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INDEX of Records of the U. S.
Strategic Bombing Survey; Entry 55,

Carrier-Based Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Action Reports, 1944-1945
(1) Task Group 12.4

Action Report of Task Group 12.4 against Wake Island, 13 June 1945 through 20 June
1945
※Commander Task Group 12.4 (Commander Carrier Division 11).
(2) Task Group 38.1

Report of Operations of Task Group 38.1 against the Japanese Empire 1 July 1945 to 15
August 1945
※Commander Task Group 38.1 (Commander Carrier Division 3 - Rear Admiral T. L.
Sprague, USN, USS Bennington, Flagship).
(3) Task Group 38.4

Action Report, Commander Task Group 38.4, 2 July to 15 August 1945, Strikes against
Japanese Home Islands
※Commander Task Group 38.4 (Commander Carrier Division 6, Rear Admiral A. W.
Radford, US Navy, USS Yorktown, Flagship).
(4) Task Group 52.1.1

Report of Capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases I and II, 24 May 1945 to 24 June 1945
※Commander Task Unit 52.1.1(24 May to 28 May), Commander Task Unit 32.1.1.
Action Report, Capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases 1 and 2 - 21 March 1945 to 24 May
1945
※Commander Task Unit 52.1.1 (Support Carrier Unit 1) from 9 March 1945 to 10 May
1945 and CTG Task Unit 52.1.1 from 17 May to 24 May 1945 (Commander Carrier
Division 26).
(5) Task Group 52.1.2

Action Report - Capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases 1 and 2, 21 March to 29 April 1945
※Commander Task Unit 52.1.2 (21 March - 29 April, incl) and Commander Task Unit
51.1.2 (21-25 March, inclusive) (Commander Car-rier Division 24).
(6) Task Group 52.2

Brief of Action Report CTG 52.2 (Com-EsCarForPac, R. Adm. C. T. Durgin) for Period 10
February - 11 March 1945, Occupation of Iwo Jima, R/S 5113
※Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet.
(7) Task Group 58.1

Report of Operations of Task Group 58.1 (Fast Carrier Group 1) for the Period 9 May to
28 May Including Strikes against Kyushu, Shikoku and Further Operations in Support of
the Occupation of Okinawa
Report of Operations of Task Group 58.1 (Fast Carrier Group 1) in Support of Landings
at Okinawa 14 March to 30 April (East Longitude Dates) Including Actions against
Kyushu, Nansei Shoto, Jap Fleet at Kure, The Yamato, and Operations in Direct Support
of Landings at Okinawa
(8) Task Group 58.3

Report of Operations of Task Group 58.3/38.3 in Support of Occupation of Okinawa,
during the Period 14 March - 1 June 1945 --- First Kyushu - Inland Sea Strikes, Second
Kyushu Strikes, Battle of East China Sea, Third Kyushu Strikes, Direct Support of
Okinawa Occupation
※Commander Task Group 58.3/38.3 (Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman, Commander
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INDEX of Records of the U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey; Entry 55,
Carrier Division 1, USS Essex, Flagship).
(9) Task Group 58.4

Action Report - 14 March 1945 to 14 May 1945
※Commander Task Group 58.4 (Commander Carrier Division 6, Rear Admiral A. W.
Radford, US Navy).
(10) Task Group 73.4

Resume of Task Group 73.4 Operations at Morotai from 19 October through 7 December
1944
※The Commander Task Group 73.4.
Summary of Daily Search Operations by Planes of Commander Task Group 73.4 for
Week Ending 16 December 1944
Summary of Daily Search Operations by Planes of Commander Task Group 73.4 for
Week Ending 24 December 1944
Summary of Daily Search Operations by Plane of Commander Task Group 73.4 for Week
Ending 31 December 1944
Summary of Daily Search Operations by Plane of Commander Task Group 73.4 from 12
March 1945 through 22 March 1945
※The Commnader Task Group 73.4.
Summary of Daily Search Operations by Planes of Commander Task Group 73.4 from 23
March 1945 through 2 April 1945
April 1945 through 13 April 1945
Summary of Daily Search Operations by Planes of Commander Task Group 73.4 from 1
May 1945 through 7 May 1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane of CTG 73.4 from 8 June 1945 through 15 June
1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane of CTG 73.4 from 16 June 1945 through 22 June
1945
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Summary of Daily Operations by Plane from 23 June 1945 through 30 June 1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane of Commander Task Group 73.4 from 1 July
through 6 July 1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane of CTG 73.4 from 8 July 1945 through 15 July
1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane of CTG 73.4 from 24 July 1945 through 31 July
1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane from 2 August 1945 through 7 August 1945
Summary of Daily Operations by Plane of CTG 73.4, from 8 August 1945 through 15
August 1945
Aircraft Action Report No. 1 : 1945/04/17
※Mission: Search. Targets: F.T.D. 34゜07'N. 136゜49'E. (Honshu), Base: NAB, Tinian
(Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: S.D. 32゜50'N. 133゜10'E. (Shikoku), Base: NAB, Tinian
※Mission: Search. Targets: Radio Station 30゜40'N. 131゜00'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
S.D. 32゜45'N. 129゜00'E., Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: Picket Boat x 2 32゜30'N. 138゜40'E. S.B.S. x 2 34゜00'N.
138゜00'E. Fishing Boat x 3 34゜30'N., Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: S.D. Fishing Boat 33゜30'N. 134゜20'E. (Kochi)(Shikoku),
Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: M.T.B.(Motor Torpedo Boat) x 3 31゜04'N. 130゜50'E.
(Kagoshima)(Nansei), Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: Whale Killer 32゜30'N. 139゜50'E. (Tokyo)(Honshu), Base:
NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: Small Fishing Boats 32゜45'N. 132゜00'E.
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Large Fishing Vessel 32゜50'N. 133゜10'E. (Kochi)(Shikoku), Base:
※Mission: Search. Targets: M.T.B.(Motor Torpedo Boat) 33゜22'N. 133゜22'E.
(Kochi)(Shikoku) Large Fishing Boats S.D. 33゜27'N. 133゜52'E., Base: NAB, Tinian
※Mission: Search. Targets: Picket Boat 33゜33'N. 135゜58'E. (Wakayama)(Honshu)
Fishing Boat 33゜33'N. 135゜38'E., Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: S.D. x 4 30゜28'N. 130゜25'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei), Base:
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※Mission: Search. Targets: Lugger, S.D. 32゜51'N. 132゜01'E. (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
Fishing Boat, Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: Fishing Boats & Junks 34゜20'N. 139゜20'E.
(Tokyo)(Honshu) S.D. x 3, Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: Trawler x 2 35゜22'N. 140゜30'E. (Chiba)(Honshu), Base:
※Mission: Search. Targets: Radio Station, S.D. & Sub Chaser 30゜28'N. 130゜25'E.
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.D. Fishing Boat, Base: NAB, Tinian (Advance Det, Iwojima)
※Mission: Search. Targets: 3 SD's Fishing Boats 34゜14'N. 139゜18'E., Base: NAB,
Tinian
(11) USS Half Moon, San Carlos, Orca, Tangier and based at Samauri, New Guinea, and
Darwin, Australia
※Mission: Destroy Buildings, Warehouses at Kupang, Dutch Timor. Targets: Koopang
Town, Dutch Timor (Indonesia)
※Mission: Destroy Buildings, Warehouses at Kupang, Dutch Timor.
※Mission: Attack Dock and Wharf Area Ambon, N.E.I. Targets: Latitude 3゜42'S.
Longitude 125゜11'E. (Indonesia) Government Wharf Ambon
Aircraft Action Report No. 4 : 1944/02/14, 1944/02/15
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 03゜19'S. 143゜20'E. (New Guinea) P.C. (Patrol
Craft) x 3-4
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 150゜11'E. 02゜23'S. Medium Sized A.K.(Cargo
Ship)
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 01゜09'S. 148゜50'E. Large Merchant Vessel
Escort Vessel x 5
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 03゜25'S. 143゜36'E. (Muschu Island)(New
Guinea) Barge x 10
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 03゜25'S. 143゜36'E. Muschu Island (New
Guinea) Barge x 6
※Mission: Bomb Land Installations on Muschu Island. Targets: Muschu Island
143゜35'E. 3゜25'S. (New Guinea) Enemy Encampment
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Mouth of Toriu River, New Britain 04゜43'S.
151゜41'E. Barges
※Mission: Attack Enemy Convoy. Targets: 143゜24'E. 02゜55'S. (New Guinea) Probable
Destroyer Unidentified Ship x 3-4
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 3 Miles North Cape Hopkins, 150゜32'E.
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05゜26'S. 50' Barge x 7

※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 03゜10'S. 143゜03'E. (New Guinea) 4000-6000
Ton Unidentified Vessel Escort Vessel x 3 Penninsulas, Sissano Harbor
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 40 Miles East of Mollawdia, New Guinea S.C. x 3,
Each Towing a Barge
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 5 Miles South Gasmata, New Britain 50' Barge x
6 Fishing Vessel
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Imbi Bay (Humboldt Harbor), New Guinea S.B.
F.T.C. Sea Truck x 2 Gun-Mounted Raft
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 15 Miles East of Tadji, New Guinea 2250 Tons
F.T.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Rondahl Harbor, New Guinea 75-100 ft. Barge-
Like Vessel x 2
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Imbi Bay (Humboldt Harbor) New Guinea 3250
Tons F.T.C. F.T.C. S.B.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Imbi Bay (Humboldt Harbor) New Guinea 2000
Tons S.B. Tug-Like Vessel at 141゜34'N. 02゜24'S.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Rondahl Harbour, Jacquinot Bay, New Britain
Barge x 8
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Imbi Bay (Humboldt Bay) New Guinea F.T.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Imbi Bay (Humboldt Bay) New Guinea S.B. P.C.
(Patrol Craft) x 2
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 02゜20'S. 140゜08E. (New Guinea) S.C. x 3 30'
Fishing Boats x 2 141゜25'E. 02゜43'S.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Muschu Island, New Guinea Barge x 4 Small
Motor Vessel (Off Sepik R.)
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Open Water Bay and Muschu Island, New Guinea
Barge x 25
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 01゜18'S. 140゜23'E. (New Guinea) 4000 Ton
Merchant Vessel x 2 3000 Ton Merchant Vessel Escort Vessel x 5
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Seleo Island, New Guinea Large Barge or L.O.T.
※Mission: Attack on Woleai Island. Targets: Woleai Island 07゜22'N. 143゜54'E.
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※Mission: Attack on Woleai. Targets: Woleai Island 07゜22'N. 143゜54'E.

※Mission: Attack Landing Strip on Wakde Island. Targets: Wakde Island, New Guinea
01゜56'S. 139゜02'E.
※Mission: Attack Landing Strip on Wakde Island. Targets: Wakde Island, New Guinea
01゜56'S. 139゜02'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Woleai 15-143゜54'E. 07゜22'N. F.T.U. S.B.
Destroyer Escort P.C.(Patrol Craft) Boat x 5 Barge x 6
Aircraft Action Report No. A-1 : 1944/09/01, 1944/09/02
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: South Side Nenado Bay, North Celebes
(Indonesia) Amidships
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Davao Gulf, Mindanao (Philippines)
Amidships Amidships(300/700 Ton S.C.)
Aircraft Action Report No. A-3 : 1944/09/01
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Ambon Harbor and Vicinity (Indonesia)
300/700 Tons Ship 2000/4500 Tons Ship Luggers
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Cape Poelisan, North Celebes (Indonesia)
Kora Kora Bay, North Celebes 300/500 Ton S.C. 2000/4500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Wasile Bay, Halmahera (Indonesia)
300/700 Tons S.C. x 6 50' Barge x 2
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Northern Region Tidore Island, Halmahera
(Indonesia) 2000/4500 Tons F.T.C. 300/700 Tons S.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: 3 Miles East Zamboanga, Mindanao,
Philippine Islands Destroyer Escort x 2
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Ships at Southern Ceram (Indonesia)
300/700 Ton S.C. 2000/4500 Ton F.T.C. 700/1300 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Ships at Northern Celebes (Indonesia)
2000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) 4500/5500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Ship - 5 Miles South Bangka Strait, North
Celebes (Indonesia) 2000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Cape Sial, Ceram, North East Indonesia
S.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Kendari Harbor, South Celebes (Indonesia)
65-7500 Ton F.T.A.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: East Coast Anboina (Indonesia) 127゜54'E.
03゜41'S. 300/700 Ton S.C. Barge x 2 30' Sailboat
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※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: 10 Miles West Zamboanga, Mindanao,
Philippine Islands 200 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Northeast Coast of Borneo (Indonesia) 700
Ton S.C. S.C. x 3 Destroyer Escort
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Malalag Bay, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
2500 Ton S.B. 1000 Ton S.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
06゜08'N. 125゜43'E. Destroyer Escort x 2 10000 Ton Seaplane Tender
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Kolonos Bay, Southern Celebes (Indonesia)
10500 Ton Tanker
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: 15 Miles West of Amoerang Bay, North
Celebes (Indonesia) 3500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: 122゜22'E. 01゜03'N. (Indonesia) 4500 Ton
F.T.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Darvel Bay, Borneo (Indonesia) 4500 Ton
F.T.C. 1500 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Zamboanga, Mindanao Philippine Islands
600 Ton F.T.B. x 2
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Beo Bay, Oaland Island 700 Ton S.C. x 9
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago (Philippines)
7000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) 10500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Toli Toli Bay, North Celebes (Indonesia)
10000 Ton T.A.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Polloc Harbor, Mindanao, Philippine
Islands 700 Ton S.C. x 2 500 Ton S.D. x 4 Barge x 2 Lugger x 2
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Southern Celebes Near Kendari
(Indonesia) 8500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: North Coast Celebes (Indonesia) 50'
Schooner 1200 Ton F.T.D. 700 Ton S.C.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Boetown, Straights, Southern Celebes
(Indonesia) 3000 Ton Freighter Transport
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Toli Toli Bay, North Celebes (Indonesia)
6000 Ton Katori C.L.(Light Cruiser) 6000 Ton Unidentified C.L.(Light Cruiser)
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 2
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※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: Latitude 06゜40'N. Longitude 122゜13'E.
(Philippines) 700 Ton S.C.
Aircraft Action Report [No. unknown]
※Targets: Koopang Town, Dutch Timor (Indonesia)
(12) USS Anzio

※Mission: Support - Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Boat x
20-25
※Mission: Support - Kerama Retto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) S.C. Boat x 7 Cave
Submarine Pen
※Mission: Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Gun Positions Boats
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) A.A. Position Planes
Buildings
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Miscellaneous - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) A.A. Positions
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: A.A. Batteries - Okinawa (Nansei) A.A.
Positions
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Trucks, Buildings - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Radio Tower, Warehouses, Caves - Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Boats - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Ammunition Dump, Villages, Cave -
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Hillside - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Trucks - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Trucks, Buildings - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Local Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Hill Defenses - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Hill, Ridge - Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
8/343

※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Caves, Buildings - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Buildings - Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions, Ridge - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Hillside - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer - Okinawa. Targets: Buildings - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Hilltop Installations - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Buildings - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Buildings - Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Zeke
※Mission: Air Observer - Okinawa. Targets: Buildings, Trucks - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer - Okinawa. Targets: Vaults - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer - Okinawa. Targets: Trucks - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Coast Artillery - Okinawa (Nansei) Gun
Position
※Mission: Air Observer - Okinawa. Targets: Caves - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Installations, Trucks - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Coast - Southeast Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Village, Trucks - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Supply Dumps - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Kokuba - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Building, Caves - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Cave - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Ridge - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Ridge - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Ground Position - Okinawa (Nansei)
(13) USS Baratoria
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Summary of Operations, February 1 through February 28, 1945

※Patrol Bombing Squadron 71.
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: A.K. - F.T.C. at 06゜00'N.
121゜40'E. (Philippines)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.C. at 05゜12'N.
119゜16'E. (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Barracks and Warehouses at
Tarakan, Borneo (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Small A.O.(Oiler) at 05゜20'N.
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: S.B. and Oiler 06゜55'N. 116゜48'E.
(Indonesia) Barracks Airstrip
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: S.B. and Oiler 06゜55'N. 116゜48'E.
(Indonesia) Barracks Airstrip
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Barge x 3 in Darvel Bay, Borneo
04゜56'N. 118゜57'E. (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Barge x 3 in Darvel Bay, Borneo
04゜56'N. 118゜57'E. (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Shipping and Docks at Sandakan,
Borneo (Indonesia)
[No Title]
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Shipping and Docks at Sandakan,
Borneo (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Luggers, Docks and Barracks at
Sandakan, Borneo (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Shipping, Shipyard, Baracks,
Warehouses and Sawmill at Sandakan, Borneo (Indonesia) Docks and Luggers
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Shipping, Shipyard, Barracks,
Warehouses and Sawmill at Sandakan, Borneo (Indonesia) Docks and Lugger x 2
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol.
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol.
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Freighter(S.D.), Lugger, Barge and
Docks and Buildings at Tawao, Borneo (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Freighter(S.D.), Lugger, Barge and
Docks at Tawao, Borneo (Indonesia)
10/343

※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Docks at Kudat Borneo (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Docks at Kudat Borneo (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.C. 05゜13'N.
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: F.T.C. 05゜13'N. 119゜14'E.
A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.C. (Indonesia)
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Barge at Dock just North of Davao,
Mindanao, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Black Cat Anti-Shipping Patrol. Targets: Barge at Dock just North of Davao,
Mindanao, Philippine Islands
※Targets: Barge x 2 at 01-46-40N. 127-57-30E.
※Targets: Barge x 2 at 01-46-40N. 127-57-30E.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Seaplane Base - Toko, Formosa
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Toko, Formosa, Seaplane Base
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Small Patrol Craft at 23゜35'N.
119゜17'E. (Formosa)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shops, Barracks and Other
Buildings at Moko, Pescadores Islands Buildings on Sokutento (Observatory Island)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping at Kiirun(Jilong) Harbor,
Formosa A.K.(Cargo Ship) F.T.A. Small Island at Entrance to Kiirun Harbor
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Amoy, China Waterfront
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Large Buildings on Extreme
Southwest Tip of Formosa
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping near Taiwan, Formosa
A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.A. x 2 A.K. - S.C. A.K. - S.D. Barracks
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: 10 Ships. 2 Escorts Under Way at
25゜05'N. 121゜55'E. (Formosa) New Type Japanese D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Small Shipping, Yonagunijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Lugger x 9 Schooner x 2 S.C. x 2
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Ships in Harbor at Amoy, China
Destroyer
11/343
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping near Toko, Formosa

A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.D.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Barracks Area Karenko, Formosa
Lighthouse on Kasho Island (Huoshao Dao)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Buildings on Ishigakijima
24゜21'N. 124゜14'E. (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Enemy Shipping near Pescadores
Islands D.D.(Destroyer) - Shigure Class Buildings on North West Gyoo Island
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Along Formosa Coast, Shipping at
Various Locations A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.C. x 3 A.K. - S.B. Patrol Craft
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Large and 4 Small Freighters at
23゜36'N. 119゜36'E. (Formosa) Warehouses North Side Boko Island A.K.(Cargo Ship) -
S.D.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping South of Pescadores
Islands Tanker - S.A. Tanker - S.B.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Freighter(S.C.) near
Shinchiku(Xinzhu), Formosa A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.C.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Ships Anchored at Suo, Formosa
A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.B. Barge Lugger
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Medium Tanker 12 Miles West of
Taiwan, Formosa
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: D.E.(Destroyer Escort) Type Ship
x 2, Patrol Craft x 2 on Southeast Side of Dowo Island
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Large Industrial Plant in
Karenko, Formosa
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: A.K.(Cargo Ship)(S.C.) near
Taiwan, Formosa
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: A.K.(Cargo Ship)(S.C.) 24゜28'N.
124゜07'E. (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Medium Merchant Ship x 2,
D.E.(Destroyer) - Type Ship Position 25゜06'N. 117゜40'E. (China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Large Unidentified Merchant
Ships Position 22゜40'N. 119゜41'E. (Formosa)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: T.B., S.C. x 2 at 22゜50'N.
130゜03'E. (Nansei) Transport - T.B. A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.C.
12/343
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.B. at 23゜08'N. 116゜36'E.

(China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.D. and Lugger x 2 near
Hongkong, China A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.D.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.B. 22゜22'N. 113゜56'E. (China)
F.T.U. 22゜12'N. 114゜15'E. A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.B. A.K. - T.B. 2 Stacks
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: T.B. in Swatow Harbor (China)
S.C. at 22゜42'N. 115゜45'E. A.P.(Transport) - T.B. A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.C. x 3
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping South of Amoy, China
Shops and Warehouses at Mako (Pescadores) Freighter Transport F.T.A.
[No Title] : 1945/02/28
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping at Mako, Pescadores
Shore Installations at Mako A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.A.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Freighter and 2 Escorts near
Mako, Pescadores A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.B.
Aircraft Action Report No. VPB28-1 : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Schooner(Sea Rake) 21゜57'N.
114゜25'E. (China)
Aircraft Action Report No. VPB28-2 : 1945/03/03, 1945/03/04
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.D. x 2 Schooner (Sea Rake) x 2
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: 4500 Tons F.T.C.
※Mission: Attack Convoy (Night). Targets: F.T.B. x 2, C.A.(Heavy Cruiser),
D.D.(Destroyer) 20゜23'N. 112゜08E. F.T.C. 21゜21'N. 112゜44'E. (China)
※Mission: Attack Convoy (Night). Targets: S2-Stack D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 S.A.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.C. 24゜38'N. 118゜47'E.
(China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: T.B. 22゜25'N. 115゜10'E. (China)
S.D.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.A. x 2, D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
25゜12'N. 119゜55'E.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.B. 21゜38'N. 114゜05'E.
(China)
(China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Ship 23゜15'N. 117゜38'E. (China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.A. 23゜18'N. 117゜20'E. (China)
13/343

※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.D. 23゜15'N. 119゜59'E.
(Formosa)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.D. 22゜45'N. 115゜46'E.
(China)
(China) Small Craft Junks
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Sea Truck x 3 - 60 Miles North of
Hongkong (China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Sea Truck x 3 23゜38'N.
117゜40'E. (China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.A.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping - Amoy Harbor (China)
※Mission: Night Strike on Convoy. Targets: Ship Convoy x 7 17゜30'N. 109゜32'E.
(China) D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.A. U.(Unidentified Ship)
D.D.(Destroyer) x 4
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 23゜16'N.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: D.D.(Destroyer), D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) x 2, Unidentified x 2 22゜23'N. 114゜37'E. (China)
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Hongkong. Targets: Shipping - Hongkong Harbor (China)
Blips
※Mission: Bomb Ships at Docks - Kowloon. Targets: Ships at Kowloon Docks
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.A., with F.T.U., Possible
Cruiser, D.D.(Destroyer) x 3, U(Unidentified Ships) x 2 22゜28'N. 115゜26'E. (China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night).
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) or D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) x 2, Possible Cruiser, Large Merchant Ship 25゜16'N. 119゜37'E. F.T.D.
22゜57'N. 120゜05'E.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: D.E.(Destroyer Escort), Large
14/343
Merchant Vessel, Medium Merchant Vessel x 2 23゜20'N. 119゜50'E.

※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.B.L., D.E.(Destroyer Escort),
P.C.(Patrol Craft), S.D., Unidentified x 3 in Takao, Formosa Gunboat
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: F.T.B. 15 Miles North of Formosa
26゜30'N. 121゜32'E. Small Craft x 3
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) 22゜10'N.
115゜39'E. (China) S.C.S. 22゜09'N. 115゜12'E.
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.A.L., with an Unidentified Ship
23゜50'N. 118゜38'E. (China)
(China)
※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: T.B. 23゜15'N. 120゜06'E.
(Formosa) Sea Truck
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#1 (VF47#1) : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Miyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Miyakonojo Airfield,
Kyushu (Miyazaki) Power Plant, Aburatsu, Kyushu
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#2 VF47#2 VT47#1 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Attack on Airfield at Kagoshima, Kyushu. Targets: Airfield and Installations
at Kagoshima, Kyushu Large Plant with Saw Tooth Roof Sea Sampan, Small Lugger x 2
South of Kyushu
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Miyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Aircraft in
Revetments (Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Small Vessels
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#4 VT47#2 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Attack Airfield at Izumi, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi, Kyushu (Kagoshima)
Sampan along Coast Aircraft on Field
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#5 VF47#5 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Kagoshima Airfield & Base Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima
Aircraft Factory, Lugger x 2 South of Sinko in Bay (Kyushu) Aircraft at Izumi
※Mission: RAPCAP and Defense of Force.
※Mission: Attack on Shipping at Kobe, Honshu. Targets: Ships in Harbor at Kobe
(Hyogo)(Honshu) C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier) or C.V.L.(Small Aircraft Carrier)
C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) A.O.(Oiler) Railroad Yard Mitsubishi Industries Barge Sampan x 8
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol and Scramble.
※Mission: To Neutralize Airfield at Minamidaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinooagarijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Cratering Runways at Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Airfield at
15/343
Minamidaitojima
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47-13A (VF47-13A) : 1945/03/24
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Minamidaito Airfield. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47, AG-13B VF-13B VT-5 : 1945/03/24
※Mission: Cratering Airfield at Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Minamidaito. Targets: Minamidaito Airfield
(Minamidaitojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Roving Mission over Okinawa. Targets: Nago-wan, Okinawa (Nansei) Town of
Okaneku Town of Awa, Possible Troops
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#17 (VF-17) (VT-7) : 1945/03/26
※Mission: Support at Okinawa. Targets: Possible Amphibious Craft Facilities Southeast
of Okinawa (Nansei) Revetted Area Southwest of Minatoga
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47, AG-18 VF-18 VT-8 : 1945/03/26
※Mission: Air Support at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Airfield on Okinawa (Nansei)
Storehouses and Hangars East of Naha Field Hangars at Machinato Okuma Town
Yontan
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Minamidaito. Targets: Minamidaito
※Mission: Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan and Kadena Airfield, Okinawa
and Support Missions (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Pillboxes and Earthworks at
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Boat Facilities at Minamidaitojima. Targets: Boat Facilities West
Shore Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto (Okinawa)
※Mission: To Attack Japanese Ships or Airfields, Kyushu, Japan. Targets: Chiran
Airfield, Kyushu, Japan (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Bridge and Pill Boxes, Okinawa (Nansei)
Towns of Awashi, Noma
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Installations at Yontan Airfield at Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield and Vicinity to the North
16/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa Between Naha and Yontan
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa Landings. Targets: Tunnels or Gun Emplacements at
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support of Okinawa Invasion. Targets: Gun Positions and Bridges on
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Iejima, Off Okinawa (Nansei) Lighthouse
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Naze-ko, Amamioshima and Kikai Airfield, Kikai. Targets:
Kikaijima Airfield (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Tokuno and Kikai Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima), Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima) Nansei Shoto (Kagoshima)
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#35 (VF47#35) (VT47#20) : 1945/04/04
※Mission: Air Support at Okinawa. Targets: Iejima and Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa
(Nansei) Lighthouse on Iejima 2 Brick Structures Between Nago & Nako 2 Brick
Structures near Unten-ko Large Structure South of Nago Large Structure at Yohina
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikai Airfield Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Airfield at Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikaijima (Wan)
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Japanese Naval Forces. Targets: Ships at 31゜N. 128゜55'E.
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Yamato B.B.(Battleship) C.L.(Light Cruiser) D.D.(Destroyer) x 2
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#41 (VT47#23) (VF47#23) : 1945/04/10
※Mission: Strike against Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Town and
Warehouses at Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Shiping Sweep, Amamioshima Area. Targets: Ships in Koniya-ko,
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.D. Lugger x 6 Shops at Seaplane Base Koniya
※Mission: Shipping Sweep in Amami Area. Targets: Shipping in Koniya-ko,
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.D. Luggers
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft and Facilities, Tokuno, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield Nansei Shoto (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft and Facilities, Tokuno, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol and Scramble.
17/343

※Mission: RAPCAP.
※Mission: Air Support Strike at Okinawa. Targets: Town of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Supply Area, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions on Okinawa
※Mission: Air Support at Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima, Off Okinawa(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol and Strike on Kikai in the Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Kikai Airfield, Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol at Tokuno Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
Nansei Shoto (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: South of Makiminato, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Kikai. Targets: Kikai Airfield (Wan)
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Combat Air Patrol and Strike on Kikai Airfield. Targets: Kikai (Wan)
Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Combat Air Patrol and Strike on Kikai Airfield. Targets: Kikai (Wan)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Vicinity of Dakeshi Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Positions in Vicinity of
Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Gun Positions near Naha
Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amami Cap Preceded by Strike on Wan Airfield Kikaijima. Targets: Wan
Airfield, Kikaijima and Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima) (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shidooke
Airfield
※Mission: Amami CAP and Strike on Tokuno and Kikai Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield Tokunoshima, Nansei Shoto (Kagoshima)
※Mission: To Bomb Kikai and Sweep Islands Northward to Yakushima. Targets: Wan
Airfield, Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Strike at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Facilities and Dispersal Area at
Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Bomb Wan Airfield, Kikai and Patrol North of Amamioshima. Targets: Air
Group 47 Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
18/343

※Mission: To Bomb Wan Airfield, Kikai, and Patrol North of Amamioshima, Nansei
Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.D.
※Mission: To Bomb Wan Airfield, Kikai, and Patrol North of Amamioshima. Targets:
Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Large Building at Kasari, Amamioshima
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions near Shuri, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: To Bomb Wan Airfield, Kikai and Patrol Amamioshima Area, Photo Mission
over Tokuno. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping on Koniya-ko, Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shipping in
Koniya-ko (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Camflaged L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank)
Lugger x 6 A.A. Positions on Peninsula Opposite Koniya on Kakeroma
※Mission: To Attack Shipping in Koniya-ko, Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping in
Koniya-ko (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Luggers in Koniya-ko
※Mission: To Attack Sipping in Amamioshima Area. Targets: L.S.T.(Landing Ship,
Tank) in Koniya (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Storage Area at 28゜07'N.
128゜15'E. Lugger x 3 Small Boat x 15
※Mission: To Rocket Japanese Merchant Ship Around in Naze-ko, Amamioshima; to
Photograph Tokuno Strip. Targets: Japanese Merchant Ship in Naze-ko
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Aircraft at Wan Airfield Kikaijima
※Mission: Strike at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft and Crater Runway at Minamidaitojima. Targets: East-
West Runway at Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Okinawa.
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Positions and Roads South of Shuri
Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#78 (VF-47#75) : 1945/05/11
※Mission: Amami - Kikai Patrol and Sweep. Targets: 2 Radio Stations, Akaogi,
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Town of Shuri and Bridge, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Kikuchi Airfield Kyushu. Targets: Hangar Area at Kikuchi Airfield,
Kyushu (Kumamoto)
※Mission: Strike at Waifu Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Hangar and Shop Area at Waifu
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: CAP over Task Force 58.
19/343

※Mission: Strike at Usa Airfield Kyushu. Targets: Hangar Area at Usa (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike at Kumamoto and Waifu, Kumamoto. Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
Factory, Kumamoto Army Depot at Waifu (Kyushu)
※Mission: Amami-Yokoate Patrol and Strike on Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Radio
Station, Akaogi Amami, Luggers in Amami Area (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Kikai - Tokuno Patrol. Targets: Targets of Opportunity in Amami Area
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Radio Station at Akaogi, Amami Luggers at Naze-
ko Buildings in Docks Area Tsunaku, West Amami
※Mission: Amami - Yokoate Patrol, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Targets of Opportunity,
Amami Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Radio Station Akaogi, Amami (Amamioshima)
Luggers Radio Station, Gajajima
※Mission: Attacks on PT Base and Sub-Base at Kakeromajima. Targets: P.T.(Patrol
Torpedo Boat) and Sub-Base at Kakeromajima, Nansei Shoto (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Kikai - Tokuno Patrol, Amami Gunto. Targets: Targets of Opportunity, Amami
Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Lighthouse and Adjacent Buildings, Southwest Tip of Amami
Small Boats in Kominato, Amamioshima
※Mission: To Patrol Amami Area and Strike Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Targets of
Opportunity, Amami (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Radio Station at Akaogi, Amami
(Amamioshima) Barracks Buildings Keruma-zaki
※Mission: Air-Support at Okinawa. Targets: Troop Concentrations and Building at
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: To Patrol Amami Area and Strike Targets of Opportunity. Targets: P.T.(Patrol
Torpedo Boat) Boat Base Area, Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Patrol Amami Area and Strike Targets Opportunity. Targets: Targets of
Opportunity, Amami (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Radio Station Akaogi Town (Amamioshima)
Dock Area Tsunaku, Amami Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Kushira, Kyushu. Targets: Kushira Airfield, Kyushu
(Kagoshima)
(14) USS Bataan

※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Airfields in Tokyo Area. Targets: Airfields on Chiba
Penninsula (Honshu) Mobara Airfield Miyakawa Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#96 (VT47#45) : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Strike at Aircraft on Tokyo Airfields. Targets: Naruto Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu) Miyakawa Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Airfields in Tokyo Area. Targets: Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area
Yachimata (Chiba)(Honshu) Miyakawa
20/343
※Mission: Sweep Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Yokosuka Airfield

(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Mobara Airfield (Chiba)
※Mission: Attack on Miyakawa Airfield, Tokyo Area, Honshu. Targets: Miyakawa
Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Ominato, Kabayama, and Hakodate Airfields. Targets: Shipping
Tsugaru Strait Airfield near Tsugaru Strait 150 Ton S.D. 50 Ton Lugger x 5 75-100 Ton
Tug Ohiro Town
※Mission: Attack Airfields on Northern Honshu Area. Targets: Targets of Opportunity
Northern Honshu 100-150 Ton S.D. x 2 40-50 Ton Lugger Radio Station, Ooma-zaki
Locomotive and 8 Cars near Ohata
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Northern Honshu. Targets: Targets of Opportunity
Northern Honshu Dam near Tazawa-ko
※Mission: Strike at Hakodate and Tsugaru Strait. Targets: Ships and Installations at
Hachinohe (Aomori)(Honshu) 1000-2000 Ton F.T.C. or F.T.D. Luggers
(Hachinohe)(Ohata)
※Mission: Sweep and Photograph Airfields on Northern Honshu. Targets:
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 41゜N. 140'E. (Aomori)(Honshu) Lighthouses - Ooma-zaki,
Shiriya-zaki
※Mission: Reconnoiter and Attack Airfields Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Gonoike Airfield,
Tokyo Bay Area (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack A.A. Positions at Yokosuka, Honshu. Targets: A.A. Positions at
Yokosuka (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Neutralize A.A. Defenses in Kure Area while Other Units Attack B.B.-X.C.V.
Hyuga. Targets: B.B.-X.C.V. Hyuga and A.A. in Vicinity (Kure)(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
Nasakejima 50 Ton Lugger x 3 in Iyo-nada 100 Ton Patrol Craft Kurahashijima
※Mission: Hit A.A. Defenses near Kure, Honshu (Including B.B.-X.C.V. Hyuga). Targets:
A.A. Positions and Naval Units near Kurahashijima, Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
B.B.(Battle Ship) Hyuga C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Aso Nasakejima Kurahashijima S.D. x 3
Sam
※Mission: Attack HIJMS Tone at Kure, Honshu. Targets: C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Tone near
Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu) Nishinomishima
※Mission: Sink Japanese Cruiser Tone. Targets: 4500-5000 Ton F.T.B. in Iwaijima
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu) 50 Ton Lugger x 2
※Mission: Attack Aircraft at Tokorozawa, Tokyo, Honshu. Targets: Tokorozawa Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu) Factory Building near Omiya Airfield Factory North of Gotemba
(Shizuoka)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Tokorozawa Airfield. Targets: Tokorozawa Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu) Fuji Airfield (Shizuoka)
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※Mission: Attack Misawa Airfield, Northern Honshu. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#117 VT47#58 VF47#108 : 1945/08/09
※Mission: Attack Misawa Airfield, Northern Honshu (and SubCAP). Targets: Misawa
Airfield, Northern Honshu (Aomori) 700-1300 Ton F.T.D. in Bay South of Miyako (Iwate)
※Mission: Attack Oil Storage at Nonai, Northern Honshu and Hit Targets of
Opportunity. Targets: Nonai Oil Storage Area (Target 995), Northern Honshu (Aomori)
4000-6000 Ton T.B.(Torpedo Boat) x 2 off Mourajima Factory near Miyako (Iwate)
※Mission: Attack Targets of Opportunity, Aomori-Ominato Area. Targets: Ominato
Naval Base (Aomori)(Honshu) 7500 Ton F.T.A. Ominato Airfield Oil Storage at Ominato
D.D.(Destroyer) x 5, D.E.(Destroyer Escort) at Ominato Hachinohe R.R. Yards Oil
Storage
※Mission: Bomb Tokyo Shibaura Electrinic Co. (Target 496). Targets: Factory in Vicinity
of Atsugi (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Factory Vicinity Hachioji or Atsugi (Tokyo, Kanagawa)
Obitsu Dock Area (Chiba) Niijima
※Mission: Bomb Kisarazu Airfield Targets, Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Kisarazu Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu) Radar Station East of Choja on Coast Boat Yard at Okitsu (Kanagawa)
Oshima(Tokyo)
Action Report of Operations of USS Bataan for Period 14 March 1945 to 29 May 1945,
inclusive
(15) USS Belleau Wood

Aircraft Action Report No. VT23 VF12-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Attack Reported Airfields on Tanegashima. Targets: Inujo Airfield
(Tanegashima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT-24 VF13-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Attack Airfield at Kanoya East Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Shipping in Kure Harbor. Targets: C.L.(Light Cruiser) Oyodo Class in
Yoshiura Bay (Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class, Kure Harbor
※Mission: Attack Kerama Retto (3 Strikes). Targets: Maejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Iejima
Airfield Zamamijima Aka, Asa and Zamami Village Tokashikijima
※Mission: Attack on Convoy in East China Sea. Targets: 28゜25'N. 124゜51'E. 3000 Ton
F.T.C. x 4 2100 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) Shimakaze Class x 3
※Mission: L-7 Day Air Support at Okinawa (3 Strikes). Targets: Okinawa(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT29 : 1945/03/27, 1945/03/28
※Mission: Attack Targets in Amami Gunto. Targets: Shipping in Naze-ko
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 17000 Ton S. 2-Stacks x 2 5000 Ton F.T.C. Yoro
Town
※Mission: Search for Japanese Fleet off Kyushu. Targets: Convoy 10 F.T.D. 32゜25'N.
131゜15'E. 1000 Ton F.T.D. x 10
Aircraft Action Report No. VT31 VF26A : 1945/03/31
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※Mission: Attack Shipping at Amamioshima. Targets: Naze-ko

