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MISSION NO. 297-302 FLOWN 28/29 JULY ‘45 copy NO 6 {, seosez ZOQREWORD This repart inoJudes an acccunt of the first niseions of the Tentioth Air Foreo utilizing Poycholosical danfere in their exoouti Me, ggOhat Ener ERS ‘qvanPTETs AIR FORCE ‘AEO 23h, pagrTOAL MISSIGN REFORD Field uraor Nov 10 Missins No. 297% Targete: Urban Areas of Tous Acnori,, fohinens Ua jinne 20/29 July 1945 Mapje ct Cuntente Teabioalithrretives 3\6ch 0189 1) eae ‘prives: a ~ opensbicras S)b. 0:06 =e ore 1 = Navigation Track Ghart ‘and Repat« Fart IT - Fadar Approach Charts os ++ ¢ fest II] ~ Mean Points of Impacts + + + * part IV = Sabing se esses sees s fart V ~ Flight Engineéring Chart ana Renew’ pert VI- faders eee sense fart VII - Cumnerys + 2 ses Tart VIII = AimSea Resoue Chart. Anner Be Weather «e2 esse oe 8 . Part I - Weather Summarye : Part IT + Chart - Predicted vs- Gbserved deathere seseeee Part IIT - Prognostic Map Hart IV - Synoptic Mape Annex © ~ Comminieations « Fort I~ Olle Fart Il Radio vs eee ee 8 Annex D ~ Intelligences « Fart I - Foychologiéal Waitares Fart 11 - Rneny Mr Oppeniticne ae Part JIT + Bneny Antiairoraft + + Fart IV - Danago Assessnent ¢ + o+ Seoticn A= Ichingiya + + + © . : . Section B = Ujivyanadas «+ + Sectim 0 = Ogakle eee ee Sectics D = Uwajimae + « «= one E - Consolidated Statistionl Suunarye + + annox G ~ Distribution s+ ee ‘annox ¥ ~ Tventsovh Air Farce Field Odors ++ + + 298, 2994 3009 302 & 302 Ujiyennday Ogakd and 4a SEGRED tary EMG Sys SUBTBOT: Report of Incendiary Attacks Against the Urban cess of Baty Kerri, Iohinaniya, Ujiyusada, Ogakt and Urajimn on 26/29 July 2945» 70s Commanding Generaly UsSs Army Strategic itr Forves, AFO 23hy Ban Franeiaro, Galifcrniae 1. DeaTworo : as Union Overat ions Field Order Number 10, Headquarters Twentieth air Force; dated 27 July 1945, directed the Sothy Tyres 313the Sluth and 725th Boubardnent dings to tale rart in nomsal— effort attacks against 6 urtan industrial areas and the Shinotaa Oi] Refinery at dakayana. b. Operations Reperted Herein: This Tactical Mission Report Anoludes the Folloving incendiary miseions, for which no sesmdary cr last resort targets vere named, Missin Fotee Bugber Hing = ssienea Eeizary Vious) and Fader Tarast 27 58th 2 Grays Tou Urban rca 298 = Sth 2 Gras cori Urban rea 299 732404 Groups Ishinaniya Urban Area see 345th 3 Graups Ujiyamada Urban rea, 301 3th 3 Graaps Osaki Urban Area 302 3idth 1 Group Uwajima Urban arca Ce | Overationg Renorted Separately: hile son a. 325 executed by that Wing coe. 2 uissioy Framing, A Selection of Tarnetas Q) Targeta. Considered: The a 180 ane se mali urten indisiziel eftics taried for attack that haa net een” banbed on nrevi ar: 4 Gomer tan dares, Brew nig airtinw onre seauideaya da the eeieot oe ee part IIt, for tarecte: (See Annex by (2) Mijsoden Mumbo 297. Thus Teootoa 24 af tag SONI (3 a opravsing ity west of Naga me Mates! share of Tae Wan, Tou is 8 ooraslang Pe apectinveis 5 aquare wilacs, Hoever; ite pepelaeast Seog) Of 5000 rerscae pes square mil is eqgnated into « B-sqiere

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