCOM TARGETS
Japs Now Transport New Planes on Barges 9
Photo Coverage of the Week 12
J AP AIR DEFENSE
Jap Day vs Night Tactics 13
Direction and Level of Approach of E/A 14
Tojo Packs 40 mm Punch 16
British Plane Markings 16
Evidence of Jap Air Crew Shortage 16
Jap Night Fighters Tricky 16
FLAK INTELLIGENCE
Evesion of Flak
SPECIAL REPORTS
High Altitude Ship Recognition 2;1.
Warning Gunners -- Watch for This GUy 24
Can't See 'Em __ (tfust Be Sunk) 24

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Xt'(/#]omCc1II. OPERATIONS
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I
tu.rDM ear17 &ad 61 l1ropped ... 1n&l
l.r and by ra.dar Oft the
A.1.rc.Jo&.rl. Coapalq (TUpt ,..) .lob
is DII&1" the TaebU.... AlrrteU. i.
aU_ ..t or 10'70. TbU plant. U
credited wtth t!M uar.tb1.7 or about.
au percent. or c"'t pla_
produced la Japu:. Ibe
of the plant bu not bua _ub-
1laM4
i
but. it u bel1.....4 to be
.SHab Ina tM Azw:I r1hla' OUU'
aDd poulb1.7 Mat rat aDd
t.he recoa:alssanee tJ'P'U Clare aDd
__ .. Ida..
"'Inc aounted 113 a1r-
the alaalon. P-'" ...-
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73RD KITS
XXI 80abIr croned
Jap on the nlcbt. or
AprU b, sendlQ& each or t.be
.nt.l, oplratlns _In.. aaainst
tr.nat a.1rc:ran plant. in Japaft.
tbe.r baa doge4 r.connala-
attellPU since the at.rlll:el,
ruwu are Judaed to be eual_
in aOM cas...
9h-ta Ale PLANTS BOMBED SAME NluHT
It 1s 1ntended that thls Weekly re_
port be a source or il1forlllat'1on tor co:n_
bat cre"s and starr orfic81'S who have a
leg
1t
1lllate interest in the OP81'ations of
the ;0;:1 BOIlIber COllmland. "'!thln thou
lilllits 1t should receive the "ldest pos_
slble circUlntlon perlllisslble under the
provls1ons or An
In order that a IlIB.Xi/tlJ1lI ot Intelll_
gence cay be inclUded, the report Is
liven an OVerall clasSiflcatiofi of Sec_
ret. ihen the nature ot the materlal
warrants, indivldual artlcles have re_
ceiVed a lower securlty claSSiricat1on.
The report Is So assembled thet the
C
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p
o
nent sections lIlay be r8lll0ved lHKt
Circulated or tlled sep8retely. It por_
tions are reproduced, security regula_
tions IIIUst be Observed and the source credited.
CorresPOndence regarding this PUb_
lication ShOUld be address lid to the Com_
General, XXI DOlDber COllr:land,
APO 234. c/o San FranCisco,
California, Attention: AC Of S. A-2.

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JAIIEs n. GARCIA
C010l:lel, G.a.c.
Ae or a, 04.-2
H: C.G.XXI B.C. Initials(4&
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3l4TH WING
The 314th Wing mounteCl 34 air
craft, two or wb.ich d1Cl not bomb.
The others bombed omura Airfield
visually thr ough a to ../10 cloud
trom 15,700 to 17,500 teet,dropping
2eo 550_pound OPs.
The aircrart at this WiD! raD il>
to 30 enemy aircratt, but recei'fed
only ineftectt.e oppodtiOD rN_
them. They claimed two as Clestroy-
ea,one probable ard two 4Pale4. 80
!_2w were lost.. F.Lak ft!I I118qer
to tntense and Inaccurate to acCur-
ate.