(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 17000 Ton S. 2-Stacks x 2 5000 Ton F.T.C 1000 Ton
F.T.D. in Cove West of Akina 100 Ton S.D. off Kasari
※Mission: Pre-How Hour Bombing & Strafing Attack - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: A. Love-Day Afternoon Strike, Okinawa B.& C. Love-plus-1 Air Support,
Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT34 : 1945/04/03
※Mission: Attack Airfields on Miyakojima (2 Strikes). Targets: Sukama Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT-36 VF33-45 : 1945/04/05
※Mission: Attack Military Installations on Amamioshima. Targets: Akaogi Radio Station
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Japanese Task Force off Kyushu. Targets: 31゜25'N. 128゜E.
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) B.B.(Battleship) Yamato 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) x 2 2000 Ton
D.D.(Destroyer) x 4 2300 Ton D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa (3 Strikes). Targets: A.& B. Targets in and near Shuri
C. Yonabaru Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Targets of Opportunity, Amamioshima. Targets: Naze Town
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Shipping off Kakeromajima. Targets: Kakeromajima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike E - Saeki Airfield (305) Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Hit Tachiarai Airfield (Kyushu). Targets: Tachiarai Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Hit 161 Kochi Airfield, Shikoku. Targets: Kochi Airfield (Kochi)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: A. Bomb Shitooke Airfield, Kikaijima, B. Bomb Koniya Town and Seaplane
Station, Amamioshima. Targets: Shitooke Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Sadeku Village Koniya Town (Amamioshima)
Aircraft Action Report No. VF66 VT49 : 1945/06/02
※Mission: Bomb Airfield at Minamidaitojima. Targets: Airfield, Minamidaitojima
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(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Tomori Town on Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 11-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: A. Yoke Search B. Sub CAP C. Sub CAP. Targets: A. Village on Kuroshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) B. 100 Ton S.D., Nakanoshima C. Shipping Nishinoomote-wan,
Tanegashima
※Mission: Attack Reported Airfields on Tanegashima.
※Mission: Attack Airfield at Kanoya East, Kyushu.
※Mission: Shipping, Kagoshima-wan. Targets: A. Shipping in Kagoshima-wan
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) B. Ibusuki Seaplane Base 10000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) 100 Ton
S.D. x 2 off Bonotsu 100 Ton S.D. x 3 off Sata-misaki 100 Ton S.D. Northern Tip
Tanegashima 200 T
※Mission: Attack Shipping in Kure Harbor.
※Mission: A. Search, Bungo-Suido B. Strike, Kanoya Airfield and Ibusuki Seaplane
Station. Targets: A1. Saganoseki Copper Works (1328)(Oita)(Kyushu) A2. Submarine,
Tsukumi-wan A3. S.D. x 3 East of Kanaizaki B1. Kanoya Airfield B2. Ibusuki Seaplane
Stat
※Mission: A. Search - 320゜ to 360゜ - Yoke B. Search - 320゜ to 360゜ - Yoke.
※Mission: A. Strike 1C - Maejima and Iejima B. Strike 1G - Kerama Retto.
※Mission: A.& B. Zebra Searches. Targets: A.1.& 2. Convoy at 28゜12'N. 125゜43'E.
(Nansei) A.3. S.D. at Torishima (Okinawa) A.4. 100 Foot Naval Cutter, Izena
※Mission: Attack Convoy in East China Sea.
※Mission: A. Strike 1A B. Strike 1C C. Strike 1G D. Strike 1D - All over Support
Missions, Kerama Retto.
※Mission: A.& B. Yoke Searches. Targets: 1000 Ton F.T.D. - 25 Miles South of Sata-
misaki (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: A. Fighter Sweep, Minamidaitojima B. 1G Support Okinawa. Targets:
Airfield, Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 25-45 : 1945/03/27, 1945/03/28
※Mission: A. DCAP - Day B. Strike against Yoroshima and Amamioshima C. Strike
against Yoroshima and Amamioshima. Targets: B.& C. Ships in Naze-ko, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 5000 Ton F.T.C. x 2 off Hazaki 17000 Ton Kyokuyomaru off
Yagisaki Dock a
Aircraft Action Report No. 25A45 : 1945/03/28, 1945/03/31
※Mission: A. Yoke Search B. DCAP - Strike Wan Airfield, Kikaijima C. Fighter Sweep,
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Minamidaitojima.
※Mission: Search for Japanese Fleet off Kyushu.
Aircraft Action Report No. 26A-45 : 1945/03/31
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Amamioshima.
※Mission: Pre-How Bombing and Strafing Attack Okinawa Jima.
※Mission: A. Support Okinawajima B. 1B - Okinawa C. 1E - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: A.& B. Yoke Search 000゜ to 040゜.
※Mission: A. Airfields, Miyakojima B. Airfields, Miyokojima. Targets: A. Sukama
Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) B. Nabaru Airfield
※Mission: A. Aircraft and Airfields, Miyakojima B. Aircraft and Airfields, Miyakojima.
Targets: A. Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) B. Hirara Airfield
※Mission: 32-45. Targets: Airfield, Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Military Installations on Amamioshima.
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa.
※Mission: A.& B. Target Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa.
※Mission: A. Attack Airfield on Minamidaitojima B. Attack North Tip Amamioshima.
Targets: Waterfront Area - Naze Town (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Japanese Task Force off Kyushu.
Aircraft Action Report No. 37A45 : 1945/04/12
※Mission: A. Interceptor CAP over Kikaijima B. Day CAP.
※Mission: A.B.& C. Interceptor CAP over Kikaijima D. TCAP over Okinawa.
※Mission: A, B, & C, D. Targets Air Patrols.
※Mission: A. RAPCAP B. TCAP C. Team CAP.
※Mission: A.B.C.& D. Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa.
※Mission: A. B. & C. Interceptor Air Patrol.
※Mission: A. Airfields on Southern Kyushu, Fighter Sweep B. Airfield on Tokunoshima.
Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kanoya East Airfield Kushira Airfield
※Mission: A. Strike B - Okinawa Support B. Strike G - Okinawa Support C. Strike 1 -
Okinawa Support. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Airfield, Minamidaitojima
25/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: A. Strike 1A - Amamioshima B. Strike 1B - Amamioshima C. Strike 1C -
Amamioshima.
※Mission: Interceptor Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: A. Special Strike No.1 Okinawa B. Strike F, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A. Chiran Airfield (325)(Kyushu). Targets: Chiran Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Kokubu (319) and Ronchi (320) Airfields, Kyushu. Targets: Ronji
Airfield (320), (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike G. Oita Airfield (174) Kyushu. Targets: Oita Airfield
(174)(Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike A. Ashiya Airfield (345) and Gannosu Airfield (343), Kyushu. Targets:
A. Gannosu Airfield (Fukuoka)(Kyushu) B. Ashiya Airfield
※Mission: Strike D. Matsuyama West Airfield (157) and Kochi Airfield (161). Targets: A.
Matsuyama West Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku) B. Kochi Airfield (Kochi)
※Mission: Strike G. Kokubu Airfield (319) and Ronji Airfield (320), Kyushu. Targets:
Kokubu Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: A. Strike Tokuno Airfield, Diverted to Shidooke, Kikaijima B. Interceptor
Combat Air Patrol No.2 C. Strike Tokuno Airfield. Targets: A. Shitooke Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) B. Naze Town (Amamioshima) C. Tokunoshima Airfield
※Mission: A. Photo Mission, Koniya Seaplane Base (404) B. Strike B. Koniya Seaplane
Base. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base (404)(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: A. Interceptor Combat Air Patrol No.4 B. Interceptor Combat Air Patrol No.7.
Targets: A. Naze Town, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) B. Radio Station, Akaogi
※Mission: A. Interceptor Combat Air Patrol No.1 B. Radar Picket Combat Air Patrol
No.2.
Aircraft Action Report No. 64-45 : 1945/05/28, 1945/06/01, 1945/06/03
※Mission: A.B.& C. Support Missions, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: A. Special Photo Mission, Tokunoshima & Amamioshima, B. Special Photo
Mission, Tokunoshima & Amamioshima. Targets: A.& B. Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Bomber Strike, Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: A.& B. - Attack Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action Re-port - Aircraft Strikes against the Enemy: Kyushu, Nansei Shoto, and Okino
26/343
Daito Shoto, in Support of the Occupation of Okinawa, 28 May through 10 June 1945
※USS Belleau Wood.
Action Re-port - Aircraft Strikes against the Enemy: Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Nansei
Shoto, in Support of the Occupation of Okinawa Shima, 9 through 27 May 1945
Action Re-port - Aircraft Strikes against the Enemy: Kyushu, Kure, Western Honshu,
and the Nansei Shoto, 14 March 1945 - 28 April 1945
Action Re-port - Aircraft Strikes against the enemy: Final Attacks on the Home Islands of
the Japanese Empire, 2 July through 15 August 1945
Aircraft Action Report No. VF31-2 VT31-1 : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Strike against Aircraft on Kumagaya Airfield (Tokyo Plain). Targets:
Irumagawa Airfield (Saitama)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT31-3 : 1945/07/14
※Mission: Task Group 38.1 Strike on Kushiro, Hakodate. Targets: Barges in Kushiro
Gawa, Kushiro, Hokkaido
※Mission: Strike Aircraft on Kumagaya Airfield (Tokyo Plain). Targets: Kodama Airfield
(Tokyo Plain)(Saitama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Nemuro, Hokkaido. Targets: Nemuro, Hokkaido
※Mission: Strike against Ashigawa, Fukagawa, Rumoi all in Hokkaido. Targets: Ofuyu
on West Coast of Hokkaido 1900 Ton S.B.S., Amakasu-maru #1 Class
※Mission: Coordinated Task Force Strike Nagato, Yokosuka Harbor. Targets:
B.B.(Battleship) Nagato (Yokosuka)(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Large Merchant Ship
※Mission: 2 Strikes on Naval Shipping, Kure, Honshu. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Ise
class 34゜12'N. 132゜33'E. (Kure)(Hiroshima)(Honshu) Sampan S.D. or Lugger Lugger x
4 Kure Harbor 2300 Ton S.C.L. Old Type D.D.(Destroyer) x 9
※Mission: Task Group Strike, Kure Harbor. Targets: Saganoseki Copper Smelter
(Oita)(Kyushu) Niihama Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: 2 Strikes on Naval Shipping, Kure Harbor. Targets: Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class S.C.S. C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba Class
※Mission: Strike on Kagamigahara Airfield, Nagoya Area. Targets: Kagamigahara
Airfield (Gifu)(Honshu) Mikatagahara (Shizuoka)
※Mission: Strike Matsushima Airfield, North of Sendai. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Masuda Airfield, South of Sendai. Targets: Masuda Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Airfield North Central Honshu. Targets: Ichinoseki Factory and R.R.
Yards (Iwate)(Honshu) Kurosawajiri Factory (Iwate) S.D. x 3 at Kesennuma Seaplane
Station (Miyagi) New Field, Iwate Airfield Takayanohara Airfield
27/343
※Mission: Strike Matsushima Airfield and Masuda Airfield, Sendai Area. Targets:
Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu) Masuda Airfield
※Mission: Strike Shibaura #1 Plant, Kawasaki. Targets: International Aircraft Factory,
Hiratsuka (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Factory at Yoshida Hiratsuka Arsenal
(16) USS Bennington

※Mission: 1C - Destroy Revetted Aircraft at Kanoya East, Southern Kyushu. Targets:
Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: 1F - Destroy Revetted Aircraft at Kanoya East, Southern Kyushu. Targets:
Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: 1B - Attack Shipping in Kure - Hiroshima Area. Targets: Ships in Hiroshima
Bay (Hiroshima)(Honshu) 10000 Ton S.A.L. 2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Strike 1C - Saturation Attack on Keisansho. Targets: Islands of Keisansho
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nagannujima Keisejima
※Mission: VB-VT Strike #1 - Kerama Retto. Targets: Village, West Coast Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: 1C - Kerama Retto. Targets: Beach Areas, Zamamijima, Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: 1F - Shipping Strike. Targets: Convoy in 28゜25'N. 124゜32'E. D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) or Chidori-Otori Class Torpedo Boat 4000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: 1A - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: 1C - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Suspected Amphibious Base, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: 1D - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Boat Basin, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1F - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan and Naha Airfields, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: 1G - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Suspected Amphibious Base, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Anti-Shipping, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Luggers and Sea Trucks
at Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Concentration of Luggers and Sea
Trucks
※Mission: 1A - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions (A.A.), Tsukenjima,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1C - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Guns and Ammunition Dumps
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
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※Mission: 1A - Pre-How Hour Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Guns and Pillboxes, Beach
Area, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1B - L Day Afternoon Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Artillery Positions, Pillboxes
& Warehouses, West Coast Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1 - L Plus 1-Day, Okinawa. Targets: Supply Dumps, Warehouses,
Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 2, Okinawa. Targets: Northern End of Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1F - Roving Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Ammunition Dumps, Artillery
Positions, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1C - Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1F: Hirara, Miyakojima. Targets: Ships and Waterfront Installations,
Hirara, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Bridge at Shimoji, Irabujima Miscellaneous
Buildings, Shimoji Town
※Mission: Strike 1 - Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Revetments, Tokuno
Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 2 - Tokunoshima. Targets: Buildings, and Revetments, Tokuno Airfield,
Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Japanese Fleet Units, West of Kyushu. Targets: Japanese Warships
31゜08'N. 129゜02'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) - Agano Class
C.L. - Unidentified 2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) - Takanami Class D.D. - Unidentified
※Mission: Strike D - Close Support, Okinawa. Targets: Guns and Trucks, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike D: Close Support, Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike B - Close Support, Okinawa. Targets: Area Bombing, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1A - Okinawa. Targets: Warehouses & Stores, Tsukazan Town,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike CHARLIE, Okinawa. Targets: Gun positions, Southern Okinawa
※Mission: Strike F - Okinawa. Targets: Artillery Emplacements, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A: Tokunoshima. Targets: A.A. Positions and Dispersal Areas,
※Mission: Strike B: Tokunoshima. Targets: Barracks and Dispersal Areas, Tokuno
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※Mission: Strike C: Tokunoshima. Targets: Aircraft Revetments, Tokuno Airfield,
※Mission: Strike B: Okinawa. Targets: Warehouse, Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Targets: Trenches, Pillboxes South of Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei) 4 Small Boats,
Baten-Ko
※Mission: 1E - Called Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Underground Truck Depot, Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1A - Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1B - Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1D: Kanoya Airfield. Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1E - Saeki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Seaplane Station
(Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike G: Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike A: Kumamoto Air Frame Plant, Kyushu. Targets: Air Frame Factory,
Kumamoto, Kyushu
※Mission: Strike B - Tachiarai Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Tachiarai Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike D: Kumamoto Airframe Plant, Kyushu. Targets: Kumamoto Airframe
Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) 4 Largest Buildings, Kumamoto Airframe Assembly Plant
※Mission: Strike E - Matsuyama West Airfield, Shikoku. Targets: Matsuyama West
Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Strike G - Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike A: Okinawa. Targets: Troop Concentrations, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike C: Okinawa. Targets: Pillboxes and Troop Concentrations, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike E: Okinawa. Targets: Troop Concentrations and Command Post,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A: Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A: Kikaijima Airfield. Targets: Revetments and A.A., Wan Airfield,
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※Mission: Strike B: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Miscellaneous Buildings, Isensaki Village
※Mission: Anti-Shipping Strike. Targets: 1 L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) 29゜40'N.
129゜25'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 1000 Ton L.S.T.
※Mission: Strike A: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike #2, Okinawa. Targets: Opportunity Targets, Itoman Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support, Okinawa. Targets: Caves, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Special - Supply Drops, Okinawa. Targets: Friendly Troops near Shuri Town,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Special - Supply Drops, Okinawa. Targets: Advance Patrols, U.S.M.C. (United
States Marine Corps)
※Mission: RAPCAP #1.
※Mission: Attack Kanoya East Airfield - Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield,
Shibushi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Train x 2 on Sakita Peninsula Sampan x 6 in
Ariake Bay
※Mission: Coordinated Attack Kanoya East Airfield - Kyushu (1C). Targets: Kanoya
East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Shipping Kagoshima Bay - Kyushu (1E). Targets: Shipping Kagoshima
Bay (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) F.T.B. x 2 F.T.D. x 4 Kanoya East Airfield, Shibushi Airfield
※Mission: Coordinated Attack Kanoya East Airfield - Kyushu (1F). Targets: Kanoya
East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack Shipping - Kure Hatbor Area (1B). Targets: Shipping -
Kure Harbor Area (Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Yamato Class 6000-8000 Ton
Tanker D.D.(Destroyer) x 2
※Mission: Strike Hiroshima Airfield - Honshu (1C). Targets: Hiroshima Airfield
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircraft Carrier)
※Mission: Strike Kanoya Airfield - Kyushu (1D). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) S.A.S. in Kagoshima Bay
※Mission: Coordinated Attack Kerama Retto, Keisansho, Okinawa (Nansei)(1C).
Targets: Installations Kerama Retto Keisansho (Okinawa)(Nansei) 4 Islands Keisansho
Mine on Yakabijima
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※Mission: Search for and Attack on Enemy Convoy Enroute, Naha from Sasebo. Targets:
Shipping 28゜06'N. 128゜45'E. Naha from Sasebo (Okinawa)(Nansei) 4500 Ton F.T.C.
1000 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 150 Ton S.C. x 2 Betty on Strip on Yokoatejima
(Kagoshima
※Mission: Coordinated Attack and Photo Mission. Targets: Installations - Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Buildings Yakabijima Small Craft off Akajima
※Mission: Strike on Installations Kerama Retto (1B)(Okinawa)(Nansei). Targets:
Installations - Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town - Zamamijima Installations North
of Sxx-Saki Point (?) Amphibious Craft
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Kerama Retto (1C)(Okinawa)(Nansei). Targets:
Installations - Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Tokashiki Town Northeast Coast
Akajima
※Mission: Shipping Strike - Convoy (1E).
※Mission: Shipping Strike - Convoy (1F). Targets: Convoy 28゜25'N. 126゜32'E. Chidori
Class M.T.B. 325' D.D.(Destroyer) 3500 Ton F.T.C. 3000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: TCAP #1 - Okinawa. Targets: Installations near Kadena Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #4 - Okinawa. Targets: Building in Town of Izena on Izenashima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Small Buildings along Southern Coast Okinawa
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1C). Targets: (Kerama Retto)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Building in Town of Southern Okinawa Beaches of Yakabijima in Kerama Retto
※Mission: Search. Targets: Barracks Area Torishima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #7 - Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - OKinawa (1F). Targets: Naha and Yontan Airfield - Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1G). Targets: Gun Emplacement (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #6 - Okinawa. Targets: Makiminato Airfield, Naha Airfield - Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Targets: Ships - Kuchinoerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Ship x 20-25 (S.C.'s, S.D.,
Luggers)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Shipping - Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping -
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 11 Ships (S.C.'s, S.D.'s, Junks) in Anchorage -
Kakeromajima
※Mission: Attack Shipping - Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping - Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 100 Ton Small Lugger x 3 Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
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※Mission: TCAP #1 - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Barracks (Town of Sashiki)
※Mission: Attack Japanese Fleet.
※Mission: Flight Sweep (1A). Targets: Parked Aircrafts Korimoto Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Hangar Area Miyakonojo Airfield (Miyazaki) Luggers in
Anchorage at Nishinoomote Harbor, Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Tokunoshima and Yoroshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei). Targets:
Tokunoshima, Yoroshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike Tokunoshima - Reconnaiter Other Islands (Kagoshima)(Nansei).
Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Napalm Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Landing Beach - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #2 - Okinawa. Targets: Radio Station Agunijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) 4
Boats Tonakijima
※Mission: Night TCAP - Okinawa.
※Mission: TCAP #1 - Okinawa.
※Mission: Photo - Kuchinoerabujima. Targets: Radio Station
(Kuchinoerabujima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Airfield, Kikaijima
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1F). Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike - Okinawa (Strike #2). Targets: Naha Airfield - Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima - Sakishimagunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Miyara
Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photo - Nobara Airfield - Sakishimagunto (1C). Targets: Nobara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima Airfield (1D). Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Miyara and Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigaki Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photo - Nobara Airfield (1F). Targets: Nobara Airfield - Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Ishigakijima. Targets: Hegina Airfield, Miyara Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Luggers
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※Mission: NCAP #1 over Task Group.
※Mission: Night Heckler.
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Japanese Fleet. Targets: Units of Japanese Fleet
(31゜10'N. 129゜00'E.)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) D.D.(Destroyer) x 5
※Mission: Targets of Opportunity Amamioshima and Tokunoshima. Targets: Shipping
Amamioshima and Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Tokunoshima Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield - Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: ICAP #1 - Amamioshima. Targets: Amamioshima, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: ICAP #4 - Amamioshima.
※Mission: DCAP #3.
※Mission: (1) DADCAP (2) NCAP.
※Mission: ICAP #1 - Amamioshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Amamioshima, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Amamioshima - Warehouse - Naze Town Buildings South of Akaogi
Town - Amamioshima Airfield - Kikaijima
※Mission: ICAP #2 - Amamioshima - Kikaijima. Targets: Airfield Kikai and Shipping
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Whale Factory (Naze-ko - Amamioshima) Airfield - Kikaijima
※Mission: ICAP #4. Targets: Airfield Kikaijima and Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Naze-ko - Amamioshima Whale Factory 2 Small Boat Warehouses in Naze Town
※Mission: ICAP #5. Targets: Shipping - Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Whale
Factory (Naze-ko - Amamioshima) Radio Station (Yokoatejima)
※Mission: Strike Midget Submarine Base - Kakeromajima (ICAP #7). Targets: Midget
Submarine Base - Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Airfield Kikaijima 2 Small Boats
(Yokoatejima)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1D). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Tanegashima. Targets: Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Airfield
Tokunoshima
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kanoya Airfield - Kyushu. Targets: Airfield - Southern Kyushu Kanoya
Airfield Shibushi Airfield Ibusuki Airfield
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※Mission: DCAP Plus Strike Tokunoshima. Targets: Airfield Tokunoshima
※Mission: Strike - Kanoya Airfield, Kanoya East Airfield - Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya
Airfield, Shibushi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Inujo Airfield
(Tanegashima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack Airfield - Tokunoshima (1A). Targets: Airfield -
Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Airfield - Tokunoshima (1B). Targets: Airfield -
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1B). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: ICAP - Kikaijima to Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield and Kikai
Airfield (Tokunoshima, Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike - Izumi Airfield - Kyushu (1B). Targets: Izumi Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Inujo Airfield (Tanegashima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Chiran Airfield - Kyushu (1C). Targets: Chiran Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Installations (Ibusuki)
※Mission: Strike - Saeki Airfield - Kyushu (1E). Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Miyakonojo Airfield - Kyushu (1F). Targets: Miyakonojo
Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Korimoto Airfield (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Tachiarai Airfield (1B). Targets: Tachiarai Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Kanoya Airfield (1C). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Inujo Airfield, Radio Station (Tanegashima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Kumamoto Aircraft Factory (1D). Targets: Kumamoto
Aircraft Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Matsuyama West - Shikoku (1E). Targets: Matsuyama West Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku)
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※Mission: Strike - Izumi Airfield - Kyushu (1F). Targets: Kokubu Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Minami Saito. Targets: Minami Saito (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1B). Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei) Mortar and Troop
Concentration
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa (1C). Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #5 - Okinawa. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #2 - Okinawa. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Sashiki
※Mission: TCAP #6 - Okinawa. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Kikai Airfield (A). Targets: Kikai Airfield
※Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photo Reconnaisance - Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Shipping Strike. Targets: 3 Ships 29゜20'N. 129゜20'E.
(approx.)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) L.S.M. (Medium Landing Ship) P.C.-13 (Submarine
Chaser) x 2 Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: DADCAP. Targets: Amamioshima and Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Motor
Launch Barge x 4
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa.
※Mission: Operation "Stinger" (Kanoya Airfield - Kyushu). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: 1A (Hit Kanoya East 315). Targets: Kanoya East Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Hit Kanoya East (1D). Targets: Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Hit Ships, Kagoshima Bay (1E). Targets: Varied Ships Kagoshima Bay
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) 7000-8000 Ton T.B.(Torpedo Boat) 2500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Search 325 Miles Sector 270-290 (Search No.2). Targets: Kusakakishima,
Yakushima, Kuchinoerabujima, Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Hiroshima Airfield Southwest Honshu (1A).
※Mission: Hit Kushira, Shibushi, Sakita Airfields. Targets: Kushira Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Shibushi Airfield Small Boats near Amamioshima
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(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Oil Tanker near Shibushi

※Mission: Hit Kanoya East, South Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield, Kanoya East
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: DCAP over Task Group 58.1.
※Mission: 1A (Hit Kerama Retto, Kureshima). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Converted
Fishing Craft x 3, South of Naha Whale Boat off Southeast Okinawa Fish Craft x 2 in
Yonabaru Wan 17 Boats along Southeastern and Southwestern Coasts of Okinawa
※Mission: DCAP No.2 (off Okinawa Gunto).
※Mission: 1C (Hit Kerama Retto, Keisejima). Targets: Kamiyamajima, Keise Group
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Zamamijima (Kerama Retto)
※Mission: Locate, Destroy Japanese Convoy (Convoy Strike). Targets: F.T.C.
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) S.D.
※Mission: Hit Kerama Retto (1F). Targets: Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) 30 x
Landing Craft
※Mission: Hit Kerama Retto, Kumejima. Targets: Ochimizuno Hana on Kubashima,
Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yakabijima, Kerama Retto
※Mission: Hit Kerama Retto (1G). Targets: Amphibious Tractor x 10, Zamamijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Fish Boat x 20 and Canoes, Kumejima Motor Launch, Kumejima
Radio Stations, Kubashima and Yakabijima Building in Town of Kadekaru, Kumejima
※Targets: Village of Zamami, Zamamijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Reconnaiter Kerama Retto, Hit Targets of Opportunity (1A). Targets: Boat x
10 to 12, Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Wharf, Kumejima Blockhouses, Torishima Radio
Station and Lookout Stations, Agunijima Buildings, Kumejima
※Mission: Locate, Destroy Japanese Convoy (1F). Targets: Enemy Convoy 28゜52'N.
124゜32'E. (Okinawa)(Nansei) Torpedo Boat
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (1A). Targets: Military Emplacements Okinawa
(Nansei) Revetments in Hija-gawa - Toguchi Sector Village of Toguchi
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (1D). Targets: Targets Naha Area (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Small Boat x 4 in Naha Harbor
※Mission: TCAP over Okinawa (TCAP No.5). Targets: Yoronjima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP over Okinawa. Targets: Yoronjima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Reconnaiter Amami Gunto, Hit Airfields. Targets: Ships, Aircrafts on Amami
Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei) F.T.C. Large Whaler
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※Mission: Attack Shipping Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Ships Kakeromajima

(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Lugger
※Mission: Neutralization of Okinawa (1A). Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP over Okinawa (TCAP No.2). Targets: Sugar Factory in the Town of Kin,
Northeast Okinawa (Nansei) Village of Ikeijima
※Mission: Attack Shipping - Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto (Strike 2 ). Targets: Ships
Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1C (Air Support on Okinawa). Targets: Chinen-Misaki, Southeastern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep Kanoya Airfield, Miyazaki Airfield Support Attack on Japanese Fleet
(Fighter Sweep). Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Hit South Kyushu Airfields (Fighter Sweep). Targets: Miyakonojo Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Korimoto Airfield (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Keep Area under Fire, Destroy Installations (1A). Targets: Landing Beach
Area Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Napalm, Strafe Landing Beaches Inland Area. Targets: Japanese Posits
behind Beaches (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Assigned Targets on Okinawa to Frustrate Counter Attack (1B).
Targets: Gun Positions (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Capture of Okinawa (Strike #1). Targets: Japanese Posits on
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #6 over Okinawa. Targets: Boats, Radio Station - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Shipping at Kuchinoerabujima, Hit Airfields Kikaijima, Tokunoshima.
Targets: Kuchinoerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Airfields - Miyakojima - Sakishima Gunto (Strike 1A). Targets: Airfields -
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Building in the Town of Irabujima
※Mission: Hit Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto - (Strike 1C). Targets:
Nobara Airfield - Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Irabujima
※Mission: Hit Ishigaki Airfield - Ishigaki Island (Strike 1D). Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Hit Nobara Airfield - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto (Strike 1F). Targets:
Airfields, Waterfront - Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Airfield - Ishigaki (1G). Targets: Airfield - Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Strike No.1). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
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※Mission: Hit Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Strike No.2). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: TCAP #2 over Okinawa.
※Mission: RAPCAP #2 North of Okinawa.
※Mission: DCAP over Task Group 58.1.
※Mission: Shipping Strike (Japanese Fleet Units). Targets: Japanese Warships
31゜06'N. 129゜02'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano Class
※Mission: VBF Sweep (Amamioshima). Targets: Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Kuji-Wan (Amamioshima) Tokunoshima
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #1.
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #5.
※Mission: DCAP over Task Force 58.1 DCAP #3.
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #1. Targets: Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #2 (Amami Sector). Targets: 17000 Ton Whale Factory Ship
in Naze-ko, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #4 (Hit Kikai Airfield). Targets: Kikai Airfield
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #5 (Amami Sector). Targets: 17000 Ton Whale Factory Ship
at Naze-ko, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Buildings at Naze Town (Amamioshima)
Radio Station at Yokoatejima
※Mission: Tanega Sweep. Targets: Inuko Airfield (Tanegashima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Kyushu Sweep (Hit Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: DCAP #4 (Strike Tokunoshima Prior to Joining DCAP). Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Gun Emplacements and A.A. Positions near
Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
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※Mission: Fighter Sweep (Hit Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: DCAP #2 over Task Group 58.1.
※Mission: Special Strike (Hit Kikai Airfield). Targets: Kikai Airfield
※Mission: Special Strike (Air Support of South Okinawa). Targets: Yonabaru Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno Sweep. Targets: Town of Itoman (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Hit Tokunoshima (Strike A). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Hit Airfield Minamidaitojima. Targets: Airfield on Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #2 (Hit Kikai Airfield). Targets: Airfield at Kikai
※Mission: Interceptor CAP #5 (Hit Kikai, Amamioshima). Targets: Airfield Kikai
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Okinawa Support Mission. Targets: Underground Truck Repair Shop,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1A (Hit Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: DCAP over Task Group 58.1 (DCAP #2).
※Mission: Strike 1C (Hit Chiran Airfield Kyushu). Targets: Chiran Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: 1D (Hit Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1E (Hit Saeki Airfield Kyushu). Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1F (Miyakonojo Airfield). Targets: Miyakonojo Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Korimoto Airfield (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Strike 1G (Hit Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1A (Hit Kumamoto Aircraft Factory). Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
Factory (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1C (Hit Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
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※Mission: 1D (Hit Kumamoto Aircraft Factory). Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft Factory
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1E (Hit Matsuyama West Airfield). Targets: Matsuyama West Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: 1F (Strike Izumi Airfield, Kyushu).
※Mission: 1G (Hit Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1A (Okinawa Air Support). Targets: Enemy Positions on Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #3 (Okinawa Air Supports).
※Mission: TCAP #7 (Okinawa Air Support).
※Mission: TCAP #4 (Okinawa Air Support). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1E (Okinawa Air Support). Targets: Japanese Command Posts and
Troop Concentrations near Rioi, Southeast Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #6 over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1F (Okinawa Air Support). Targets: Cave on Hillside near Kibara
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1B (Okinawa Air Support). Targets: Enemy Positions near
Tamagusuku, Southeast Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno Strike #1. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #6 (Amamioshima to Yoronto). Targets: Okinoerabujima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1A (Tokuno Airfield). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: TCAP No.6 (Hit Targets Patrol Amami to Yoron). Targets: Nakanoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike (Hit Tokuno Airfield, Koniya, Amami). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Seaplane Base at Koniya (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Kyushu Sweep (Hit Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Special xxxx Strike (Hit Kikai, Tokuno). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: DCAP #2 (Strike Kikai). Targets: Kikai Airfield
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※Mission: Kyushu Strike. Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Kanoya East Airfield, Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kushira Town Boat, Ariake Bay
※Mission: Strike: Hangar and Shop Installations, Kanoya East Airfield, Southern
Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Boat, Ariake Bay
※Mission: Strike: Naval Vessels Kure Area. Targets: Hiroshima-wan
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Yamato D.D.(Destroyer) 50-150 Ton S.D. x 9-10
※Mission: Strike: Kerama Retto. Targets: Kuefushima, Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping Strike - East China Sea. Targets: 3000 Ton F.T.C. 28゜03'N.
※Mission: Strike: Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Aharen
Town
※Mission: Strike: Kerama Retto. Targets: Zamami Village, Asa Village and Ama Village,
Zamamijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yakabijima
※Mission: Shipping Strike: East China Sea. Targets: 28゜25'N. 128゜32'E.
(Okinawa)(Nansei) 4000-5000 Ton F.T.C. 2700 Ton F.T.C. 200-300 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
or Trawler x 2 D.D.(Destroyer) - D.E.(Destroyer Escort) (Chidori - Otori Class
T.B.(Torpedo Boat)
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Banks of Hija Gawa
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: South of Itoman Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Naha Boat Basin (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Makabe (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kuwango Hagasuku
※Mission: Shipping Strike, Amamioshima. Targets: Lugger x 9-11, Koniya-ko,
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Pre H-Hour Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Afternoon Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
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※Mission: Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Miyakojima. Targets: Ships and Buildings, Waterfront Hirara,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Bridge and Buildings, Shimoji, Irabu
※Mission: Strike: Tokunoshima. Targets: Airfield, Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokunoshima
※Mission: Strike: Naval Vessels, East China Sea, West of Kyushu. Targets: East China
Sea 31゜10'N. 129゜00'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 42000 Ton B.B.(Battleship) Yamato Class
C.L.(Light Cruiser) or Large D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 D.D.
※Mission: Close Support: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support (Okinawa). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfield, Kikaijima, Amami Gunto
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support - Okinawa. Targets: Japanese Strongpoint 400 Yards North
Tanabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Targets: Zaha, Teruya Village, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Call Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Call Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike: Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
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(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Saeki Seaplane Base, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Seaplane Base
(Oita)(Kyushu)
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike: Kumamoto Airplane Factory, Kyushu. Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike: Tachiarai Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Tachiarai Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike: Kumamoto Aircraft Factory, Kyushu. Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
※Mission: Matsuyama West Airfield. Targets: Matsuyama West Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Strike: Kanoya Airfield. Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Close Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support - Okinawa. Targets: Cave, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Targets: Disposal Area East of Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Tokunoshima Airfield, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
Hetono Village (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: Tokunoshima Airfield. Targets: Tokunoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Action Report of USS Bennington (CV20) and Carrier Air Group 82 in Support of Military
Operations at Okinawa, 9 May -28 May (East Longitude Dates) Including Action against
Kyushu
※Commanding Officer, USS Bening-ton (CV20).
※Mission: Air Coordinator No. 1.
Brief of Action Report from USS Benning-ton (Capt. J.B. Sykes) and Air Group 82
Embarked, Covering Operations in Support of Okinawa Occupation, 14 March - 30 April
1945, R/S 5327
※Mission: Strike on Hyakurigahara Airfield (Honshu). Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield,
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Mito Area (Ibaraki)(Honshu)

※Mission: Strike on Aircraft at Hyakurigahara Airfield (Honshu). Targets:
Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Flying VOS Spotters for Bombardment of Kamaishi, Honshu. Targets: Japan
Iron Works, Kamaishi (Iwate)(Honshu)
※Mission: Piloting VOS Spotters for Bombardment of Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets:
Nihon Steel and Wanishi Iron Works (Hokkaido)(Honshu)
※Mission: Piloting VOS Spotters for Bombardment of Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets:
Nihon Steel and Wanishi Iron Works (Hokkaido)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Western Hokkaido Coast Area. Targets: Ishikari Village, Hokkaido
(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on B.B. Nagato at Yokosuka Navy Yard. Targets: Yokosuka Naval
Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Nagato 2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) Machine
Shop
※Mission: Attack on Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Warship at Kure Naval
Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba
C.L.(Light Cruiser) Oyodo C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Unryu Buildings - Mitsugoshima 1200
Ton D.D.
※Mission: Attack on Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Warships in Kure Naval
Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi C.V.
Katsuragi C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba Buildings - Mitsugoshima
※Mission: Attack on Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Installation in Vicinity of
Tanabe-Wan, 33゜43'N. 135゜23'E. (Wakayama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class -
C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba at Kure Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B. Ise Class
※Mission: Attack on Warship in Kure Naval Base. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Ise and
C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Unryu Class (Kure Naval Base)(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B. Ise
Class C.V. Unryu Class
※Mission: Strike on Planes and Hangars at Meiji Airfield (Honshu). Targets: Meiji
Airfield Area 34゜54'N. 137゜02'E. (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on Aircraft and Hangars at Nagoya East Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu).
Targets: Nagoya East Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield Target 2887
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on D.D., 2 S.D. in Onagawa-wan. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) and S.D.s in
Onagawa-Wan (Miyagi)(Honshu)
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※Mission: Attack on Shipping at Shiogama. Targets: Attack on Harbor at Shiogama

(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on R.R. Installations at Nakaniida, and Shipping in Okachi-Wan.
Targets: R.R. Yards at Nakaniida (Miyagi)(Honshu) Ogatsu-Wan, Ameura-Wan F.T.D. x
3 S.D.
※Mission: Task Force Attack on Tokyo Shibaura Electric #1 (496). Targets: Installations
Kawasaki - Yokohama Waterfront (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Tsukuba and Hyakurigahara Airfields, Honshu. Targets:
Tsukuba Airfield 36゜19'N. 140゜26'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hyakurigahara Airfield
36゜11'N. 140゜26'E.
※Mission: Strike against Hyakurigahara Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Hyakurigahara
Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep: Ishioka, Ishioka East, Mito South, Honshu. Targets: Ishioka 36゜14'N.
140゜16'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Ishioka East 36゜12'N. 140゜18'E. Mito South 36゜20'N.
140゜29'E.
※Mission: Sweep against Tsukuba and Mito Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Tsukuba
Airfield 36゜19'N. 140゜19'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Mito Airfield 36゜23'N. 140゜36'E.
※Mission: Photo Mission, Iida, Strike Hyakurigahara, Honshu. Targets: Hyakurigahara
36゜11'N. 140゜26'E.
※Mission: Sweep against Tsukuba Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Tsukuba Airfield 36゜19'N.
140゜19'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Photo Mission over Kushiro, Hokkaido. Targets: Kushiro Town Area 42゜58'N.
144゜23'E. Hokkaido Akkeshi Bay 43゜02'N. 144゜50'E. Hokkaido
※Mission: Map East and South Coast Hokkaido, Japan, from Kushiro to Mombetsu.
Targets: Buildings: Approximately 42゜05'N. 142゜05'E. (Hokkaido) Ship: Approximately
60 Miles Bearing 60゜ from Erimo-misaki, Hokkaido F.T.D.
※Mission: Strike against Kushiro Area, Hokkaido, 42゜40'N. 144゜25'E. Targets:
Kushiro, Hokkaido 42゜58'N. 144゜23'E.
※Mission: Strike against Kushiro, Hokkaido, Town Area 42゜40'N. 144゜25'E. Targets:
Kushiro, Hokkaido 42゜40'N. 144゜25'E.
※Mission: Strike against Kushiro, Hokkaido. Targets: Kushiro, Hokkaido 42゜58'N.
144゜23'E.
※Mission: Spotting C.A.P. over Bombardment Group 38.4 near Kamaishi, Honshu.
Targets: 15 Miles North Kamaishi (Iwate)(Honshu)
※Mission: Mapho Hokkaido Coast from Erimosaki to Akkeshi. Targets: Atsunai,
Shiranuka, Akkeshi, Erimo-misaki (Hokkaido)
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※Mission: Bombardment C.A.P. "B" over Bombardment Group Shelling Muroran,
Hokkaido. Targets: Osatsube - Shikabe, Hokkaido
※Mission: Spot C.A.P. #1 Escorting VB Spotters Over Bombardment Group, Muroran,
Hokkaido. Targets: Muroran Area, Hokkaido 42゜25'N. 140゜55'E.
※Mission: (Spot CAP #2) Escort VB in Vicinity of Bombardment Group 38.1 at Muroran,
Hokkaido. Targets: Tsugaru Straits, Hokkaido S.D. x 4 Ooma-zaki Lighthouse and
Seaplane Ramp
※Mission: SUBCAP #5 - 190゜ Bearing 9 Miles from Nosappu-misaki, Hokkaido.
Targets: Shipping and Airfield Installations in Vicinity of Nemuro, Hokkaido
※Mission: Bombardment Group CAP over B-Group at Muroran. Targets: Southwest
Hokkaido Shitaoi R.R. Bridge Numanohata Airfield
※Mission: (Mapho #2) Photo Mission to South Coast of Hokkaido between Erimo-misaki
and Numanohata Airfield. Targets: South Coast of Hokkaido, from Erimo-misaki to
Numanohata Airfield, Hokkaido
※Mission: Sweep against Tsukuba and Hyakurigahara Airfields, Honshu. Targets:
Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Tsukuba Airfield
※Mission: Sweep against Hyakurigahara Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Hyakurigahara
Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hokota Airfield Mito Airfield
※Mission: DAYCAP#2. Targets: Fukashiba-Hama (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike against Naval Shipping, Yokosuka Naval Base. Targets: Yokosuka
Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Nagato D.D.(Destroyer) x 7 Cruiser
※Targets: Toyohashi Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu) Kowa Seaplane Base Oitsu Airfield
※Mission: Photo Mission over Nagoya Airfields. Targets: Nagoya Area Airfields
(Aichi)(Honshu) F.T.C. S.A.I. Factories
※Mission: SubCAP#3, 210゜ - 40 Miles from Iragozaki. Targets: Town - Approximate
33゜45'N. 138゜00'E.
※Mission: Strike against Naval Shipping, Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: Naval
Shipping at Kure Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Kowa S.S., Honshu. Targets: Kowa S.S. (Aichi)(Honshu) Ship
off Shore Toyohama D.E.(Destroyer Escort) Cove North of Toba (Mie)
※Mission: Strike against Naval Shipping, Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: Kure
Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi-Katsuragi
B.B.(Battleship) Unidentified
※Mission: Photo Mission to Kowa, Meiji, Kamezaki Airfields. Targets: Kowa Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) Meiji Airfield Kamezaki Airfield Ships in Cove 2 Miles South of Shima-
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Isobe (Mie) Ship in Ago-Wan Buildings in Cove 1 Mile Northwest of Nakiri Light Ho
※Mission: Sweep against Kowa, Meiji, Okazaki and Mitsubishi Airfields. Targets: Meiji
Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu) Kowa Airfield Factory at Taketoyo Luggers near Isshiki Luggers
2 Miles East of Bisai Lugger near Fugu-saki Okazaki Airfield Ujiyamada City
※Mission: Strike against Naval Shiping, Kure Harbor. Targets: Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) Shikoku 33゜22'N. 133゜19'E.
※Mission: SubCAP#3. Targets: Daio-zaki 34゜16'N. 136゜54'E. (Mie)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Yokkaichi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Yokkaichi Airfield
(Mie)(Honshu) Kowa Airfield (Aichi) Lugger 3 Miles Southwest of Utsumi Town Buildings
and Fishing Boats at Sakushima Lighthouse Daio-zaki
※Mission: Sweep against Airfields in Nagoya Area. Targets: Meiji Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) Kowa S.S. Kamezaki Airfield
※Mission: Sweep against Okazaki and Meiji Airfields. Targets: Okazaki Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) 1000 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Sweep against Shipping Owase-wan. Targets: Owase-wan (Mie)(Honshu)
3000 Ton F.T.D. 2000 Ton F.T.D. 1500 Ton Freighter D.E.(Destroyer Escort) Train
※Mission: Strike against Naval Shipping, Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: Naval
Shiping, Kure Naval Base (Hirohima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi or Katsuragi
B.B.(Battleship) Ise Submarine and Tender
※Mission: Sweep against Meiji and Nagoya East Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Nagoya
East Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu) Meiji Airfield Power Dam, Power House
※Mission: Sweep against Kowa Seaplane Station. Targets: Kowa Seaplane Station
(Aichi)(Honshu) Toyohashi City Toba City (Mie)
※Mission: Sweep "A" #4 against Okazaki Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Okazaki Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) S.D. Lugger x 2
※Mission: Sweep against Nagoya East Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Nagoya East Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Nagoya East Airfield. Targets: Nagoya East Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) Miya Town Area Mikawa-wan Gozen-zaki Town Area
※Mission: Sweep against Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu) Sendai Airfield Matsuda Airfield
※Mission: Onagawa Bay. Targets: Onagawa Bay (Miyagi)(Honshu) D.D.(Destroyer)
F.T.D. x 2 F.T.C. x 1
※Mission: Sweep against Matsushima Airfield and Onagawa Harbor, Honshu. Targets:
Onagawa Bay (Miyagi)(Honshu) 1500 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 3500 Ton F.T.C. Large
Factory
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※Mission: Sweep against Tsuruoka, Obanazawa, Mamurogawa Airfields, Honshu.
Targets: Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu) Matsuda Airfield 2000 Ton F.T.D.
(Onagawa Bay) S.D. x 3 Large Factory
※Mission: Strike against Mamurogawa Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Airfields in Mito Area, Honshu. Targets: Hyakurigahara
Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Tsukuba Airfield Ishioka East Airfield Ishioka Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Shibaura Electric Co., Factory #1, Honshu. Targets: Shibaura
Electric Co., Factory #1, Tokyo (Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Hyakurigahara Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Kitaura Seaplane
Station (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hyakurigahara Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Nagano Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Nagano Airfield
(Nagano)(Honshu)
※Mission: Radar Picket Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Hyakurigahara Airfield. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Hyakurigahara Airfield. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Installations Kushiro - (Strike C) Hokkaido. Targets: Bridge at Kushiro,
Hokkaido
※Mission: Industrial Targets, Kushiro, Hokkaido (Strike E). Targets: Coal Mine,
Kushiro, Hokkaido
※Mission: Bombing, Rumoi, Hokkaido (Strike E). Targets: Rumoi (Hokkaido)
※Mission: Strike against "Nagato", Yokosuka Naval Base. Targets: Yokosuka Naval
Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu) D.D.(Destroyer) x 3
※Mission: Naval Shipping, Kure (C #3). Targets: Kure Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
B.B.(Battleship) C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Large M.V.(Motor Vessel)
※Mission: Attack Japanese Naval Capital Ships at Kure. Targets: Kure Naval Base
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Hyuga C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) x 2 B.B. Ise Class
Power Plant
※Mission: Naval Shipping at Kure or Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Installations at
Tanabe (Wakayama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Naval Shipping at Kure (C3). Targets: Aoba and C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) in Kure
Area (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Knock out A.A. Installations, Kure. Targets: A.A. Installations Southwest of
Kure Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
49/343

