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STKrISTIOAL SU~~~Y OF ACTIVITY Date: 14 Aug 45
WEEK ENDING 13 AUGUST 1945
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~KlVE!·ENT OF USAST AF OOl·lBKr UNITS
TACTICAL ACTIVITY
AIRCRAFT t.1'D CREW LOSSES
STKrUS OF AIRCRAFT
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iOl Ftr Wing Directed Admin to issuo 4 Emergency To move Hq Sq less Det.
ordera assigning Wing Rescue Sq of' 6 OA-lO to 1"'0. ErD
and units to 8th Air 25 Aug.
Force. Opnl control
still vested in FEAF. 5 Emergency Action being taken to es-
Rescue Sq tablish readiness date of
:q 50 Ftr Gp Ready 1 Oct. 15 Aug for 8 8-17 aircraft
end Cre\·IB.. Readiness date
lq 358 Ftr Gp Reedy 1 Oct. of' 15 Sep f'or 12 AO-I0
aircrafi and crews. Dates
+4 Troop Carrier ETA Oa.~u 4 Aug. Depart- are not firm.
Sq ed \10 29 July. Date of
arrival haa not been 7 Dnergency Flight E ready we 15 Aug.
received. Reacue Sq ETA Okinawa 23 Oct - 1 Nov.
+5 Troop Carrier Ready West Coast in ..fu.l. 90 Photo It is now detennined that
Sq Not yet called to port Recon Wg this unit will not be as-
as of 2 August. signed to USASTAF.
311 Troop Carrier E'TA Okinawa 30 Aug. Gni 4I Photo Locati.on Guam. To move de-
Sq eoh departed Oahu 22 Recon Sq tachment of 11 Aircraft,
July. 15 officers, 60 EM to VIr
Fighter Co~and, Iwo Jima.
316 Troop Carrier ETA Okinawa ,0 Aug. Gnd Readiness date Guam 20 Aug.
Sq eoh departed Oahu 22..1:1.
Hq ;516 Bomb Wg f~riv8d Ouhu 24 Jul. 98 Bomb Gp For 47 l;lg. Gnd echelon
Hq Sq leo~ nir cc~clon ro~dy US 25 Aug. Flight
departed Oahu ;;0 July. echelon ready 15 Sept.
ETA Okinc.:ra. ll~·-2; Au&o
376 Bomb Gp F~r7 WSe Gne echelon
353 Bomb Gp F~r ,16 Wg. Arri7sd ro y US 1 Sopt. Flight
Oehu 4 Jul. E:l' A Okin- oh clan reedy 15 Oct.
awa 4 Aug-22 Sl.'lp. Dis-
patching 5 to lC oir- 450 Bomb Gp For 47 ~g. Gnd echelon
craft aircr~ deily roedy US 1 Sept. Flight
until cOI:lpletc UE and cctclon rc~dy 15 Oct.
reeerve (45 :.;C)
rca.chcd. Hq 96 Bomb Wg Lli gr.d ectelc~6 reedy US
467 300b Gp 1 Dec. Flight echolons
346 Bomb Gp For 316 Wg. Depcrtei 4-'18 Bo:nb Gp roody 15 Jan.
Scc.ttlc 10 Jul. ETf. 458 Bomb Gp
Okinc.we. 25 Jul-22 801)..... 466 Bomb Gp
Pl"" to dispctO;l 5 to
10 o.ircrn.ft da.ily com- Hq l~ Bomb ~g All gnd echelons roady
mencing 1 Au h • 492 Bo~b Gp US 1 J~. Flight eaharons
454 Do:nb Gp
382 Bomb Gp For 316 ''IE. E:l'D Senttlo 456 Bomb Gp
8 Aug. Er J.. Okinawa. 301 3e~_b Gp
3-1~ Sept.
H-q-47- 1lbi:11D Wg Ghd nnd flt cch rcndy-
383 Bomb Gp For ;16 ~g. Ern Soo.ttla US 1 Scpo
18 Aug. EI' A Okinnwo.
1'-22 Sort. 489 Boob Gp Per 47 ~'!g. Gtl~ ueh rea.dy
us 1 AuC. Flicht echelon
Hq 20 Bomb Wg Gnd echelon roady US rot'.dy 15 Sept.