Prel1JliDl1'1 esti_ttoD ot tbI
bcablD1 aceura01 of thlJ Ws. 111-
dieatea that it uceuent. ft.e
tUllt.. hit b1 thre. conce
nt
",,",
tlon.s or about olD' bUrSta eacbo
,:ir....re obi"""'" aDd 1n th. l,U\
of t;be .trin the tarae
t
..
,.11:8 eOftJ"e4. (8eCJ',t)
The encountered 24 fillhte
and saw 31 more wh1ch CllCl not
tack. Forty five attaCY..s were maCle
on the bombers, one of Which sus-
tained da1llllge.
Continuously pointed rlak heavy
meager to and
was encountered. There was SOlDe
barrage tire. Two trawlers opened
fire on sOllle of the air.craft,
gina one flYing at 600 feet anCl
possibly causing another to Clttch
1n the vicinity. Ten surv1vors of
this a1J'crart were picked up by a
sub. This was the only
plane lost on the mission.
One enellO' aircraft was claimed
a8 probably ClestroyeCl anCl four as
damaged.
All buildings 1n the plant area
ot Target 1870 rece1veCl at least
one hit anCl were reporteCl on
fire, with the exception of one
smoke_covereCl Sixteen
in a barracks area recei_
ved damage and two were gutted. One
hangar type building was 60 percent
destroyed,three others were gutted,
one had minor root dSllI8ge.
ttonal damage to other bullCl1ngs
was seen in the str1ke phOtos.

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The Tach1arai Works (TeI'--
let 1870) is located in north_
ust K)'ushu and i8 a part of tl)e
fach1arei ArJ:lY Air Arsenal. It is
devoted to production of aircraft
Ill(ines aDd sOllie aircrart assembly.
In addition, it serves as a repair
unit tor the Tachiaral Army Air-
Held, 1Ih1ch it adjoins.
The c.ura Naval Alr Station.
('rarlet 849) is part or the vast
1JInr, A1..rcrert complex {pr04uction.,
IUllibly 'of enginea airtrames'
::it1ea
tion
and repair
I&i 11 prilltarily important as the
btln t operational seaplane
1 or the Sasebo area.
73RD WING
It Wing round ao cloud 0'1..
lilt 'Il'or:;rset, the rachiarai llach_
eratt &1:-' ark! 106 or the 1115 alr_
bOIl It. it viauallJ
'1 S83
to
17,500 f.et. Tbey
:::--1'011 b' 550-pOUM geaval
l%ltt ,.bl -- 4.&3 tOni. line
iCl hot bOlllb.
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Cotmp8.nd.
O'Jt its sg a ChunM'ed mis_
!IOM on Cl Y 0 March,,1th
& tllo-w1ng er-t argets for
Strike Attack No.
In by the 73rCl anCl 3l4th \'lings ,,,ere
the Techiera1 !!achine Works and the.
OIIUra A1rtield on the Jap home is-
land ot Kyushu.
The last of 149 aircraft sched-
uled for the attack were airborne
by hours.
Elghteen additlonal a1rcran,t'
the 78 airborne, bombed the n
area or Tokyo with 520 5SGopa
general purpose bombs, by I'd
from 9,000 to 10,000 teet. YW:I
aircraft faUed to bOlllb.
Thirty one enemy aircraft III
seen over Koizum1 and 26 over fiIII
l
bu.t only one ToDY and one
tied plane ventured to attaet. )1
aircratt were lost. Flak was bllll!
meager to moderate and inae
e
:",
Some :,ocket flares were reper
(Secret)
a. poor to ucelhllt
enem;y f'1ghters 1Nlre Ob;ery'::-'
attacks were lIade. Plair '" tltt'
and heavy, lDeager and 1_
No B..29s were lost.