※Mission: Kowa Seaplane Base. Targets: Installtions and Aircraft, Kowa Seaplane
Station (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Shipping at Onagawa Wan. Targets: Onagawa-wan (Miyagi)(Honshu) 2000
Ton D.D.(Destroyer) 850 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Esecort) x 2 5500 Ton F.T.B. 750 Ton S.D. x
2
※Mission: Miscellaneous Shipping at Sakata. Targets: Sakata (Yamagata)(Honshu) 2000
Ton S.A.S. 6000 Ton F.T.B. 100 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Mamurogawa Airfield. Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield (Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Plant. Targets: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co.,
Plant (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Tsukuba and Hyakurigahara Airfields. Targets: Tsukuba
Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hyakurigahara Airfield
※Mission: Coordinated Strike on Hyakurigahara Airfield. Targets: Hyakurigahara
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Airfields in Mito Area. Targets: Ishioka Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Ishioka East Airfield Mito South Airfield Tsukuba Airfield Train
between Uchihara and Mito Kitaura
※Mission: Coordinated Strike on Hyakurigahara Airfield. Targets: Hyakurigahara
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Tsukuba Airfield. Targets: Tsukuba Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Kushiro and Akkeshi Airfields. Targets: Akkeshi Seaplane
Station (Hokkaido) Kushiro Town and Harbor F.T.D. at Kushiro Wharf Trawler off
Otanoshike
※Mission: Coordinated Strike on Kushiro Paper Mill, Hokkaido and R.R. Bridge. Targets:
Kushiro Paper Mill (Hokkaido) R.R. Bridge Small Craft in Kushiro River S.D. x 3 in
Kushiro Harbor
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Pacific Coal Company Plant and Targets of Opportunity in
Kushiro, Hokkaido. Targets: Pacific Coal Company Plant and Targets of Opportunity,
Kushiro, Hokkaido R.R. Yards, Kushiro R.R. Station Otanoshike S.D.s and Small Craft,
Ku
※Mission: SPOTCAP #1 for Kamaishi Bombardment Spotters. Targets: Shipping in
Kamaishi Harbor (Iwate)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bombardment Group CAP A near Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets: S.D. off
Mitsuishi, Hokkaido 70-130 Ton S.D.
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※Mission: CAP B over Bombardment Group, Muroran Hokkaido. Targets: Todohokke
Town and Esan-misaki Lighthouse, Hokkaido
※Mission: CAP over VB Spotters, Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets: Gunboat near
Zenigamesawa (Hokkaido) S.D. near Esan-misaki
※Mission: CAP over Bombardment Group. Targets: Vicinity of Erimo-misaki (Hokkaido)
R.R. Engine at Mombetsu Radio Radar Station, Erimo-misaki Lighthouse Erimo-misaki
※Mission: Coordinated Strike on Rumoi, Hokkaido. Targets: Hachiman Town, Ebetsu
Paper Mill and Power Plant (Hokkaido)
※Mission: SPOTCAP for VB Spotters, Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets: Targets of
Opportunity, Muroran, Hokkaido R.R. Tunnel, Poroshiresaki R.R. Cars on Track near
Usu F.T.C. in Usu Cove
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Hyakurigahara and Tsukuba Airfields, Honshu. Targets:
Targets of Opportunity in Mito Area (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Muramatsu Town Mito Airfield
Warehouse in Maehama
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Hyakurigahara and Tsukuba Airfields. Targets: Hokota and
Hyakurigahara Airfields (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike on Yokosuka Naval Base. Targets: B.B.(Battleship)
Nagato, Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Airfields Southeast of Nagoya. Targets: Factories of Northeast
of Osaka Factory at Yawata(Aichi) Factory at Tanabe (Wakayama)(Honshu) Factory at
Kisabe (Osaka) R.R. Yard near Shioya (Hyogo)
※Mission: Attack Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Warships at Kure Naval Base
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi Class B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class
C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba F.T.A.
※Mission: Bomb Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Warships at Kure Naval Base
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise Class C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi Class
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Airfields Southeast of Nagoya. Targets: Airfield and
Shipping near Nagoya Kowa Seaplane Station (Aichi)(Honshu) Toyohashi Airfield Meiji
Airfield
※Mission: Blanket Airfields Southeast of Nagoya. Targets: Okazaki Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Opportunity Targets - Shikoku
R.R. Bridge near Tano (Kochi)(Shikoku) 2 R.R. Engines near Tano
※Mission: Sweep Airfields Southeast of Nagoya. Targets: Kowa Seaplane Base
(Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Airfields Southeast of Nagoya. Targets: Okazaki, Kowa,
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Toyohashi Airfields (Aichi)(Honshu) S.D. in Chita-wan

※Mission: Bomb Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba and
B.B.-XC.V.(Battleship) Ise at Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: SUBCAP. Targets: Shipping Southwest of Nagoya (Aichi)(Honshu) Motor
Launch S.A.S. at Kamizaki-wan (Mie) 4 Sampans or Lugger - Kowa-wan
※Mission: Attack Shipping Owase-wan. Targets: D.E.s (Destroyer Escort) in Owase-wan
(Mie)(Honshu) Car Freight Train x 20 South of Toba
※Mission: Bomb Warships at Kure Naval Base. Targets: 2 Amagi Class C.V.'s (Aircraft
Carrier) at Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep Airfields Southeast of Nagoya. Targets: Nagoya East Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) Power Plant and Dam Northeast Nagoya East Airfield Meiji Airfield
※Mission: Strike Meiji Airfield. Targets: Meiji Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Nagoya East Airfield. Targets: Nagoya East Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu)
Toyohashi Airfield
※Mission: Sweep Airfields Nagoya Area. Targets: Okazaki Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Matsushima Airfield and Shipping. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu) D.E.(Destroyer Escort) D.D. (Destroyer)
※Mission: Escort MAPPO Flight. Targets: Opportunity Targets Hachinohe Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu) Dredge off Iwaya
※Mission: Strike Shipping at Onagawa-wan. Targets: Onagawa-wan (Miyagi)(Honshu)
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) S.D.
※Mission: Sub.C.A.P.
※Mission: Attack Shipping and Airfields, Sendai Area. Targets: Shipping in Shiogama-
wan, Aircraft at Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Airfields or Shipping Central Honshu. Targets: Shipping in Sakata
Harbor (Yamagata)(Honshu) 2000-4500 Ton F.T.C. 2500 Ton S.A.S. 100 Ton S.D. 1000
Ton S.A.S.
※Mission: Attack Opportunity Targets, Sendai Area. Targets: Opportunity Targets,
Sendai Area Railroad Yards Nakaniida (Miyagi)(Honshu) S.D.'s in Onagawa-wan S.D.
South of Ayukawa-hama 10 Car Trains North of Nakaniida
※Mission: Attack Mamurogawa Airfield. Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Warehouse in Aramachi (?)
※Mission: Attack Airfield Mito Area. Targets: Katori Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
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Miyakawa Airfield Naruto Airfield

※Mission: Attack Nagano Airfield. Targets: Nagano Airfield (Nagano)(Honshu) Railroad
Roundhouse - Nagano Aircraft Nagano
※Mission: Attack Hyakurigahara Airfield. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Plant #1. Targets: Tokyo Shibaura Electric
Co. Plant #1 (Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Hyakurigahara Airfield. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Ishioka East Airfield Railroad Tunnel Saruta
(17) USS Bismarck Sea

※Mission: Attack on 2 Enemy Destroyers (DD's). Targets: 2 Japanese D.D.'s 30 Miles
West of Bataan 1800 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) x 2
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Installations West of Lingayen
Air Strip
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Buildings in Damortis and
Rosario and Vehicles and Enemy Installations Thereabout
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Forces. Targets: Buildings in Banang
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Enemy Installations in and
around Ageo 16゜20'N. 120゜10'E.
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Installations in and near
Baguio
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Ships in San Fernando Harbor 50 Ton
Lugger x 2 1000 Ton Small Cargo Ship
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Buildings and Installtions in
Sison
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Railroad Bridge across Agno
River at Bayombong
※Mission: Carry Beach Observer. Targets: Large Buildings Southwest of Dagupan
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Towns and Roads South of
Lingayen
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: 150 Ton S.D. x 4
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Trucks - Bridge over Bued
River
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※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: 150 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Boats in Strait at Bolinao and Trucks
nearby
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Gun Installations near Rosario
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Sea Trucks in Strait between
Bolinao and Santiago Island
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Barracks at San Manuel, 2
Bridges near Rosario
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: 2 Barges at Bolinao - 3
Buildings at Camiling
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Lingayen Area.
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Pillboxes, Trenches, Houses
※Targets: Trenches and Foxholes along Crest of Hills
※Targets: Church and nearby Buildings at San Manuel
※Mission: Direct Support of Luzon Attack Force. Targets: Railroad Station and
Warehouse at San Miguel - 8 Storage Tanks at Luista
※Mission: TCAP over Lingayen Gulf. Targets: Tracks along Highway from Naguilian to
Raguio
※Mission: Search along Northern Luzon Coast. Targets: Tanker at Callagal
(18) USS Block Island

Action Report, with Annexes, of the Block Island (CVE-106), for the Operation in Support
of the Occupation of Okinawa Gunto and Neutralization of Sakashima Gunto covering
the Period 30 April through 19 June 1945
※Commanding Office, USS Block Island (CVE-106).
※Mission: Attack Airfield at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep, Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki
※Mission: Attack Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki
※Mission: Fighter Sweeper on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
54/343

※Mission: Attack Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima.
※Mission: Strike on Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto.
※Mission: Attack Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima.
※Mission: Dawn Heckler Mission over Miyakojima and Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara
Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Heckler Mission, Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara
Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki
※Mission: Strike Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfields, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei). Targets: Ishigaki
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
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(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Hirara Field, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Hirara and Nobara Airfields, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobaru Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town Ishigaki Boats Iriomote
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Miyako. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Heckler Mission over Ishigakijima and Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki Airfield and Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
56/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iriomotejima Kuremashima
※Mission: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Radar Station, Iriomotejima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Miyakojima.
※Mission: Strike Amamioshima. Targets: Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Seaplane
Base, Koniya Ukeshima Kakeromajima
※Mission: Support. Targets: Balikpapan, Southeast Borneo, Netherland East India
※Mission: Night Target Combat Air Patrol over Balikpapan, Borneo. Targets: No Ground
Target
※Mission: Support, Balikpapan, Borneo, Netherland East India. Targets: Buildings and
Dispersal Areas, Balikpapan
※Mission: Close Support on Okinawashima. Targets: Enemy Trenches, Hill #107
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Neutralization Strike on Nobara and Hirara Airfields, Miyako Island,
Sakishima Retto. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara
Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Close Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
Senagashima
※Mission: Strike against Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima and Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima,
Sakishima Retto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara
Airfield (Miyakojima)
57/343
※Mission: Close Support Mission, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa

(Nansei) Senagashima Shuri Castle
※Mission: Close Support of Ground Troops, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Iwa
※Mission: Close Support Mission, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support for Troops on Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Cable Station,
※Mission: Close Support on Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
Gates to Shuri Castle
※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)
※Mission: Strikes Airfields, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Sakishima Gunto
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara
Airfield, Miyakojima Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki
Airfield Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima and Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)
※Mission: 2 Strikes against Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 25 : 1945/06
※Mission: Neutralization Strike against Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
58/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima

※Mission: Strike against Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Ishigaki Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)
※Mission: Strike against Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Ishigakijima and Iriomotejima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Radar Station (Iriomotejima)
※Mission: Strike against Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Kyushu. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike against Balikpapan, Borneo. Targets: Balikpapan, Borneo
Action Report, with Annexes, of the Block Island (CVE-106), for the Operation in Support
of the Amphibious Landing at Balikpapan, Borneo, Covering the Period 26 June through
6 July 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Block Island.
(19) USS Bon Homme Richard

Action Report, 28 May - 10 June 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Bon Homme Richard.
※Mission: Strike against Okinodaitojima (Daito Shoto). Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Installations on Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night Heckler over Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action Report, 2 July - 15 August 1945 - Strikes against Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and
Shikoku
※Commanding Officer, USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31).
※Mission: Rescue of Downed Pilot. Targets: 43゜21'N. 140゜25'E., 43゜00'N. 140゜25'E.
(Hokkaido) S.C. x 2
※Mission: Heckler Flight over Tokyo Area Airfield. Targets: Airfield East of Tokyo
(Honshu) Tateyama Airfield (Chiba)
※Mission: Zipper on Oita Airfield, Northeast Kyushu. Targets: Oita Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) S.D. 33゜16'N. 131゜38'E.
※Mission: Night Anti-Shipping Strike over Inland Sea. Targets: Shipping in Harima-
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nada and Bingo-nada 2000-4500 Ton F.T.C. 7000-8500 Ton F.T.A. 700-1300 Ton F.T.D. x
2 Small Tug Sampans
※Mission: Zipper on Oita and Matsuyama West Airfields. Targets: Matsuyama West
Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku) F.T.C. 33゜56'N. 132゜35'E. C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier) in
Beppu-wan (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Night Anti-Shipping Strike over Inland Sea. Targets: Shipping in Harima-
nada 4000-6000 Ton S.A.U. 34゜21'N. 134゜12'E. 3000-5000 Ton F.T.U. 34゜38'N.
134゜35'E. Lugger 34゜38'N. 134゜28'E.
※Mission: Rescue Mission to Jizozaki, Honshu(?). Targets: (Oita)(Honshu)
※Mission: Night Anti-Shipping Strike over Inland Sea. Targets: Mizunokojima
Lighthouse in Bungo Channel (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Dusk Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Spotting for Night Bombardment of Hamamatsu. Targets: Various Targets in
Hamamatsu Area (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Mikatagahara Airfield Tenryu Airfield Tenryu
River R.R. Bridge Hamamatsu Airfield Small Town, West of Bentenjima Bridge
※Mission: Strike VS Shimoda, Atami - Zipper on Tateyama. Targets: Shimoda
(Shizuoka)(Honshu) Tateyama (Chiba) Ito Taga(Izutaga) Yokosuka (Kanagawa) Asai
(Chiba)
※Mission: Pickets for Hamamatsu Bombardment Group. Targets: Toyohashi Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu) Lighthouse and Town, Omaezaki (Shizuoka)
※Mission: Rescue Mission to Maizuru, Honshu. Targets: 275 Ton S.C.S. 35゜34'N.
135゜32'E. (Honshu) 221 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Night Heckler over Airfields in Hamamatsu Area. Targets: Airfields in
Hamamatsu Area Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Mikatagahara Airfield Oi
Airfield Yaizu Airfield Oitsu Airfield (Aichi) Toyohashi Airfield
※Mission: Bombardment Dusk Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Strike against Submarines at Shimoda and Atami. Targets: Submarines in
Shimoda and Atami Harbors (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Night Heckler and Airfields in Hamamatsu Area. Targets: Airfields in
Hamamatsu Area Mikatagahara Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Oi Airfield Yaizu Airfield
Omaezaki
(20) USS Bunker Hill

Action Report, First and Second Strikes on Tokyo and Support of Capture of Iwo, 10
February to 5 March, 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Bunker Hill (CV17).
ACA-1 Report - Air Group 84, First and Second Strikes on Tokyo and Support of Capture
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of Iwo, 10 February to 5 March 1945

※Mission: Nakajima Aircraft Assembly Plant, Ota. Targets: Nakajima Aircraft
Assembly Plant, Ota (Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Nakajima Tama-Musashino Engine Plant. Targets: Nakajima
Tama-Musashino Engine Plants (Tokyo)(Honshu) Chofu Mitaka Tachikawa
※Mission: Support Mission Iwojima. Targets: Landing Beaches on Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Mission (Iwojima). Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Mission, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Mission, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Mission (Iwojima). Targets: Vehicles in Area 250X (Iwojima)(Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike Nakajima Aircraft Assembly Plant, Koizumi. Targets: Koizumi
Airframe Assembly Plant (Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Photo Mission. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) F.T.C., Off Shore
West of Nago Iseshima
※Mission: Strike against Machinato Airfield - Okinawa. Targets: Machinato Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.D.) at Naha Harbor D.E.(Escort Destroyer) at
Naha Harbor
※Mission: Special Photo Escort. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) 800-1000
Small A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.D.) Machinato Airfield
※Mission: Photo Mission. Targets: South End of Okinawa (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike "E" (Okinawa Shima). Targets: Naha Airfield, Bay and Towns
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #2 over Tokyo Area. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #3 over Tokyo Area. Targets: Yaizu, MAD (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol #4.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #1. Targets: Inubo Peninsula Choshi (Chiba)(Honshu) Katori
(Ibaraki) Gonoike
※Mission: Photo #1 (Okinawa Shima). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) S.C. off Zampa-Misaki
S.C. off Osunohana Factory (Gushichan) Factory (Takabanare) Tank (Suba) Factory
(Ishaiza)
※Mission: Sweep #1. Targets: MYD zaki (Shikoku)
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※Mission: Photo #1.
※Mission: Photo Kure.
※Mission: Strike "B" Omura Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Omura Airfield
(Nagasaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep #1. Targets: Ships Kochi (Shikoku) 10000 Ton T.B. Kochi Airfield
※Mission: Zebra Search. Targets: Southern Honshu 7500 Ton T.B. Train S.D. x 6
※Mission: Sweep #1. Targets: Eastern Shore Okinawa (Nansei) Toguchi Sashiki
Tsukenjima
※Mission: Strike "B" Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep #2. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Tokuji Docks Unten-ko
※Mission: Target CAP #3. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP #2. Targets: Okinoerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 24(a) : 1945/03/28
※Mission: Kikai Wan CAP.
※Mission: Minamidaitojima Airfield. Targets: Minamidaitojima Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kyushu. Targets: Yamatakawa-ko (?) S.D. S.C.
※Mission: Target CAP #3. Targets: Yontan (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kadena Ijinabaru
※Mission: Support "F" Okinawa. Targets: Target Area 7169, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support "A" Okinawa. Targets: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP No.5. Targets: Eastern Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Night CAP over Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike Okinawa, L Day H-55. Targets: Beach West (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support "N" - Okinawa. Targets: Kimma-wan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep No.1. Targets: Amami Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei) S. 2 Stacks (Naze-
ko) F.T.C. Koniya Seaplane Station Base (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Support "F" - Okinawa. Targets: Suicide Boats (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike No.1. Targets: Blockhouses (Iejima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
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※Mission: Night CAP over Okinawa.

※Mission: Strike No.1 - Okinawa. Targets: Block Houses (Iejima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 35(b) : 1945/04/04
※Mission: Support "F". Targets: Suicide Boats (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amami Sweep No.2 and Strafe Photo. Targets: Wan Airfield
※Mission: Tokuno Sweep No.1. Targets: Tokunoshima and Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike "B" Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Tokuno Sweep No.2. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Japanese Fleet. Targets: Japanese Fleet B.B.(Battleship) Yamato
※Mission: CAP #4.
※Mission: Yoke Search. Targets: F.T.C. 30゜40'N. 130゜30'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Search for Fleet. Targets: Sampan 110 Miles West of Ugi(?)
(Uji?)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #5. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno CAP #3.
※Mission: TCAP #5.
※Mission: CAP #3.
※Mission: Tokuno CAP #6. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP #3.
※Mission: Kanoya Sweep #7. Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night TCAP.
※Mission: Kyushu Sweep. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kushira
Airfield
※Mission: CAP #4. Targets: Wan Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
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※Mission: Support "1" Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)

※Mission: D.D. Picket CAP #2.
※Mission: Support #2 Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Night CAP over Task Force.
※Mission: CAP #3.
※Mission: TCAP Kikai #7. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa #6. Targets: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amami Patrol #3. Targets: Revetment(?)
※Mission: Photo Kikai #2.
※Mission: TCAP "6" Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP Kikai #1.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tokyo Area. Targets: Tateyama Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Photo Escort - Beach Photo Mission. Targets: Nakajima Ota Airframe Plant
(Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Aircraft and Installations on
Okinawa (Nansei) Harbor Buildings and Installations at Suba Iejima Yontan Airfield
※Mission: H-45 Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Northern Landing Beaches
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol No.3. Targets: Ground Target on Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Escort and Afternoon Strike Ground. Targets: Small Craft - North Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno - Amami Sweep No.1. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike "B". Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task Force.
※Mission: Search No.2.
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※Mission: Search #1.

Aircraft Action Report No. VMF221#36 VB84#37 VT84#40, etc : 1945/04/11
※Mission: Escort, Rocket Strafe Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol - 3.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Tokuno - 5.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa - 6.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Tokuno - 2. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Tokuno - 7. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Kyushu Sweep. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield - South Tip of Kyushu
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: CAP #3.
※Mission: TCAP over Amamioshima. Targets: Naze, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP #2 over Okinawa. Targets: Town of Honogusuku
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A Okinawa. Targets: Town of Iwa, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #5. Targets: Naha (Okianwa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Amami TCAP #3. Targets: Kikai Airfield
※Mission: Kikai Amami CAP #4. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai, CAP #7. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa #2. Targets: East Side of Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa #2. Targets: Hill near Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #6 Okinawa. Targets: Okinoerabushima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #2 Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP #7.
※Mission: Support #3 Okinawa. Targets: North End of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
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※Mission: Sweep on Kikaijima and Tanegashima. Targets: Kikaijima and Tanegashima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #4 - Okinawa. Targets: East of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support on Okinawa #1. Targets: Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Amami Patrol #5. Targets: Kikaijima and Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Kikai Amami #1. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP - Okinawa.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tokyo Area. Targets: Shipping in Sagami-nada (Honshu)
800-1000 Ton Small A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 5 D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tokyo Area. Targets: Shimomizo Airfield (Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep (H-45 Strike). Targets: Northern Landing Beaches
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Iejima (Strike Group No.1). Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol No.3.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Amamioshima No.2. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)
※Mission: Support "A". Targets: Boats along Coast of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Yoke Search No.1.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol No.2.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol #1. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Yoke Search No.2.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol #6.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol #5.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol #3 (Target).
※Mission: CAP #4.
※Mission: Support #4. Targets: Itoman Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
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※Mission: Kikaijima CAP #2.

※Mission: Kikaijima Combat Air Patrol #2.
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: Caves near Kareoera Town (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikaijima CAP #2.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Tokunoshima Combat Air Patrol #3. Targets: Landing Area - Wan Airfield
※Mission: Support #5. Targets: Torpedo Launcher and Caves on the Southeast Tip of
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Amami Patrol, Combat Air PAtrol #6. Targets: Wooded Area on Wan
Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amamioshima Combat Air Patrol #3. Targets: Landing Area - Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Okinawa Support #4. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support (Special Strike #1). Targets: Area South of Yonabaru
※Mission: Amamioshima Combat Air Patrol #3. Targets: Ships on Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT-10 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Strike A, Miyazaki Airfield. Targets: Miyazaki Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike B, Attack Omura Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Omura Airfield
(Nagasaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike A, Shiping and Naval Arsenal Kure, Honshu. Targets: Inland Sea Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) 27500 Ton C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Unryu 10000 Ton C.V.E.(Escort
Aircraft Carrier) Kaiyo Naval Arsenal
※Mission: Strike A, Unten-ko Submarine Base. Targets: Unten-ko Submarine Base
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike B. Targets: Landing Beach Areas (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A Okinawa. Targets: Beach Area from Pt. Bolo(Boro) to Chatan
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike B Okinawa. Targets: Burial Vaults, West of Yontan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support A Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Mission: Support F. Targets: A.A. & Coastal Defense Guns (Okinawa)(Nansei)
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※Mission: Support A. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support "F" Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yontan
Airfield
※Mission: Strike Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A, Japanese Fleet (if found). Targets: Kamakawa-ko (Kyushu) S.C. 3-1
(Submarine Chaser)
※Mission: Support A. Targets: Towns North Okinawa (Nansei) Unten-ko Yagachi
※Mission: Support F. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support A. Targets: Town of Itoman and Zawa (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support "F" - Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: A-55 Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Landing Beaches, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Afternoon Support Okinawa (Strike No.2). Targets: East Coast Okinawa,
Opposite Landing Beach (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support "A" - Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Morning Strike Group No.1. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike "B" - Okinawa. Targets: Iejima Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support A - Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Morning Strike No.1 Bomb Blockhouses Northwest Corner of Iejima. Targets:
Blockhouses in Northwest Corner of Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Tokuji, Okinawa (Nansei) Yoron
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Afternoon Strike No.2. Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike "B" Bomb Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Attack Units of Japanese Fleet Strike A. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Yamato
30゜48'N. 128゜53'E. (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike #1, Minamidaitojima Airfield. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
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※Mission: Support #1, Okinawa. Targets: Supported Landing Strip by China, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #4. Targets: TH 8362 (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #2 Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa Target Areas 7369 - 7469
※Mission: Support #5. Targets: Naha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #2, Attack Caves on Okinawa. Targets: Caves inside Enemy Lines
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #2, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #2, Okinawa. Targets: Caves and Trenches (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #2 Okinawa. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support No.2 Okinawa. Targets: Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #5 Okinawa. Targets: Caves and Torpedo Launcher - Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #3. Targets: Bridge North of Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #6 Okinawa. Targets: Caves or Shore North of Naha
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support No.1 - Okinawa. Targets: Target Area 8074-P Northwest Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #4 - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri and Target Area on Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #3, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #1, Okinawa. Targets: Target Area 7966 (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #4. Targets: Target Areas 7870 and 7869 (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike #1 Bomb Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Town, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike Group Okinawa. Targets: Southwest Yonabaru and Small
Towns Southwest of Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action Report, Strikes on Kyushu, Japan, and Support of Capture of Okinawa, 14 March
to 14 May, 1945
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※Mission: Morning Strike Group - Miyazaki Airfield. Targets: Miyazaki Airfield

(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Afternoon Strike Group - Okinawa. Targets: Omura Airfield
(Nagasaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Morning Special Strike Group - Kure Harbor. Targets: Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Morning Strike A. Targets: Unten-ko Submarine Base, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Afternoon Strike Group "B". Targets: Beach Installation, Okinawa (Nansei)
Town Takishi Town of Takashippo
※Mission: Strike A. Targets: Bomb Gun Installations, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike "B". Targets: Okinawa - Point Bolo - Chatan - Naha Harbor (Nansei)
※Mission: Support "A" Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support "F". Targets: Southern Okinawa
※Mission: Support "A". Targets: Okinawa - Yontan and Naha
※Mission: Support "F" Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Yontan Airfield
Kadena Airfield
※Mission: Strike "A" Minamidaito. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike "A". Targets: Tojimbara Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Support "A". Targets: Unten-ko, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support "F". Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support "A". Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support "F" - Okinawa. Targets: Kadena, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: H-55 Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa, Landing Beaches (Nansei)
※Mission: Afternoon Support No.2. Targets: Eastern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Morning Strike Group No.1. Targets: East of Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Morning Strike No.1. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Afternoon Strike No.2. Targets: Tsuken - Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike "B" Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
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※Mission: Strike Able Japanese Fleet Unit. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) Takanami Class
※Mission: Strike #1 Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno Strike "A". Targets: Airfield - Runway - Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #1. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #4. Targets: Okinawa Itoman Airstrip (Nansei)
※Mission: Morning Special Strike. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Iwa
※Mission: Support #2, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa - Awacha (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 2, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 2 Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 5 Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa - China-saki (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 6 Okinawa. Targets: Southern Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1 Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 4. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #4. Targets: Okinawa - West of Shuri (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #3 Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Strike #1. Targets: Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike #1. Targets: Okinawa - Yonaha (Nansei)
(21) USS Cabot
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ACA-1 Reports for the Period 25 December 1944 to 26 January 1945

※The Commanding Officer, USS Cabot(CVL28).
Aircraft Action Report No. VT-15 VF-52 : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Attack against Karenko and Giran Airfields. Targets: Giran South Airfield
(Formosa) Karenko South Airfield Suo Bay
Aircraft Action Report No. VF-53 : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Strike against Giran and Karenko Airfields, Formosa. Targets: Giran and
Karenko Airfields (Formosa) Shipping at Karenko and Suo
※Mission: Strike against Florida Blanca Airfield, Luzon. Targets: Florida Blanca
Airfield, Luzon (Philippines)
※Mission: Bomb Neilson Airfield, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Neilson Airfield,
Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Bomb Grace Park Airfield, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Grace Park
Airfield, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Strike against Giran and Karenko Airfields, Formosa. Targets: Karenko
Airfields, Harbor and Industrial Installations (Formosa)
※Mission: Strike against Pasig and Pasig West Airfields. Targets: Pasig Airfield Pasig
West Airfield
※Mission: Bomb Revetments at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Clark
Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Bombing Military Installations in Area of Karenko and Giran, Formosa.
Targets: Karenko Harbor, Formosa
Aircraft Action Report No. VF-58 VT-25 : 1945/01/12
※Mission: Search for Japanese Fleet Units. Targets: Japanese Convoy at 09゜10N.
106゜50'E. 8000 Ton A.0.(Oiler) x 2 6000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 2 Small A.K. x 2
※Mission: Attack Shipping Takao Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor, Formosa
Toshien Harbor
※Mission: Bomb Taikoo SHipyard, Hong Kong, China. Targets: Taikoo Shipyard, Hong
Kong Harbor, China
Aircraft Action Report No. VF-60z : 1945/01/22
※Mission: Sweep over Ishigakijima and Miyakojima, Nansei Islands. Targets: Airfields
and Ships at Miyakojima and Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photograph Tonachijima and Naha Airfield. Targets: Tonachijima and Naha
※Mission: Bomb Suo Bay, Formosa. Targets: Suo Bay, Karenko Harbor and Giran
Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Takao, Takao Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Ships in Takao
Harbor, and Barges at Koshun (Formosa)
※Mission: Strike against Miyakojima and Ishigakijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Airfields
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and Ships at Ishigakijima and Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Attack on Shipping in Kiirun Harbor. Targets: Ships in Kiirun Harbor and
Suo Bay (Formosa) Giran Airfield Karenko Airfield
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Picket Boats at 34゜32'N. 142゜32'E.
※Mission: Attack on Chichijima Island - Bonin Group. Targets: Chichijima (Ogasawara
Shoto) Sea Plane Base, Chichijima Airfield, Chichijima
※Mission: Strike against Tachikawa Engine Plant, Tokyo Area. Targets: Tachikawa
Airfield (Tokyo)(Honshu) Tachikawa Engine Plant
※Mission: Sweep against Mito South Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Mito South Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
ACA-1 Reports for the Period 1 March 1945 to 11 April 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Cabot.
※Mission: Attack Miyazaki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Miyazaki Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Ships and Naval Installations at Kure Naval Base. Targets: Ships and
Docks, Kure Naval base (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on Okinawa. Targets: Unten-ko (Okinawa)(Nansei) Beaches Adjacent
to Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Sweep against Nittagahara Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Nyutabaru Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Photograph Omuta, Waifu, Hitoyoshi and Sadohara Airfields, Kyushu.
Targets: Hitoyoshi Airfield (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) Kikuchi Airfield Sadowara Airfield
(Miyazaki) Nyuutabaru Airfield Miyazaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Unten-ko and Western Beaches of Okinawa. Targets: Beach
Defenses and Transportation Facilities, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Photograph Yorojima, Iejima, Ichibanare, and Takabanare near Okinawa.
Targets: Defenses at Ichibanare, Takabanare, Iejima and Hamahigashima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP - Okinawa. Targets: Targets of Opportunity at Yoronjima, Iejima,
and Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP - Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
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※Mission: Sweep against Minamidaitojima Airfield. Targets: Minamidaitojima Airfield

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: East Coast of Okinawa
(Nansei) Ikeijima Takabanarejima
※Mission: Sweep against Airfield at Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Escort VOS on Rescue Mission to Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu. Targets: Ibusuki
Seaplane Base (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike against Omura Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Omura Airfield
(Nagasaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike against Unten-ko and Western Okinawa Beaches. Targets: Beach
Defenses, Storage Area and Transportation Facilities, Okinawa (Nansei) Unten-ko
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Toguchi Village, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep against Minamidaitojima Airfield. Targets: Minamidaitojima Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike to Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kadena Ikeijima
※Mission: Okinawa Air Support. Targets: Northern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Northern Coast of Okinawa (Nansei) Toguchi
Neunami Ginama Oku Ibu Okuma
※Mission: Neutralization of Okinawajima Defense. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Zampa-misaki Iejima
※Mission: Attack Targets of Opportunity on Northern Okinawa. Targets: West Beaches
of Central Okinawa (Nansei) Unten-ko Yagajijima Yontan Tengan Tsukenjima
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol at Okinawa. Targets: Targets of Opportunity at
Yoronjima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Roring Patrol in Support of Okinawa Landing. Targets: Central and Northern
Okinawa (Nansei) Toguchi Yonagusuku Tengan
※Mission: Attack on Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha
Airfield Yagajijima
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※Mission: Neutralization of Okinawa. Targets: Installations and Facilities on Okinawa
(Nansei) Zaha Itoman Kudakajima Yonabaru
※Mission: Attack on Okinawa. Targets: Military Installation at Nago and Awa, Okinawa
(Nansei) Toguchi Nakatomari Ikeijima Iejima
※Mission: Support - Strike against Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Field
Tengan Takabanarejima Toguchi
※Mission: Strike against Okinawa Targets. Targets: Target of Opportunity in Okinawa
Area (Nansei) Kadena Airfield Yontan Airfield Yoronjima (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Sink Remnants of Japanese Surface Force. Targets: Junk Attacked by Sweep
Southwest of Kyushu (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Yoronjima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep to Amamioshima and Kikai Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Japanese Fleet. Targets: Ibusuki Seaplane Base
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Yamagawa-ko
※Mission: Support Patrol on Okinawa. Targets: Targets of Opportunity on Okinawa
(Nansei) Yontan Inubi Ikebaru Chibana Kin Jaba Ishicha Yokuta Yamada
※Mission: Attack on Units of the Japanese Fleet. Targets: 30゜30'N. 128゜20'E.
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) B.B.(Battleship) Yamato 2300 Ton Destroyer
※Mission: Strike against 403 Kikai Airfield. Targets: Kikai Airfield
(22) USS Cape Glouchester

Action Report during the Operations Employed against Enemy Shipping and Targets of
Opportunity off the China Coast in the Vicinity of Chou Shan and Shanghai, 1 - 7 August
1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Cape Gloucester (CVE109).
※Mission: TCAP for Task Group 32 in Southern East China Sea.
Aircraft Action Report No. 4(VMF-351) 1(VMTB-132) : 1945/07/28
※Mission: Anti-Shipping Sweep over Saddle and Parker Islands. Targets: 30゜45'N.
122゜31'E. (East China Sea)
Aircraft Action Report No. 7(VMF351) : 1945/08/06
※Mission: Strike against Shipping and Airfield Tinghai, Chou Shan. Targets: Shipping
and Airfield, Tinghai, Chou Shan 700 Ton S.C.S. in Tinghai Harbor
(23) USS Chenango

Action Report of Capture of Okinawa, Perirod: 5 March 1945 to 14 June 1945
75/343
※The Commanding Officer, USS Chenango.