1 ITov. Flight (lehclon
NOTE: All r~tGO nrc calculated on n monthly b~aia. The fighter Dortie rates are
baaed upon the existing UE of 75 aircro.f't and 144 ~omba.t crewe per group
loas 12 aircraft ~~d combat crews held for Co~bo.t Air Patrol.
ype & Model Sortieo Per Auth Crm.. Sorties Per UE Ale ~/C 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
~.fonth vlcek Month Month V/ook Month Thi.s Month Month
i3-29a flew only 6 missions ng('.in~+, urban areas CJld induetrial targets, none of
which wore flown after 10 August. 672 effective sorties dropped 4161 tone of in-
cendiary end high explosive bombs. A detailed list of the targets attacked
follows:
P-471~ concentrated the greatest part o~ their effort on dive bombing enemy mili-
tary ~n:rt.a1lationa, citiea and hnt.h lro1d snd water tr9Jloporto.tion. 610 Tono of'
nnpn~ and high explosive bomba were dropped by 655 aircraft over the tnrgeta. 6
Aircraft were lost - 2 by flak, 2 to engine failure, 1 crashed on takeoff and .1
to causes unknown. A 1iat of the j:, (3. ' wa:
To.rgot 1'... /0 .'.t-tRoking TOl"'.nc..go Droppod
I~i, ~~lauyru2~ ~~d Kochi :~rficld~ ~crc rocketed end otr~:d by 1;5 ~ircJart on
7 end 9 !~uguc~. ~ 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-
~orted a force of B-29'o to tho Ya.wo.ta Urban Arena. 15 Photo oscort sortieo wero
rlO\-:TI.
!"lIO Jir;.c. bcoed P-47e of tho' 414th Figr:.t.:r Group :'1c"l one VLR eiDolon to Hon<:>hu
~irfic1do on 8 ~ubUot. ,8 Effective corticD nttcckod end 2 of our nircraft were
loot - 1 to flek a.nd 1 to ronoone unknown. 6, e ffactive comb:"..t oir pa.trol BortioD
,1crc fl0·,m :/ith no ?:1cr:y contC'.~t.
'-51 a,ati -..ity dccrc::':lCd this w""ek. 102 Effective o.ircrnf't oocorted B-29'o to tho
~piro und 2,4 o.ircraft ntt~ck;d Honohu airfiold on fightor sweopo. Ta.r.£ota at-
"o.c!:cd ::er:. <:.0 follc·,:::J:
AAF A/C AAF Enomy A/C
TD.J'got ~ Atta.ckinr Loooes Dostroyed
:'oooc~ thic ~:cck ir.crOClocd. 5 ::l-2?1 z ",;or: lost - 1 to flc'!>:, 3 '.... cro r;l.itchod and 1
.1O.C lO::Jt on c.. takeoff' nccldont. 11 p-!H' 0 ~':orc lost, 2 of then ,-:orc lOut by tho
'~14th Fighter Group c..t IWOi 4 to flak, ; to engine failuro end 4 to Co.UOOD unknown.
11 r-~l' <:l ",tere lc:Jt - 7 to fl~. 1 to engine fc.ilure end ~ to unlmO\'In reo-sons. .
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A:lrCrc..f't. cn.;,t of ComilJ::llon fer parts hc.o rccc.i1':cd c.t Co 10,' lovel but l<"'Ur oo' for
n 3hcrp ~ncrcC.oc this week. For purpQOCo of coopcrioon, percentago f tho nuobor
tho pnst four wacko 10 indicated below. All porcontc.goo arc booed on
of nircr~ C~ hc:.t.
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Week Endinj", 8-290 p-47a
13 Auguot, ~,,~ .5%
.1% 3·2%
6 Au.;uot .:$ .e% ~910
30 JUly .2% .4%
15 JUly 3.9,1 2.7%
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I.vcrCl.fio Effective Strength For Ta.cticc.l Unit:J
v- SP~~I:L REPC~S
Refloating the Grouir.g c.c.turity of tho Air Force in JUly, 160; crew 'JeoneTs or
approxioo.toly 145 crowe cocplctcd their tour of 35 niosiona, an incroaG'GI' of 150%
over the ~revicuo ncr.th.
Far the firot tina the 313th nnd 314th Wing. joine~ tho 58th nnd 75rd Wing. in con-
tribu~ing to the rlml of erC',f ocr:bcro rcti;n:.cd fie%: cC:lor:t ..
It is eotinc.tcd. thc.t Augu.:::t rctircr.:cntJ ~Jill c,.:;dn CXcCC(~ 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 and
July. There io acne indication that-the 58th nnd 73rd Wingo retircnents have bO@tn
to stabilize. ~ith a oteady rcplnccocnt flow aaourou· end inprovod acho1uling
thoro io reason to bolieve that; in the futuro total 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~bera repertee killod end niooin~ was 136 only 42% of oonparnblc June roaaca~
The nuobor of crew nanboro lost was tha lowost since Ule bogining of operations
lr.at Novo'".J.ber.,
SOUROE,
Twont1nth Air Forco
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C'Oobo.t Orot, Per-Donnel Arrl'V"!h[;'o.t 'JSASTAF Root. f'.nd Rccoo.ticn Cc.t~tor
Conbnt Roo.o6ignnont·~ 59
Cc!::but' ne ct " 41
Crow by Type of Aircr~~ Flownt r~U!:lbor Percont
B-29 15 20 75~1
r-47 }7 1.8
9} 4~6'
P-51
P-61 2} l~l