3l3TB HITS KOIZ01Q:
The [obuml Plant ot tbe
j 1ma Aircrart COIIlpany (Taraet
is located Just SOtltb ot til 0..0:
Itolzuml Airfield about 60
ot TokTo. It is one at the
pal alr.frame-assembly
Japanese aircraft incmstry. It:
duces Navy Cotllbnt types ar.d b
tlmated to account 25
of total Jap combat a1J'cran. '
The plant was hit on the 1#1
of 3-4 AprU by 48 aircraft or III
313th Wlng. They dropped 1,(1'
550-pound OPs and 202 flares. r.
target was completely clouCl eOft!ll
and radar was used. Eomb1ll& llt-I
tude: 6,000 to 8,000 teet. Crtr
est1.nJated results as good, CIl
observed.
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SUTD finS SHIZUOK.&.
Forty &1ght ot 49 alrcraft drop-
ped their bClllbs through a to 2/10
clouds visually and by radar. Al_
titude tor bClllbina was 7,000 to
9.000 teet. Tonnage dropped inclu-
ded 705 S50_pound OPs and 2p 480_
pound IBa. ResultJ!l were estimated
The 314th
l
, target tor the night
ot 3-4 Ap1'll was the Shlzuoka Alr-
cratt Engine Works. '!'his plant 1.
bel1evecS to be owned by the Ul tsu_
b18hls and Is one of the newer otles
In the business. Still In the pra-
cess or present out-
put would constitute only a re18_
tlvelJt small percentage of total
Jap combat aircraft enslneJ!l. How_
ever, with engines an indicated
critical item in Jap aircrat't pro-
duction and in view or production
potellUals or this modern plant, lt
has been cOnl1dered a target worthy
ot' attack.
ODe a1rcratt was lost to unkncnrn
caus... About 215 righters were
seen and three attacks sustained,
Plak was 118cUum to heavy, meager to
lIoderate and inaceurate.
:ftt 1Ib.ieh attacked tbl.
tart drOpr4 1,931 15M_pound oPal
ase 7D-poun bcencUarles and
tlares with utlobsal""u4 rasul t s,
""oa 5,700 to 7,200 ,tt.
Port,. ellht ot tbe "1118" air-
vart bCllDbed r.a ..,ak1 IndusQ'lal
&I"_,L_dropping 1,502 15150_poun4 ape"
and :l5!: 7o-pow:1C5 IBa by radar. Twn
hit wget ot opportnnl ty.
rL the 121 aircraft a1J'borne.
115 bombed vhually by
the haze which wes over the
targdt. Altt tude tor bombing was
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.: .. . 5,900 to 7,900 feet. 'the1
MiSSion No. 5l,flown the 73rd 464 550-pound general purpOs ....
"lng on the night of 1-2 April was 11"-
a heartbreaker. S1:x aircfatt ta11. One ot the B_29S1
to return and no new was lost to enemy tighterS :otf'I rr
on the target -- the Nakajima 35 attacks which the bOll .. "
A1l"cratt Engine Plant at Tokyo, (Tal'oo ene enemy tighter07'"
get stroyed, two probably deJ!ltr 11'..
One aircraft llrobabl1
to flak, Which.as of th:-,.r'
type. med1Ul1l and'heav1
moderate. (5e;ret)
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I APR IL.15
The other two mlssiona cl7llplet_
ina the larch series are cl.8.ssit1ed
as Top Secret and cannot be report_
ed here
The charts which tollow SU:tmar_
1ze all the da1ll8ge to aireraft
plants aD.d urban areas trom the be_
ginning ot our operations to the
end of March.
(ContidentiaI'
PIMIAf.l gummahf fUof
blred tarSe'tS and mallY unidentified
ll1dUJ
ttles
The Alcnl Aircraft
torkS, E1tokU plant, Target 1729,
.., daaaged 4Uring the first Nagoya
attack.
In two mission! to Kyu!hU,units
ot till Bomber command bombed Oi ta.
taclliar&1 and OmUra air fields and
till taehiarai l!ach1ne Works w1tn
lcod to exeellent results.
I MAIL
(to Target 193) to
tor tbe month was 1'13.
feet.