※Mission: Support Okinawa Demonstration Group. Targets: Southeast Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa Demonstration Group. Targets: Southeast Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa Demonstration Group. Targets: Tsukenjima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Southeast Okinawa
※Mission: Support Okinawa Demonstration Group. Targets: Towns and Caves on
Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Nagahama Zampa-misaki Town of Yonabaru Town
of Iwa Southeast Okinawa
※Mission: Support of Demonstration Group. Targets: Southeast Okinawa (Nansei) Town
of Shikinbaru
※Mission: Support - Okinawa Demonstration Group. Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei) Southeast Okinawa
※Mission: Support Okinawa Demonstration Group. Targets: Southeast Okinawa
Yonabaru
※Mission: Support Southern Group Landing Forces Okinawa. Targets: Areas near Shuri
and Baten, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Southern Group Landing Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei) Awacha Yonabaru Town of Rioi
※Mission: Support Southern Group Landing Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Tsuha
※Mission: Support Southern Attack Group Okinawa (24 Army Corps). Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Machinato
※Mission: Support Southern Group Landing Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei) Northern Okinawa Town of Shuri Town of Naha
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol (Okinawa).
※Mission: Support Southern Group Landing Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Area near Shuri,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Northern Landing Forces Okinawa. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Northern Landing Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Pilot Army Air Observer over Target in Southern Okinawa. Targets:
Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
76/343

※Mission: Support - Southern Landing Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Okinawa)(Ishigakijima)(Nansei)
※Mission: 1. Pilot Marine Air Observer over Targets in Northern Okinawa 2. Strike
Targets Assigned by Observer. Targets: Towns near Southern End of Okinawa (Nansei)
Town of Aragachi
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town
※Mission: 1. Pilot Marine Air Observer over Targets in Northern Okinawa 2. Bomb
Caves on Iejima. Targets: Caves along South Shore of Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: 1. Pilot Army Air Observer over Targets in Southern Okinawa 2. Strike
Targets in Same Area.
※Mission: Strike on Airfields, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Drop Propaganda Bomb in Designed Areas in Southern Okinawa. Targets:
Towns in Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Gusukuma East of Naha Airfield Town of
Yafuso
※Mission: Strike on Airfields, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike Airfields - Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Propaganda - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town
of Naha Town of Iwa
※Mission: Air Coordinator for CASCU, LanFor Hdqrs. 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: 6
Towns in Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Pre-H Hour Strike - Iejima (William Day). Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: 1. Air Coordinator, LanFor Hdqrs. 24 Corps 2. Air Observer, LanFor Hdqrs.
24 Corps. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1. Air Coordinator NorLanFor, Iejima Invasion 2. Air Observer, NorLanFor,
Iejima Invasion. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
77/343

※Mission: Air Observer, NorLanFor, Iejima Invasion. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Iejima Invasion. Targets: Central Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer, NorLanFor, Iejima Invasion. Targets: Support Advance of
Troops on Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Troops on Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer, LanForHdqrs, 24 Corps. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer, NorLanFor, Iejima Invasion. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Miyako Airfields, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike upon Airfields at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Airfields on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Sukama
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Airfields and Aircraft, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol & Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Neutralization Strike - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike & Target Combat Air Patrol, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfields at Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hegina Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike & Target Combat Air Patrol, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol & Strike, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
78/343
Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield

(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
Miyara Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol & Strike, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
※Mission: Neutralization Strike Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Ishigakjima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Sukama Airfield (Miyakojima)
※Mission: Late Afternoon Sweep & Strike, Miyakojima, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Town of Hirae
Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
North Part of Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima & Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
79/343

※Mission: Early Morning Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima - Miyakojima and Iriomotejima.
Targets: Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield (Ishigakijima)
Iriomotejima
Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Early Morning Sweep - Iriomotejima, Ishigakijima and Miyarajima. Targets:
Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield Town of Hirae
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield Irabujima
※Mission: Sweep - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikemajima
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
※Mission: Target combat air patrol, Miyako Shima & Ishigaki Shima, Sakishima Gunto.
Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Lighthouse, Ikema Shima
※Mission: Support 24 Corps, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Machinato Airfield
(OKinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support 24 Corps, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
80/343

※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol & Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Town of Hirara
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield Town of Shiraho
※Mission: Late Afternoon Sweep, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Late Afternoon Sweep, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) North Part of Miyakojima
※Mission: Support Strike, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa
※Mission: Sweep - Ishigakijima. Targets: Northwest Corner of Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Fishing Boat near Taramajima
81/343
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto.
Targets: Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield (Ishigakjima)
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Air Coordinator for LanForHdqrs. 24 Corps. Targets: Shuri Castle, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Lay Smoke for LanForHdqrs. 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: East of Shuri,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: 1. Air Coordinator, LanForHdqrs. 3 Corps 2. Air Coordinator, LanForHdqrs.
24 Corps. Targets: Tombs and Caves on Side of Hill near Naha in Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission LanForHdqrs, 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Northern Part of
City of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air coordinator, LanForHdqrs., 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: North of Town
Makabe (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Group, LanForHdqrs. 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei) Naha Town of Itoman
※Mission: Support Group, LanForHdqrs., 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: West of Shuri,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support of LanForHdqrs., 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Northeast of Naha
※Mission: Air Coordinator for LanForHdqrs., 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Anti-Tank
Guns between Shuri and Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, LanForHdqrs., 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Tombs on Hillside in
※Mission: Air Coordinator for LanForHdqrs, 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Hill 1 Mile
East of Shuri, OKinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator for LanForHdqrs., 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Caves and
Towns in Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Makabe Town of Nakaza
※Mission: Air Coordinator for LanForHdqrs., 3 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Southwest of
Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep & Strike, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Early Morning Sweep, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
82/343
※Mission: Support 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: 1 Mile Southeast of Yonabaru, Okinawa

(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support for 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Castle,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 24 Corps, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Castle, Okinawa (Nansei)
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa()Nansei) Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Miyakojima & Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto.
Targets: Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)
Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: South-Central Portion of
※Mission: Late Afternoon Sweep, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa()Nansei) Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Early Morning Sweep, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto.
Targets: Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Nobara
Airfield (Miyakojima) Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Sweep, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Sweep, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa()Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Early Morning Sweep, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Ikemajima
83/343
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Airfields on Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Afternoon Sweep, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara
Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Minnashima Iriomotejima Taramajima
※Mission: Strike Airfields at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)
※Mission: Sweep - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Arazato
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa()Nansei) Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Early Morning Sweep - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield
(24) USS Cowpens

Report of Actions during the Period 16 August to 2 September 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Cowpens (CVL25).
※Mission: Strike Airfield Central Luzon, Philippine islands. Targets: Angeles Airfield,
※Mission: Strike Airfields, Central Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Angeles Airfield,
※Mission: Bomb Airfield, Central Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Clark Field,
84/343

※Mission: Bomb Airfields at Karenko &/or Giran, Formosa. Targets: Giran Airfield,
Formosa Suo Harbor
※Mission: Bomb White Cloud Airfield & Satellite, Canton, China. Targets: White Cloud
Airfield. Canton, China Shipping Hong Kong, Harbor 8000 Ton F.T.A. 7000 Ton F.T.A.
※Mission: Bomb Warehouse & Dock Area, Hong kong, China. Targets: Kowloon Wharf
Area (Hong Kong)(China)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping Keelung Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Giran Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Naha Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: VFSW Giran and Karenko Fields, Formosa. Targets: Giran Airfield (Formosa)
Karenko Airfield
※Mission: Photography and Strike, Giran and Karenko Fields, Formosa. Targets:
Railroad Locomotives and Facilities at Giran and Karenko, Formosa
※Mission: "Jacks" over Task Group 38.1.
※Mission: VFSW - Karenko and Giran Airfields, Formosa. Targets: Aircrafts and
Facilities and Railroad Rolling Stock at Giran, Formosa
※Mission: Photography and Strike, Karenko, Formosa. Targets: Karenko Harbor
(Formosa) Shipping 10 Miles South of Suo
※Mission: VFSW Clark to Las Pinas Fields, Luzon. Targets: Angeles Airfield, Luzon
(Philippine Islands) Passing Airfield Clark Airfield Las Pinas Airfield
※Mission: VFSW Airfields between Manila and Clark Field. Targets: Del Carmen Field,
Luzon (Philippine Islands) Angeles Field
※Mission: VFSW Karenko and Giran Fields, Formosa. Targets: Karenko Field, Formosa
※Mission: Photography and Strike, Karenko nand Giran Fields, Formosa. Targets:
Shipping, South of Suo Bay (Formosa) Giran South Field
※Mission: Strike Karenko and Giran, Formosa. Targets: Giran Airfield, Formosa
Karenko Airfield
※Mission: VFSW Luichow Peninsula, China. Targets: Fort Bayard Airfield, China
※Mission: VFSW Karenko and Giran Airfields, Formosa. Targets: Giran Airfield,
Formosa
※Mission: Photography and Strike, Karenko and Giran Airfields, Formosa. Targets:
Giran Airfield, Formosa
※Mission: CAP Task Group 38.1.
85/343

※Mission: CAP Task Group 38.1.
※Mission: Strike Giran and Karenko Airfield, Formosa.
※Mission: Photography and Strike, Kumejima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Luggers at Gima,
Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike N. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Koizumi and Ota Aircraft Plants, Tokyo. Targets: Mito Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Nakajima Tama Engine Plant. Targets: Nakajima Tama Engine Plant,
Tokyo (Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Iwojima in Support of Marine Landing. Targets: Suribachiyama,
Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Air Support on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Strike on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Strike on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Bomb Nakajima Aircraft Plant - Musashino Plant, Tokyo. Targets: Nakajima
Koizumi Air Frame Factory
※Mission: Bomb Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #1 over Tokyo Area. Targets: Tateyama Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #4 over Tokyo Area. Targets: S.D. x 4, 139゜10'N. 34゜30'E.
F.B. x 2, 139゜00'N. 34゜30'E. D.D.(Destroyer) 139゜55'N. 34゜35'E. D.E.(Escort
Destroyer) 139゜55'N. 34゜35'E.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #5 over Tokyo Area.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep #6 over Tokyo Area. Targets: Mito Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tokyo Area. Targets: Mito Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
86/343
※Mission: Strike on Tokyo Area. Targets: Nakajima Tama Engine Plant

(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike H-55 to H-45 on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: 1600 Support Group over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support #1 D Plus 2 Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support #2 D Plus 2 Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep. Targets: Inubo-zaki Light (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike A on Tokyo Area and Photo #1. Targets: Koizumi Airfield
(Gumma)(Honshu) Tatebayashi Airfield
※Mission: Strike B on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photo #1 Coverage of Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yontan Airfield Kadena Airfield
※Mission: Strike F on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photo #2 Coverage of Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Report of Actions during the Period 13 June through 20 June 1945
※Mission: Attack - Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Strike Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Attack on Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
90-1b White Phosphorus Bombs, AN-M47A2 - Observation of Effectiveness
※Commander, Air Group 50 (CVLG-50).
Report of Actions during the Period 1 July to 15 August 1945
※Mission: Strike Kasumigaura, Honshu. Targets: Kasumigaura Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: DCAP.
※Mission: Strike Konoike Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Konoike Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
87/343

※Mission: Sweep - Yatabe Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Yatabe Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: S.C.S. (Submarine Chaser) x 4, Vicinity of Oma-zaki,
Shiriya-zaki (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Shipping - Muroran and Hakodate, Hokkaido. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer)
near Urakawa, Hokkaido
※Mission: Strike Shipping Southern Hokkaido. Targets: Shipping at Uchiura Bay
(Hokkaido) 100 Ton S.B.S. x 4 off Shikabe 6000 Ton S.B.L. Beached near Shikabe Factory
5 Miles East of Muroran Submarine Chaser off Shikabe
※Mission: Strike Shipping at Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets: Shipping at Muroran
(Hokkaido) 1800 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 D.E.(Destroyer Escort) Kaibokan
S.C.S.(Submarine Chaser) S.A.L.
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Shipping - Vicinity of Shiriya point (Aomori)(Honshu)
D.D.(Destroyer) Asashio Class S.C.S.(Submarine Chaser) S.D.
※Mission: Strike Enemy Shipping Hakodate or Muroran, Hokkaido. Targets: Shipping
Shikabe, Hokkaido Lugger - Uchiura S.A.S., West of Shikabe Lugger x 10, Beach Shikabe
S.C.S.(Submarine Chaser) S.D.
Aircraft Action Report No. 17A : 1945/07/15
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: D.E.(Escort Destroyer) Bearing 080゜15 Miles from Oma-
zaki (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: VF Sweep - Available Enemy Shipping - Muroran and Hakodate, Hokkaido.
Targets: Biroo and Toyoni, Hokkaido
※Mission: Sink B.B. Nagato Yokosuka Naval Base. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Nagato -
Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub CAP. Targets: Shipping 33゜41'N. 135゜18'E. S.D. Lugger x 15
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Kure Harbor, Honshu. Targets: Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.L.(Light Cruiser) Oyodo C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Tone C.V.L.(Light
Aircraft Carrier) Hosho S.A.L. 15 Miles South of Kure
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Kure, Honshu. Targets: C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Tone, Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Kure Harbor, Honshu.
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Shipping - Kushimoto - 33゜20'N. 135゜40'E.
(Wakayama)(Honshu) S.C.L. Factory, Kushimoto
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Kure, Honshu. Targets: Shipping, Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Coastal Shipping - Northeast of Shiono-misaki point
(Wakayama)(Honshu)
88/343

※Mission: C Strike - Kure Harbor. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Haruna, 34゜05'N.132
55゜'E. (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Railroad Junction - Shiono-misaki (Wakayama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Niijima Airfield (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Maizuru Airfield and Mineyama Airfield in Northern Honshu. Targets:
Mineyama Airfield and Nearby Shipping (Kyoto)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Dock - Kozushima Village (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Utsunomiya Airfield. Targets: Utsunomiya Airfield (Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Kure Harbor, Honshu. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Haruna,
Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Kure Harbor, Honshu. Targets: Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Haruna Factory near Susaki 100 Ton S.D. x 3 -
Susaki
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Maizuru Harbor, Honshu. Targets: Maizuru Harbor
(Kyoto)(Honshu) 4500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Strike Koriyama Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Koriyama Airfield
(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Koriyama Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Koriyama Airfield
(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Shipping - Shioya-zaki Point, 37゜00'N. 141゜00'E.
(Fukushima)(Honshu) S.D. x 6
※Mission: Strike Aircraft Harano Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Harano Airfield
(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Haruna Airfield, Honshu, 37゜35'N. 141゜00'E. Targets: Haruna
Airfield (Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Iwaki Airfield - 37゜22'N. 141゜00'E.
(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Airfield Koriyama, Honshu. Targets: Koriyama Airfield
(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Koriyama Airfield - 37゜22'N. 140゜24'E. Targets: Koriyama Airfield -
37゜22'N. 140゜24'E. (Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub - CAP. Targets: Shipping - Vicinity of Choshi Airfield, Tokyo Area
(Chiba)(Honshu)
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※Mission: Strike Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company #2, Tokyo. Targets: Tateyama
※Mission: Strike Shibaura Electronics Factory #2, Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Tateyama
Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu) Sea-Plane Base
※Mission: Strike Airfields, Tokyo Bay Area (Q and T). Targets: Takahagi Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep Aircraft, Tokyo Bay Area (T and Q). Targets: Airfields - Tokyo Bay
Area - "T" & "Q" Miyakawa Airfield (Honshu) Naruto Airfield (Chiba) Konoike Airfield
(Ibaraki) Choshi Point (Chiba)
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(25) USS Currituck

※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Puerta Princesa, Palawan, Philippine Islands 700
- 800 F.T.D.
※Mission: Shokaku, Search and Attack. Targets: C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Shokaku,
05゜57'N. 121゜50'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 05゜35'N. 122゜33'E., 05゜45'N. 122゜45'E.
Sailing Vessel x 5
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Malamani Roads, Basilan Island 300 - 500 Ton
F.T.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Calandorang Bay, Balabac Island D.E.(Escort
Destroyer)
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Banguey Island 2500 Ton S.B.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Verde Islands Passage 500 Ton S.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Southwest Coast Masbate, Philippine Islands 700
- 800 F.T.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Puerto Princesa, Philippine Islands 1500 - 2000
Ton S.B. Large Barge 500 - 1000 Ton S.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack.
※Mission: Search and Attack.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 13゜13'N. 120゜25'E. 700 - 1000 Ton S.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 09゜25'N. 123゜20'E. 100 - 150 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 09゜42'N. 123゜48'E. 100 - 120 Ton S.D.
90/343

※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 13゜17'N. 122゜25'E. D.E.(Escort Destroyer) 700
- 800 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 12゜35'N. 121゜30'E. 800 Ton S.C.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 13゜20'N. 122゜27'E. 7000 - 8000 Ton T.B.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Puerta Princesa Palawan, Philippine Islands 400-
600 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: San Jose, Panay, Philippine Islands 500 - 800 Ton
S.C. x 2
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 14゜49'N. 120゜04'E., 14゜45'N. 119゜51'E.,
12゜50'N. 120゜48'E. 150 Ton S.D. 7000 Ton C.A.(Light Cruiser) Kuma - Natori Class
150 Ton S.C. S.D. x 4
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 300 Ton S.D.: 13゜05'N. 123゜12'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 3000 - 4500 Ton F.T.C.: 12゜56'N. 122゜00'E.
※Mission: Assault Group Night Coverage. Targets: 9000 Ton T.A., Mindoro Straits
※Mission: Daylight Patrol. Targets: 300 Ton S.D., Tagbiliran, Bohol, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Daylight Patrol.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 7000 - 8000 Ton T.B. x 2: San Fernando Harbor,
Luzon
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 800 Ton S.C.: 15゜20'N. 119゜50'E.
※Mission: Attack on Enemy Task Force. Targets: C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) off Mindoro
D.D.(Destroyer) x 6
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Unidentified Warship: 25゜10'N. 124゜20'E.
※Mission: Night Attack on 7 Ship Convoy. Targets: F.T.U. x 2, C.L.(Light Cruiser),
D.D.(Destroyer) x 2, D.E.(Escort Destroyer) x 2 - 17゜10'N. 109゜58'E.
※Mission: Patrol Search across South China Sea to East Coast Hainan. Targets: S.D. x
4, Yulin Harbor, Hainan (China) S.C.S.(Submarine Chaser)
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance Patrol: East Coast Borneo. Targets: East Coast
Borneo, 4゜44'N. to 2゜50'N. River Boat x 3
※Mission: Anti-Submarine Patrol: Tarakan Invasion. Targets: Japanese on Raft -
5゜20'N. 119゜55'E.
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※Mission: Anti-Submarine Patrol and P.T. Cooperation. Targets: Barge x 6, Sea Truck
at Borneo
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance. Targets: 60 Ton Lugger - 5゜28'N. 119゜08'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance. Targets: River Craft, Borneo
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance. Targets: 300 Ton S.D., Barge - 2゜10'N. 117゜32'E.
※Mission: Anti-Submarine Convoy Patrol. Targets: Raft at 5゜23'N. 119゜31'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance, East Coast Borneo. Targets: Redeb Town and Cowie
Harbor, Borneo
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance, East Coast Borneo. Targets: Tug and Barge,
04゜07'N. 117゜37'E. Borneo
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance, East Coast Borneo. Targets: Lugger, 3゜40'N.
117゜02'E., Borneo Schooner, 00゜51'N. 118゜50'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance of Broneo East Coast. Targets: Sea Truck and
Warehouse, 04゜27'N. 117゜47'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance, East Coast Borneo. Targets: Small Craft and
Warehouse, Vicinity 04゜22'N. 118゜12'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance of Borneo East Coast. Targets: Junk, 01゜25'N.
118゜25'E. River Craft x 3, 04゜22'N. 117゜48'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance: East Coast Borneo. Targets: Small Craft, East Coast
Borneo - 05゜00'N. 117゜50'E. to 02゜08'N. 117゜25'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance: East Coast Borneo. Targets: Small Craft, 02゜10'N.
117゜53'E. to 04゜19'N. 117゜48'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance: East Coast Borneo. Targets: Small Craft, Vicinity
Cowie Harbor, Borneo
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance: East Coast Borneo. Targets: Warehouse at 04゜20'N.
117゜50'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance: East Coast Broneo. Targets: Warehouse: 04゜28'N.
117゜41'E., Borneo River Craft x 2: 02゜12'N. 117゜35'E.
(26) USS Enterprise

Action Report of USS Enterprise (CV6) in Connection with Operations in Support of
Amphibious Landings at Okinawa, 3 May to 16 May 1945 - Phase III
※The Commanding Officer, USS Enterprise.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Clarke Field. Targets: Clarke Field, Luzon, Philippine
Islands
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※Mission: Fighter Sweep Northern Luzon. Targets: Aparri, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: TCAP Northern Luzon. Targets: Aparri and Laoag, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Clarke Field & Lingayen Corridor. Targets: Clarke Field,
※Mission: Heckler Mission over Northern Luzon. Targets: Aparri and Vicinity, Luzon,
Philippine Islands
※Mission: Shipping Strike. Targets: Convoy 13゜40'N. 109゜15'E.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Saigon. Targets: Saigon #7 Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Saigon. Targets: Tan Son Nhut, Long Thanh, and Vicinity
F.T.C. D.E.(Escort Destroyer)
※Mission: Strike on Pratas Reef. Targets: Pratas Reef 20゜45'N. 116゜50'E.
※Mission: Zipper - Hong Kong and Canton Area. Targets: Kaitak Airfield (Hong
Kong)(China) Lama Island
※Mission: Night Heckler over Hong Kong - Canton Area. Targets: Hong Kong and
Canton (China)
※Mission: Night Zipper - Toko Heito Area. Targets: Toko and Heito Area (Formosa)
※Mission: Night Heckler - Southwest Formosa Fields. Targets: Southwest Formosa
Airfields
※Mission: Night Zipper over Southern Formosa Fields. Targets: Tainan, Toko, and
Takao (Formosa)
※Mission: Night Heckler over Tainan. Targets: Tainan Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Zipper over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa - Naha Field (Nansei)
Operational Summary by the Commanding Officer and Feads of Departmrnts of VF(N)-
90 Covering the Priod from 5 Jun. Through 22 Jan. 1945
※Operational Summary by the Commanding Officer and Heads of Departments of
VF(N)-90 Covering the Period from 5 January through 22 January 1945
※Mission: Scouting over Camranh Bay, French Indo-China. Targets: Nha Trang Airfield
(20 Miles North of Camranh Bay)
※Mission: Bombing Strike versus escorted Convoy. Targets: Convoy 13゜40'N.
109゜15'E. 7,000-10,500 Ton S.A. x 2 D.D.(Destroyer) x 2
※Mission: Bombing Strike versus Pratas Island: 20゜30'N. 116゜50'E. Targets: Pratas
Island 20゜30'N. 116゜50'E.
Mission: Night Strike against Shipping in Kiirun Harbor (Formosa). Targets: Shipping
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Kiirun Harbor (Formosa) 7,000 Ton F.T.B. Shipyard and Dock Area
Aircraft Action Reports : 1945/03/11
※Commander Night Carrier Air Group 90.
※Mission: Sweep and Strike over Hahajima & Chichijima. Targets: Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) 700 Ton F.T.D. Omura Wharf Area Seaplane Ramp Area
※Mission: Intruder over Chichijima. Targets: Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Strike on Chichijima. Targets: Futami-Ko (Chichijima)(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
2,000 Ton S.B. x 2 300 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Strike on Chichijima. Targets: Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Intruder over Chichijima. Targets: Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Intruder over Chichijima.
※Mission: Intruder over Chichijima.
※Mission: Photo Mission over Chichijima & Hahajima.
※Mission: Strike on Chichijima.
※Mission: Sweep on Chichijima.
Commanding Officers Summary of Operations Period Ending 9 March 1945
※Night Fighting Squadron 90, Pacific Fleet.
※Mission: Strike versus Airfield and Shipping on Chichijima and Shipping at Hahajima.
Targets: Airfield at Chichijima and targets of Opportunity at Chichijima and Hahajima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Night Strike against Susaki Airfield, Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield,
Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
94/343

※Mission: Night Strike versus Susaki Airfield, Chichijima. Targets: Airfield and
Seaplane Base at Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Night Strike versus Airfield and Naval Installations at Chichijima. Targets:
Airfield and Naval Installations, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Night strike versus airfield and naval installations, Chichijima. Targets:
Airfield and Naval Installations, Chichijima
※Mission: Strike against Shipping in Futami Harbor, Chichijima. Targets: Susaki
Airfield, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) A.K.(Cargo Ship) at Hahajima
※Mission: Night Strike versus Airfield & Naval Installations, Chichijima. Targets:
Susaki Airfield and Naval Installations, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Night Strike versus Airfield, Wharf & Buildings at Chichijima. Targets:
Susaki Airfield, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Okimura at Hahajima
※Mission: Night ROM Picket Flight versus Enemy Aircraft. Targets: Seaplane Base,
Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Okimura, Hahajima
※Mission: Night Strike versus Airfield Chichijima & Okamura Hahajima. Targets:
Susaki Airfield, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Night Strike versus Airfield at Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield,
※Mission: Night Strike versus Susaki Airfield, Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield,
Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Kitamura, Hahajima
※Mission: Night Strike versus Susaki Airfield, Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield,
Flak Survival - An Account of Mistaken Identity by Ensign Henry G. Hinrichs. :
1945/03/02
※Night Torpedo Squadron 90, Pacific Fleet.
Cracked by Flak - Statement on Survival by Lieutenant James S. Moore, Jr. : 1945/03/10
※Night Torpedo Squadron 90, Pacific Fleet.
Aircraft Action Reports, Support of Operations on Okinawa, 7 to 14 May 1945
※Commanding Night Carrier Air Group 90.
※Mission: TDADCAP over Kikai. Targets: Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Kikaijima
※Mission: TDADCAP. Targets: Wan Airfield on Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: TDADCAP Kikai. Targets: Kikai
※Mission: TDADCAP Amamioshima and Kikai. Targets: Ships at Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Dawn Patrol over Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima-wan
95/343
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kanoya East Airfield Lugger

※Mission: Task Force CAP.
※Mission: TDADCAP Kyushu and Shikoku. Targets: Kochi Area (Kochi)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Night Heckler versus Airfields, Minamidaitojima, Kikaijima, Tokunoshima.
Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Wan Airfield
※Mission: Night Heckler versus Airfields Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kanoya East Airfield Kushira Airfield Kokubu Airfield Ronchi
Airfield Yamagawa-Ko
※Mission: Night Heckler over Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Airfields Kyushu Kanoya
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kanoya East Airfield Kushira Airfield Kokubu Airfield
Chiran Airfield Kagoshima Airfield Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Miyazaki Airfield
※Mission: Night Heckler versus Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Airfields Kyushu and
Shikoku Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima) Izumi Airfield Miyazaki Airfield (Miyazaki)
Nittagahara Airfield Saeki Airfield (Oita) Oita Airfield Usa Airfield Gannosu Airfield (F
Brief of Action Report, USS Enterprise, (Capt. G. B. H. Hall) and CVG(N)-90 Embarked,
for 5 through 13 April 1945, The Operations were in Support of Amphibious Landings on
Okinawa, R/S 010747, 010748
Aircraft Action Reports, Operations against Enemy Targets on Kyushu and the Inland
Sea, 18-20 March 1945
※Mission: NCAP.
※Mission: Intruder over Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya East Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Photo Mission Southeast Kyushu.
※Mission: Zipper over Southern Kyushu.
※Mission: Intruder over Eastern Kyushu. Targets: Usuki-Wan (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: NCAP.
※Mission: Night Radar Countermeasures (RCM) Flight.
※Mission: Night Intruder versus Airfields at Kyushu. Targets: Airfields Southern &
Eastern Kyushu Tomioka Airfield (Miyazaki) Shibuki Airfield (Kagoshima) Kagoshima
Airfield
※Mission: Night Search and Attack Inland Sea, Japan. Targets: C.V.(Aircraft Carrier)
and B.B.(Battleship) 34゜32'N., 135゜05'E. 5000-6000 Ton T.B. and 3500 Ton M.V.
Beppu Bay (Oita)(Kyushu) 7500 Ton M.V. 33゜50'N., 131゜35'E. Mitsubishi Mishima
(Okayama) S
96/343

※Mission: Night Search and Attack - Intruder. Targets: Airfield at Kyushu & Shikoku
Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima) Kushira Airfield Tomioka Airfield (Miyazaki)
Matsuyama West Airfield (Ehime) Tokushima Airfield (Tokushima)
Aircraft Action Reports, Support of Landing Operations on Okinawa, 5 to 13 April 1945
※Mission: Day Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: TCAP over Kikai and Tokuno Airfields. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: TDADCAP.
※Mission: TDADCAP's and TNCAP's.
Report of Night Operations on Intrepid, Yorktown, Bennington and Hornet, as Observed
by Pilots of Enterprise during the Period from 21 March to 9 April 1945
※Night Fighting Squadron 90.
※Mission: Night Heckler versus Airfields at Ishigakijima and Miyakojima. Targets:
Airfields at Ishigakijima and Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
(Miyakojima) Nobara Airfield Sukama Airfield Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima) Miyara
Airfield
※Mission: Night Strike versus Airfields Tokunoshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Airfields
Tokunoshima and Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima) Tokuno
Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Night Heckler versus Airfields Tokunoshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (Tokunoshima)(kagoshima)(Nansei) Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)
※Mission: Night Search and Attack versus Shipping. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)
(27) USS Essex

Action Reports, Carrier Air Group 4, Fighting Squadron 4, Torpedo Squadron 4, Marine
Fighting Squadron 124, Marine Fighting Squadron 213, Operations 30 December 1944 -
26 January 1945
Aircraft Action Report No. VF4#41, VT4#10 : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft, Airfield & Installations, Kagi, Formosa. Targets:
Kokan(Kagi?) Airfield, Formosa Kobi Airfield Harbor Installations Suo
Aircraft Action Report No. VMF124#1 VT4#11 : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft, Airfield & Facilities Kagi, Formosa. Targets: Aircraft,
Airfield & Facilities, Kagi, Formosa Railroad Train near Kagi
Aircraft Action Report No. VF4#42 : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Attack Airfields Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yontan Airfield 600-700 Ton S.D. x 2 near Naha
※Mission: Strike against Enemy Airfield in West Central Formosa. Targets: Unidentified
Airfield in U.S.S. Langley Target Area of West Central Formosa
Aircraft Action Report No. VF4#44 VT4#12 : 1945/01/04
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft, Airfield and Facilities Kagi, Formosa. Targets: Eiko Airfield,
97/343
Formosa
※Mission: Escort and Strafing Central Formosa.
※Mission: Strafing Sweep North Luzon. Targets: Aparri Airfield (Luzon)(Philippine
Islands) Camalanagan Airfield
※Mission: Attack Airfields, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Airfield Ships near Okinawa
※Mission: Strike and Sweep Airfields in Assigned Areas, Central Formosa. Targets:
Tsuina Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Aircraft, Airfield and Facilities Aparri, Luzon. Targets: Shipping Northern
Coast Luzon between Parrena Point and Vigan (Philippine Islands) Shipping Northwest
Coast, Laoag to Cabucao
※Mission: Strike Aparri Airfield and Shipping, West Coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Targets: Shipping West Coast, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Aircraft, Airfield and Installations at Aparri, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Targets: Aircraft, Airfield and Installations at Aparri, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Strike Aparri Airfield and Patrol Assigned Area on Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Targets: Aparri Airfield, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Target CAP Northern Luzon Coast. Targets: Aircraft on Aparri and Shipping
around Northern Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft, Airfield and Facilities at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine
Islands. Targets: Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Strike Aircraft and Installations, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Island.
Targets: Aircraft and Buildings at Clark and Mabalacat Airfields
※Mission: Aircraft, Airfield and Installations Kagi, Formosa. Targets: Tainan Airfield
(Formosa) Takao
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Central Formosa. Targets: Toshien Harbor, Formosa
※Mission: Aircraft, Airfield and Facilities Kagi, Formosa. Targets: Aircraft, Airfield and
Facilities, Toyohara, Formosa
※Mission: 350 Mile Search.
※Mission: Search.
※Mission: Sweep and Patrol Airfields, French Indo-China. Targets: Convoy South of
Cape St. Jacques (French Indo-China)
※Mission: VF Sweep #1 on Coast of French Indo-China. Targets: Bien Hoa Airfield
(French Indo-China) Long Tranh Airfield
98/343

※Mission: Special Fighter Sweep over Saigon Area, French Indo-China. Targets: Tan
Son Nhut Airfield (French Indo-China) Dau Mot Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. VF4#58, VT4#18 1945/01/12
※Mission: Attack Enemy shipping at GAP. ST. JACQUES, FIC. Targets: 1 SA, 1 FTB, 1
FTU, 3 DE, and 1 LSM type GAP, ST, JACQUES, FIC. Base: USS Essex (Other Base:
USS Ticonderoga)
Aircraft Action Report No. VF4#59 1945/01/12
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Airfields, French Indo-China. Targets: 1,200
Ton D.D.(Destroyer) and D.E.(Escort Destroyer), Logan Point, French Indo-China
※Mission: Target CAP over Airfields French Indo-China. Targets: Tan Son Nhut
Airfield, French Indo-China Thu Dau Mot Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. VF4#61, VT4#19 : 1945/01/12
※Mission: Attack Enemy Shipping and Air Facilities near Saigon, French Indo-China.
Targets: Saigon River, French Indo-China
※Mission: CAP #5 over French Indo-China Coastal Area.
※Mission: Blanket Enemy Airfield, West Central Formosa. Targets: Factory (Possible
Sugar Refinery, Northeast of Kaputsua Airfield), Formosa
※Mission: Search for Shipping in Swatow Area and Strike Swatow Airfield. Targets:
Swatow Airfield (China) Highway Bridge Northeast Chaochow
※Mission: Strike Enemy Shipping Formosa West Coast. Targets: Shipping and Buildings
in Mako-ko, Pescadores Islands (Formosa)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Sam-A Airfield, Hainan Island.
※Mission: Fighter Strike on Shipping and Airfields, Southern Hainan, China. Targets:
Hainan Island (China)
※Mission: Attack Airfields & Shipping Northern Hainan Island. Targets: Hainan Island
(China)
※Mission: High Speed Strike on Hong Kong Harbor, Especially Shipping. Targets:
Harbor Installations, Shipping - Hong Kong Harbor (China)
※Mission: CAP #1.
※Mission: Scramble CAP.
※Mission: Sweep Airfields West Central Formosa. Targets: Airfields and Aircrafts, West
Central Formosa Kagi Airfield Keishu Airfield
※Mission: Blanket Enemy Arifield, Sakishima Gunto : Attack Ground Installations and
Shipping. Targets: Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield
Sukama Airfield Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima) Miyara Airfield 2,000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)
※Mission: Attack Shipping Takao Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor, Formosa
99/343
※Mission: Target CAP over Airfields on Formosa. Targets: 2 Airfields at Tsuina

(Formosa) Factory at Bhakko
※Mission: Target CAP #2 over Formosa. Targets: Shimei(Formosa) Kobi Airfield
※Mission: Blanket Enemy Airfields and Attack Targets of Opportunity, Sakishima
Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield
Shipping Hirara Harbor
※Mission: Escort Photo Mission to Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Naha
※Mission: Blanket Enemy Airfields; Attack Ground Installations and Shippings,
Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Arifield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) 700 Ton S.C.
x 2, 2000 Ton A.O.(Oiler) - Miyako-Hakuchi 150 Ton S.D. x 2. - Southeast Coast
Ishigakijima
※Mission: Target CAP #3 over Formosa. Targets: Tsuina Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Strike Shipping at Takao Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Toshien and Takao
(Formosa)
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Sweep against Iejima Airfield. Targets: Iejima Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Toguchi Town 4500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Strike Enemy Aircraft, Airfield and Shipping Amami Gunto. Targets: Kikai
Airfield (Kikaijima)(kagoshima)(Nansei) Shipping Harbor Facilities at Onotsu
(Kikaijima) 100-150 Ton S.D. x 4, F.T.U. x 2, Amami Gunto
※Mission: Escort and Photo Okinawa. Targets: Naha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yonabaru
Harbor, Yonabaru Town
※Mission: Strike enemy A/F and Shipping Amamioshima (Amami Gunto). Targets:
Tokunoshima A/F; Ground installations, KAMETSU Shipping, Tokunoshima,
Amamioshima: 2SC, 2SD, 2AK, 4 Barges
※Mission: Strike (Bomb & Strafe) Iejima Airfield, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Iejima Airfield
& Okinawa Area (Nansei) Iejima Airfield (Iejima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Takabanarejima
Katsuren Hanto (Okinawa)
Report of air operations conducted by Carrier Air Group 83 during the period 14 March -
1 June 1945
※Commander Carrier Air Group 83.
※Mission: Zipper Mission over Nyutabaru Airfield. Targets: Nyutabaru Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF83#1 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Sweep #1 over Nittagahara, Karasahara, Tomitaka. Targets: Nittagahara
Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#1 VF83#2 VB83#1 VT83#1 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Strike Enemy Aircraft and Installations at Nittagahara Airfield, Kyushu.
Targets: Nyutabaru Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
100/343
※Mission: Sweep 2 over Kumamoto & Karasahara, Kyushu. Targets: Airframe Plant at
Kumamoto (Kyushu) Karasahara Airfield
※Mission: Sweep 3 over Kumamoto, Kikotomi, Waifu, Tomitaka. Targets: Karasahara
Airfield (Kyushu) Waifu Airfield (Kumamoto) Kumamoto Airfield Tomitaka Airfield
(Miyazaki)
※Mission: Strike Enemy Aircraft and Installations at Nittagahara Airfield, Kyushu.
Targets: Nyutabaru Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Photo Rec. and Damage Assessment of (Isahaya-Kumamoto-Karasahara,
Tomitaka-Nittagahara). Targets: Isahaya Airfield (Nagasaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep over Matsuyama West Airfield. Targets: Matsuyama West Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#3 VBF83#4 VB83#3 VT83#3 : 1945/03/19
※Mission: Strike Japanese Fleet Units and Installations at Kure, Honshu. Targets:
Japanese Fleet Units and Installations at Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircarft
Carrier) Unryu Class x 2 C.V.(Not Yet Completed) B.B.(Battleship) Kongo Class X.C.V. -
B.
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#4 VF83#7 VBF83#5 : 1945/03/19
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Kochi Airfield 33゜32'N. 133゜40'E. Targets: Kochi Airfield
(Kochi)(Shikoku):33゜32'N. 133゜40'E.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Nittagahara Airfield - Kyushu. Targets: Nyutabaru Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task Group.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task Force.
※Mission: Attack Beach Defenses of West Coast Okinawa between Chatan and Hagushi.
Targets: Okinawa Beach Defenses (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep 2 over Yonton Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield, 26゜24'N.
※Mission: Attack Beach Defenses on West Coast of Okinawa between Chatan and
Hagushi. Targets: West Beaches - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep 1 over Yontan & Kadena. Targets: Yontan Airfield, 26゜24'N.
127゜45'E. (Okinawa)(Nansei) Iejima
※Targets: A.A. Positions, Beach Defenses and Towns, Southwest Coast Okinawa
(Nansei) Kiyamu Town Naha Airfield
※Mission: Sweep 2 over Yontan & Kadena. Targets: Yontan Airfield, 26゜24'N.
127゜45'E.(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kadena Airfield
※Mission: Attack Beach Defenses on West Coast Okinawa in Area South of Bishagawa.
101/343
Targets: Beach Defenses West Coast Okinawa, South of Bishagawa (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Sweep 3 over Yontan & Kadena. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yontan Airfield
※Mission: 325 Mile Search 330-040. Targets: Bridge, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#11 VBF83#12 VB83#8, etc. : 1945/03/26
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Unten-ko Submarine Base Area, 26゜40'N.
128゜00'E. Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Yontan Airfield & Vicinity
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Anti-Shipping Strike (Special). Targets: Kikaijima Airstrip
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Tokunoshima Airstrip
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP 6. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei) Tobaru Town
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Enemy Shipping Search. Targets: 1200 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 - 31゜05'N.
125゜50'E. 1200 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) - 29゜35'N. 128゜05'E.
※Mission: TCAP 2. Targets: Okinawa, 81634 (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP 3. Targets: Tonakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Submarine Base, Unten-ko
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Submarine Base, Unten-ko
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP 6. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#15 VF83#20 VBF83#20, etc : 1945/03/28
※Mission: Strike Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima, 25゜50'N. 131゜15'E.
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#16 VBF83#21 VF83#20A : 1945/03/29
※Mission: 250 Mile Search 330 to 020.
※Mission: Strike Units of Japanese Fleet off Kyushu. If not Encountered. Targets:
Tojinbara Airfield - 31゜26'N. 130゜18'E. (Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Town of Makurazaki
(Kagoshima)
※Mission: 1-Plane CAP.
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#18 VBF83#24 VT83#22A : 1945/03/30
※Mission: 325 Mile Search 330-040.
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#19 VBF83#25 VB83#12 : 1945/03/30
102/343
※Mission: Air Support, West Side Okinawa. Targets: Submarine Base, Unten-ko,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP 5 over Okinawa. Targets: North Okinawa (Nansei) 500 Ton F.T.D.
Factory
※Mission: 325 Mile Search from 330 to 040. Targets: Southeast Coast of Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Wharf on Amamioshima - 28゜20'N. 129゜30'E. Iwojima, 30゜40'N.
130゜45'E. Southern Tip of Kyushu - 30゜59'N. 130゜45'E. Takarajima - 29゜06'N.
129゜12'E. Kuchin
※Mission: TCAP. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#21 VF83#23 VB83#13, etc. : 1945/03/31
※Mission: Air Support Northern Okinawa. Targets: Submarine Base, Unten-ko,
Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#22 VBF83#29 VF83#24 : 1945/03/31
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Factory and Small Buildings - 26゜26'N.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Targets of Opportunity on Okinawa
(Nansei) Town of Kin - 26゜27'N. 127゜55'E. Town of Heshikiya - 26゜25'N. 127゜50'E.
East of Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#24 VBF83#31 VB83#14, etc : 1945/04/01
※Mission: Pre-How Hour Strike (H-55), Okinawa. Targets: West Beach Area, Okinawa
from Bishagawa to Toya (Nansei)
※Mission: Photo of Beach Defenses.
※Mission: Pre-How Hour Support, Okinawa (H-45). Targets: West Beach Area, Okinawa
from Bishagawa to Toya (Nansei)
※Mission: Special Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Northern Okinawa (Nansei)
Sokimotabu Town
※Mission: Air Support to Northern Landing Group, Okinawa. Targets: Target as
Assigned by Air Coordinator (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikeshima Ora Kin Onna
※Mission: Strike against Targets as Designated by Air Coordinator, Okinawa. Targets:
Defense Positions on Ikeshima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP #1 over Okinawa. Targets: Northwest Tip - Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#28 VBF83#34 VT83#17 : 1945/04/03
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Targets on Okinawa and Iejima as Assigned
by Air Coordinator (Nansei) Town of Yakata Town of Kin
※Mission: Attack Targets on Okinawa as Assigned by Air Coordinator. Targets: Town of
Higashiemae (Agariemae), Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#30 VF83#32 VB83#35 : 1945/04/03
103/343
※Mission: 300 Mile Shipping Search 320-360. Targets: Tokuno Airfield

Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#31 VF83#31 VT83#19 : 1945/04/03
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Targets on Okinawa as Assigned by Air
Coordinator (Nansei) Kamizato Town
※Mission: Dawn Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Targets on Northern Okinawa as Assigned by Air Coordinator. Targets:
Targets of Opportunity on Iejima, Ikeshima and Takabanarejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Heanzajima
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Buildings and Dock Area, Yoronjima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: 300 Mile Anti-Shipping Search. Targets: Towns on Amamioshima &
※Mission: Strike against Targets on Okinawa as Assigned by Air Coordinator. Targets:
Town and Installations on Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Ordered by the Air Coordinator
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Awa - 26゜42'N. 128゜'15.5E. Town of Shioya - 26゜40'N.
128゜'08E. Oku Town - 26゜50'N. 128゜17'E. Hedo Town - 26゜51'N. 128゜16'E. Iama
Town - 26゜42'
※Mission: 300 Mile Anti-Shipping Search. Targets: Ground Installations Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Okinoyerabujima Koniya Seaplane Base on Amamioshima
※Mission: Dawn Target Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Force Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Strike against Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield
※Mission: 300 Mile Anti-Shipping Search. Targets: Airfield
※Mission: Special Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Dusk Target Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Dawn Target Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: 325 Mile Anti-Shipping Search.
※Mission: Tracing Japanese Fleet.
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#43 VBF83#46 VF83#45, etc : 1945/04/07
※Mission: Attack on Japanese Fleet. Targets: Japanese Fleet - 31゜15'N. 128゜43'E.
C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano Class D.D.(Destroyer) x 8
104/343

※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Agunijima - 26゜35'N.
※Mission: Sweep for Remnants of Japanese Fleet off Kyushu. Targets: Fishing Boat
31゜10'N. 127゜50'E.
※Mission: Strike against Minamidaitojima. Targets: Airfield Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: 300 Mile Search from 320 to 040. Targets: Southern Kyushu and Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield - 27゜50'N.
128゜53'E. (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Northwest Shore of Okinoyerabujima
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Aircraft on Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Town on Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Targets of Opportunity at
Tokunoshima & Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Asama Town Afukina Town
※Mission: Air Support Southern Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Kanoya East Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya East
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#52 VB83#24 VT83#29 : 1945/04/16
※Mission: Air Support Southern Okinawa. Targets: Gusukuma Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
105/343

※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Night Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Air Support Southern Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Assigned Targets Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
Iwa Town Shindawaku Town Gisushi Town Shuri Town
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Northwest of Naha
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Southern Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned by Air
Coordinator, Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Oroku Town South of Naha
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Tsuhako Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Dusk Combat Air Patrol, Kikaijima. Targets: Airstrip on Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned, Southern
Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Tsukusan
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Targets Assigned by Air Coordinator
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Artillery Position on Top of Hill near Chan Caves near Taira
Kamizato Town
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Caves near Makiminato Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol, Kikaijima & Amamioshima. Targets: Area of Naze-ko
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Field of Kikaijima
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Kikaijima & Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Patrol. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned by Air Coordinator,
106/343
Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Tomori South Coast near Nakata South of Naha
Airfield
※Mission: Airstrip, Kikaijima. Targets: Airstrip, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikaijima Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Fortified Defense Positions on Ridge
North of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Kikaijima & Amamioshima. Targets: Airstrip,
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned by Air Coordinator,
Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Naha South of Taira
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned by Air Coordinator,
Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Southeast of Makiminato Airfield Ridge near Nakanishi Hill
South of Naha
Aircraft Action Report No. VB83#37 : 1945/04/29
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Possible Ammo. Dumps
- TA-7867-AB (Okinawa)(Nansei) Open Positions - TA-7867-C
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Defenses in Asa Town, South of Makiminato
※Mission: Amamioshima Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Wan Airfields
※Mission: Tokuno Patrol. Targets: Aircraft around Tokuno Airstrip
※Mission: Kikai Patrol. Targets: Wan Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield
※Mission: Tokuno Patrol. Targets: Tokunoshima & Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Fighter Patrol: Kikai-Amami Area. Targets: Wooded Area, Southeast of Wan,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 2 Buildings near North Tip of Amamioshima Naze Town
(Amamioshima) Amonawa (Tokunoshima)
107/343
※Mission: Fighter Patrol; Kikai-Amami. Targets: Wan Airfield

Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#71 VB83#40 VT83#44 : 1945/05/05
Okinawa (Nansei) Hillside Defense Positions, East of Shuri
※Mission: Amami Patrol. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Naze
Town (Amamioshima) Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Amami Patrol. Targets: Wan Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Artillery Position; Ridge South of Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei) A.A. Position on Ridge East of Shuri
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: 6 Buildings, East of Wan Airfield
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Strip at Amamioshima - 28゜18'N. 129゜16'E. Buildings
on Shore of Kakeromajima
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Ships and Facilities - Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) Power Plant
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Okinoyerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) or D.E.(Escort Destroyer) - South Amamioshima, 28゜07'N.
129゜15'E. Naze Town Town - 28゜12'N. 129゜25'E. Town - 28゜14'N. 129゜24'E.
※Mission: Strike against Kikaijima. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Patrol, Kikai-Amami Area. Targets: Targets of Opportunity on
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 7500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) or S.D. - Nissan-Maru in
Naze-ko Naze Town
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Lugger x 7
- In Coves of Kakeromajima at 28゜07'N. 129゜15'E. Warehouse - On East Shore of Cove
at 28゜07'N. 129゜15'E.
※Mission: Strike on Shuri, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Targets as Assigned by
Aircoordinator, Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Trenches near Yonabaru
※Mission: Fighter Patrol Kikai-Amami Area. Targets: Targets on Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Northwest of Wan Airfield Shitooke Town 28゜12'N. 130゜01'E.
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Airstrip, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#78 VF83#86A VBF83#93 : 1945/05/12
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Kakeromajima
108/343

※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Defense Positions on a Ridge near Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai-Amami Patrol.
Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Motor Positions on Ridge Just North of Shuri
※Mission: Night Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Tomitaka Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
Miyazaki Airfield Miyazaki Town
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Kyushu.
※Mission: Strike against Saeki Airfield and Seaplane. Targets: Saeki Airfields and
Seaplane Station (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep og Kyushu. Targets: Tomitaka Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike against Saeki Airfield and Seaplane Station Kyushu. Targets: Saeki
Airfield and Seaplane Station (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep. Targets: Tachiarai Airfield (Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep over Kyushu - Saeki to Sone. Targets: Tug and 5 Barges in Suo-Nada
※Mission: Strike against Tsuiki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Usa Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
Factory in Usa
※Mission: Submarine Combat Air Patrol. Targets: 8000 Ton T.B. at 33゜40'N.
132゜05'E.
※Mission: Sweep over Kyushu - Usa Airfield. Targets: Usa Airfield and Shipping
(Oita)(Kyushu) Tug on 5 Luggers at 33゜48'N. 131゜42'E.
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#84 VF83#96 VBF83#102,etc : 1945/05/14
※Mission: Strike against Omura Airfield and Seaplane Station Kyushu. Targets: Izumi
Airfield (Kagoshima) Minamata (Kumamoto)
※Mission: Sweep - Kyushu. Targets: Tsuiki Airfield (Kyushu)
※Mission: Amami-Yokoate Patrol. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Kikai-Tokuno Patrol. Targets: Shipping in Kuji-Wan
※Mission: Amami-Yokoate Patrol. Targets: Amamioshima and Takarajima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
109/343
※Mission: Amami-Yokoate Patrol. Targets: Amami Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei)

Amamioshima Koniya Town Naze Town Tokunoshima
※Mission: Amami-Yokoate-Yaku Patrol. Targets: Takarajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Submarine Base and Storage Depot Kakeromajima. Targets:
Submarine Base and Storage Depot Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Wan Airfield Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amami-Yokoate-Yaku Patrol. Targets: Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
North of Naze; 28゜23'N. 129゜29'-30E. Akikawa Town Radio Station at Akaogi;
28゜24'N. 129゜38'E.
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Enemy Troop Positions Northwest of
Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Tomusu Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Patrol, Kikai-Amami Area. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Kushira Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kushira Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Action report - Support of occupation of Okinawa, 14 March - 1 June 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Essex (CV 9).
Report of air operations conducted by Carrier Air Group 83 during the period 2 July - 15
August 1945
※Mission: Strike on Atsugi Airfield. Targets: Atsugi Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Atsugi Airfield. Targets: Atsugi Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG83#92 VF83#105, etc. : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Strike on Atsugi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Atsugi Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Sagami Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Sagami Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Tachiarai Airfield. Targets: Tachikawa Airfield
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Yokota Airfield. Targets: Yokota Airfield (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike against Aircraft on Atsugi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Atsugi Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
Mission: Fighter Sweep on Atsugi Airfield. Targets: Atsugi Airfield
110/343
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(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Northern Honshu. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu) Masuda Airfield
※Mission: Attack Aomori-Hakodate Railroad Ferries. Targets: Seika-Maru No. 3 -
41゜20'N. 140゜28'E. D.E.(Escort Destroyer) off the Coast of Hokkaido at 41゜28'N.
140゜16'E. 100 Ton S.D. x 4
※Mission: Strike on Matsushima Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Aomori-Hakodate Railroad Ferries. Targets: Ferries and Shipping,
Aomori (Honshu) Seikan-Maru No. 1 Tsugaru-Maru No. 2 Lugger x 4 S.D. x 2 1500 Ton
S.B. x 2
※Mission: Sweep over Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Shipping in Tsugaru Straits and Mutsu-Wan. Targets: Aomori City
(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on East Honshu Shipping. Targets: Cove on East Coast Honshu -
39゜30'N. 3500 Ton F.B. x 2 5500 Ton F.T.B. x 2 1000 Ton D.E.(Escort Destroyer)
※Mission: Strike on East Honshu Shipping. Targets: Cove: Eastern Honshu: 39゜02'N.
141゜45'E. (Iwate) Lighthouse Shipyard 125 Ton S.D. 150 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Strike Shipping Tsugaru Straits, Mutsu-Wan, Northwest Honshu Coast. If
None Found Hit Aomori. Targets: Shipping and Land Targets Tsugaru Straits Area 1200
Ton D.E.(Escort Destroyer) 3000 Ton F.T.C. x 2 100 Ton S.D. x 9 1000 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Mapho #4. Targets: Ships in Shizuoka-Wan 1500 Ton D.E.(Escort Destroyer)
6000 Ton F.T.B. x 2
※Mission: Strike on Atsugi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Atsugi Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu) 1000 Ton D.E.(Escort Destroyer)
※Mission: Strike against B.B. Nagato at Yokosuka Navy Yard, Honshu. Targets:
B.B.(Battleship) Nagato, Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep of Saeki Airfield & Oita Airfield. Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
Oita Airfield
※Mission: Attack Kuma-Natori Class C.L., Kure, Honshu. Targets: C.L.(Light Cruiser)
Kuma-Natori Class Town
※Mission: Sweep over Northern Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Kukuchi Airfield
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu) C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier) Kaiyo in Beppu-Wan (Oita)
111/343

※Mission: Strike on Oita Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Oita Airfield (Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Kuma-Natori Class C.L., Kure, Honshu. Targets: 5000 Ton S.A. at
34゜10'5"N. 132゜24'40"E.(Hiroshima)(Honshu) Han-Ura, Kurahashijima C.A.(Heavy
Cruiser)
※Mission: Sweep of Northern Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)((Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike on Northeast Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Luggers - Inland Sea -
33゜44'N. 131゜42'E., 33゜41'N. 131゜32'E., 33゜51'N. 131゜14'E.
※Mission: Sweep over Airfields in Northern Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) S.D.: 33゜10'N. 131゜58'E. Factory: 33゜15'N. 131゜52'E.
※Mission: Strike on Saeki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield, Kyushu Lugger at
33゜10'N. 132゜20'E. Town at 32゜47'N. 132゜47'E.(Shikoku)
※Mission: Sweep over Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Metatsubara Airfield 0630
※Mission: Strike on Oita Airfield. Targets: Northeast Kyushu Targets Oita Airfield
(Oita) C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier) Kaiyo in Beppu-Wan Shimobaru Town
(Kumamoto): 33゜27'N. 131゜44'E.
※Mission: Attack Warship, Kure Harbor, Honshu. Targets: 3 Camouflaged ships in Cove
at 34゜05'N. 132゜30'E. (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep of Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Metatsubara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Saeki Airfield & Oita Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) Oita Airfield
※Mission: Attack C.A. Tone, Kure Harbor. Targets: Shipping and Installations in
Tokuyama Area, Honshu (Yamaguchi) 4500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) or F.T.C. 5000 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship) 70-100 Ton S.D. x 4 2000 Ton F.T.C. 2500 Ton F.T.C. L.S.T.(Landing
Ship, T
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Tokyo Airfields. Targets: Fuji Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Aircraft Sagami Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Sagami Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Aircraft on Atsugi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Atsugi Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on Sagami Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Sagami Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep of Northern Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Fujisawa Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Yaizu Airfield
112/343

※Mission: Strike against Fujisawa. Targets: Fujisawa Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
Radio Station on Izuoshima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Hachinohe Airfield. Targets: Hachinohe Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu) D.E.(Escort Destroyer) and D.D.(Destroyer) in Hachinohe Harbor
※Mission: Sweep Shipping Tsugaru Straits and Mutsu-Wan. Targets: Shipping East
Coast Honshu 1000 Ton F.T.D. x 2
※Mission: Sweep over Northern Honshu. Targets: Mine; Ships in Miyako-Wan
(Iwate)(Honshu) 100 Ton S.D. x 6
※Mission: Attack Installations and Aircraft Hachinohe Airfield, Honshu. Targets:
Hachinohe Airfield (Aomori)(Honshu) 100 Ton S.D. in Same-Ko
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Ominato Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: Shipping Ominato
Naval Base (Aomori)(Honshu) C.M.(Minelayer) Tokiwa in Outer Harbor at Ominato 8000
Ton S.A. 1200 Ton D.E.(Escort Destroyer) x 2
※Mission: Attack Installations & Hachinohe Airfield. Targets: Hachinohe Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Hachinohe Airfield. Targets: Hachinohe Airfield (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Port Installations Aomori, Honshu. Targets: Ferry Ships and Rail
Terminal (Aomori)(Honshu) 125 Ton S.D. 4500 Ton 2 Stacki Large Transport, Northeast
of Aomori in the Bay at 40゜58'N. 140゜05'E.
※Mission: Strike Hachinohe Area, Honshu. Targets: Hachinohe Area (Aomori)(Honshu)
Hachinohe Airfield Nippon Iron Sand Company, East of Hachinohe Airfield Northeast
Industrial Company, Northwest of Hachinohe Iwaki Cement Company, East of
Hachinohe
※Mission: Strike on Hachinohe Airfield. Targets: Hachinohe Airfield (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Shipping Strike, Mutsu-Wan, Honshu. Targets: Ships and Oil Storage Depot,
Aomori-Wan (Honshu) 4500 Ton Transport T. 2 Stack Type at 40゜58'N. 140゜52'E.
※Mission: Attack on Installations Hachinohe Area, Honshu. Targets: Bridges and
Installations, Hachinohe Area (Aomori)(Honshu) Railroad Bridge across Mabachi-gawa
Railroad Bridge over Nitta-gawa 100 Ton S.D. x 4; 40゜21'N. 141゜45'E. 100 Ton
S.D.;40゜33'N.
※Mission: Sweep of Tokyo Airfields. Targets: Japan Light Metals Aluminum Company
on South Coast near Fuji Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company #1. Targets: Industrial Buildings,
Location Uncertain (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Tokyo Area. Targets: Tokyo Area (Tokyo)(Honshu) Factory; 35゜23'N.
139゜15'E. Fujisawa Airfield (Kanagawa)
113/343

※Mission: Sweep of Tokyo Area Airfields. Targets: Atsugi Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Tokyo Area Airfields. Targets: Fujisawa Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Tokyo Area. Targets: Town & Harbor - Mitaka(?)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack on Sagami Airfield, Honshu.
(28) USS Fanshaw Bay

Action report of capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases one and two, 21 March 1945 to 23
June 1945
※USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE 70).
※Mission: Air Support. Targets: Noha Bay and Noha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Drop. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support. Targets: Yakushima, South End (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support and Spotting. Targets: South Beach, Zakkimajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike. Targets: Sampan x 6; South of Zamamijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike. Targets: Boat Revetments, Akashima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Zamamijima. Targets: Zamamijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Kerama Retto. Targets: Akashima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Tokashikijima
※Mission: Spotting and Supporting Landings on Kerama Retto. Targets: Beach
Installations on Tokashikijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting on Tokashikijima - Strike Okinawa. Targets: Caves - 4 Miles East of
Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ground Installations - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Naha & Yontan Airfields, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Beach Installations
114/343
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Caves & Revetments on Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Installations on Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa (Yontan Airfield). Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Covering Underwater Demolition Team. Targets: Beach
Installations Southwest Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kadena Airfield
※Mission: Strike on A.A. at Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: A.A. Batteries near Naha
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Military Installations, North of
Yontan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: North of Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Yontan Airfield. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Warehouses, East of Makiminato Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting & Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
115/343

※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Amphibious Tanks (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on OKinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on OKinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Motor Torpedo Boat x 12, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Torpedo Launcher on Southeast Coast of
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: South Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Itoman Airstrip (Okinawa)(Nansei)
116/343

※Mission: Target C.A.P. at Okinawa.
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Coast Defense - Okinawa (Nansei)
Sesokojima
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Okinawa
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Iejima - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Sesokojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Okinawa
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Beach Installations - Sesokojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting on Iejima - Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Installations on Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Okinawa
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Iejima and Yoronto. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yoronto
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
117/343

※Mission: Strike Iejima and Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Okinawa
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa.
※Mission: Spotting and Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Sesokojima
118/343

※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima and Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyakojima
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima and Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Suicide Boat Caves - Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
119/343

※Mission: Spotting on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Kumejima. Targets: Kumejima - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Spotting on Okinawa.
120/343

※Mission: Strike on Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki. Targets: Miyako Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Ishigaki Airfield (Ishigakijima)
※Mission: TCAP and Strike on Ishigaki. Targets: Iriomotejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike on Miyako. Targets: Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
121/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima and Iriomotejima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iriomotejima
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. and Strike on Ishigakijima and Iriomotejima. Targets: Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iriomotejima
※Mission: T.C.A.P. and Strike on Ishigakijima & Iriomotejima. Targets: Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. & Strike on Ishigaki. Targets: Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
122/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
(29) USS Franklin

※Mission: Kagoshima Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB5 2-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB5 3-45 : 1945/03/19
※Mission: Shipping at Kobe Docks and Harbor. Targets: C.V.(Aircraft Carrier),
C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier) and A.K.(Cargoship) - Kobe Harbor (Hyogo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep against Kagoshima Airfield. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield (Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike against Kagoshima Airfield. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield (Kyushu)
※Mission: 325 Mile Search 040゜t - 050゜t, Covering Kii Channel.
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Flight over Izumi and Kagoshima Airfields. Targets:
Kagoshima Airfield (Kyushu) Izumi Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. VF5 5-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Strike against Izumi Airfield. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Escort V.B. and V.T. on Strike against Kobe, Honshu. Targets: Submarine
Flak Barge, Picket Boats (Kobe)(Hyogo)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VMF5 1-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Photo Sweep of Kagoshima and Izumi Airfields.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Izumi Airfield. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Itami Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Hanshin Airfield
(Hyogo)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT5 1-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Kagoshima Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT5 2-45 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Bombing Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
(30) USS Gilbert Islands

Action report of USS gilbert Islands (CVE107), with Marine Carrier Air Group Two
embarked, for the period 17 May to 19 June 1945; Operations off Okinawa and Sakishima
gunto
※The Commanding Officer, USS Gilbert Islands (CVE 107).
※Mission: Carrying Aerial Observer from Kadena Field, Okinawa. Targets: South Part of
123/343
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Action on Southern Okinawa. Targets: South Part of
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Action on Southern Okinawa. Targets: South of
Okinawa Island (Nansei)
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Action on Southern Okinawa. Targets: South Part
Okinawa (Nansei)
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Nobara
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Airfield on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Ohama
※Mission: Bomb Runways Miyara Airfield and Rocket Attack on Underground Storage
at 9352U. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Ohama Town of Ibaruma
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Ohama
124/343

※Mission: F4U x 4. Targets: Bomb Attack on Ishigakijima
※Mission: Bomb Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Naimata Irabujima
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield (Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Attack on Kyushu. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base -
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Ishigaki Island Airfields. Targets: Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Ishigaki Airfields. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Runway and Installations, Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima.
Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
125/343

※Mission: Bomb, Rocket and Strafe, Airfield on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Airfield on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Airfield on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Bomb, Rocket, Strafe Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Airfield on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ishigakijima. Targets: Bridge near Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Airfield Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield on Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Sweep over Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep in Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
126/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Airfield Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Airfield on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Kagoshima Sea Plane Base at Kyushu. Targets: Naze, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Action report of USS Gilbert Islands (CVE107), with Marine Carrier Air Group Two
embarked, for the period 26 June to 6 July 1945; Oboe Two Operation (Capture of Balik-
papan, Borneo)
※The Commanding Officer, USS Gilbert Islands (CVE 107).
※Mission: Direct Support of Australian Ground Troops on Beach at Balikpapan, Borneo.
Targets: Targets of Opportunity near Balikpapan, Borneo
※Mission: Area Coverage Strike at Balikpapan, Borneo. Targets: Transportation,
Buildings, Dispersal Areas, Personnel in Area Northeast of Balikpapan, Borneo
※Mission: Strafe Targets at Balikpapan. Targets: Vehicles on Roadway North of
Balikpapan, Borneo
※Mission: T.C.A.P. at Balikpapan. Targets: Vehicles on Roadway North of Balikpapan,
Borneo
※Mission: Close Support - Balikpapan. Targets: Vehicles North Balikpapan. Borneo
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Balikpapan. Targets: Troops and Buildings 4-6 Miles North of
Balikpapan, Borneo
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※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Balikpapan. Targets: Dispersal Area 6 Miles North Balikpapan,
Borneo
※Mission: Direct Support - Balikpapan. Targets: Dispersal Area 6 Miles North
Balikpapan, Borneo
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Balikpapan. Targets: Area adjacent Nanggar Airfield
(31) USS Half Moon

※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 06゜10'N. 125゜43'E., (Davao
Gulf)(Philippine) Barge & Lugger Concentration Dock & Small Boats
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 04゜35'N. 122゜50'E. (Southeast
Celebes) 1500 Ton Freighter Transport
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 05゜01'N. 118゜11'E. (Lahad Datu,
North Borneo) Dock with 4 Freighter Transports Moored Alongride Barge Concentration
in Immediate Vicinity
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 06゜44'N. 121゜58'E. (San Rafael Bay)
10000 Ton Tanker 300 Ton Cargo Ship
(32) USS Hamlin

※Mission: Sector Search 342゜-334゜ from Iwojima. Targets: F.T.D. x 2 - 30゜43'N.
140゜00'E.
※Mission: Sector Search 294゜-306゜, from Iwojima. Targets: Picket Boat (or Yacht) -
26゜30'N. 134゜50'E.
(33) USS Hancock （※USS Randolphの資料の一部がこの位置に紛れ込んでいる）

※Mission: Strike Southwest Formosa. Targets: Koshun Area (Formosa) D.D.(Destroyer)
Terutsuki Class
※Mission: Attack Airfields on Formosa. Targets: Airfields in Southwest Formosa Toko
Seaplane Base Choshu Airfield Kato Airfield
※Mission: Attack against Formosa Airfields. Targets: Heito Airfield (Formosa) Heito
North Airfield Toko Seaplane Base
※Mission: Attack Aircraft and Airfield on Luzon. Targets: Tuguegarao Airfield
(Luzon)(Philippine)
※Mission: Attack Aircraft and Airfield on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets:
Cabanatuan Airfield (Luzon)(Philippine)
※Mission: Attack Aircraft and Airfield on Luzon. Targets: Cabanatuan Airfield
(Luzon)(Philippine)
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※Mission: Strike - Cabanatuan, Mabalacat, Bamban. Targets: Cabanatuan, Mabalacat,

Bamban (Philippine)
※Mission: Attack Airfield on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Alimannao Airfield
(105)(Luzon)(Philippine)
※Mission: Attack Airfield on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Targets: Mabalacat Airfield
(Luzon)(Philippine)
※Mission: Strike: Luna Airfield and Rosales Airfield, Luzon. Targets: Luna Airfield,
Luzon (Philippine) Rosales Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Heito Airfields, Formosa. Targets: Heito Airfield (Formosa) P.C.
(Patrol Craft) x 2, S.D. x 2 - Nan Wan Bay
※Mission: Strike: Heito, Choshu, Kato, Koshun Airfields, Formosa. Targets: Heito
Airfield (Formosa) Choshu Airfield Kato Airfield Koshun Airfield
※Mission: Strike: Toko Seaplane Base; Garan-Bi Point. Targets: Toko Seaplane Base
(Formosa) Garan-bi Point
※Mission: Dawn Sweep Southeast French Indochina. Targets: D.E.(Escort Destroyer) -
Cam Ranh Bay S.C. x 3 - 12゜45'N. 109゜25'E.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - French Indochina. Targets: Airfields around Saigon F.B. -
10゜40'N. 108゜10'E.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep : Southwest Formosa. Targets: Minelayer (Formosa)
※Mission: Sweep and Photo - Coverage, Hong Kong, China. Targets: Kaitak Airfield,
Hong Kong, China
※Mission: Sweep: South China Coast Airfields. Targets: South China Coast Airfields
Sanchow Airfield Macao Airfield Chunshang Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. 55-A : 1945/01/20
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task Group 38.2.
※Mission: V.F. Sweep of Airfield on Formosa. Targets: Airfields on Southern Formosa
Koshun Airfield Toko Seaplane Base Barrage Balloon, Takao
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield, Kyushu
※Mission: Yoke Search.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Mission: Fighter Sweep. Targets: Itami Airfield Himeji Airfield
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※Mission: Special Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Yoke Search 020゜ to 030゜ FDOM.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep No. 1. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) A.K.(Cargo Ship) or
F.T.D. x 3
※Mission: Sweep. Targets: Sakishima Gunto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Lugger
※Mission: Search.
※Mission: Sweep #1. Targets: Wan Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 500 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship) or S.D. 200 - 300 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) or S.D. x 3
※Mission: Sweep #2. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 43 : 1945/?/?
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#1 VT6#1 VB6#1 : 1945/03/18
※Mission: Strike 2C against Kagoshima Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield,
Kyushu
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#2 VT6#2 VB6#2 : 1945/03/19
※Mission: Strike 2B - Attack on Warships in Kobe Harbor, Kyushu. Targets: Shipping,
Kobe Harbor (Hyogo)(Honshu) 25000 Ton C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Taiho 10000 Ton
C.V.E.(Aircraft Carrier Escort) 3500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 2 S.S.(Submarine) Coke
Oven, W
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#3 VT6#3 VB6#3 VF6#8A : 1945/03/23
※Mission: Defense Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Defense
Installations, Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#4 VT6#4 VB6#4 VF6#10, etc : 1945/03/24
※Mission: Strike A - Bombing Attack upon Airfields, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto,
Nansei Shoto. Targets: Nobara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#5 VT6#5 VB6#5 VBF6#17 : 1945/03/24
※Mission: Strike B - Hirara Airfield, Sakishima Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Hirara
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6-6 VT6-6 VB6-6 VGF6-19 : 1945/03/26
130/343
※Mission: Air Support C - Targets as Assigned. Targets: Kadena Airfield

(Okinawa)(Nansei) Southeast Coast Okinawa Gushican Town Minatoga Town
※Mission: Air Support G - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Defense Installations -
Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Nakauiki Makiminato Airfield Yontan Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#8 VB6#8 VT6#8 VBF6#22 : 1945/03/27
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kadena Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#9 VT6#9 VB6#9 VF6#15 : 1945/03/27
※Mission: Air Support G - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) 4 Towns East Side
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#10 VBF6#24 VF6#16, etc. : 1945/03/28
※Mission: Strike A - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB6-11 VT6-11 VBF6-25 CAG6-11 : 1945/03/29
※Mission: Strike Kagoshima Bay Facilities, Southern Kyushu. Targets: Harbors and
Shipping, Kagoshima Bay (Kyushu) Furue Dock Furue Town Takasu Dock Nosaki-Hana
Nagata Factory Building Tara-Misaki Seaplane Base A.O.(Oiler) x 2, S.B. x 2, S.D. x 4 - S
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#12 VBF6#26 VB6#12 VT6#12 : 1945/03/30
※Mission: Air Support C - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Air Support C, Okinawa
(Nansei) Trenches - Center of Katsuren-Hanto East Shores of Katsuren Wan Yonabaru
Aircraft Action Report No. VB6-13 VT6-13 VBF6-27 CAG6-13 : 1945/03/30
※Mission: Air Support G - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#14 VB6#14 VT6#14, etc. : 1945/03/31
※Mission: Air Support C - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinawa, Nansei Yontan
Airfield Kadena Airfield Sobe & China Town
※Mission: Support G - Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha
Airfield Makiminato Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#16 VBF6#31 VT6#16, etc. : 1945/04/01
※Mission: Air Support H - Okinawa. Targets: Bridges, East Shore of Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#16A VB6#17 VF6#24 : 1945/04/01
※Mission: Air Support K, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Eastern Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#17 VT6#17 VBF6#32 : 1945/04/01
※Mission: Air Support L - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Gun
Positions West of Nago
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#19 VT6#19 VBF6#34 : 1945/04/03
※Mission: Attack Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Town on Beach at
Kushichin Wan Buildings in Taira Town Small Ship in Nago Town
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6-20 VT6-20 VB6-19 VBF6-35 : 1945/04/03
※Mission: Strike 2 (Air Support), Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sesokojima
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#21 VT6#21 VB6#20 VF6#28 : 1945/04/04
※Mission: Strike #1 (Air Support) Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Ikejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iejima Heanzajima
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#22 VT6#22 VF6#29 : 1945/04/04
※Mission: Air Support E - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kin-
Chimu Town Aha Town Ada Town Kouri Town Nerunie Nago Town Yabu Town Ogumui
Town Sesoke Town Taira Town Nakaoshi Town Chuda Town Ginan-Zaki Naha Town
Saki Town (N
131/343

※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tsukenjima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6-24 VF6-31 VT6-24, etc. : 1945/04/06
※Mission: Strike A - Tokuno Airfield - Tokunoshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#25 VF6#32 VB6#23, etc. : 1945/04/07
※Mission: Strike against Japaneses Task Force.
※Mission: Sweep, Kagoshima Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Chiran Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Izumi Airfield, Kyushu.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Itami Airfield, Osaka Airfield. Targets: Osaka Area
(Honshu) Osaka Airfield Chemical Plant - Kainan (Wakayama) F.T.D. - Kii Suido
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Amamioshima, Tokunoshima. Targets: Koniya Seaplane
Station (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.C.L., S.A., S.D. x 2, F.T.D. - Satsukawa-
Wan Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Tokuno Airfield, Amamioshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Lugger off Okinoyerabujima Lugger x 2 -
Satsukawa-Wan (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Amamioshima. Targets: Tanegashima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 1500 Ton S.B.S., Lugger x 4 - Satsukawa-Wan (Amamioshima)
2500 Ton F.T.C. x 3 - Yakuchi-Wan
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol #1, Okinawa Retto.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa Area. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Naha Airfield (Okinawa)
※Mission: Rescue Escort to Kagoshima-Wan. Targets: Seaplane Station-Tara-Misaki
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Okinawa Gunto.
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Okinawa Island. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Miyasato
Nago Town Boat Slide at Heshikiya
※Mission: Night Target C.A.P.
※Mission: Search #1 33-36 Yoke. Targets: 150 Ton S.D., 1500 Ton S.B.S. - North of
Yakushima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
132/343

※Mission: Search - 34 Yoke.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Kikaijima, Amamioshima. Targets: Wan Airfield
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) 150 Ton S.D. x 3 - Kasari-Wan (Amamioshima) Power
Boat x 12 - Naze-Ko Factory - Akaogi
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Sintooke Airfield
Action report of USS Hancock for a period 13 June 1945 (west longitude date) to 20 June
1945 (east longitude date) inclusive, covering combat training enroute to the objective
from Pearl Harbor and air strikes against enemy installations and personnel at Wake
Atoll
※The Commanding Officer, USS Hancock (CV19).
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF6#51 VF6#40 : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Sweep "A" over Tokyo Plain. Targets: Kiryu Airfield (Gumma)(Honshu)
Kodama Airfield (Saitama) Shimodate Airfield (Ibaraki)
※Mission: Sweep B over Tokyo Plain. Targets: Tatebayashi Airfield (Gumma)(Honshu)
Koizumi Airfield Maebashi Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG6#31 VT6#32 VB6#27, etc. : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Strike C, Attack on Kiryu and Koizumi Airfield, Tokyo District. Targets: Kiryu
Airfield (Gumma)(Honshu) Koizumi Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. VF6#43 VBF6#54 : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Sweep D to Maebashi Airfield. Targets: Kodama Airfield (Saitama)(Honshu)
Maebashi Airfield (Gumma)
※Mission: Sweep E - Kodama, Maebashi, Ota Airfield. Targets: Kodama Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu) Ota Airfield (Gumma) Maebashi Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG6#32 VT6#33 VB6#28, etc. : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Strike F - Attack on Maebashi Airfield, Tokyo District. Targets: Takasaki
Airfield (Gumma)(Honshu) Mito Airfield (Ibaraki)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG6#33 VBF6#58 VF6#49, etc. : 1945/07/14
※Mission: Strike C ; Attack on Airfields in Eastern Hokkaido. Targets: Kenebetsu
Airfield (Hokkaido) Nishihara Airfield Town of Hamanaka
※Mission: Strike C; Attack on Nemuro, Hokkaido. Targets: Nemuro Airfield (Hokkaido)
Nemuro Harbor Nemuro Town
※Mission: Strike E - Against Targets of Opportunity, Otaru Area, Hokkaido. Targets:
Otaru Area (Hokkaido) Ishikari-Wan Yoichi
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG6#37 VBF6#71 VB6#33, etc. : 1945/07/18
※Mission: Strike C; Attack on B.B. Nagato, Yokosuka Naval Base, Honshu. Targets:
B.B.(Battleship) Nagato - Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep A #1. Targets: Tokushima Airfield (Tokushima)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Sweep A #4. Targets: Tokushima Airfield (Tokushima)(Shikoku)
Komatsushima Seaplane Base Nushima (Hyogo)(Honshu) Inoshima
※Mission: Sub C.A.P. Targets: Kushimoto Seaplane Station (Wakayama)(Honshu)
Shiono-misaki
133/343

※Mission: Sweep B #2. Targets: Yokkaichi Airfield (Mie)(Honshu) Ueno Airfield
※Mission: Sub C.A.P. #4. Targets: Radio Tower, Owase (Mie)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep B #5. Targets: Destroyer Escort - Tanabe-Wan (Wakayama)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#38 VT6#39 VB6#34, etc. : 1945/07/24
※Mission: Strike C #3; Attack on Japanese Fleet at Kure. Targets: Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) X.C.V.B.B. Ise C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi-Katsuragi x 2
C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Aso Hull C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba
※Mission: Strike C #6; Attack on Japanese Fleet in Kure Harbor. Targets: Warships in
Kure Harbor (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba C.V.(Aircraft Carrier)
Amagi-Katsuragi C.V. x B.B. Ise
※Mission: Sweep A #1. Targets: Akenogahara Airfield (Mie)(Honshu) Ueno Airfield
※Mission: Sweep A #4 - Yokkaichi Airfield. Targets: Yokkaichi Airfield (Mie)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep B #5. Targets: Kowa Seaplane Base (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Day Combat Air Patrol #1.
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. #1. Targets: Mugi-zaki (Mie)(Honshu) Anori-zaki
※Mission: Sweep B #2 to Yokkaichi Airfield. Targets: Yokkaichi Airfield (Mie)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. #4. Targets: Locomotive, Nagashima (34゜13'N.
136゜20'E.)(Mie)(Honshu) Trawlor - Gokasho-wan (34゜19'N. 136゜43'E.)
※Mission: Strike C #3; Attack on Japanese Fleet at Kure. Targets: Targets of
Opportunity, Northwest Shikoku Copper Smelting Factory (33゜15'N.
131゜55'E.)(Oita)(Kyushu) F.T.C. (33゜22'N. 132゜03'E.) Usuki (Oita) Sukumo
(Kochi)(Shikoku) C.V.X.B.B. Ise at K
※Mission: Sweep A #1. Targets: Owase Wan (34゜04'N. 136゜12'E.)(Mie)(Honshu) F.T.C.
x 2 1200 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Sweep A #4. Targets: Akenogahara Airfield (Mie)(Honshu) Suzuka Airfield
Yokkaichi Airfield
※Mission: Sweep B #2 to Akenogahara, Suzuka Airfields. Targets: Akenogahara Airfield
(Mie)(Honshu) Suzuka Airfield
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. #4. Targets: Factory, Shingu (Wakayama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep B #5. Targets: Owase-wan (Mie)(Honshu) F.T.C. - 34゜04'N.
136゜12'E. Escort - 34゜07'N. 136゜15'E. S.D. - 34゜04'N. 136゜17'E. S.D. - 34゜09'N.
136゜18'E. Locomotive - 34゜30'N. 136゜40'E. Radio Tower - 34゜32'N. 136゜32'E.
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. #1. Targets: Owase-wan (Mie)(Honshu) Escort Ship, S.B.S. x 2
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※Mission: Strike C #3; Attack on Japanese Fleet in Kure Harbor. Targets: Shipping at
Kure Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.X.B.B. Ise C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba
Kurahashijima
※Mission: Strike C #6; Attack on Japanese Fleet in Kure Harbor. Targets: Shipping in
Kure Harbor (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba C.V.X.B.B. Ise Smelting
Plant, Saganoseki (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep A #1. Targets: Airfields, Osaka Area (Honshu) Hanshin Airfield
(Osaka) Itami Airfield (Hyogo) Ogura (Kyoto) C.V.E.(Aircraft Carrier Escort) Kobe
(Hyogo)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#43 VB6#39 VF6#78 : 1945/07/30
※Mission: Strike D #2; Attack on Airfield in Kobe-Osaka District. Targets: Itami Airfield
(Hyogo)(Honshu) Tambaichi Airfield (Nara) Ogura Airfield (Kyoto)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#44 VBF6#87 VF6#79 VT6#44 : 1945/07/30
※Mission: Strike E; Attack on Airfields in Kobe-Osaka Area. Targets: Itami Airfield
(Hyogo)(Honshu) Tambaichi Airfield (Nara) Sano Airfield (Osaka)
※Mission: Strike D #5; Attack against Tambaichi Airfield, Osaka Area, Honshu. Targets:
Tambaichi Airfield in Osaka Area (Nara)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep A #4. Targets: Otsu Airfield (Shiga)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. #4. Targets: Ise-wan (Mie)(Honshu) Submarine Chaser x 2,
Gunboat - Omurajima Lugger x 2 - Kamijima S.C.S. Sea Truck - Toba
※Mission: Dumbo Escort. Targets: Izumi-Nada
※Mission: Sweep E #6. Targets: Otsu Airfield (Shiga)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep A #1 to Jimmachi Airfield. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#45A VBF6#92 VT6#45 : 1945/08/09
※Mission: Strike on (1) Yamada Seaplane Station 39゜28'N. 141゜58'E. (2) Kesennuma
38゜54'N. 141゜35'E. Targets: Yamada Seaplane Station (Iwate)(Honshu) Kesennuma
※Mission: Strike D #2 to Ichinoseki. Targets: Airfield (Ichinoseki) - 39゜00'N. 141゜14'E.
(Iwate)(Honshu) Hirota-wan
※Mission: Strioke C #5 on Matsushima Airfield, Northern Honshu. Targets: Matsushima
Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep A #4. Targets: Kesennuma Seaplane Station (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Rap. C.A.P. #3.
※Mission: D.C.G. #2 to Unnamed Airfield, Northern Honshu. Targets: Unnamed Airfield
at 38゜30'N. 140゜58'E. (near Furukawa)(Miyagi)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#49 VBF6#95 VT6#47 : 1945/08/10
※Mission: Strike on Matsushima Airfield - Sendai District. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu) Morioka Airfield (Iwate)
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※Mission: Sweep A #1. Targets: Smelter at Naruko (38゜43'N.
140゜43'E.)(Miyagi)(Honshu) Kogota
※Mission: Sweep A #4 to Iwate Airfield, Morioka. Targets: Iwate Airfield, Morioka
(Iwate)(Honshu) Railroad Installation, Morioka Fishing Boat x 10 - Ofunato-ko
※Mission: Strike D #5; Iwate Airfield, Hanamaki Railroad Terminal, North Honshu.
Targets: Iwate Airfield (Iwate)(Honshu) Hanamaki Railroad Station Bridge Katsuyama
S.D. x 4 - Otsuchi S.D. x 2 - Unosuma Bay
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#51 VBF6#98 VT6#48 : 1945/08/10
※Mission: Strike against Aircraft on Obanazawa Airfield - Sendai District, Northern
Honshu. Targets: Aircraft Concealed in Wooded Areas around Obanazawa Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: B #3. Targets: Nagano Airfield (Nagano)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep A #1 to Ueda & Nagano. Targets: Ueda Airfield (Nagano)(Honshu)
Nagano Airfield
※Mission: Sweep A #4 to Nagano Airfield & Town. Targets: Nagano Airfield
(Nagano)(Honshu) Town of Nagano
※Mission: Strike C #5 to Nagano Airfield. Targets: Nagano Airfield (Nagano)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep B #6 to Nagano Airfield & Town. Targets: Nagano Airfield
(Nagano)(Honshu) Town of Nagano
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#52 VB6#45 VT6#49, etc. : 1945/08/13
※Mission: Strike Tokyo. Targets: Shibaura Electric Company No. 1 (Tokyo)(Honshu)
Shibaura Electric Company Plant No. 2 1500 Ton S.A.S. Hiratsuka Aircraft Plant
(Kanagawa) Chigasaki Town Yokosuka
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG6#53 VBF6#103 VT6#50, etc. : 1945/08/15
※Mission: Strike C #2; Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company Plant, Tokyo.
※Mission: Sweep A #1.
※Mission: D.C.A.P.
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG16-1-45 : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Mobara (2781), Kisarazu (373), Tokyo Area, Destroy Aircraft. Targets:
Kisarazu Airfield (373)(Chiba)(Honshu) Mobara Airfield (2781)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft in the Air and on the Ground, East of Tokyo Bay on Chiba
Peninsula. Targets: Miyagawa Airfield (2780)(Chiba)(Honchu) Naruto Airfield (2784)
Choja Buildings
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Mobara (2781), Naruto (2734), Miyakawa (2780) Airfields,
Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Mobara Airfield (2781)(Chiba)(Honshu) Naruto Airfield (2784)
Miyagawa Airfield (2780)
※Mission: Yachimata Airfield (2804), Naruto Airfield (2784), Miyakawa Airfield (2780),
Tokyo Area. Targets: Yachimata Airfield (2804)(Chiba)(Honshu) Naruto Airfield (2784)
136/343

※Mission: Yokosuka Airfield (298) and Yachimata Airfield (2804), Tokyo Bay Area.
Targets: Yokosuka Airfield (298)(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Yachimata Airfield (2804)(Chiba)
※Mission: Yokosuka Airfield (298), Mobara Airfield (2781), Tokyo Bay Area. Targets:
Yokosuka Airfield (298)(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Mobara Airfield (2781)(Chiba)
※Mission: Mobara Airfield (2781), Naruto Airfield (2784), Miyakawa Airfield (2780).
Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Mobara Airfield (2781)(Chiba)(Honshu) Naruto Airfield (2784)
※Mission: Mobara Airfield (2781), Miyakawa Airfield (2780), Tokyo Bay Area. Targets:
Mobara Airfield (2781)(Chiba)(Honshu) Miyagawa Airfield (2780)
※Mission: Photograph Hakodate Harbor, Attack Ships and Planes Various Airfields.
Targets: Various Ships, Tsugaru Straits Area 600 Ton S.C. - 41゜28'N. 140゜30'E. 2000
Ton S.B. - 41゜25'N. 139゜55'E. 2000 Ton S.B. - 41゜25'N. 139゜47'E. 3000 Ton F.T.C. -
41゜4
※Mission: Hakodate - Aomori Sweep; Attack Airfields and Shipping. Targets: Targets of
Opportunity, Hachinohe Area (Aomori)(Honshu) Hachinohe Airfield
※Mission: Escort of Photo Mission Hakodate, Hokkaido. Targets: South Hokkaido,
Tsugaru Strait Shiokubi-misaki (Hokkaido) Esan-zaki
※Mission: Aircraft at Aomori (2880), Misawa (2888), Hachinohe(2882), Northern
Honshu. Targets: Hachinohe (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Hakodate-Aomori: Photo and Attack Enemy Installations. Targets: Ships,
Trains, Aircraft, etc., Northern Honshu Shiriya-zaki (Aomori) Hachinohe Airfield Aomori
Harbor
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG16-18-45 : 1945/07/15
※Mission: Ferries, Harbor Installations and Shipping at Hakodate, Hokkaido. Targets:
Shipping and Shore Installations, Hachinohe (Aomori)(Honshu) Kominato-wan 4000 Ton
F.T.C. - Hachinohe 2500 Ton F.T.C. - Hachinohe
※Mission: Aomori-Hakodate Area; Fighter Sweep - Attack. Targets: Hachinohe Airfield
(Aomori)(HOnshu) Ferry Boat, 3 Miles North of Aomori
※Mission: Airfields on Chiba Peninsular, East of Tokyo Bay. Targets: Chiba Peninsular,
Honshu
※Mission: Blanket and Attack Airfields - Tokyo Area. Targets: Inubo-zaki
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Airfields Chiba Peninsular, East of Tokyo Bay. Targets: Katori (2765)
Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Mobara Airfield (Chiba)
※Mission: Yokosuka - Blanket and Attack Airfields in Area. Targets: Konoike Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack B.B. Nagato, Yokosuka Naval Base. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Nagato -
137/343
Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu)

