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Combat Missions


This crew had the distinction of being chosen to fly solo Radar Reconnaissance Missions which would entail flying over targets and taking photos of their radar scope for evaluation by headquarters. These missions are indicated by "®".

Crew
Mission
Dated
Target
Combat
Flying Hours
1
04-24-45
Tachikawa - Hitachi Aircraft Factory
15:20
2
04-26-45
Kokubu Airfield - Kyushu (Day)
13:45
3
04-29-45
Kushira Air Fields
15:40
4
05-10-45
Otake Oil Refinery
17:15
5
05-14-45
North Nagoya Urban Area
17:20
6
05-16-45
South Nagoya Urban Area
14:35
7
05-19-45
Tachikawa Asenal - Hamamatsu (Day)
14:30
-
05-24-45
Tokoyo North Central Area (Night)
:25
8
05-26-45
Tokoyo South Central Area (Night)
15:05
9
05-29-45
Yokohama Urban/Industrial Area (Day)
14:45
10
06-05-45
Kobe
16:15
11
06-07-45
Osaka
15:55
12
06-10-45
Hitachi Aircraft Plant
15:05
13
06-15-45
Aborted
6:05
14
06-21-45
Nobeoka
15:20
15
06-23-45
Miyakanojo
16:30
16
06-26-45
Toyama - Northernmost Japanese Island of Hokkaido,Sapporo, Hokkaido ® **+
23:00
17
06-30-45
Kumamoto ®
16:40
18
07-02-45
Omura ®
20:05
19
07-08-45
Muroran ®
8:00
20
07-10-45
Fukuyama ®
16:45
21
7-14-45
Mihara ®
16:50
22
07-16-45
Hachjoi ®
17:40
23
07-18-45
Fukuoka ®
16:35
24
07-21-45
Mito ®
15:40
25
07-25-45
Nagoka ®
15:45
26
07-28-45
Yatushire ®
14:20
27
07-30-45
Kokira-Hiroshima ®
18:20
28
08-03-45
Kagoshima ®
17:45
29
08-07-45

Fukucuiyama ®

17:20
30
08-14-45
Iseaski Urban Area
14:45
31
09-02-45
"Show of Force" Japan
16:30
Crew 10 was credited w/ 31 sorties w/ total Combat Flying Hrs of
489:25
® Radar Reconnaissance Program Missions
+ Received 2 sortie credits for this mission
** Longest documented mission of WWII

Original Mission provided by David Potters, LG with Radar Recon Missions and Combat Flying Hours taken from the a mission list provided by John J. Essig, CFC Gunner

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Source: "History of the 39th Bomb Group"; David E. Potters, John Essig