Five missions Wel"e 111ft...,
attacks against deSignate" 1:"
ary targets 1n the e1Hel! ot
Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe.
suIting from these sttack! L!
sesed at :31.81 square mUes..
cludecl 1n this Is damage to 61
damage
o.ustry
sqt:are
Tt:Vtr
Fi
/Uri
l
elTe lltr.lke mUsions by the
X I BOllber COlImIsnd against the Jap_
8MS. hOlll.land during !!arch con-
tributed toward lDak1ng it an unhap..
P1ID.ooth tor the Nips.
Three ot the attacks"Em!! again s t
tha enemy" &1reratt industry, mak..
In& a total ot 18 such missions at
th, end of !larch. The additional
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t ...n OIalra IlD4 Kobe (1:1 til. rbl of

Osaka Ba1. (S llbOto&l'apb &bonl
Th. r.awanllbl bII lOGI
been Imen. .. Japu'l tare-Olt ...,.
er ot be1lll nth Va. 11-
eb" AlrCl'&tt CClQUJ a
..,. coaoern.. IlD4
luch W .. f111DI NlW
al aTiI u4.ur. !bUe ban ai-
ual17 MeG bailt at \be o1dIl' .....
.9.
Row a Japanese aircraft tactory
\ullt to make seaplanes ...tII the
trob1trD. at produCIIl& aDd dlstrlbu-
111lC laad.basfld planes Is ..11 11-
In XXI B.C C.I.U. SPf.C-
'Prt No. 14, 23 Marob IN5.
tactQl'J In qu.atlon is F.a-
thll.)'
1
Aireran COIIP&Il7'1 r.la-
to.t. -1' Plant at PUkae (!VI.t
O!). about balt 1r&7 M..
It ...
SO,one GIbson Girl ...
ble tor the resC'Je of ..
100 m1les apart. This .pi
out clearlr two thlnp:
1 - The Gibson Girl ..
to work successfully. 1bSi
sent out signals dlU'
l
tl&'
two mInutes of each Ilhlll11'
2 - All crews must llln
what the islands ot the
look 11ke so they WOl1'\
their position near
The first case ot alii
cr81l'S being rescued nth
of hIs corner reflector ...
out the other day, WheD all
Reseue Dumbo pleked liP'
hIs radar screen. and h:2:
it. found the entire a-
between Aseunelon aDd
lands. (Fr'om 3l3th "10&
Rescue Bulletin) (cont1'
@D 10 Karch, Lt. Col. Settle,
tarlDflr17 ot the 9th Group. was tly_
hg 8-29 Dabo elU'oute to Agrlgan
Island to start searching tor 44_
V7&9 wo reported bimself u "near
.,eunclon Island heading south" 15
IIl1nnte. betore he lUteh.d. Upon
arrlTlns at Agrlgan, Col. Settle
picked up an '50s on 500 Kos. He
began to \1011ow it on his radIo
compus, Arter f'lylng tor 300
lilIas, he callle upon three rafts to_
gether With 11 sur,.!.,.ors. all in
gaod condition. After arriving on
tbe scene,he requested instructions
t'r0lll the ground statton. He was
told to untll rel1eved by
a Dabo Which was dispatched to the
poalt1011. reported.
Upon 1'8118"10 Col. BettIe, the
D1mbo lDllde contact _lth a minc_
heepU' and b1 late afternoon, the
entire erew or esVS27 ot the 314th
Wina was sately aboard the shIp.
During time this
8eodlD. out cUstress calls on the
Clbson GIrl, the Cook Inlet, a sea_
tender, was also homIng on
the sIgnal rrOlll her POsItIon 100
D.Ues to the SOUthwest. An Alr-5es
Dumbo WlS In also.