※Mission: Strike Airfields, Northeast Kyushu. Targets: Bofu (2615), Iwaishima
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu) Bofu Airfield Bofu Harbor D.D.(Destroyer) - 2 Miles Southeast
Iwaishima
※Mission: Sweep Airfields, Northern Kyushu, Attack Usa Airfield. Targets: Usa
Airfields (1307)(Oita)(Kyushu) Bofu Harbor (Yamaguchi)
※Mission: Attack X.C.V. Hyuga - Kure. Targets: X.C.V. Hyuga - Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Tsuiki (2547) and Usa (1307) Airfields, Kyushu. Targets: Usa Airfield
(1307)(Oita)(Kyushu) S.B.S. - Himeshima F.T.B. - Himeshima Tsuiki Airfield
(2547)(Fukuoka)
※Mission: Blanket Airfields Western Inland Sea. Targets: Shipping, etc., Inland Sea
1600 Ton Destroyer - 33゜59'N. 132゜40'E. 2500 Ton S.A.S. - 33゜25'N. 132゜07'E.
Factory - Yawatahama Town (Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Attack X.C.V. Hyuga - Kure Naval Base. Targets: Matsuyama West Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku) Hiro Seaplane Station (Hiroshima)(Honshu) X.C.V. Hyuga - Kure
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft; Blanket Western Inland Sea Area. Targets: Matsuyama
West Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku) Io-zaki Misho
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Iwakuni (732) & Matsuyama West (2589) Airfields.
Targets: 5000-8000 Ton F.T.U. 33゜51'N. 132゜07'E. Copper Smelter - 33゜14'N.
131゜38'E. (Saganoseki)(Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Blanket Airfield; Destroy Aircraft, Western Inland Sea. Targets: Ships,
Western Inland Sea 4000 Ton S.A.I. - Kasadoshima (Yamaguchi)(Honshu) 5000 Ton
S.A.I. - Iwaishima
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Iwakuni (732) & Matsuyama West (2589) Airfields.
Targets: 5000-8000 Ton F.T.U. - 33゜51'N. 132゜04'E. Midget Submarine - 33゜45'N.
132゜17'E.
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Bofu (2615) and Ozuki (2624) Airfields, Western Honshu.
Targets: Bofu Airfield (2615)(Yamaguchi)(Honshu) Ozuki Airfield
※Mission: Blanket Airfields; Destroy Aircraft at Tsuiki Airfield (2547). Targets: Tsuiki
Airfield (2547)(Fukuoka)(Kyushu) 1000 Ton F.T.C. - Himeshima (Oita)
※Mission: Attack 3 Submarines at Kure. Targets: 3 Submarines at Kure - 34゜08'N.
132゜33'E. (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
138/343

※Mission: Attack Ozuki (2624) Airfield. Targets: Ozuki (2624) Airfield
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Tsuiki Airfield (2547), Usa Airfield (1307). Targets: Tsuiki
Airfield (2647)(Fukuoka)(Kyushu) Usa Airfield (1307)(Oita) 1000 Ton S.C. - 33゜42'N.
131゜32'E. 2000 Ton F.T.C. - Himeshima (Oita)
※Mission: Attack Naval Shipping - Kure. Targets: Naval Shipping at Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) 5000 Ton F.T.B. 3000 Ton F.T.C. 6000 Ton F.A. Factory at Ube
(Yamaguchi) 3000-5000 Ton Hospital Ship 10000 Ton S.A.L. 7500 Ton S.A.U. 5000 Ton
F.B.
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Airfields Northwest of Tokyo. Targets: Ashikaga
(Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Airfield Northwest of Tokyo. Targets: Factories Honjo
(Saitama)(Honshu) Takasaki Airfield (Gumma) Hydro-Electric Plant - Takasaki
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Tokyo Area. Targets: Toyooka Airfield (Saitama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Kodama (2769) Airfield Northwest of Tokyo. Targets:
Kodama (2769) Airfield (Saitama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Northwest Tokyo Area. Targets: Kodama Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu) Kumagaya Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfield Northwest of Tokyo. Targets: Kumagaya Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu) Fukaya Factory Yaizu Airfield (Shizuoka)
※Mission: Strike Misawa (2889) Airfield. Targets: Misawa (2889) Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG16-50A-45 : 1945/08/09
※Mission: Destroy Shipping - Ominato Naval Base. Targets: Hachinohe Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Misawa Airfield. Targets: Misawa Airfield (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft and Installations - Misawa Airfield. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Shipping Strike, Ominato, Northern Honshu. Targets: Shipping at Ominato
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft and Installations, Misawa Airfield. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft and Installations - Misawa Airfield. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
139/343
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Yamada, Northern Honshu. Targets: Shipping at Yamada

(Iwate)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Installations - Miyako, Northern Honshu. Targets: Miyako Town and
Harbor (Iwate)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Aomori (2880) Airfield. Targets: Aomori (2880) Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu) Yamada (Iwate)
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Ferry Slips and Warehouses, Aomori, Northern Honshu.
Targets: Installations - Aomori (Honshu) Ferry Slip Rail Yard Ferry - 40゜56'N.
140゜52'E.
※Mission: Radar Picket Combat Air Patrol (RAPCAP).
※Mission: Attack Airfields Tokyo Bay. Targets: Yachimata Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
Naruto
※Mission: Strike Tokyo - Shibaura Electric Company, Kawasaki. Targets: Miyagawa
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG16-64A-45 : 1945/08/13
※Mission: Attack Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company. Targets: Miyagawa Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Airfields Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Mobara Airfield
(2780)(Chiba)(Honshu) Tateyama Airfield (2799)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Tateyama Airfield (371). Targets: Tateyama Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu) Katsuura Kominato
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Tokyo Area. Targets: Naruto Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
Mobara Airfield Ohara Town
※Mission: Attack Airfields Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Kisarazu Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Kisarazu Airfield (373). Targets: Kisarazu Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu) Katsuura
(34) USS Harrison

Action report---air strikes on Japan, 1 July 1945 to 15 August 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Harrison (DD 573).
(35) USS Hogatt Bay

Action report of USS Hoggatt Bay covering the capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases one
and two, from 8 May 1945 - 24 June 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE 75).
※Mission: Support Grounds Troops; Shuri; Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions, Road
Junctions, Buildings, Naha: Shuri: Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Airfield
140/343
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Troops near Shuri Town, Okinawa. Targets:
Concealed Positions Marked by Air Coordinator; Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing and Strafing Attack on Enemy Cave Positions, Southern Okinawa.
Targets: Enemy Gun Positions and Shelters in Caves, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Enemy Positions, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Komesu Town,
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Troops in Shuri Town Area, Okinawa; Airfield
Bombing. Targets: Positions Forward of Enemy Line West of Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Airfield
※Mission: Area Bombing of Enemy Positions West of Shuri Town, Okinawa. Targets:
Area Containing Enemy Gun Positions in Caves, West of Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Attack on Gun Position, Naha Town, Okinawa. Targets: Gun
Position, Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Shuri Town Enemy Positions, Central Okinawa. Targets:
Enemy Gun Positions, Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Enemy Gun Positions Senagajima, Okinawa. Targets: Gun Positions,
Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Ground Troops, N.E. Shuri Town, Okinawa. Targets: Caves on
Hill Northeast of Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Shuri Town, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Troops: Destruction of Enemy Mortar Positions:
Shuri Town. Targets: Mortar Positions on Hill, 1020 Yards East of Shuri, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support of Ground Troops, Northwest of Yonabaru Town, Okinawa:
Strike at Gun Positions. Targets: Hill Northwest of Yonabaru Town with Underground
Gun Positions (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack; Enemy Positions, Aragusuku, Okinawa. Targets: Aragusuku,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Bombing Ridge with Gun Positions. Targets: Caves and
Enemy Gun Positions along Ridge, Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Bridge; Town of
Kyamugusuku
※Mission: Strafing Following Target C.A.P. Targets: Naha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Naha Area and Itoman Area, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Itoman Town
※Mission: Direct Support: Attack on A.A. Emplacements, Supply Dumps and Personnel
141/343
Shelters, Naha. Targets: Ridge: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Strafing Following Target C.A.P. Targets: Tsukusan Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Attack on Enemy A.A. Positions, Supply Dumps and
Personnel; Okinawa. Targets: Takanyuta Village (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Southeastern Okinawa. Targets: Enemy Cave Positions North
of Shindawaku Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Attack on Iwa Town, Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: (1) Direct Support (2) Supply Drop. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Attack on Enemy Artillery Enplacements, South of Naha,
Okinawa. Targets: Takamiyagusuku Town, South of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Area Bombing. Targets: Enemy Positions, West Coast of
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Zahama Village
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Chiwa Town
※Mission: Direct Support; Okinawa. Targets: Coastal Guns, South Okinawa (Nansei)
Kiyamu Town
※Mission: Direct Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Makabe Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike; Runway and Installations, Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima
Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike; Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike; Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima Targets of Opportunity, Ishigakijima.
Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Shipping off Taramajima Ikemajima
※Mission: Direct Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Cave Area. South Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Cave Area, Southern Okinawa
142/343
(Nansei) Town of Komesu

※Mission: Direct Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Cave Area and Command Post,
South Okinawa (Nansei) Senagajima
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Caves, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Cave Area, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Area with Enemy Positions,
※Mission: Direct Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Caves, Southern Okinawa
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Medoruma Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support; Southern Okinawa. Targets: Mortar Positions, Troops and
Ammunition Dump, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike; Ishigaki and Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Strike; Ishigaki Airfield & Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike; Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike; Hirara and Nobara Airfields, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield
(36) USS Hornet

※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tainan Area - Formosa.
※Mission: Fighter Strike at Tainan and Pescadores. Targets: 7000 Ton A.O.(Oiler) -
Formosa 5000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
143/343

※Mission: Strike at Shipping off Takao. Targets: Tainan Airfield (Formosa)
Aircraft Action Report No. VF11#85X : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Sink Convoy off West Coast Formosa (22゜52'N. 119゜35'E.). Targets: Convoy
(Formosa) 1000 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Heito, Kato and Boryo, Formosa.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Pescadores and Tainan, Formosa. Targets: Biko Airfield
(Formosa)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft & Facilities Tainan Area, Formosa. Targets: Tainan Airfield
(Formosa)
※Mission: Strike at Southern Formosa. Targets: Koshun Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Tarlac Area, Luzon (Philippine).
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Luzon - Escort Bombers. Targets: Mabalacat Airfield -
Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Strike and C.A.P. over Clark Field Area. Targets: Tarlac Airfield (Philippine)
Bamban Airfield
※Mission: Attacks on Tarlac, Mabalacat and Iba Airfields. Targets: Buildings at Bamban
(Philippine) Buildings at Iba
※Mission: C.A.P. over Tarlac and Bamban Airfields. Targets: Tarlac Town (Philippine)
Tarlac Railroad Yard
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tarlac and Mabalacat Airfields.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tarlac and Bamban Area, Philippine. Targets: Railroad
Yard at Tarlac and Bridge North of Tarlac (Philippine)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Clark & Mabalacat Airfields - Escort Bombers. Targets:
Clark Airfield (Philippine)
※Mission: Strike on Angeles Field, Philippine. Targets: Angeles Firld (Philippine)
※Mission: Strike on Aparri, Philippine.
※Mission: Strike on Clark Field Area. Targets: Clark Field (Philippine) Mabalacat
Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tainan Airfield Area, Formosa. Targets: 10000 Ton Type
54 M.M.F. Standard T.L. Tanker - 1 Mile offshore and 5 Miles North of Toshien Naval
Base (Formosa)
※Mission: Fighter Strike on Shipping near Takao. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) and Barges
between Tainan and Takao (Formosa)
144/343
※Mission: Search Sector 260-270 - Coast of China near Swatow. Targets: 3000 Ton
F.T.C., 10000 Ton S.A. (A.O.)(Oiler) - 20 Miles South of Pescadores Islands (Formosa)
※Mission: Sink Shipping in Takao Harbor. Targets: Shipping, Takao Harbor, Formosa
※Mission: Strike on Shipping and Airfields at Takao, Formosa. Targets: Tainan Airfield
and Shipping off Takao (Formosa) 10000 Ton S.A. - 1 Mile offshore and 5 Miles North of
Toshien 3000 Ton S.B. - 2 Miles South and 1 Mile West of Subun Kei near Tainan
※Mission: Strike on Tainan Airfield. Targets: Tainan Area (Formosa) 3000 Ton S.B.
Locomotives
※Mission: Sweep over Airfields and Shipping in Vicinity. Targets: Shipping near Cape
Varella and Camranh Bay 2500 Ton S.B. x 2 - near Cape Varella 1000 Ton S.C. - near
Cape Varella D.E.(Destroyer Escort) - Camranh Bay
※Mission: Strike on Convoy off Cave Logan. Targets: Convoy 5 Miles East and 10 Miles
South of Camranh Bay D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 3 D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Escort Bombers. Targets: Pt. Ronnai Radar
※Mission: Strike on Shipping near Quinhon. Targets: Shipping near Quinhon 10000 Ton
S.A. x 2, 7000 Ton S.A. 5500 Ton F.T.C. 2300 Ton S.B.
※Mission: Strike on Convoy off Quinhon. Targets: Strike on Convoy off Quinhon
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 10000 Ton S.A. 5500 Ton F.T.C. 2000 Ton F.T.C. 2300 Ton S.B.
(A.O.)(Oiler)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Saigon, French Indochina. Targets: Aircraft and Facilities -
Saigon
※Mission: Search Sector 180゜-190゜ to Coast of Hainan. Targets: Ship - 18゜15'N.
110゜30'E. near Coast of Hainan (China) 2000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Sweep over Tainan Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Tainan Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Hong Kong. Targets: Kaitak Airfireld, Hong Kong (China)
※Mission: Strike on Shipping at Pescadores. Targets: Shipping - Ansan Naval Base,
Pescadores Islands (Formosa)
※Mission: Sink Shipping Formosa Area - Escort Bombers. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) &
A.K.(Cargo Ship) in Takao Harbor (Formosa)
※Mission: CAP over D.D. Brush.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Hong Kong. Targets: Kaitak Airfield, Hong Kong (China)
※Mission: Escort Bombers - Sink & Destroy Shipping, Hong Kong. Targets: Taikoo Ship
& Yards, Hong Kong (China) Kaitak Airfield
※Mission: Sink Shipping Hong Kong Area - Escort Bombers. Targets: Taikoo Shipyards -
145/343
Hong Kong (China) Kaitak Airfield

※Mission: Strike on Shipping in Hong Kong Harbor. Targets: Shipping and Docks in
Hong Kong Area (China) 10000 Ton S.A. Kowloon Docks Kaitak Airfield
※Mission: Attack Aircraft, Sink Shipping - Escort Bombers. Targets: Hong Kong (China)
2500 Ton S.B. 5000 Ton F.T.C. D.D.(Destroyer) D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Southern Formosa. Targets: Tainan Airfield Area
(Formosa) Eiko Airfield Kaputsua Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Shipping at Takao. Targets: Shipping at Takao (Formosa) 8000 Ton
S.A. 6500 Ton F.T.C. Ape Hill Sankaton Hill
※Mission: Destroy Shipping Takao - Toshien - Escort Bombers. Targets: Takao Harbor
(Formosa) Toshien Airfield
※Mission: VF Sweep - Formosa - Heito Toshien - Kagi. Targets: Toshien Naval Base
(Formosa) D.D.(Destroyer) 3000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
※Mission: Strike on Shipping Takao Harbor and Reconnaiter of Airfields in Southern
Formosa. Targets: Shipping (Formosa) D.D.(Destroyer) Asashio 3000 Ton F.T.C.: near
Naval Base in Pescadores 3000 Ton F.T.C.: in Takao Harbor
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft and Facilities, Formosa - Escort Bombers. Targets: Heito
Airfield (Formosa) Choshu Airfield Kato Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Strike on Machinato Airfield and Yonabaru Airfield, Okinawa. Targets:
Makiminato Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) 3000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft & Airfields Okinawa - Escort Bombers / Special Photo.
Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Makiminato Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Iejima Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Airfield, Iejima
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft & Facilities Naha, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Shipping off Formosa. Targets: Shipping off Formosa 7500 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.B.)
※Mission: Attack Installations, Tainan Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Magnesium Plant,
Formosa
※Mission: Attack Grounded Aircraft, Mabalacat Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Targets: Mabalacat Airfield, Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Takao, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor (Formosa) 7000 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 3 6000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) 5000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 3
146/343

※Mission: Attack Convoy, off Lagan Point (French Indochina). Targets: Convoy,
11゜15'N. 109゜E. 5000 Ton A.O.(Oiler) - S.A. 2000 Ton A.O.(Oiler) - S.A. x 2 4500 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship) 1500 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Attack Convoy, off Cape Hirondelle, French Indochina. Targets: Convoy,
13゜45'N. 109゜20'E. C.L.(Light Cruiser) Katori
※Mission: Attack Convoy, Cape Hirondelle, French Indochina. Targets: Convoy,
13゜45'N. 109゜20'E. 1500 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Pescadores Islands, Formosa. Targets: Boko-ko (Formosa)
1500 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) 4500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Pescadores Islands, Formosa. Targets: Ships and
Installations, Boko-ko (Formosa) 4500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.B. 6000 Ton
A.O.(Oiler) - S.B.
※Mission: Attack Installations, Hong Kong. Targets: Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong
(China) 7000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) 7000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Hong Kong - Kowloon Harbor. Targets: 3 A.K. and Escorts,
Kowloon (China)
※Mission: Attack Shipping. Takao, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor, Formosa 10000
Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.A. 8000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.B. x 2
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Toshien, Formosa. Targets: Toshien Naval Base (Formosa)
1650 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) Matsu Class x 2 8000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Takao, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor (Formosa) 8000 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.B. 4500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.A. 4000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) -
S.A. 10000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - S.A. 5500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - F.T.C.
※Mission: Attack Grounded Aircraft, Heito Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Heito Airfield
(Formosa) Choshu Airfield
※Mission: Attack Installations. Machinato Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Makiminato
※Mission: Attack Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Iejima Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Shipping off Takao, Formosa. Targets: Shipping, 22゜50'N.
119゜48'E.(Formosa) 4000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.B.) 5000 Ton A.K.(Cargo
Ship)(F.T.B.)
※Mission: Attack Convoy off Takao, Formosa.
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft Assembly Plant, Tainan, Formosa. Targets: Anpin Magnesium
147/343
Works, Anpin, Formosa

※Mission: Bomb Airfield & Assembly Plant, Tainan, Formosa. Targets: 5 Luggers, 1
Motor Launch, West Coast Formosa off Koshun
※Mission: Bomb Mabalacat Airfield, Luzon. Targets: Mabalacat Airfield, Luzon
(Philippine)
※Mission: Bomb Mabalacat Airfield, Luzon.
※Mission: Bomb Clark Field, Luzon.
※Mission: Bomb Bamban Airfield, Luzon.
※Mission: Bomb Clark Field, Luzon.
※Mission: Bomb Tainan Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Shipping, Formosa 6600 Ton
A.O.(Oiler)(Takao Type) x 2, 5000-6000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.B.) x 3, 7500 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship), 7500-4000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.B., F.T.C.) x 2; Takao Harbor 300
Ton A.K.
※Mission: Attack Shipping Takao, Formosa. Targets: 9000 Ton Large A.K.(Cargo
Ship)(F.T.A.), off Okayama, Formosa
※Mission: Attack Fleet Units, Cam Ranch Bay, Indochina. Targets: Shipping, off Phan
Rang, Indochina 10000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.) 5000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.B. - F.T.B.?) 2000
Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.(C)) 1500 Ton P.G.(E)-1 x 2
※Mission: Attack Shipping Saigon Harbor, Indochina.
※Mission: Attack Convoy at 13゜45'N. 109゜20'E. Targets: Shipping, off Qui Nhon,
Indochina 5800 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) - Katori Class 10000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.) 2000
Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.)(C)
※Mission: No Assigned Target. Targets: Shipping off Qui Nhon, Indochina 1500 Ton
D.E.(Destroyer Escort)(P.G.(E)-1) 2000 Ton S.A.(C)
※Mission: Attack Shipping Takao, Formosa. Targets: Shipping, Mako-ko, Pescadores
(Formosa) 2000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.B.) x 2 1800 Ton Old D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Attack Shipping Takao, Formosa. Targets: Mako-ko, Pescadores Islands
(Formosa) 200 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) 2000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.B.) x 2
※Mission: Shipping and Dock Yards, Hong Kong, China. Targets: Taikoo Dockyard,
Hong Kong (China)
※Mission: Shipping and Dockyards, Hong Kong, China. Targets: Taikoo Dockyard and
Sugar Refinery, Hong Kong, China
※Mission: Shipping and Dockyards, Hong Kong, China. Targets: Hong Kong Harbor
(China) Kowloon Docks 8000-10000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.) 1500 Ton D.E.(Destroyer
Escort)
148/343

※Mission: Shipping and Dockyards, Hong Kong, China. Targets: Hongham Bay East
Navy Yard, Hong Kong (China) 8000 - 10000 Ton A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.) x 2 6000 Ton
A.O.(Oiler)
※Mission: Shipping, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor, Formosa 6000 Ton S.A. x 2 4500
Ton F.T.C. x 3 8000 Ton F.T.B.
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Formosa. Targets: Toshien Harbor, Formosa 1800 Ton
D.D.(Destroyer) 8000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.B.) 4500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.C.) x
2 200 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.D.)
※Mission: Shipping Takao, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor (Formosa) 4500 Ton F.T.C.
x 2 6000 Ton S.A.
※Mission: Heito Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Heito Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Bomb Yonabaru & Machinato Airfields, Okinawa. Targets: Makiminato
※Mission: Attack Machinato and Yonabaru Airfields, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Airfields, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima Airfield and Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report, 10 February 1945 through 4 March 1945 (Tokyo area, Nanpo Shoto,
Okinawa Gunto, and Miyako Jima)
※USS Hornet CV-12.
※Mission: VF Sweep Yokosuka, Tateyama, Atsugi, Shimomizo Airfields, Tokyo Area,
Honshu. Targets: Picket Boat, 10 Miles ahead of Task Group 58.1
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Haneda, Fujisawa, Otawa & Oshima.
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - Hachijojima, Nampo Shoto. Targets: Airfield North of
Okago (Hachijojima)(Tokyo)(Honshu) 70-150 Ton S.D. x 6-10 - Yayene Bay
※Mission: VF Sweep: Hamamatsu, Mikatagahara, Toyohashi, Oitsu Airfields, Tokyo
Area, Honshu. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) 1500-2000 Ton S.B.S.
70-150 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Yokosuka, Tateyama, Atsugi and Shimomizo Airfields.
Targets: Tateyama Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu) D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 2000 Ton S.B. x 2 400
Ton S.C. x 2
※Mission: Coordinated Attack; Hamamatsu Airfield. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu) Shipping 2300 Ton S.C.L. 500 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 800 Ton
D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Yokosuka Airfield. Targets: Yokosuka Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Otawa Airfield Tateyama Airfield (Chiba)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Tokyo Bay Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Tateyama Airfield
149/343
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Escort - Yokosuka Airfield. Targets: Toyohashi Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: VF Sweep - Shimomizo Airfield, Haramachida Airfield, Tokyo Area, Honshu.
Targets: Atsugi Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Tateyama Airfield (Chiba) Otawa Airfield
※Mission: VF Sweep; Haneda, Fujisawa and Otawa. Targets: Otawa Airfield Fujisawa
Airfield (Kanagawa)
※Mission: Attack C.V.E. - Yokohama Harbor. Targets: 15000 Ton - 25000 Ton
C.V.E.(Aircraft Carrier Escort) - Yokohama Harbor (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Tateyama
Airfield (Chiba)
※Mission: Air Support Iwojima Operation. Targets: Mt. Suribachi
(Iwojima)(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack; Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield, Seaplane Base, A.A.
Positions, Shipping and Naval Installations (Chichijima)(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Air Support Iwojima Operation. Targets: Grid Area 218A (Iwojima)(Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support of Iwojima Operation. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support - Iwojima Operation. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support Iwojima Operation. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Sweep on Chichijima and Hahajima. Targets: Susaki Airfield, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) 7000 Ton F.T.A. at Hahajima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Haneda and Atsugi Airfields Photo Reconnaissance of Tokyo
Bay Area. Targets: Yachimata Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu) Naruto Airfield
※Mission: VF Sweep: Tateyama, Hachijojima, Niishima, Oshima. Targets: Tateyama
Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu) Hachijo Airfield (Tokyo) Niishima Airfield Oshima Airfield
※Mission: VF Sweep: Atsugi, Shimomizo. Targets: 6 Small Ships, 30 Miles Northeast of
Inubo-zaki
※Mission: Photo Sweep: Sukagawa - Inubo-zaki. Targets: S.D.
Aircraft Action Report No. 23B : 1945/02/17
※Mission: Photographic Reconnaissance, Honshu.
Aircraft Action Report No. 23C : 1945/02/25
※Mission: Photo Mission. Targets: 10 M/V North of Inubo-zaki
Aircraft Action Report No. 23D : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Photo Reconnaissance; Iejima, Okinawa, Maeshima, Keiseshima, Okinawa
Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Town & Airfield, Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 23E : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Photo Reconnaissance: Kerama Retto, Iejima, Okinawa, and Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Tokashikijima
150/343
※Mission: VF Sweep; Iejima, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Airfield, Iejima

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep: Iejima, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Airfield, Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike: D.E. off Naha, Okinawa. Targets: D.E.(Destroyer Escort) off Naha
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Town Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Strike Iejima, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Toguchi Town
※Mission: Attack on Shipping - Miyakojima. Targets: D.E.(Destroyer Escort), F.A., Town
Yirabujima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikemajima
※Mission: VF Sweep: Iejima and Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Toguchi
Town Unten-ko (Okinawa) Kourijima Naha
※Mission: Attack Air Installations at Hachijojima. Targets: Airfield, Hachijojima (Tokyo)
S.D. x 6,. Sampan x 2
※Mission: Bomb Installations at Hamamatsu Airfield. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Toyohashi Airfield Installations. Targets: Toyohashi Airfield
(Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Call Strike on Chichijima. Targets: Airfield, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
Seaplane Base
※Mission: Call Strikes against Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Strikes at Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Strikes at Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Attack Shipping off Okinawa. Targets: 300-700 Ton Merchant Vessel (S.C.),
700 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) off Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Shipping off Miyakojima. Targets: 700 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) off
Northwest Coast of Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Enemy Air Facilities at Hachijojima. Targets: Airfield, Hachijojima
(Tokyo) Shipping in Yayene Bay
※Mission: Destroy Hamamatsu Airfield Planes & Installations. Targets: Hamamatsu
Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Installations & Planes at 78 Toyohashi. Targets: 78 Toyohashi
151/343
Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Insatallations of Susaki Airfield and Omura Seaplane Base on
Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield (Chichijima)(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Omura Seaplane
Base
※Mission: Close Air Support of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
Aircraft Action Report No. 5 1/2 : 1945/02/20
※Mission: Close Air Support - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Close Air Support of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Shipping in Miyako-Hakuchi. Targets: 2300 Ton S.C.L., 3000 Ton F.T.C., 600-
700 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) - Miyako-Hakuchi (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Brief of Comments from CVG-17 embarked on Hornet in connection with operations, 19
March - 28 April 1945, R/S 012879
Appendix to action report --- 14 March to 30 April 1945, Report of Commander Air Group
17 --- Comments of Commanding Officers, VF-17, VBF-17, VB-17, VT-17 --- ACA-1
reports of VF-VBF-17, VB-17, VT-17
Action report, 14 March 1945 through 30 April 1945 (Kyushu, Kure area and Nansei
Shoto)
※Mission: Destroy Airfield Installations and Aircraft at 314 Kanoya. Targets: Kanoya
※Mission: Destroy Airfield Installations 314 Kanoya. Targets: 314 Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Sata-misaki
※Mission: Destroy Shipping in Kure-ko (Southern Honshu). Targets: Japanese
Warships, Merchant Ships and Dock Installations (Hiroshima)(Honshu) 1800-2000 Ton
D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 25000 Ton C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) 700-1300 Ton A.K.(Cargo
Ship)(F.T.D.) 2999
※Mission: Destroy Installations in Kerama Retto (Tokashikijima). Targets: Tokashiki
Town, Awake Town - Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Installations in Kerama Retto. Targets: Zamami Town
(Zamamijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Tokashiki Town (Tokashikijima)
※Mission: Destroy Installations and Shipping in Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Japanese Convoy in East China Sea (28゜25'N. 130゜32'E.). Targets:
Japanese Convoy in East China Sea (28゜25'N. 130゜32'E.) 5000 Ton F.B. x 2 T.B. (D.E.)
x3
152/343

※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercept Japanese Fleet - Reported off of Eastern Kyushu.
※Mission: Destroy Camouflaged Shipping on North Side of Kakeromashima. Targets:
North Side of Nominoura Peninsula, Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Close Air Support - Landing Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Air Support of Landing - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Shipping Reported near Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping in
Anchorage North of Nominoura Peninsula, Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) P.F. A.P.D.
※Mission: Destroy Shipping on Amamioshima and in Kakeromashima Anchorage.
Targets: Shipping - Southern Amamioshima and Kakeromajima Anchorage
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.D. x 6 A.P.D.
※Mission: Shipping & Hirara Airfield - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikemajima Ikemayose Town, Yerabujima
※Mission: Destroy Installations and Runways at Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima
Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Wan and Shitooke Airfields on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield Shitooke Town
※Mission: Destroy Airfield & Installations on Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfield
& Installations on Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercept and Destroy Portion of Japanese Fleet in East China Sea (31゜14'N.
128゜38'E.). Targets: Japanese Fleet Ships in East China Sea (31゜14'N. 128゜38'E.)
B.B.(Battleship) Yamato D.D.(Destroyer) - Terutsuki D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
153/343

※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Caves - Installations near Asato Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Installations and Airfields on Kikaijima. Targets: 403 Wan Airfield
※Mission: Destroy Installations on Kikaijima. Targets: 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Installations on Kikaijima. Targets: 403 Wan Airfield
※Mission: Air Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Heavy Artillery Position (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Sashiki Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Itoman Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep: Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: 314 Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) 315 Kanoya East Airfield 312 Shibushi Airfield
※Mission: VF Sweep: Kanoya, Takayama, Chiran and Tojinbaru Airfields, Kyushu.
Targets: Kanoya Airfield (314)(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack (314) Kanoya Airfield, Shipping - Kagoshima Bay.
Targets: (314) Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (328) Ibusuki Seaplane Station
Radar Station - Sata-misaki S.D. x 6 - Kagoshima Bay
※Mission: VF Sweep: Takayama, Chiran, and Tojinbaru Airfields, Kyushu. Targets:
Shipping off Sakurajima (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) 3500 Ton F.B. 4500 Ton F.T.C. 100 Ton
S.D. x 5 1200 Ton F.T.D. 1500 Ton S.B. (325) Chiran Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: (314) Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ibusuki Seaplane Station
※Mission: VF Sweep: (325) Chiran Airfield, (360) Tojinbara Airfield, (316) Takayama
Airfield. Targets: (325) Chiran Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (316) Takayama Airfield
(360) Tojinbaru Airfield (Miyazaki)
※Mission: VF Sweep: Airfields in Kure Area, Honshu.
※Mission: Coordinated Attack on Shipping, Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets:
Shipping Kure Area; Radar Station, Yashirojima (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircraft
Carrier) - Kure-ko S.S.(Submarine) - Kure-ko Yashirojima
※Mission: VF Sweep - Iwakuni Airfield, Shipping - Kure-ko. Targets: Shipping - Kure
Area (Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) - Kure-ko C.L.(Light Cruiser) - Kuma-Natori
154/343
off Osuminohara (Ehime)(Shikoku) S.B.L. off Niihama Kannonji Airfield (Kagawa) Ta

※Mission: Fighter Strike: (314) Kanoya Airfield, (316) Takayama Airfield, Southern
Kyushu. Targets: (314) Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (316) Takayama Airfield
S.D. - Kagoshima Bay S.C.L. off Ibusuki Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Scramble.
※Mission: Intruder - Minamidaitojima, Kitadaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima,
Kitadaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Kerama Retto Operation. Targets: Tokashiki Town
(Tokashikijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Aharen Town
※Mission: Air Support, Kerama Retto. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Kerama Retto. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Tokashiki Town, Harbor Zamamijima
※Mission: Escort Air Support Strike - Kerama Retto. Targets: Zamami Town
(Zamamijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Tokashiki Town Aharen Town
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Picket Line.
※Mission: Air Support - Kerama Retto - Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Makiminato Airfield Gishibujima Uramatou Town Katsuren-hanto
Ashi Village Ono-misaki Keisejima Zamamijima Akajima
※Mission: Air Support: Iejima, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Escort - Air Support Strike - Kerama Retto Operation. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Zamamijima
※Mission: Air Support - Kerama Retto, Okinawa. Targets: Tokashiki Town
(Tokashikijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Aharen Town Itoman Town (Okinawa)
※Mission: Shipping Search - Air Support - Kerama Retto. Targets: Yakanjima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Akajima Tokashikijima
※Mission: Shipping Strike - Japanese Convoy. Targets: Japanese Convoy at 28゜25'N.
124゜32'E. (East China Sea)(Nansei) 4000 Ton F.B. 900 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Air Support: Kerama Retto. Targets: Makiminato Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Tokashikijima Tsukenjima Takabanarejima
※Mission: Air Support: Okinawa. Targets: Toguchi Town (Okinawa)(Nansei) Keisejima
※Mission: Air Support: Kerama Retto, Okinawa. Targets: Kiyan Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Akajima
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha
Harbor Matambashi Town Minatogawa Town Shikimbaru Town
155/343

※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha
Town
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Tomori Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Search - Interception.
※Mission: VF(N) Intruder - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kitadaitojima
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol - Scramble.
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Shipping - Kakeroma Harbor, Amami Gunto. Targets:
Shipping - Kakeroma Harbor (Kakeromajima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Fighter Strike: Shipping - Naze-ko, Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping - Naze-
ko, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) F.T.C. S.A. Naze Town Daikuma Town
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Chinen-misaki (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kutaka
Town (Kutakajima)
※Mission: Escort - Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping Strike - East of Kyushu. Targets: 1200 Ton Patrol Frigate at
31゜45'N. 131゜40'E. off East Coast of Kyushu D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Southern Kyushu Airfields. Targets: (314) Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ibusuki Seaplane Station
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Ibusuki Seaplane Base
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Magejima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep: Amamioshima. Targets: Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Naze
Town (Amamioshima) Kusejima Ukejima Yoro Village, Akitoku Town - Yorojima
※Mission: Escort - Strike on Amamioshima. Targets: Kakeromajima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Yorojima
※Mission: Pre-Invasion Napalm Strike and Sweep: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Escort Air Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Escort - Air Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Naha Area, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Shipping - Kakeromajima. Targets: Shipping,
Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) A.P.D.(High Speed Transport) P.F.(Patrol Frigate)
L.S.T. (Landing Ship, Tank) Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
156/343

※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Shipping - Kakeromajima. Targets: A.P.D.(High Speed
Transport), S.C., F.T.C. - Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tawarakojima Airfield at
Tokunoshima
※Mission: Night Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Airfields - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield, Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Town Yirabujima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town Radio Station - Hirakubo-zaki
※Mission: Strike Escort - Moyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) S.C. and S.D. in Junk Bay Ogamijima Ikemajima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Iriomotejima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Iriomotejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Shirahama Auxiliary Naval Base Funauke-ko Saba-zaki Sotobanare
Ochibanare Akasaki Town Sonai Town Antori-wan
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Iriomotejima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Iriomotejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hayemi-zaki Kuroshima Kohamajima Hatomajima
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Harbor Sukuma Ikemasoe on Yirabujima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield Onozu Town Aruki Town Shitooke
Town
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Radar Picket Line - Okinawa.
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Intruder - Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
157/343
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol - Radar Picket Line.

※Mission: Pre-Dawn Intruder - Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu.
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Japanese Fleet Units. Targets: Japanese Fleet Units -
31゜18'N. 128゜34'E. 1800 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) x 3 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) - Agano
Class
※Mission: Search.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
Tokunoshima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Amamioshima. Targets: Naze Town, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Wan Airfield (Kikaijima)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Amamioshima. Targets: Naze Town, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Search.
※Mission: VF Sweep - Kikaijima. Targets: Village of Ichi-zaki
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol: Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercepter Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol - Scramble #1.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield Amamioshima
※Mission: Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Photo Mission: Tanegashima. Targets: Inujo Airfield,
Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol - Scramble.
※Mission: Coordinated Air Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
158/343

※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: (314) Kanoya Airfield, (328) Ibusuki Seaplane Base. Targets:
(314) Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (328) Ibusuki Seaplane Base
※Mission: Okinawa - Target Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Radar Picket Line Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep: Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: (314) Kushira Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Scramble.
※Mission: Day Combat Air Patrol #3.
※Mission: Fighter Scramble #3.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol #4 Photo - Strike, Minamidaitojima, Kitadaitojima.
Targets: Minamidatojima, Kitadaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Escort - Air Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yonabaru Town Baten Town Naha
※Mission: Fighter Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Iwo Town, Zapa Town,
Itoman Town - Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercepter Combat Air Patrol Coordinated Strike - Kikaijima, Amami Gunto.
Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Composite Strike - Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike - Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Amamioshima. Targets: Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
159/343

※Mission: Air Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Air Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Itoman Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Installations at Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Installations at Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) S.A.I. in Yamagawa-ko Sata-misaki
※Mission: Attack Ships at Kure Bay. Targets: Ships at Kure Bay (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
X.C.V.-B.B. - Ise Class C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) C.V.E.(Aircraft Carrier Escort) 6600 Ton
S.B.L. Submarine
※Mission: Attack Targets of Opportunity in Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Kerama Retto. Targets: Zamamijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Tokashikijima
※Mission: Attack Kerama Retto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Navigation and Search for Convoy. Targets: Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Enemy Convoy. Targets: Convoy at 28゜25'N. 124゜32'E. 5000 Ton
F.B. x 3 D.E.(Destroyer Escort) or T.B. 1000 Ton P.C. x 2
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Small Boat Base, Okinawa (Nansei) 1000
Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Shipping in Amami Gunto. Targets: Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Enemy Fleet off Kyushu. Targets: Patrol Frigate at 31゜45'N.
131゜40'E.
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Kakeromajima. Targets: Small Craft and Installations at
160/343
※Mission: Attack Ships in Vicinity of Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping - Kakeromajima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) x 2 A.P.D.(High Speed Transport)
P.F.(Patrol Frigate) or D.E.(Destroyer Escort) Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Attack Shipping in Vicinity of Amamioshima. Targets: Damaged A.P.D.(High
Speed Transport) and S.D. in Harbor at Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Miyakojima. Targets: Damaged A.K.(Cargo Ship) off Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hirara Town Ikemasoye Town, Yirabujima
※Mission: Attack Airfields on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield
※Mission: Attack Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Japanese Fleet off Kyushu. Targets: Japanese Fleet at 31゜18'N.
128゜34'E. B.B.(Battleship) Yamato C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano, Natori D.D.(Destroyer) x
3
※Mission: Close Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Installations at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wooded Area East of
※Mission: Attack Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
161/343
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Destroy Airfield Installations and Aircraft at 314 Kanoya. Targets: Kanoya
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) - 31゜22'N. 130゜50'E.
※Mission: Destroy Airfield Installations 314 Kanoya. Targets: Northern Buildings Area
(Kanoya Airfield) - 314 Kanoya (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Radar Station - Sata-misaki
Lighthouse - Sata-misaki
※Mission: Destroy Shipping in Kure-ko (Honshu). Targets: Warships, Merchant Ships
and Dock Installations - Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu) 1800-2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) x 2
25000 Ton C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) 700-1500 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)(F.T.D.) 29990 Ton B.B.(
※Mission: Destroy Installations in Kerama Retto (Tokashikijima). Targets: Towns on
Tokoshikijima, Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Awake Town Tokashiki Town
※Mission: Destroy Installations in Kerama Retto. Targets: Zamami Town
(Zamamijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Tokashiki Town (Tokashikijima)
※Mission: Destroy Installations and Shipping in Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Japanese Convoy in East China Sea (28゜25'N. 130゜32'E.). Targets:
Shipping - 28゜25'N. 130゜32'E. 5000 Ton F.B. x 2 T.B.(D.E.) x 3
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Installations (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercept Japanese Fleet - Reported off of Eastern Kyushu.
※Mission: Destroy Camouflaged Shipping on North Side of Kakeromashima. Targets:
North Side of Nominoura Peninsula, Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Close Air Support - Landing Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Air Support of Landing - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Shipping Reported near Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping in
Anchorage North of Nominoura Peninsula, Kakeromashima, Amami Gunto
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Shipping on Amamioshima and in Kakeromashima Anchorage.
Targets: Shipping - Southern Amamioshima and Kakeromashima Anchorage
162/343
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.D. x 6 A.P.D.