About 1400, the Cumbo slgl1ted ttlne
SU1"Thors on the bea"h at PaJaros
Island. Naturally both Dumbo anO
Shlp thought these Survlvors were
::ndln
g
out the distress call. They
than a 11ttle Surprised
case nTh OU\ that Such WflS not the
the hne b appened to be alone.
or !'rom the survl_
the OOSltion f mUes north.and
leld 0 ..... Cook Inlet. On
na aboard these surViVors tbey
1'ere rOUnd to be f"r
1'as supposed om 44V159 which
.l.scunclon I be to the south or
lWay. S_nd, about 60 mIles
..:
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Uhi ia thought to b. on. ot lta
aanltte.ctur.rs.
The C.I.U. repon further de.-
leribe. tbe Xonan 63 as bavill& a
wing with n.arly atrai&ht leadirll;
edle, tapved tl'ail1nl .dl', and
round.d wins tips, a sinll. tin and
rudder. aftd as appearlll& to have
the comentlollSl type landt.llg leu.
Its lIlSln d1.lll.Mlons are li".o &3
tollows:
Span-6:5." teet lAqth-4.,f, teet
tall teet
Porth. stud.nt ot Jap aircraft
prodUCtiOD, dev.loplllnts SUch as
the example cited abOft are inter.
estinl Found!l tOI' speculation. "h1
do the Japll hay. to resort to these
methods" What do they IHI.n in terlllS
ot total aircrart output?
KONAN 63
0'.4"1"6
_C I U XX, BOM COM. _ U ,
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It is alSO indicated that tb.
mat
hod
- is used in trensport-
'!:I completed aircratt trom that
...... lliUUbUhi rectory on
h' ,,!It side or the Harbor to
!lAlora Atrttel
d
on its west
std.. Ylrbe the price tbe Je.ps par
ror thair stri't1n15 atter simplicity
and ,conOlll1 will prove too e:xpen.
.1ya.
n!CIti NEW pLANB
Th' laM_based plaDe with which
theY _t thiS problem at Kawanilhi'a
ruP' plAnt is an interesting new.
C(IlIl-:l known tentatt.vely lUI tbe Xoo-
It is a twin_engine mid-
dnl type plane resembling the
PranceS. Possibly the all"cratt is
In uperlmental model. perheps the
PiJo!dt
o
, which is a night version ot
the Frances. It is more apt to be
the Tental. listed as a twin_engine
"anU.bo
mber
righter", tor Kawan-
The IIl&j or p t
tilled land JUti
large seaplane 1'&. h. 1-.
nautical I
The land area surr ot tbe
north 1s ..ell
reS1denttal_1nduatttJ. lilto ,j
fording no 1'0011I tar
point tor land..b8!84
the nearest SUch ph
nomiya Airt1eld 111'41
Naruo Airfield), tow-
miles to the east (81 I
lett) This tleld' alao \;tl'.:
ocean tront and Is eQ1l1 '
seaplane ramps
accommodate the flyill8 bOlts
at the older Narno plent sll
slightly to the Mat. '
If the Kawanlshi Co:tlq
the need to manufacture larl4.
naval aircraft at the F\llcu
instead of setting up another
tory elSewhere, it couHJ
the fint"hed planes by tnet
ra11 to Ni9hinomiya AirUe1d,
ever, for reasons best kDCIIIl"
Japanese mind, (but more probUlll
fleeting the tight posit!"
respect to land
they have solved the probJll'
merely loading the plane, onto
ges at the seaplane ramp at !JlI
me plant and transportlng til_
rectlr along the coastl1lll1l1l
rolled ashore at the au:
small tugs haul the loaded
loaded barges back and rortb.
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pLANT FOUR YEARS OLD
The hee plant was bullt no
1Il0re than about four years ago and
sOlIe Intelligence observers expect-
ed that it might have been deSigned
to make navy planes other than the
beets featured at Naruo.
Photographs revealed, however, that
the plant was intended even more
spec1tically for the production of
tl7ing boat! than the older factory.

1aM factory at Naruo (Target 90..25
16), about five miles east of the
Pume plAnt.
It is quite possible that be-
cause of the 4&rkneSS the Jap t1gb"
ws cannot be seen until the, are
close,so that UD1 Jap attaclll
originating t'l'ce high 01'" 1C111' ..
tiona are reported 81 att&clll
lllT.l.
On night miSsions the .Taps sbow
a preference for lenl attacks, me
king S3 percent of the 231 attack!
on the five night miSsions fr(XtJ. e
level approach. Thirty one percent
came trom high and 16 percent or
the attacks came trom belCl'll'.
Th. two cbarts tollOlJ1n
ue Japane.. approach tactiCS 011
our 4a1 and D1sht atssionl:
on day missions the Jap attackS
are equally distributed bet'IJeen
high, level and law approaches.
nttrty two percent of the 6,000 at_
tackS on day missions were from a
beve
r
. 34 percent were rrom level
and 34 percent were from belCllf.
3. Haphazard won our
r ormations.
them to overtake our B_299.
'nie enemy's preference for
alattacks on day missions is prob-
Ibl1 due to the difficulty experi-
enceel by the Jap in attempting to
B.29s at high altitudes
(et..OOO to 32,000 feet). Also, the
Jll.p h.imself a dirrlcul t tar-
lit Ol:l !lose approeches because or
the bigh rate of closure.
It:ka enemy's preference tor tail
4u.e to: Otl night miSSions may be
Better Jap flBhter pertor-
at lOtrer altitudes, enabl1ng
Jap system or vectoring.
talls or ,a the fighters onto the
..29a.
Fprty sight percent 01.' Sap at-
taca on our day missions were made
on the nose, whereas 90 percent or
the attacks at night were made at
tile tell.
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,rap rtghter attackS against B_29
d&1 IIU,ton8 usually come, the
noSe; at night they are more orten
ap1D!t the ta11. This conclusion
ana others .hleh tollOW,are based
00. a study of: five night and 19 day
.1u10115 flown by untts of the XXI
Bomber Coclll81lc5 over Honshu !rom 24
lloTe1ilber 19o14 to 16 March 1945.
It I'.'
1 I\,prll through 7
llISSION DATE AREA
QUALl!t
3PR5Vllo ]31 Mar
I
He.mamatsu 6",24",40
Good
511111 131 Mar I
Nagoya, Hamamatsu, 6" ,24." .4.0"
FaLr-
llu
u.
Okayame.
5!oQ.12 131 JlAr I
'r(Urnme I Sasebo, 6",24".40" I Good
Shlmooosekl
5MU3 I 2 Apr Tokyo. Vito 6" .24",40" Exeel1ellt
51l1H 1 2 Apr sasebo, KurUlD8, Abortive No photos
Shlmonosekl
5M1l5 I 2 Apr I Osaka, 6" ,24" ,40" Excelll>l.'
Okayama
;".- :......
.... ". :.:.:." .j.-1.;
511116 I 3 Apr Canceled
I I
Sm.17 I 3 Apr Shimonoseki. Yat_ 6" ,24- ,40"1Poar-8/l0 clal
SUShiro, Kyushu E.
510.111 6 Apr Takasaki 6",24",40-1Poor - good
Sm.l9 S Apr Canceled
SMl.20 I 4 Apr Shizuoka, Tokyo 10/10 cloud
No photol
!5Ml.21 I 6 Apr RUrume, Shimono_
6",24",40"
Poor _ gaol
seki, TO!mya:1I8,
Kure
5f(l.22 I 7 Apr I Shimonoseki, Ky_
t 10/10 ClOUdINo photOS
ushU, Kurume
510.""
I 7 Apr
I
't'akasakt, Nagano
6" ,24" ,40"
Good
5!lP-24
7 Apr Minion aborted No pbotol

7 Apr
Postponed
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I

5)112.
7 Apr
Tokyo
16" ,24",40" 1,..11' - baJ1
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