※Mission: Shipping & Hirara Airfield - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikemajima Ikemayose Town, Yerabujima
※Mission: Destroy Installations and Runways at Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima -
Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Wan and Shitooke Airfields on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield Shitooke Town
※Mission: Destroy Airfield & Installations on Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfield
Installations on Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercept and Destroy Portion of Japanese Fleet in East China Sea (31゜14'N.
128゜38'E.). Targets: Japanese Fleet Ships in East China Sea (31゜14'N. 128゜38'E.)
B.B.(Battleship) Yamato D.D.(Destroyer) - Terutsuki D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Caves - Installations near Asato town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Installations and Airfields on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Destroy Installations on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Installations on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Heavy Artillery Position (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Sashiki Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Itoman Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report, 9 May, 1945 through 27 May, 1945 (Kyushu, Shikoku, Amami Gunto and
Okinawa)
※USS Hornet (CV12).
※Mission: Coordinated Support Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Mission: Coordinated Attack (314) Kanoya Airfield, Southern Kyusyu. Targets: (314)
163/343
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Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) 22nd Naval Air Depot Area
※Mission: Coordinated Strike - Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) S.D. x 3, Patrol Craft off Bonotsu (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Inujo
Airfield (Tanegashima)
※Mission: Photo Reconnaissance: Southern Kyushu. Targets: S.D., Lugger, South
Kyushu
※Mission: Coordinated Attack - (314) Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: (314) Kanoya
※Mission: Coordinated Attack (305) Saeki Airfield, Northern Kyushu. Targets: (305)
Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu) (306) Saiki Seaplane Base D.E.(Destroyer Escort) - Saiki
Bay
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: (314) Kanoya Airfield, Southern Kyushu. Targets: (314)
Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Higashi Town
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Kumamoto Aircraft Plant, Northern Kyushu. Targets:
Kumamoto Aircraft Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) Factory, Kawashiri Town
※Mission: Day Combat Air Patrol - Radar Picket Line C.A.P.
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Tachiarai Airfield, Northern Kyushu. Targets: (339)
Tachiarai Airfield (Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Kumamoto Aircraft Plant, Northern Kyushu. Targets:
Kumamoto Aircraft Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) Tomitaka Airfield (Miyazaki)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: (161) Kochi Airfield, Matsuyama West Airfield, Shikoku.
Targets: (161) Kochi Airfield (Kochi)(Shikoku) S.D. - Kochi Harbor Factory - Kochi Town
(167) Matsuyama West Airfield (Ehime) Nagahama Luggers off Uwajima Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Strike: Kushira Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: (313) Kushira Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (310) Miyazaki Airfield (Miyazaki)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike: (314) Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: (314) Kanoya
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kushira Town 22nd Naval Depot
※Mission: Air Support Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
164/343

※Mission: Coordinated Strike: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Wan Airfield, Kikaijjima. Targets: Matsubara Town,
※Mission: Intercepter C.A.P. and Fighter Strike on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shitooke Airfield
※Mission: Japanese Shipping Strike: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.C. L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike: Wan Airfield. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercepter C.A.P. - Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
※Mission: Day Combat Air Patrol over Task Force.
※Mission: VF Sweep: (310) Miyazaki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: (310) Miyazaki Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Night Intercepter Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Support Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Saeki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Kumamoto Aircraft Factory, Kyushu. Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
※Mission: Attack Tachiarai Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Tachiarai Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Kumamoto Aircraft Factory, Kyushu. Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
Factory, Kyushu
165/343
※Mission: Attack Matsuyama West Airfield, Shikoku. Targets: Matsuyama West

(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kanoya East Airfield
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Castle (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Targets of Opportunity at Tokunoshima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Attack Installations at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Attack Installations at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Destroy Parked Planes and Installations at 304 Kanoya. Targets: (314)
Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (315) Kanoya Airfield
※Mission: Destroy Installations & Parked Aircraft at (330) Izumi. Targets: (330) Izumi
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft and Installations at 314 Kanoya. Targets: (314) Kanoya
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Shipping - Ariake-wan (Kyushu)
※Mission: Destroy Installations & Aircraft at 305 Saeki. Targets: (305) Saeki Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Destroy Parked Aircraft & Installations at 314 Kanoya. Targets: (314) Kanoya
※Mission: Destroy Kumamoto Aircraft Plant, Kyushu. Targets: Kumamoto Aircraft
Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Destroy Installations & Aircraft at 339 Tachiarai. Targets: (339) Tachiarai
Airfield (Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Destroy Kumamoto Aircraft Plant. Targets: Kumamoto Factory Area
(Kyushu) Nobeoka Gunpowder Plant (Miyazaki)
※Mission: Installations at 157 Matsuyama West Airfield. Targets: (157) Matsuyamna
West Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku)
166/343
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft & Installations at 314 Kanoya. Targets: (314) Kanoya
※Mission: Destroy Installations on Tokunoshima. Targets: Wan Airfield and Vicinity
(Kikaijima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Installations at Kikaijima. Targets: (405) Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Shipping in East China Sea Northwest of Suwanosejima. Targets: Shipping -
29゜38'N. 129゜15'E. Northwest of Suwanosejima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Submarine
Chaser - PC-13 Class Kikaijima
※Mission: Destroy Installations, Kikaijima. Targets: (403) Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Action report, 28 May, 1945 through 10 June, 1945 (Strikes against Kyushu, Okino Daito
Jima, and operations in support of the occupation of Okinawa)
※USS Hornet (CV-12).
※Mission: Coordinated Strike: Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Dumbo Cover: Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Strike: (314) Kanoya Airfield, Southern Kyushu. Targets: (314)
Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Coordinated Attack: Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Coordinated Strike: Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
167/343
※Mission: Supply Paradrops - Okinawa. Targets: Supplies to Advanced Troops -

Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Supply Paradrops - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
(37) USS Independence

※Mission: Sweep. Targets: (302) Usa Airfield - 33゜32'N. 131゜24'E. (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: C.A.P. 2.
※Mission: Sweep. Targets: (303) Oita Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu) (305) Saeki Airfield
※Mission: S.N.A.S.P. Targets: F.T.D. - 35゜35'N. 134゜57'E. (Kyoto)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike 1D. Targets: (411) Naha Airfield - 26゜12'N. 127゜39'E.
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Toyama Village Gushichan Village Kakinohana Village
Aircraft Action Report No. 24 : 1945
※Mission: Strike 1D. Targets: (7066) Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 2D. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: M.I.N.C.A.P. 3. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support B for Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support B over Okinawa. Targets: Villages & Mills around Katsuren-hanto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Minamidaitojima - 25゜50'N. 131゜17'E. Targets: Minamidaitojima -
25゜50'N. 131゜17'E. (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep over Southern Kyushu. Targets: (315) Kanoya East Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) (359) Inujo Airfield (Tanegashima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Japanese Fleet. Targets: Southern Kyushu Submarine, 25
Miles from Takeshima Ibusuki Seaplane Station (Kagoshima) Docks at Minamata -
32゜20'N. 130゜20'E. (Kumamoto) Net Tender - at Mouth of Sendai River (Kagoshima)
※Mission: Support B on L-2 Day. Targets: East Coast Okinawa (Nansei) Taira Kawata
Arimi Abe
※Mission: Support S - L Day Okinawa Landing. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Objective Area.
※Mission: Support C, Okinawa Landing. Targets: Okinawa (North)(Nansei) Taira
Village on Katsuren Peninsula Tancha Yagajishima
※Mission: Support D of Okinawa Invasion. Targets: Okinawa (North)(Nansei) Kaniku
Yakata Jaba
168/343
※Mission: T.C.A.P.
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: (415) Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike on Minamidaitojima (422) - 25゜51'N. 131゜14'E. Targets:
Minamidaitojima - 25゜51'N. 131゜14'E. (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep 2A over (405) Tokunoshima and (403) Kikaijima. Targets: (403)
Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Ukejima
※Mission: Sweep 2B over Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: R.A.P.C.A.P.
※Mission: Strike 2B in Support 24 Army Corps. Targets: Okinawa South (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 2B of 24 Army Corps. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep against (313) Kushira (314) Kanoya. Targets: (314) Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: Support Mission. Targets: Okinawa South (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike in Support of Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Targets: Tokuno Airfield 27゜45'N. 128゜57'E.
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Targets: (405) Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P.: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #3. Targets: (403) Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Targets: Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #3 Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Torishima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kanami-zaki, Kametoku, Kamezu-hakuchi, Kinen-
zaki
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
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※Mission: Strike on Koniya Seaplane Station 404. Targets: (404) Koniya Seaplane Base
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Koniya Seaplane Station (404). Targets: (404) Koniya Seaplane Base
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kakeromajima
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Targets: Naze-ko (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kominato
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa South (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai T.C.A.P. Targets: (403) Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Kikaijima. Targets: (403) Kikai Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Kikaijima. Targets: (403) Kikai Airfield
※Mission: Strike Support Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (near Shuri)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikaijima - Amami Patrol. Targets: (403) Kikai Airfield
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa South (Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno - Amami Patrol. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Support Strike on Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Tactical Mission #2. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep over Kyushu. Targets: (310) Miyazaki Airfield (Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Southern Kyushu. Targets: (217) Miyakonojo Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu) (310) Miyazaki Airfield
※Mission: Barrier Patrol #1. Targets: Kikai Airfield (Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support B. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission B. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
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※Mission: Strike on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima - 25゜50'N. 131゜14'E.
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Minamidaitojima - 25゜50'N. 131゜14'E. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kitadaitojima Okinodaitojima
Aircraft Action Report No. VT46#10 : 1945/03/23
※Mission: Bomb Naha Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT46# : 1945/03/24
※Mission: Strike Mission as Selected by Airborne Coordinator. Targets: Senagajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kiyamu
※Mission: Support Strike as Assigned by Airborne Coordinater. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support (B) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Chatan-mura
※Mission: Support (E) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Factory & Surrounding
Buildings on the West Coast of Okinawa about 2 Miles North of Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support (B) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support (E) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Japanese Fleet. Targets: Minamata (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) Harbor and
Dock Facilities
※Mission: Support (B) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Ora Wan, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support (B) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Factory at South Base of
Katsuren Peninsula (Okinawa)(Nansei) Village on Takabanarejima
※Mission: Support (B) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Vicinity of Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Village Baten
※Mission: Support (E) Kerama Retto Landing. Targets: Village, Tokabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support (S) Okinawa Landing. Targets: Area 1 Mile East of Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Landing. Targets: Northwest and Northeast Coast Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Landing. Targets: Area North and East of Landing
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Chimu-wan Baten-ko
※Mission: Strike Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
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(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Minamidaitojima. Targets: Airfield, Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces Okinawa. Targets: Southern End of Baten-ko
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike #1 Okinawa. Targets: Village of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Support Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Village of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: East of Makiminato Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Southeast Side of Shuri Village
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base
※Mission: Strike Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Area 2 Miles Southeast of Makiminato Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: 1/4 Mile North of Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Half Mile Northwest of Yonabaru
※Mission: Strike Kikaijima Airfield. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Southeast Corner of Shuri Village
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Northeast of Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Northeast Corner of Village Inasomi
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: 1/4 Mile South of Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: West of Village, Tomori (Okinawa)(Nansei)
172/343
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Between Village, Chikuto and Takanyuto

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: 1 3/4 Miles South of Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa. Targets: North of Village Makabe (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(38) USS Intrepid

※Mission: Sweep 1B - Destroy Aircraft & Facilities Oita & Saeki Airfields, Kyushu.
Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Oita Airfield, Kyushu - Strike 1B. Targets: Oita Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep 2B - Usa and Targets of Opportunity in Area of Sweep. Targets: Usa
Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep 3B to Destroy Aircraft & Facilities at Tsuiki, Kyushu. Targets: Tsuiki
Airfield (Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep 4B - Uwajima and Adjacent Airfields. Targets: J.M.S.T. - Yawatahama
Harbor (Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Strike 5B to Destroy Aircraft & Facilities, Oita & Usa Airfields. Targets: Usa
Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu) Oita Airfield 2000 Ton F.T.C., 300 Ton S.C. - 33゜50'N.
131゜20'E.
※Mission: C.A.P. 4.
※Mission: Kure Naval Base & Air Depot - Sweep 1B. Targets: Kure Naval Base
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) Kure Airfield Saijo Airfield Niihama Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku)
Kannonji Airfield (Kagawa) Matsuyama Airfield (Ehime)
※Mission: Kure Naval Base and Air Depot. Targets: Hiro Airfield (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
Kure Air Depot Kure Harbor C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Mogami Class 3000 Ton F.T.C.
X.C.V.B.B. - Ise Class C.V.L.(Light Aircraft Carrier) or C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep 2B over Kure and Inland Sea. Targets: Shipping at Innoshima
South of Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.E.(Aircraft Carrier Escort) S.A. S.D. Kochi
Airfield (Kochi)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Special Sweep (3B) to Oita, Kyushu. Targets: Aircraft Engine Plant at Oita
(Kyushu) Radar and Radio Station at Ashizuri-misaki (Shikoku)
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※Mission: Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - On Station over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Okinawa. Targets: Uda Village (Okinawa)(Nansei) Itoman
Harbor
※Mission: Strike 2B - Naha, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Heshikiya Takabanarejima
※Mission: Special Sweep. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep 1B - Amami. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Station
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Koniya Town Kanenie-zaki Takena
※Mission: Sweep 2E & Photo Mission at Minamidaitojima & Kitadaitojima. Targets:
Minamidaitojima, Kitadaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support B - Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support E - Okinawa. Targets: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep xB - Kikai and Amami. Targets: Kasari-wan
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Somachi Urabaru-wan
※Mission: Sweep 3B - Amamioshima and Tokunoshima. Targets: Shipping -
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 4000 Ton F.B. Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Sweep 1B, Dive Bomb Koniya Seaplane Station, Amamioshima. Targets:
Koniya Seaplane Base (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Sweep 2 - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support B - Okinawa - Yontan Airfield. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support E at Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Primary Japanese Fleet; Secondary Kyushu Airfields. Targets: Ibusuki
Seaplane Station (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Chiran Airfield Minamata (Kumamoto)
Tojimbaru (Miyazaki)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Chiran Airfield
174/343

※Mission: Sweep 1B - Amamioshima. Targets: Shiomichi, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Yagajijima (Okinawa)
※Mission: Sweep 2B - Minamidaitojima & Kitadaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima,
Kitadaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support B, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Awase (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Katsuren-hanto Kochima
※Mission: Air Support E - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep 3B - Amamioshima. Targets: S.D. - Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Support E, Okinawa. Targets: Shirahama (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nakadomari
※Mission: N.C.A.P.
※Mission: Air Support O, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support R, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support A, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike 1 - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Search Yoke. Targets: S.D. x 3 - Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Strike 2B - Okinawa. Targets: Heshikiya Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Ishikawa
※Mission: Sweep - Ishigaki, Miyara. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night Intruder. Targets: Aircraft on Field, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep 1B - Airfields at Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield
(Ishigakijima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Ishigaki Airfield - Strike 1B. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep X - Ishigaki. Targets: S.D. x 3 - 24゜20'N. 124゜10'E. (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep 2B - Ishigaki; Iriomote;. Targets: Airfields - Ishigakijjma
175/343
※Mission: Sweep 3B - Bombing Airfields at Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield

※Mission: Airfield - Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Minamidaitojima - Airfield. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #1.
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #2. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep - Kikai and Tokuno Airfields. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Strike Japanese Fleet Southwest of Kyushu. Targets: Japanese Fleet -
31゜00'N. 129゜00'E. B.B.(Battleship) Yamato 2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) 6000 Ton
C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano Class 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) Oyodo Class
D.D.(Destroyer) Teruts
※Mission: C.A.P. #3.
※Mission: Support B, Okinawa South. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support F, Okinawa - South. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep #2 - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep - Amami. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
S.D. x 7: 28゜08'N. 129゜14'E.
※Mission: Scramble C.A.P.
※Mission: D.A.D.C.A.P.
※Mission: Night C.A.P.
※Mission: Target C.A.P. - Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. - Okinawa.
※Mission: Target C.A.P. - Tokuno.
※Mission: Scramble Target C.A.P. - Okinawa.
176/343

※Mission: T.C.A.P. #1 - Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #2 - Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol #4 - Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol #5 - Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Sweep #2 - Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Fishing Vessel, Landing Craft
※Mission: Target C.A.P. #2 - Okinawa.
※Mission: R.A.P.C.A.P. #2. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep #1 - Kokubu Airfield. Targets: Kokubu Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
(39) USS Langley

※Mission: Rescue Combat Air Patrol over Life Guard Sub near Point Inubo-zaki,
Honshu. Targets: 80-100 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship), S.D.
※Mission: (1) To Destroy Tachikawa Aircraft Engine Plant, Honshu (2) To Provide
Escort for VT-23. Targets: Tachikawa Aircraft Engine Plant (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: (A) Attack Chichijima, Bonin Islands Target Priority (1) Aircraft Airborne, (2)
Aircraft Ground, (3) Naval Installation - Omura Town (4) Shipping (B) Provide Cover for
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VT-23. Targets: Susaki Airfield, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Naval Base Om

※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft in the Air and on the Ground at Mito Airfield South,
Honshu. Targets: Mito Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: (A) Radar Picket Combat Air Patrol (B) Day Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Airfield, Kyushu to Destroy Aircraft Airborne and on the
Ground. Targets: Usa Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu) Oita Airfield Sukumo Seaplane Base
(Kochi)(Shikoku) Sukumo Bay
※Mission: Radar Picket Patrol over Desron, 48 near Kyushu.
※Mission: To Sweep Oita Airfield, Eastern Kyushu, Destroying Airborne and Grounded
Aircraft. Targets: Oita Airfield, 33゜15'N. 131゜38'E. (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task Group 58.4. Targets: Japanese A.K.(Cargo Ship)
F.T.D. Class - 31゜15'N. 139゜50'E.
※Mission: Attack Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Naha Town
※Mission: To Attack Naha Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto Destroying (a) Anti-Aircraft
Positions, (b) Airfield Installations. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Strike Naha Airfield Destroying Anti-Aircarft Positions. Targets: Naha
※Mission: To Destroy Gun Positions and Amphibious Landing Craft Revetments near
Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: (1) Amphibious Landing Craft
Revetments, (2) Artillery Anti-Aircraft Positions near Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Operations over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto, (1) To Destroy Enemy
Installations, Yontan Airfield, (2) To Photograph Western Beaches. Targets: Yontan
Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) China Town
※Mission: To Destroy Shipping and Enemy Installations at Kyushu - Chiran Airfield,
Kuchinoerabu-wan. Targets: Chiran Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) or F.F. in Kagoshima Bay near Kawakita F.T.D. x 5 at Kuchinoerabujima
(Kagoshima)(Nan
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft and Installations, Kanoya East Airfield, Kyushu. Targets:
Kanoya East Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ibusuki Seaplane Base Kuchinoerabu-wan
(Kuchinoerabujima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: R.C.A.P. Followed by Sweep over Inujo Airfield, Tanegashima. Targets: Inujo
Airfield, Tanegashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations, Okinawa Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okaha-iwa
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Caves near Kiyamu Tsuwaruki Town Baten-ko
178/343

※Mission: To Support Landing at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Toguchi Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kibara Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Small Boats and Landing Craft along the Northwest Coast of
Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Masuya (Shioya) Town (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yaga (Tako)
Town - 26゜39-42'N. 128゜02'E.
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Eastern Islands in Nakagusuku-wan,
Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Ikejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyagusuku Town
(Takabanarejima) Tsukenjima
※Mission: To Strike Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Sukama
Airfield (Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Town Kurumajima
※Mission: Rescue Combat Air Patrol over Lifeguard Submarine, Taramajima, Sakishima
Gunto.
※Mission: To Strike Enemy Installations on Minamidaitojima. Targets:
Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Units of Japanese Fleet Located off Southwest Coast of Kyushu.
Targets: Japanese Fleet Units Located Southwest off Kyushu C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano
Class C.L.(Light Cruiser) Unidentified D.D.(Destroyer) Unidentified
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Support Operations over Okinawa. Targets: Gaja Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Operations, Okinawa. Targets: Yuza Village (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kiyamu Town Itoman Town
※Mission: (A) Target CAP over Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto (B) To Deny Enemy Use of Wan
Airfield.
※Mission: To Crater Runway at Tokunoshima Airfield, Nansei Shoto and Provide C.A.P.
over Field. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: (1) To Conduct Target C.A.P. over Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (2) To Crater
Runway at Tokuno. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Operations Okinawa Neutralize Enemy Artillery Position. Targets:
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Southern Kyushu, Attacking Aircraft and Installations at
Kagoshima and Ichiki Airfields. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ichiki
Airfield
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※Mission: Target C.A.P. in Vicinity of Iejima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Provide Air Support for Ground Troops, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Tokuno Airfield, Nansei Shoto after Cratering Runway.
Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Kikaijima, Cratering Runway at Wan Airfield
and Taking Damage Assessment Photos. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Crater Runway at Airfield Tokunoshima and Patrol Area between
Tokunoshima and Torishima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Torishima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task Group 58.4 near Okinodaitojima.
※Mission: To Destroy Installations at Seaplane Base at Koniya, Amamioshima, Nansei
Shoto. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic and Escort Mission on Strike against Koniya Seaplane Base,
Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base
(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kakeromajima
※Mission: To Crater Landing Mat at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto before
Conducting Target Combat Air Patrol over the Area. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Crater Landing Mat at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto and Conduct
Target C.A.P. between Amamioshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Awacha Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. between Amamioshima and Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
F.T.C. - Naze-ko, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol North of Okinawa, Nansei.
※Mission: To Crater Landing Mat at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima and Conduct Target C.A.P.
in Vicinity of Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Provide Air Support for Our Ground Forces on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
180/343
※Mission: To Crater Runway at Wan Airfield at kikaijima, Provide Target C.A.P.

between Amamioshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Task group 58.4.
※Mission: Support Operations over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto to Attak Enemy Artillery
Positions and Troop Concentrations. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report - Operations in support of the capture and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 14
March - 11 May, 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Langley.
※Mission: Destroy Building and Installations at Tachikawa Aircraft Engine Factory,
Tokyo, Honshu. Targets: Tachikawa Engine Factory, Tokyo (Honshu) Tachikawa Airfield
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft, Air Facilities, Shipping, and Defense Installations on
Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kiyamu Area (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacements and Installations at Naha
Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Gun Emplacements and Installations East of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Gun Positions and Amphibious Landing Boat Revetments on
Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Makiminato Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yonabaru Dock Area (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kuba
※Mission: To Destroy Shipping and Enemy Installations at Kyushu. Targets: Ibusuki
Seaplane Base (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Sata-misaki
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Dock
Area, Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei) Baten Town Baten-ko
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan
Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yamada
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Inubi
※Mission: To Support Landings at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Toguchi Town
181/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Toguchi Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Intercept and Destroy Light Japanese Naval Units near Amamioshima,
Nansei Shoto. Targets: Japanese Naval Units near Amamioshima (Nansei)
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 2 C.L.(Light Cruiser) D.D.(Destroyer) or D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
x 2 Landing S
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Masuya Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Ikejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Takabanarejima Tsukenjima
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft, Air Facilities, and Installations at Sukama Airfield,
Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft, Aircraft Installations, and Crater Runways of Minami
Airfield, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Units of Japanese Fleet. Targets: Units of Japanese Fleet
C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano Class
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Gaja Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Itoman Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Tera Town
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yonawa Town
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Senagajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Makiminato
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
182/343

※Mission: To Strike Koniya Auxiliary Seaplane Base, Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Strike Koniya Auxiliary Seaplane Base, Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Koniya Seaplane Station (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kachiura
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Support Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yonabaru Town
※Mission: To Crater Runways and Destroy Facilities at Wan Airfield, Kikaijima, Nansei
Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shuri
Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: To Destroy Enemy Installations on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shuri
(40) USS Lexington

Aircraft Action Report No. AG20#147 : 1945/01/03
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Taito Area, Formosa. Targets: Taito Airfield (Formosa)
Locomotives, Cars on Taito - Karenko Railroad
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Takao-Toshien Area, Formosa Shipping Attack off Takao.
Targets: 6000 Ton F.T.B. x 2, 800 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 2; off Toshien (Formosa)
30 Small Craft off Ryukyu (Okinawa)(Nansei) 4000 Ton S.A. off Ape Hill (Formosa) Suga
※Mission: Strike at Shipping 4 Miles West of Toshien, Formosa. Targets: 3000 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship), 800 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 2; 4 Miles West of Toshien, Formosa
※Mission: Search D-6, M-1 Operations, Task Force 58. Targets: Convoy: 26゜25'N.
121゜10'E. 6-700 Ton A.O.(Oiler)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Heito, Takao Area, Formosa. Targets: Heito North Airfield
(Formosa)
※Mission: Fighter, Bomber, Photo Sweep - Tainan & Ryukyu Island Area, Formosa.
Targets: (32) Tainan Airfield (Fromosa) (22) Heito Airfield S.C. - Southeast of Ryukyu
Island (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Search South Areas Eastern China Sea. Targets: Convoy - 27゜45'N.
121゜48'E. 6000 Ton A.O.(Oiler) x 2 800 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Group Strike at Heito Airfield, Formosa. Targets: (34) Taito Airfield (Formosa)
(39) Okayama Airfield
※Mission: Group Strike at (34) Taito Airfield. Targets: Taito Airfield (Formosa)
183/343
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Luzon Clark Field Area, Philippine. Targets: Mabalacat
Airfield, West Luzon (Philippine) Tuguegarao
※Mission: Coordinated Strike at Clark Field Area, Luzon. Targets: Clark Field, Luzon,
Philippine
※Mission: Fighter Strike at Tuguegarao Airfield, Luzon. Targets: Tuguegarao Airfield,
Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Fighter Strike at Aparri Airfield, Luzon. Targets: Aparri Airfield, Luzon,
Philippine
※Mission: Strike at Shipping and Airfield, Laoag, Luzon. Targets: Convoy near Laoag,
Luzon, Philippine Laoag Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Strike at Clark Field Area, Luzon. Targets: Clark Airfield, Luzon,
Philippine
※Mission: Clark Airfield, Luzon, Philippine. Targets: Clark Airfield, Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Attack Aircraft and Installations at Clark Airfield, Luzon. Targets: Clark
Airfield, Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Strike E, #1 Operations, Task Group 38.2, S-2, Clark Field. Targets: Clark
Field, Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Strike E, #2 Operations, Task Group 38.2, S-2, Fighter. Targets: Mabalacat
Airfield, Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Strike E, #1 Operations, Task Group 38.2, Fighter. Targets: (35) Takao
Airfield, Formosa Small Shipping off Koshun
※Mission: Search for Shipping, Formosa Area. Targets: Northern Formosa
※Mission: Strike E, Formosa. Targets: Shipping off Formosa
※Mission: Strike C on Shipping, Southwest Coast of Formosa. Targets: Convoy 5 Miles
West of Toshien, Formosa
※Mission: Strike B on Shipping off Northwest Formosa. Targets: 10000 Ton S.A. off
Toshien, Formosa
※Mission: Strike E, Formosa. Targets: (36) Takao Airfield, Formosa Shipping off Ape Hill
near Toshien
※Mission: Dawn Fighter Sweep, Cam Ranh Area, Indo-China. Targets: Quinhon Harbor,
Indo-China
※Mission: Anti-Shipping Strike, Indo-China Coast. Targets: Convoy 20 Miles of
Camranh Bay (Indo-China)
※Mission: Strike at Convoy North Quinhon, Indo-China. Targets: Convoy 5 Miles 565
184/343
Degrees from Quinhon Harbor, Indo-China 5800 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) Katori Class
10000 Ton S.A. 2500 Ton S.B. 800 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 3 2000 Ton S.B.
※Mission: Strike at Shipping West Quinhon Bay, French Indo-China. Targets: Shipping,
Indo-China
※Mission: Late VF Sweep of Saigon. Targets: Airfield at Saigon (Indo-china) Shipping in
River at Saigon
※Mission: Strike A on Shipping in Formosa Area. Targets: Ships in Mako-ko Harbor,
Pescadores (Formosa)
※Mission: Sweep A Formosa. Targets: P.C. (Patrol Craft) x 2, Submarine Chaser; off
Formosa
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Hong Kong. Targets: Kaitak Airfield, Hong Kong (China)
※Mission: Strike B on Shipping, Pescadores Islands. Targets: Ships in Mako-ko
Anchorage, Pescadores (Formosa)
※Mission: Search, Task Group 38.2 - Day of Hong Kong Attack. Targets: Shipping, East
Coast of Hainan (China)
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Hong Kong. Targets: Ships on Installations, Hong Kong,
China
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Hong Kong. Targets: Kaitak Airfield, Hong Kong (China)
※Mission: Attack Ships and Installations, Hong Kong. Targets: Taikoo Dockyard (Hong
Kong)(China) Kaitak Airfield
※Mission: Attack Ships, Hong Kong Harbor, China. Targets: Ships, Hong Kong (China)
※Mission: Strike D, Hong Kong. Targets: Hong Kong Harbor (China)
※Mission: Weather & Search.
※Mission: Dawn Fighter Sweep, Southern Formosa. Targets: Takao Airfield (Formosa)
Alian Airfield Taito Airfield
※Mission: Attack Shipping, Takao Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Ships in Takao Harbor
(Formosa) Alian Airfield Heito Airfield
※Mission: Shipping Strike, Takao and Toshien, Formosa. Targets: Pier and Shipping -
Takao & Toshien (Formosa)
※Mission: Second Fighter Sweep, Formosa. Targets: Shipping, Takao Harbor (Formosa)
Okayama Airfield
※Mission: Shipping and Airfield Strike - Formosa. Targets: Ape Hill (Formosa) Takao
185/343
Harbor Heito Airfield

※Mission: Attack on Airfield on Formosa. Targets: Heito Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: R.C.A.P. - West of Formosa.
※Mission: Glide Bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Factory at Ota. Targets: Nakajima
Aircraft Factory at Ota (Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Air Support for Iwojima Landings. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support 2-E, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support #2-A, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Bombing Tokuno Airfield, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) S.B. x 4 - Kuji-wan (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Strike 2E, Shipping at Naze-ko, Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping, Naze-ko,
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 17000 Ton S. 6900 Ton F.T.C. 3200 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Sweep - Chiba Peninsula Airfields.
※Mission: Sweep Airfields Oshima & Chiba Peninsula. Targets: Oshima Airfield
(Tokyo)(Honshu) Mobara Airfield (Chiba) Naruto Airfield Katori Airfield (Ibaraki)
※Mission: Sweep - Chiba Peninsula Airfields.
※Mission: R.C.A.P. #3, Tokyo Area. Targets: 2500 Ton F.T.C. - 40 Miles Southeast Iro-
zaki
※Mission: Strike against Airfield, Kisarazu. Targets: Kisarazu Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: R.C.A.P. #3, Tokyo Area. Targets: Lugger - 15 Miles Southeast Kozushima
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Support Landing Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Sweep of Hahajima and Chichijima. Targets: Naval Installations, Omura,
Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Nishijima 2000 Ton S.B., Harbor Facilities - Higashi-
minato, Hahajima
※Mission: Air Support, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
186/343

※Mission: Sweep, #2B, Airfields North Chiba Peninsula. Targets: Tsukuba Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Mito Airfield
※Mission: Strike Shipping, Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping, Naze-ko, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Kikai Airfield
※Mission: Attack-Dive Bomb Nakajima Ota Aircraft Plant (Tokyo Area), Lexington
Strike #2F. Targets: Nakajima Ota Aircraft Plant (Gumma)
※Mission: Air Support - Iwojima, Lexington Support 2B. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support - Iwojima, Lexington Support 2G. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support - Iwojima, Lexington Support 2C. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support - Iwojima, Lexington Strike 1. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Enemy Aircraft & Installations - Tokunoshima U.S.S. Lexington Strike 2B.
Targets: Tokuno Airfield (Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: U.S.S. Lexington Strike 2E - Shipping at Amamioshima. Targets: Naze Cove -
Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 6900 Ton F.T.C. 3800 Ton - 4000 Ton F.T.C. 17000
Ton S. 2 Stacks
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Airfields in Tokyo Target Area. Targets: Katori Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Mobara Airfield (Chiba)
※Mission: Rescue Submarine C.A.P. Targets: F.T.C., Lugger - 34゜40'N. 139゜48'E.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Airfields in Tokyo Target Area.
※Mission: Escort of VB & VT on Bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Factory at Ota. Targets:
Ota Aircraft Factory (Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tokyo Target Area #4. Targets: Mobara Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Rescue Submarine C.A.P. Targets: 150 - 200 Ton S.D. - 34゜05'N. 140゜40'E.
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Support of Ground Troops - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Call Support of Ground Troops - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Photograph Airfields in Tokyo Area. Targets: Lugger x 3 - 20 Miles East
187/343
Inubo-zaki
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Tokyo Area. Targets: Konoike Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: 320 Mile Search. Targets: Lugger x 2 - 28゜50'N. 129゜30'E. Lugger -
28゜48'N. 130゜E.
※Mission: Strike against Tokuno Airfield - Shipping at Kuji-wan. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Shipping at Kuji-wan, Amamioshima
※Mission: Photos of Kikaijima & Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto, and Fighter Sweep in
Support. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kametsu
Somachi-Hakuchi, Kikaijima
※Mission: Photo Coverage - Kikaijima & Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kametsu Town
Action report of USS Lexington (CV-16) for period 13 June 1945 (west longitude date)
through strike on Wake Island, 20 June 1945 (east longitude date)
※The Commanding Officer, USS Lexington .
※Mission: Bombing, Rocket and Strafing Attack on Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Bombing, Rocket and Strafing Attack vs. Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Bombardment Group "C.A.P.". Targets: 1200 Ton F.T.D. 80' Patrol Vessel at
39゜05'N. 141゜50'E.
※Mission: Sweep over Airfields at Bihoro, Memambetsu, Notoroko and Shibetsu;
Hokkaido. Targets: Saw Mill, Shibetsu (Hokkaido) 2500 Ton F.T.C. - 43゜25'N.
145゜30'E. Landing Craft x 20 - 43゜20'N. 145゜20'E. Landing Craft x 15 - 43゜20'N.
145゜20'E. Nemuro Do
※Mission: Submarine C.A.P. - At Irako-zaki Lighthouse. Targets: Lighthouse at
34゜00'N. 136゜15'E. Radar Station at 33゜50'N. 136゜10'E. Reservation at 34゜18'N.
136゜40'E.
※Mission: Sweep over Hamamatsu Airfield - Honshu. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep over Hamamatsu Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Factory, Yoshiwara
(Shizuoka)(Honshu) Factory, Kambara
※Mission: Submarine CAP at Irako-zaki Lighthouse (H-13). Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) at
34゜22'N. 136゜52'E. Buildings at 34゜15'N. 136゜51'E. Buildings at 34゜17'N.
136゜54'E. Buildings at 34゜37'N.137゜11'E.
188/343

※Mission: Strike vs. Kure (Dumbo - CAP). Targets: Fukura, Awajishima
(Hyogo)(Honshu) 6000 Ton S.B.L.
※Mission: Sweep over Airfield at Okazaki, Honshu. Targets: Kowa Seaplane Station
(Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep over Oi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Oi Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep over Hamamatsu, Mikatagahara & Oi Airfields. Targets: Hamamatsu
Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Oi Airfield Mikatagahara Airfield
※Mission: Submarine CAP at Irako-zaki Lighthouse (H-13). Targets: 1600 Ton Old
D.D.(Destroyer), 1000 Ton F.T.D. - 34゜05'N. 136゜12'E.
※Mission: Sweep of Yaizu Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Yaizu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Submarine CAP at Irako-zaki Lighthouse (H-13). Targets: Yokosuka
(34゜41'N. 138゜00'E.)(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Reconnaissance of Suruga-wan, Honshu and Bombing of Factories at Fuji,
Honshu. Targets: 4 Factory Sites; Fuji (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike at Jimmachi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Yamagata Airfield
※Mission: Attack on Jimmachi & Yamagata Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Jimmachi
Airfield (Yamagata)(Honshu) Yamagata Airfield
※Mission: Strike vs. Matsushima Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike vs. D.D. & D.E. at 38゜25'N. 141゜27'E. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) &
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) at 38゜25'N. 141゜27'E.
※Mission: Strike vs. Mamurogawa Airfield, Honshu. Targets: S.C. at 38゜30'N.
141゜30'E. S.D. at 35゜40'N. 141゜30'E.
※Mission: Strike vs. Tsuruoka Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Sakata Harbor
(Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike vs. Tsuruoka Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Honjo Town (Akita)(Honshu)
Sakata Harbor (Yamagata) Gotono Airfield
※Mission: Strike vs. Mamurogawa Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Jimmachi Airfield Yamagata Airfield
※Mission: Strike vs. Utsunomiya & Utsunomiya South, Honshu. Targets: Utsunomiya
Airfield (Tochigi)(Honshu) Kanemaru Airfield
※Mission: Strike vs. Utsunomiya South & Kanemaru Airfield, Honshu. Targets:
Nakajima Aircraft Plant, Utsunomiya (Tochigi)(Honshu) Utsunomiya South Airfield
189/343
Kanemaru Airfield (Fukushima) Mibu Airfield (Tochigi)

※Mission: Strike vs. Utsunomiya Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Yamagata Airfield Koriyama Airfield (Fukushima)
※Mission: Strike vs, Nasuno Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Nasuno Airfield
(Tochigi)(Honshu) Kanemaru Airfield
※Mission: Strike vs. Utsunomiya & Utsunomiya South Airfields, Honshu. Targets:
Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Bombing Sweep off A.A. Positions, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Bomb, Rocket, & Strafing Attack, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Bombing, Rocket, Strafing Attack, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Bombing, Rocket, Strafing Attack, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Bombing, Rocket, & Strafing, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Bihoro Airfield, Hokkaido. Targets: General Area
Ashiyorobuto to Otsu to Kushiro (Hokkaido) Ikeda
※Mission: Submarine C.A.P. over Hokkaido. Targets: Shipping & Radio Station, Nemuro
(Hokkaido)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Bihoro, Hokkaido. Targets: Shibecha (Hokkaido)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Bihoro, Hokkaido. Targets: Targets of Opportunity -
Nemuro, Abashiri (Hokkaido) Harbor of Bekkai Locomotive at Shibetsu Bridge - Shari
Shibetsu
※Mission: Submarine Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Akkeshi-wan (Hokkaido)
※Mission: Utsunomiya South Airfield. Targets: Otsu-hara (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Utsunomiya Airfield. Targets: Otsu-hara (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Kitaura Seaplane
Station
※Mission: Hyakurigahara, Aircraft. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Hyakurigahara, Aircraft. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Oi, Tenryu, Yaizu. Targets: Tenryu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu) Oi Airfield Yaizu Airfield
※Mission: Aircraft, Hamamatsu and Mikatagahara. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike on Hamamatsu, Aircraft. Targets: Hamamatsu - Maisaka Area
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
190/343

※Mission: Hamamatsu, Aircarft. Targets: Hamamatsu (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Submarine C.A.P. - Irago-zaki. Targets: Targets of Opportunity, Ago-wan
Area, Honshu Miwazaki-wan (Wakayama)(Honshu) Daio-zaki (Mie) Ugui (Wakayama)
Gokasho-wan (Mie)
※Mission: Hamamatsu, Aircraft. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
Hamamatsu Town
※Mission: Hamamatsu, Aircraft. Targets: Fuji Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Omae-zaki
Shimizu Airfield
※Mission: Hamamatsu, Aircraft. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
Mikatagahara Airfield
※Mission: Sybmarine CAP #2 (Irako-zaki - Honshu). Targets: Shipping - 35゜05'N.
136゜16'E. Owase-wan (Mie)(Honshu) D.D.(Destroyer) S.C. x 2
※Mission: Oi, Aircraft (Honshu). Targets: Oi Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Yaizu
※Mission: Submarine C.A.P. Targets: Small Fishing Boats
※Mission: Aircraft, Oi Airfield. Targets: Oi Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Shimada
※Mission: Aircraft Jimmachi and Yamagata Airfields. Targets: Yamagata Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Jimmachi Airfield
※Mission: Aircraft Mamurogawa and Obanazawa. Targets: Yokote (Akita)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Mamurogawa, Obanazawa Airfield. Targets: Shipping -
Onagawa, Kesennuma (Miyagi)(Honshu) Shipping - Takata (Iwate)
※Mission: Aircraft Yonezawa Airfield. Targets: Kashima Area (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Plant #496. Targets: Tokyo Shibaura #1 Electric
Plant (Tokyo)(Honshu) Japaneses International Aircraft Plant, Hiratsuka (Kanagawa)
※Mission: Aircraft Nasuno & Kanemaru Airfields. Targets: Kanemaru Airfield
(Tochigi)(Honshu) Imaichi Mito Nasuno Airfield
※Mission: Aircraft - Nasuno Airfield. Targets: Nasuno Airfield (Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Aircraft Utsunomiya & Utsunomiya South. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Yamagata Airfield Koriyama Airfield (Fukushima)
※Mission: Dive Bombing, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
191/343
※Mission: Shipping Reported at Onagawa, Sendai Area. Targets: Shipping, Onagawa

Wan - 38゜27'N. 141゜27'E. (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft & Installations, Jimmachi, Honshu. Targets: Jimmachi
Airfield & Installations (Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Mamurogawa & Obanazawa, Japan. Targets: Shipping
(Miyagi) (Honshu) Ogachi - 38゜31'N. 141゜38'E. Shizukawa - 38゜41'N. 141゜26'E.
Kesennuma - 38゜54'N. 141゜34'E.
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Yonezawa, Honshu. Targets: Kashima - 37゜42'N.
140゜58'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Shibaura Electronics Plant, Tokyo. Targets: Japanese International Aircraft
Plant, Hiratsuka (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Unidentified Factory at Suga
※Mission: Attack Ground Installations on Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Attack Barracks Area, Wake Island. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Jimmachi Airfield, Field 290. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Yamagata Airfield
※Mission: Attack Shipping - Onagawa-wan. Targets: Shipping at Onagawa-wan
(Miyagi)(Honshu) 1000 Ton Kaibokan #2 900 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 150 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Attack Aircraft - Tsuruoka Airfield. Targets: Tsuruoka Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Dock Area (Sakata) Railyard
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Mamurogawa (2902), Obanazawa (464) and Jimmachi
(2901), Honshu. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield (2901)(Yamagata)(Honshu) Mamurogawa
Airfield (2902) Obanazawa Airfield (464)
※Mission: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company - Target 496. Targets: Tokyo Shibaura
Electric Company - Target 496 (Tokyo)(Honshu) Kisarazu Aircraft Plant - Target 2016
(Chiba)
Aircraft Action Report No. CAG94#1 : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Utsunomiya Airfield. Targets: Utsunomiya Airfield
(Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Koriyama West. Targets: Koriyama Airfield
(Fukushima)(Honshu) Koriyama West Airfield
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Utsunomiya South Airfield. Targets: Utsunomiya South
Airfield (Tochigi)(Honshu)
192/343
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Nasuno & Kanemaru Airfields. Targets: Nasuno Airfield
(Tochigi)(Honshu) Kanemaru Airfield Sukagawa
※Mission: Aircraft at Kanemaru and Nasuno Airfields. Targets: Nasuno Airfield
(Tochigi)(Honshu) Kanemaru Airfield
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft on Utsunomiya South Airfield. Targets: Utsunomiya South
Airfield (Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Koriyama & Koriyama West Airfields. Targets: Koriyama
Airfield (Fukushima)(Honshu) Koriyama West Airfield
※Mission: Obihiro Factory / Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Pombestu Factories /
Buildings (Hokkaido)
※Mission: Fukagawa - Rumoi - Asahikawa / Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Obihiro
Airfield (Hokkaido)
※Mission: Attack B.B. Nagato - Yokosuka Naval Base. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Nagato
- Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa)(Honshu) 10000 Ton A.P.(Cargoship) 8000 Ton
Cruiser
※Mission: Attack Naval Shipping - Kure Harbor. Targets: Shipping - Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise, Hyuga C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Katsuragi
C.A.(Heavy Cruiser)
※Mission: Attack Naval Shipping, Kure Harbor. Targets: Shipping Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba C.V.(Aircraft Carrier)(Hull)
B.B.(Battleship) Ise C.L.(Light Cruiser)
※Mission: Attack Naval Shipping Kure Harbor. Targets: South Coast of Shikoku
Muroto-misaki (Kochi) Okuuchi, Southwest Tip of Shikoku
※Mission: Destroy Naval Shipping. Targets: Shipping / Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise C.L.(Light Cruiser) Oyodo C.A.(Heavy Cruiser)
Aoba A.K.(Cargoship) Kure City
※Mission: Destroy Shipping in Kure Harbor. Targets: Shipping Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) B.B.(Battleship) Ise C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba C.V.(Aircraft
Carrier) Katsuragi
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft and Installations at Oi Airfield. Targets: Oi Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft Hamamatsu / Mikatagahara. Targets: Mikatagahara Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Destroy Aircraft - Mikatagahara Airfield. Targets: Mikatagahara Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
(41) USS Lunga Point

Action report - Capture and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, Phase one and two, 21 March
193/343
1945 to 27 June 1945

※USS Lunga Point (CVE 94).
Action report - East China Sea operation 1 August to 7 August 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Lunga Point (CVE 94).
Aircraft Action Report No. VC85#20 : 1945/02/16
※Mission: Strike on Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Mt. Suribachi, Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Chichijima and Hahajima. Targets: Hahajima, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Strike on Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Photographic Sortie over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Mt. Suribachi, Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Iwojima, Volcano Island. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Iwojima, Volcano Island. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator in Strike on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
194/343

※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Artillery Spotter, 3rd Marine Division, Iwojima.
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Strike on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Strike on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Iwojima. Volcano Islands. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
195/343

※Mission: Air Coordinator on Strike on Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Kerama Retto, Okinawa Gunto Direct Support and Air Coordinator.
Targets: Kerama Retto, Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Town
※Mission: Strike on Kerama Retto, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Kerama Retto, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Akashima, Tokashikijima;
Kerama Retto, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto, Okinawa Gunto. Targets:
Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kadena Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Komesu
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yonabaru Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Kerama Retto, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Kubashima
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Aragusuku Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Toyama Town
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Aragusuku Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Toyama Town
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Western Coast of Southern Okinawa
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yontan Airfield
196/343
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Minatogawa Town

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Villages, East Okinawa
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) South
Eastern Beach, Okinawa
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yontan Airfield Makiminato Airfield
※Mission: Photographic Runs on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic - Kerama Retto, Okinawa. Targets: Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic - Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Drop - Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Small Boats, Vicinity Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tsukenjima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Sortie - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Sortie over Okinawa.
※Mission: Observation over Kiseshima, Okinawa Gunto.
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kadena
Airfield
※Mission: Photographic Sortie over Okinawa. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Sortie over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Okinawa. Targets: Agunijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kumejima
197/343

※Mission: Artillery Spotting, Okinawa.
※Mission: Photo Sortie over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Observation. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Smokers.
※Mission: Spotting over Okinawa.
※Mission: Photographic Sortie - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Sortie, Okinawa. Targets: Towns on Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Observation and Spotting, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Eastern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Izenajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kin, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Artillery Spotting over Okinawa.
※Mission: Observer. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Anti-Submarine Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Ikejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Sortie, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Observation Mission over Okinawa.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Airfield at Ikejima, Okinawa
Gunto (Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Sortie over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VC85#132 : 1945/03/27, 1945/03/29
※Mission: 6 Photographic Sorties, Okinawa.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Kerama Retto.
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
198/343

※Mission: Photographic Sortie over Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: South Eastern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa.
※Mission: Propaganda Sortie over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa.
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Sorties over Okinawa.
※Mission: Observation Sorties over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Observation Missions over Okinawa.
※Mission: Supply Dropping Mission over Okinawa.
※Mission: Observation over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Ada Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
199/343

※Mission: Strike on Okinawa.
※Mission: Observation Missions over Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike of Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Observation Sorties over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa and Iejima. Targets: Northern Okinawa (Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa and Iejima. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei)
Iejima
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Strike on Iejima and Yoron-to. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Yoron-to
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VC85#173 : 1945/04/14, 1945/04/15
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Rioi Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Kumejima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
200/343

※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Island of Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Islands of Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: L.C.A.P. & L.A.S.P. near Sakishima Gunto.
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VC98#10 & 11 : 1945/06/09
Aircraft Action Report No. VC98#13 & 14 : 1945/06/09
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Nakagusuku, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Nakagusuku, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Mabuni, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Komesu Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Nakagusuku, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Mine Sweeping Operations.
※Mission: Strike - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
201/343

※Mission: Strike - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Shiraho Town - Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima and Photo Flight. Targets: Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Nobara and Hirara Towns, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Town,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Town
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima, (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Hegina, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hegina Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(42) USS Makassar Strait

※Mission: D.S.O. Okinawa. Targets: Boats Northeast Coast Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.O. Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. - Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. - Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Miyako, Hirara Airfield. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki, Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Miyara Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyako. Targets: Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hirara Airfield Nobara Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigaki. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
202/343

※Mission: L.C.A.P. over Ship.
※Mission: Strike Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. Okinawa. Targets: Usukuma, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Agunijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
203/343

※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Tonakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. Okinawa. Targets: Nakaza Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. Okinawa. Targets: Hanagusuku Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. Okinawa. Targets: Town of Iwa (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Ogusuku
(43) USS Makin Islands

Action report - Occupation of Iwo Jima (10 February 1945 to 11 March 1945)
※Commanding Officer, USS Makin Island (CVE-93).
※Mission: Support, D-3, Iwojima. Targets: 2 Luggers Bearing 330゜ T 20 Miles from Mt.
Suribachi
※Mission: Support, D-2, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: In Connection with Iwojima D-2 Operations, Strike Chichijima, Susaki
Airfield, and Harbors at Chichijima and Hahajima for Small Boats. Targets: Susaki
Airfield, Chichijima (Tokyo), Hahajima
※Mission: Anti Submarine Patrol, in Connection with D-2 Operations, Iwojima. Targets:
Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, D-2, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, D-2, Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, D-2, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
204/343

※Mission: Air Coordinator, D-2, Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, D-Day Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator for D-Day Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Support, D plus 1, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator D plus 2 Support, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, D Plus 2 Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, D plus 3, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support, D Plus 3, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, D Plus 3 Support, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, D Plus 5, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, D Plus 5, Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
205/343

※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Iwojima, D Plus 6. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support, D Plus 6 Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Support Operations, D Plus 8, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordination, D Plus 8, Support Operations, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, D Plus 9, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
(Tokyo)
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Support Operations, D Plus 10, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
206/343

(Tokyo)
(Tokyo)
(Tokyo)
(Tokyo)
Action report - Occupation of Iwo Jima
※Photo-graphic Section', USS Makin Island (CVE 93).
Action report - Capture of Okinawa Gunto - Phases I and II (21 March 1945 to 5 June
1945)
※Commanding Officer, USS Makin Island (CVE-93).
※Mission: Support, L-7, Okinawa. Targets: Kubashima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. VC84#94 1945/03/25
※Mission: Support and Air Coordinator, L-7, Okinawa. Targets: Kubajima (Kerama
Retto) Yakabijima(Kerama Retto)
※Mission: Support and Air Coordinator, L-7, Okinawa. Targets: Tokashikijima
207/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Zamamijima
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support, L-7, Okinawa. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
Naha Airfield
※Mission: Air Observer, L-6, Kerama Retto Landings, Okinawa. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yakabijima Kubashima
※Mission: L.C.A.P., L-6, Okinawa.
※Mission: Support, L-7, Okinawa. Targets: Tokashikijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, L-6, Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Itoman
Airfield Senagajima
※Mission: Support, L-6, Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Support, L-5, Okinawa. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Air Observer, L-5, Okinawa. Targets: Tokashikijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Akashima Maejima
※Mission: Support, L-5, Okinawa. Targets: Itoman, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, L-5, Okinawa. Targets: Itoman, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, L-5, Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, L-5, Okinawa. Targets: Chinen-misaki, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, L-4, Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, L-4, Okinawa. Targets: Sesokojima, Okinawa
(Nansei) Toguchi
※Mission: Support, L-4, Okinawa. Targets: Baten-ko, Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Inason
Town
※Mission: Air Observer, L-4, Okinawa. Targets: Minatoga Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kinawa Yonabaru-wan
※Mission: Support Placed on Target Combat Air Patrol, L-4, Okinawa. Targets: Toguchi,
Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Airfield Iejima
※Mission: Support, L-4, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol and Support, L-3, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan
Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer, L-3, Okinawa. Targets: Tokeshi Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
Yontan Airfield
208/343

※Mission: Support, L-3, Okinawa. Targets: Area from Yontan Airfield to Kadena Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Town
※Mission: Support, L-3, Okinawa. Targets: Ishado, Okinawa (Nansei) Kadena Naha
Airfield
※Mission: Support, L-2, Okinawa. Targets: Katsuren-wan, Okinawa (Nansei)
Tsukenjima Baten-ko
※Mission: Support, L-2. Okinawa. Targets: Zampa-misaki, Okinawa (Nansei) Yontan
Airfield
※Mission: Support, L-2, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support, L Day, Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Flight, Love Day, Okinawa. Targets: Kowa Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nakama Town Chuda Town Ishikawa
※Mission: Support, Love Day, Okinawa. Targets: Ginowan Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support and Air Coordinator, Love Day, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observers and Artillery Spotter, L Plus 1, Okinawa. Targets: Naha
Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei) Makiminato Airfield Yuza Town
※Mission: Support, L Plus 1, Okinawa. Targets: Sukiran Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Makiminato Airfield
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support, L Plus 1, Okinawa. Targets: Gisushi Town,
Okinawa (Nansei) Tsukasan Town
※Targets: Yomori Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Iejima Tsukenjima
※Targets: Iejima, Okinawa (Nansei) Nago Town Motobu Peninsula
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support, L Plus 7, Okinawa. Targets: Dakeshi Town,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, L Plus 7, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support, L Plus 7, Okinawa. Targets: Yonawa Town,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, L Plus 7, Okinawa. Targets: Onaga Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
Karadera Town
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, L Plus 8, Okinawa. Targets: Onaga Town, Okinawa
209/343
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Flights, L Plus 8, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Tsukenjima Landings, L Plus 9, Okinawa. Targets: Tsukenjima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Flights, L Plus 10, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei) Makabe Town
※Mission: Support, L Plus 10, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Flights, L Plus 11, Okinawa. Targets: Wagusuku Town,
Okinawa (Nansei) Mosado Town
※Mission: Support, L Plus 11, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, L Plus 11, Okinawa.
※Mission: Air Observer, L Plus 11, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Flights, L Plus 12, Okinawa. Targets: Itoman Town, Okinawa
(Nansei) Jahana Town Tomori Town
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Support, L Plus 13, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Flights, L Plus 13, Okinawa. Targets: Arakaki Town, Okinawa
(Nansei) Motobu Peninsula Ada Town
※Mission: Support, L Plus 13, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Support, L Plus 13, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Motobu Peninsula
※Mission: Support, L Plus 14, Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei)
Iejima
※Mission: Air Coordinator Flights, L Plus 14, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Air Coordinator, L Plus 15, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima,
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, L Plus 15, Okinawa.
※Mission: Support & Target Combat Air Patrol, L Plus 19, Okinawa. Targets:
Shindawaku Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Nakagusuku Town Tomori Town Yonabaru-wan
Itoman Town
※Mission: Support, L Plus 20, Okinawa. Targets: Gaia Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
210/343
※Mission: Support, Target Combat Air Patrol, Air Observer, L Plus 21, Okinawa.
Targets: Awacha Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Nishime Town Makiminato Airfield Tomusu
Town
※Mission: Strike to Neutralize Miyakojima Airfield, Sakishima Gunto in Support of
Okinawa Operations. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara
Airfield
※Mission: Ground Support over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support over Okinawa. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support over Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
Inasomi Town
※Mission: Strike against Kumeshima. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support over Okinawa. Targets: Dakeshi Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support over Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
211/343

※Mission: Ground Support & Coordinator, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support and Air Coordinator, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer Pilots, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
(44) USS Manilla Bay

※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Flighter Sweep over Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Ikemajima
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Shimajiri Town Ikemajima
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikemajima
※Mission: V.F. Sweep over Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield Sukama Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield Ikemajima
(45) USS Marcus Island

Brief of action report from USS Marcus Island (Capt. H. V. Hopkins) and from VC-87 and
VOC-1 covering operations in support of Okinawa occupation 26 March - 28 April 1945,
R/S 012653
Amphibious operations Kerama Retto and Okinawa, Okinawa Gunto, 26 March - 5 April
1945 - Air support of
212/343
※Commander, Composite Squad-ron 87.

※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Aharen Town, Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Dakushaku, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Town and Harbor of Tojuki, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Town and Harbor of Tojuki, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Minatoga Aragusuku
Gushichan
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Direct Support. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei) Naha Airfield
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Kumejima, Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Airfield
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Southeast Coast of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Kadena Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Imatomari, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
213/343

Aircraft Action Report No. VOC-1/101 : 1945/04/12
※Mission: Spotting and Support. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kitadaitojima
※Mission: Napalm Strike. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep and Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep Ishigaki. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report - Capture of Okinawa Gunto - Phases one and two
※Commanding Officer, USS Mar-cus Island (CVE 77).
(46) USS Monterey

Action report of USS Monterey for period 9 May to 1 June [1945] inclusive; Action against
enemy aircraft and installations in Nansei Shoto and Kyushu
※The Commanding Officer, USS Monterey CVL26.
※Mission: Bomb & Strafe Attack, Saeki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Seaplane
Station (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Glide Bombing Attack Aircraft and Installations - Saeki Airfield and Saeki
Seaplane Station, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu) Saiki Seaplane Station
※Mission: Task Group 38.3 Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Bombing & Strafing Attack Aircraft and Installations, Usa Airfield, Kyushu.
Targets: Usa Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Photo Reconnaissance Mission and Usa Airfield.
※Mission: Bombing Attack Minamata Hydrogen Fertilizer Company, Minamata,
Kyushu. Targets: Minamata Hydrogen Fertilizer Plant (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Patrol - Tokunoshima to Kikaijima Reconneiter Amami Gunto &
Strike Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Somachi Town, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Kametoku Town, Tokunoshima
214/343
※Mission: Fighter Patrol - Amamioshima to Yokoatejima Strike Targets of Opportunity.

Targets: Akaogi, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Mitoriya Town Tatsugo
※Mission: Fighter Patrol Tokunoshima - Kikaijima to Reconneiter Amami Gunto and
Bomb, Strafe and Rocket. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
※Mission: Fighter Patrol Amamioshima, Yokoatejima, Yakushima to Strike Targets of
Opportunity. Targets: Ichiso Town, Yakushima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Factory Area -
30゜26'N. 130゜32'E., Yakushima Kuchinoshima Kuchinoyerabu-wan,
Kuchinoyerabujima Nakanoshima
※Mission: Incendiary, Napalm, Rocket Attacks on Koniya and Seaplane Station Base,
Amamioshima. Targets: Koniya Town, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Koniya
Seaplane Station Base Kaitsu-zaki Hoden-wan, Kakeromajima
※Mission: Fighter Reconnaissance Patrol - Amamioshima Strike Targets of Opportunity.
Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Sammura Town, Tokunoshima
※Mission: Air-Ground Support, Shuri Area, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
Revised form for reporting A.A. action by surface ships --- South of Kyushu --- USS
Monterey CVL-26 --- 14 May 1945
(47) USS Natoma Bay

Action report, Capture of Okinawa and nearby islands, 28 May, 1945 to 24 June, 1945,
inclusive
※The Commanding Officer, USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62).
(48) USS Nehenta Bay

※Mission: C.A.P., Launched upon Report of Bogey.
Action report of capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phases one and two, 12 May to 24 June 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74).
※Mission: Direct Support Group, South Central Okinawa. Targets: South Central
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Agunijima. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, South Central Okinawa. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support & Air Coordinator, South Central Okinawa. Targets: Naha,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Carry Air Observer & Attack Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Carry Marine Air Observer & Attack Targets of Opportunity. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
215/343

※Mission: Carry Army Observer & Attack Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Carry Marine Air Observer & Attack Targets of Opportunity. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Group, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Sukama Strip. Targets: Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Sukama Strip - 25゜45'N. 125゜20'E. Targets: Sukama Airfield,
※Mission: Strike against Sukama Strip - 25゜45'N. 125゜20'E. Targets: Sukama Airfield.
※Mission: Strike against Sukama Strip - 25゜45'N. 125゜20'E. Targets: Sukama Airfield,
※Mission: Strike against Sukama Strip - 25゜45'N. 125゜20'E. Targets: Sukama Airfield,
※Mission: Direct Support Group against Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
216/343

※Mission: Direct Support against Okinawa. Targets: Town of Nakagusuku
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support against Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kiyamu (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Makabe (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Makabe (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Sukama Airfield - Miyakojima. Targets: Sukama Airfield,
※Mission: Strike on Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Sukama Airfield,
※Mission: Strike on Miyara and Hegina Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Sukama, Miyakojima. Targets: Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Sukama, Hirara and Nobara Airfields on Miyakojima. Targets:
Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Sukama Airfield
(49) USS Norton Sound

※Mission: Search Calls 63 and 163V465. Targets: Small A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 34゜46'N.
127゜02'E. Small A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 34゜40'N. 125゜50'E.
※Mission: Search - Calls 61 and 161V485. Targets: 100 Ton S.D. - 33゜35'N. 134゜23'E.
880 Ton S.C.S. (Submarine Chaser), S.D. x 20 - 33゜32'N. 134゜22'E. (Shikoku) 70 Ton
Lugger - 33゜25'N. 134゜15'E. 1300 Ton F.T.D.
※Mission: Search - Calls 61 and 161V465. Targets: 110 Ton Ferry Boat, S.D. x 17 Taker
x 3 - 33゜22'N. 133゜16'E. - Susaki (Kochi)(Shikoku) Shipyard Dock Area
217/343
※Mission: Search - Calls 5-V464 and 150V464. Targets: 700 Ton F.T.D. - 34゜50'N.
119゜20'E.
※Mission: Night Search - Call 91V464. Targets: 225 Ton Tug, 400 Ton Barge
※Mission: Search - Calls 50 and 150V464. Targets: 225 Ton Tug, 400 Ton Barge -
31゜45'N. 122゜22'E. Lighthouse - 35゜54'N. 120゜53'E.
※Mission: Night Search - Call 92V464. Targets: 880 Ton S.C.S. - 35゜15'N. 129゜35'E.
※Mission: Search - Calls 54 and 154V464. Targets: 2000 Ton F.T.C. - 36゜55'N.
122゜45'E.
※Mission: Search - Calls 63 and 163V465. Targets: 2300 Ton S.C.L. - 34゜17'N.
126゜27'E. Lighthouse
(50) USS Onslow

※Mission: Night Anti-Submarine Patrol.
※Mission: Night Shipping Strike on Enemy Convoy. Targets: Enemy Convoy of 5 Large
Tankers and Freighters & 5 Escorts
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance along South Korea. Targets: 2000 Ton S.C.S. -
35゜03'N. 126゜20'E. 80 Ton S.D. x 3 - 34゜31'N. 126゜05'E.
※Mission: Armed Reconnaissance off Korea. Targets: 200 Ton P.C. Boat 4500 Ton F.T.B.
(51) USS Orca

Patrol bombing squadron 52, report of operations for September. : 1944/10/04
※, United States Fleet Patrol Squadron 52.
※Mission: Radar Search. Targets: Wewak Harbor 3000 Ton Cargo Ship
※Mission: Bomb Woleai Island Air Strip. Targets: Woleai Island - 7゜20'N. 143゜54'E.
※Mission: Bomb Supply Areas and Air Strip, Woleai Island. Targets: Woleai Island -
07゜20'N. 143゜55'E.
※Mission: Bomb Supply Area and Air Strip, Woleai Island. Targets: Woleai Island
※Mission: Bomb Air Strip and Supply Area Woleai Island. Targets: Woleai Island -
7゜20'N. 143゜55'E.
※Mission: Bombing of Wakde Island. Targets: North Coast of New Guinea at 139゜
※Mission: High Level Bombing Shipping Woleai Island. Targets: Large A.K.(Cargo Ship)
x 5 - 7゜50'N. 143゜20'E.
※Mission: High Level Bombing Shipping, Woleai Island. Targets: Woleai Island -
7 20'N. 143 54'E.
218/343
゜゜
※Mission: Anti-Submarine Search. Targets: Kairirn Island, off Wewak
※Mission: Reconnaissance and Illumination for Bombardment. Targets: Ring Ring
Plantation, 6 Miles East of Gasmata, New Britain
※Mission: Search and Attack Shipping. Targets: 150 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 0゜45'N.
133゜45'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 3000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 0゜42'N. 134゜0'E.
P.C. Type Escort Vessel
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) - 0゜40'N. 133゜47'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Boat x 3 - 0゜43'N. 134゜33'E. 1000 Ton
A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 0゜40'N. 133゜54'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Barge - 0゜33'N. 133゜08'E. Barge x 2-3 -
0゜22'N. 132゜13'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack in Cooperation with P.T. Boats. Targets: 50 Ton Lugger -
2゜38'N. 134゜22'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 200 Ton Freighter - 0゜32'N. 133゜30'E. Cape
Sansapor - 0゜32'N. 132゜04'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 2-Stack Destroyer - 50゜17'N. 150゜27'E. Rada,
New Britain - 50゜35'N. 150゜19'E. Peter Harbor, Garove Island - 40゜40'N. 149゜32'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 9000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) 5000 Ton A.K.(Cargo
Ship) - 2゜03'N. 147゜27'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 1000 Ton Tanker (J.M.S.T. Class: S.C.) x 2 5000
Ton Tanker (J.M.S.T. Class: Unknown) - 4゜40'N. 145゜40'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Destroyer, Convoy Consisting of 5 Merchant
Vessels and 5 Escorts - 3゜25'N. 151゜20'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Awar Air-Strip, Hansa Bay - 4゜47'N. 144゜50'E.
100 - 200 Ton Lugger - 3゜30'N. 144゜33'E. 500 Ton Tanker (J.M.S.T. Class: S.C.) -
3゜56'N. 144゜50'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 3000 Ton Freighter - Transport (J.M.S.T. Class:
F.T.C.) - 3゜55'N. 144゜50'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 2000 Ton Tanker (S.B.)(J.M.S.T. Class) - 3゜43'N.
144゜32'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Shipping - 3゜49'N. 150゜31'E. 8000 Ton T.A.
(J.M.S.T. Class) Destroyer or Escort Vessel Unidentified Medium Merchant Vessel
219/343

※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 2000 - 3000 Ton F.T.C. (J.M.S.T. Class) - 2゜25'N.
149゜57'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Barge x 11 - 3゜50'N. 144゜33'E. Barge x 3 -
3゜48'N. 144゜19'E. Barge x 20 - 30 - 3゜22'N. 143゜32'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 2000 Ton Freighter Transport - 1゜16'N.
127゜53'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Schooner - 3゜30'N. 128゜06'E. T.B. 2 Stacks -
3゜32'N. 128゜06'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 7000 - 8500 Ton F.T.A.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Lugger - 3゜37'N. 127゜54'E. D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) - 2゜51'N. 127゜10'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 500 - 1000 Ton Small Tanker (S.C.) - 3゜45'N.
128゜11'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Schooner - 2゜56'N. 128゜06'E. Schooner -
1゜50'N. 128゜00'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 300 Ton Small A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 1゜08'N.
128゜26'E.
127゜39'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 500 Ton Small Tanker (S.C.) - 1゜10'N.
127゜58'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 2 - 5000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 1゜11'N.
127゜58'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 500 Ton S.C., 500 - 1000 Ton F.T.D. - 1゜27'N.
124゜46'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 1000 - 1500 Ton F.T.D. - 1゜31'N. 124゜47'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 3000 - 5000 Ton F.T.C., 5500 - 8500 Ton F.T.U. -
1゜30'N. 124゜50'E.
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Menado Bay, North Celebes 500 - 1000 Ton Small
Tanker (S.C.)
※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: Schooner - 1゜25'N. 124゜36'E.
128゜11'E.
220/343

※Mission: Search and Attack. Targets: 300 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) - 0゜55'N. 124゜00'E.
(52) USS Petrof Bay

※Mission: Air Coordinator over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Iwojima. Targets: Northeast Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Chichijima. Targets: S.D. x 25, Betty - Futami Bay, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Iwojima. Targets: Northwest Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike on Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield
(Chichijima)(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) S.D. x 15 - Futami Bay
※Mission: Direct Support over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
221/343

※Mission: Direct Air Support Mission over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Air Support over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Air Support over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike, Tokashikijima & Okinawa. Targets: Tokashikijima
222/343

※Mission: Strike on Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike over Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto. Targets: West Beach,
Tokashikijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Okinawa and Toyeshima, Kerama Retto. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Point Bolo Strip
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Leaflet Drop on Okinawa. Targets: Populated Areas, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direfct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike during Anti-Submarine Patrol at Kerama Retto. Targets: Town of
Hama, Agunijima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Center of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Kamiyama, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Smoker over Okinawa. Targets: Western Landing Beach, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Zampa-misaki, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: 6 Miles Due East of Zampa-misaki,
Okinawa (Nansei)
223/343

※Mission: Direct Support Strike over Okinawa. Targets: Floating Mines 4 Miles East of
Zampa-misaki, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike over Okinawa. Targets: Towns of Kaneshi and Shushi,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike over Okinawa. Targets: 2 Miles East of Bise-zaki,
Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Yabu
※Mission: Direct Support Strike over Okinawa. Targets: Town of Ishiza, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike over Okinawa. Targets: Nedo Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
Kaganzu Town
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support Strike over Okinawa. Targets: 3 Miles East of Naha, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 3 2/1 Miles East of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Northern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: East Part of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Unten-ko, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Northeast of Naha, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigaki Airfield, Kerama Retto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Miyakojima & Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara
Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Miyakojima and Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike - Emergency Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hegina
224/343

※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Iejima, Ryukyu Retto. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Southern Okinawa. Targets: 1 Mile Southeast of
Makiminato Airfield, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol Used for Strike on Kumejima, Ryukyu Retto.
Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: L.C.A.P. - Dumbo Cover and Special Strike - Minamidaitojima. Targets:
※Mission: Special Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 1 Mile Southeast of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Southeast of Naha, Okinawa
(Nansei) South of Yonabaru
※Mission: Direct Support Group, on Okinawa. Targets: West of Yonabaru, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: South of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission on Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kokubu, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Northwest of Gusukuma,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Gisushi Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 2 Miles Southeast of Naha
225/343
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
Shuri Town
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 2 Miles East of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 3 1/2 Miles East of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: South of Yonabaru, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: South Edge of Yonabaru Town,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 1 Mile South of Naha, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike and Air Coordinator on Okinawa. Targets: West of
Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei) 1 Mile South of Naha Small Bay at Southern End of
Okinawa
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 5 Miles Southeast of Naha,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Southern Tip of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 5 Miles South of Naha, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Kagamisui Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: East of Naha Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: East of Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Tomori Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: East of Shuri Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
226/343

※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 1 Mile East of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 1/2 Mile East of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: Aragusuku Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: 6 Miles South of Naha, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: East of Naha Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: West of Naha Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei) Northeast of Naha Airfield
※Mission: Direct Support Strike on Okinawa. Targets: East of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
(53) USS Randolph

Comments and recommendations on action of 16 to 25 February 1945
※Commander, Air Group 12.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Gonoike Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hokota Airfield Mito Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Mawatari Airfield -
36゜23'N. 140゜37'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Gonoike Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hokota Airfield Hyakurigahara Airfield Mawatari Airfield Iitomi
Airfield
※Mission: Photo Mission Dovering Strike vs. Kasumigaura N.A.S. Installations. Targets:
Kasumigaura N.A.S. (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Mawatari Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Ishioka Airfield Hyakurigahara Airfield 1500 Ton S.B.
※Mission: Photo Team Accompanying Chichijima Strike.
※Mission: Support Strike Group vs. Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Night Fighter Interception.
227/343

※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Hyakurigahara Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Hyakurigahara
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Hokota Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Radar Station, Isozaki (East of Mawatari Airfield)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Hachijojima Airfields. Targets: Airstrip, Hachijojima
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
Action report - VF-12, Period 5 April to 31 May 1945
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Kikaijima and Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan
Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokunoshima
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Kikaijima & Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: 5000 Ton S. 2-Tacks, Naze-ko, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. - Kikaijima & Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Target C.A.P. Tokunoshima & Kikaijima, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
Targets: Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
Targets: Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kikaijima
※Mission: Night Interception of Enemy Aircraft.
※Mission: Air Support strike, Iejima, Okinawa Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night Interception.
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Shuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
Haebaru-mura
※Mission: Scramble C.A.P. & Sweep of Tokunoshima & Kikaijima, Amami Gunto,
Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Air Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Night Fighter Interception.
228/343

※Mission: Night Target C.A.P., Kikaijima, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan
※Mission: Target C.A.P., Okinawa, Nansei Gunto.
※Mission: Target C.A.P., Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai - Koniya C.A.P., Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Kikai - Koniya Sweep, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping Strike, East China Sea. Targets: Naze Town, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) F.T.C., Naze-ko
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Aragusuku Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Itoman
※Mission: Dusk C.A.P., Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: C.A.P., Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Target C.A.P., Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai - Amami C.A.P., Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Kikai - Amami C.A.P., Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
229/343

※Mission: Strike vs. Minamidaitojima Airfield.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Northern Kyushu Airfields, Japan. Targets: Kikutomi
Airfield (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) Kikuchi Airfield
※Mission: Strike vs. Waifu Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Waifu Airfield
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike vs. Usa Airfield, Kyushu.
※Mission: Task Force C.A.P.
※Mission: Photo Coverage of Northern Kyushu Airfields.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Omura Airfield, Kyushu.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep vs. Eastern Kyushu Airfields.
※Mission: C.A.P., Tokunoshima to Yakushima, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Night Interception.
※Mission: Sweep 1B Target Priority - (a) Aircraft in Air (b) Aircraft on Ground (c)
Aircraft Facilities. Targets: Mawatari Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Target Co-ordinator. Targets: Hokota Airfield (No. 26)(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
Hyakurigahara Airfield (No. 27)
※Mission: Sweep over Airfield in Assigned Area 35゜34'N. to 36゜40'N., 140゜50'E. to
140゜50'E. Targets: Gonoike Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hokota Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Assigned Tokyo Area. Targets: Kitaura Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Kashima Airfield
※Mission: R.C.A.P. - Rescue Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Strike - Kasumigaura (No. 21) - Fighter Escort. Targets: Kasumigaura
Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hokota Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep. Targets: Primarily, Hyakurigahara Airfield No. 27
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Tachikawa Engine Plant. Targets: Tachikawa Engine Plant -
230/343
35゜43'N. 139゜25'E. (Tokyo)(Honshu)

※Mission: Chichijima Strike - Reconnaissance. Targets: Chichijima Harbor
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Support Iwojima - D + 1. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Sweep 2B, Hyakurigahara Airfield No.27. Targets: Hyakurigahara Airfield
No. 27 (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Observation & Co-ordination - Hyakurigahara Airfield No. 27. Targets: S.B. -
North of Mawatari Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Hachijojima Airfield - Fighter Sweep. Targets: Airfield, Hachijojima
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - 1 8 Planes Kikaijima - Amami Gunto 8 Planes Tokunoshima.
Targets: Airfield at Tokunoshima & Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - 3 Kikaijima and Tokunoshima - Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfields on
Tokunoshima & Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - 1 Kikaijima and Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfields,
Kikaijima and Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - 5 Kikai - Tokuno - Amami Gunto. Targets: Radio Towers,
Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
※Mission: D.C.A.P. - 1.
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa.
※Mission: Support Strike Okinawa - 2A. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Suspected Midget Submarine Base - Amamioshima. Targets: Possible
Submarine Base across the Anchorage from Seaplane Base near Koniya, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: D.C.A.P. - 3.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Kyushu Airfield 313. Targets: Kushira Airfield No. 313
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support Mission. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support No. 1. Targets: Town of Shichina, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike #3, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Mission: Kikai T.C.A.P. #1. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
231/343
※
※Mission: Kikai T.C.A.P.
※Mission: Okinawa Support. Targets: Coast-Line from Yonabaru to Tip of Peninsula
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Patrol #5. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Kikai Patrol.
※Mission: Amami - Kikai Patrol. Targets: Military Headquarters, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping Strike - Amamioshima. Targets: Amami Anchorage, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amami Shipping Strike. Targets: L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) and Lugger,
※Mission: Kikai Strike on Airfield and Facilities. Targets: Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: DCAP (RAPCAP) Task Force 58.
※Mission: Kikai - Amami Patrol.
※Mission: Omura - Sasebo Sweep. Targets: Machine Shops, South of Omura Airfield
(Nagasaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep Kumamoto Airfield No. 332, 333, 334.
※Mission: Strike - Tamana (Kikuchi) Facilities - Airfield 334. Targets: Kikuchi Airfield
No. 334 (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike - Usa Airfield No. 302.
※Mission: Sweep - Miyazaki, No. 310; Waifu, No. 335.
232/343
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: C.A.P. for Downed Pilot.
※Mission: Strike - Kumamoto Aircraft Assembly Plant.
※Mission: Strike - Storage Depot - Kakeromajima.
※Mission: Tokunoshima - Kikaijima Patrol Amamioshima - Yakushima Patrol.
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※Mission: Attack N.A.S. Kasumigaura. Targets: Kasumigaura Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Tachikawa Engine Plant. Targets: Tachikawa Engine Plant
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Chichijima. Targets: Shipping and Airfield, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Support Strike Group - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support Mission Yoke - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Morning Air Support Mission - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support Mission - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Attack on Submarine Base - Kakeromajima. Targets: Submarine Base,
※Mission: Air Support over Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Shindawaku, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: South of Town of Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Awacha, Okinawa (Nansei) East of
Makiminato Airfield
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Town of Oraku, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southwest Coast - Nakagusuku-Wan,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southcentral Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Dakeshi - Southcentral Okinawa
233/343
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: West of Makiminato Airfield - Southcentral
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Asakawa, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: West of Shuri, Southcentral Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southwestern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town - Southcentral Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: South of Ozato-Mura, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Northeast of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Kikuchi, Tamana Airfield - Kyushu. Targets: Kikuchi - Tamana
Airfield (Kumamoto)(Kyushu) Kumamoto Airfield
※Mission: Strike Installations - Waifu Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Waifu Airfield
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Usa Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Usa Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike - Kumamoto Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Factory at Kumamoto (Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike - Kakeromajima. Targets: Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Tachikawa Engine Plant. Targets: Tachikawa Engine Plant
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Airstrip and Ship on Chichijima Strike. Targets: Airstrip and Merchant Ship,
※Mission: Special Support Mission Iwojima Landings. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support Special Mission Yoke. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Special Support Mission Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Special Support Iwojima Mission. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Okinawa Support Mission 2-A. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission 3-C Okinawa Invasion. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
234/343
※Mission: Support Strike 2-A Okinawa Invasion. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support #1 Okinawa. Targets: Southern Part of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike #6 Okinawa Support. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike #1 Okinawa Support. Targets: Town of Chan, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike #1 Okinawa. Targets: Shickina Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike #4 Okinawa. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike #3, Okinawa Support Mission. Targets: Town of Onuka, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike #3 over Okinawa. Targets: South Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #1. Targets: Road between Kobakuna & Taina, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #5. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #3. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #1. Targets: North of Shindawaku, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Kikaijima Strike B. Targets: Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: Town of Iwa, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: West of Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: Town of Tamuri, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Special Incendiary Strike on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Town, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: West of Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #2. Targets: Southern Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #5. Targets: North of Gushichan, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A - Tamana Airfield on Kyushu. Targets: Tamana Airfield
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
235/343
※Mission: Strike B - Kikuchi Airfield on Kyushu. Targets: Kikuchi Airfield

(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike A - Usa Airfield on Kyushu. Targets: Usa Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike B - Kumamoto Aircraft Factory. Targets: Waifu Airfield
(Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Special Strike I on Kakeromajima. Targets: Kakeromajima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Okinawa Support #6. Targets: Hanagusuku, Southeast Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 37-AG : 1945/05/23
※Mission: Special Strike on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report - Okinawa support and associated operations, for period 5 April 1945
through 31 May 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Ran-dolph (CV-15).
Action report - Victory operations against the Japanese Home Islands, 1 July 1945
through 15 August 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Ran-dolph (CV-15).
(54) USS Rudyard Bay

※Mission: Air Observation - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Observation - Iwojima Occupation.
※Mission: Air Observation - Iwojima.
※Mission: Direct Support Group - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
236/343

※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol Direct Support Group - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Iwojima. Targets: Kama Rock - Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku Rock - Iwojima (Tokyo)
237/343

※Mission: Air Observer - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Observation - Iwo Jima.
(55) USS Saginaw Bay

Brief of action report USS Saginaw Bay (Capt. F. C. Sutton) 10 February through 11
March 1945, R/S 010556
238/343

※Mission: Direct Support - Iwojima Invasion. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Local Combat Air Patrol - Carrier group - Iwojima.
※Mission: Direct Support - Ground Operation - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support and Target Combat Air Patrol - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima
(Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku Rock, Iwojima (Tokyo)
239/343

※Mission: Direct Support - Capture of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Special Strike on Chichijima. Targets: Airfield, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) 1200 Ton F.T.D.
Action report of capture of Okinawa Gunto, Phase one, 21 March to 29 April 1945
240/343
※Commanding Officer, USS Sagi-naw Bay (CVE-82).

※Mission: Direct Support in Preparation of Landing at Kerama Retto and Okinawa.
Targets: Kubashima, Okinawa (Nansei) Naha Airfield
※Mission: Direct Support - In Preparation of Landings at Kerama Retto and Okinawa
Gunto. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei) Yonabaru
※Mission: Direct Support during Landings, Kerama Retto. Targets: Yakabijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic: Keisejima and Okinawa.
※Mission: Propaganda Mission.
※Mission: Direct Support during Landings on Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Preparation Landings Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Preparation Landings Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei) Yonabaru Town
※Mission: Direct Support - Tokashikijima, Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic - Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support - Preparation for Landings Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Landings Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield &
Vicinity, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Mission - Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Mission. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Southeastern Beaches -
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support: Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Vicinity of Yontan
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol and Direct Support - Prior Invasion Okinawa.
241/343
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Vicinity of Naha Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield and
Vicinity, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Prior to Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Kadena and Vicinity,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - L Day Okinawa. Targets: Vicinity of Yontan Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - L Day Okinawa Invasion. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Direct Support - Invasion Okinawa. Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Leaflets.
※Mission: T.C.A.P. and Anti-Boat Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Boats and Boathouses -
Northern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support of Troops - Okinawa. Targets: Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: North Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Kochi Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Onaga
Town Sake Town Kin Town
※Mission: Direct Support - Air Coordinator. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Iejima. Targets: Iejima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Anti-Submarine Patrol - Okinawa.
※Mission: Photographic Mission and Fighter Escort - Okinawa.
※Mission: Special Strike - Tsukenjima. Targets: Tsukenjima, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
242/343
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Kochi Town, Okinawa (Nansei)

※Mission: Special Strike, Minamidaitojima and Kitadaitojima. Targets:
Minamidaitojima, Kitadaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Okinawa. Targets: Northern Tip of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru, Okinawa (Nansei)
Iejima
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Awa, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Bombs.
※Mission: Direct Support and Air Coordinator. Targets: Northern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kagamisu, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike - Airfield on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei) Sukama Airfield Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Special Strike and Reconnaissance - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Miyara Airfield - Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kobamajima
※Mission: Special Strike - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike and T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima. Targets: Airfields, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Town of Shuri, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town in Southern Okinawa (Nansei) Town
of Northern Okinawa
243/343

※Mission: Photographic Mission and Escort. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Special Strike - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Zahana, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Yuza, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic Mission & Fighter Sweep. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Town of Awacha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support and Air Coordinator. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
(56) USS Salamaua

※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P.: Okinawa.
(57) USS Sangamon

USS Sangamon action report for the Ryukyus operation (21 March to 9 May 1945)
※Commanding Officer, USS San-gamon (CVE26).
※Mission: Attack Ground Installations. Targets: Kubashima and Zamamijima, Kerama
Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Amphibious Support. Targets: Yakabijima, Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Pre-L Day Support Attacks on Barracks. Targets: Mega (Meka), Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Gun Positions. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
244/343

※Mission: Support - Attack Gun Positions. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda and Rocket Targets of Opportunity. Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Bomb and Rocket Ground Targets Pre-Landing Day. Targets:
Yontan Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support (Bomb and Rocket Plane Revetments). Targets: Yontan Airfield,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support (Pre-Invasion Date). Targets: Oil Tank in Town of Gushi, Southeast
of Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Uibara
※Mission: Support (Attack Ground Positions). Targets: Tip of Peninsula on Eastern
Coast of Okinawa (Nansei) Yontan Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33#1 (VF33#6) (VT33#10) : 1945/04/01
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Nagahama Town, Masue Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Propaganda Drop.
※Mission: Support (Attack Small Boats). Targets: Small Boats at Kananzu Beach,
Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33#3 VT#13 VF#11 : 1945/04/07
※Mission: Support - Kourishima and Iejima. Targets: Kourishima and Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33#4 VT33#14 VF33#12 : 1945/04/08
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Intruder Airfields, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield Nabaru Airfield Seaplane Base
Northwest Tip of the Island
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Intruder Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Daylight Intruder on Airfields, Ishigaki. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Intruder, Ishigakijima Airfields. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Propaganda Drop. Targets: Northern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
245/343

※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33-7 VF33-25 VT33-24 : 1945/04/17
※Mission: Direct Support. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33#9B (VF33#36) (VT33#27) : 1945/04/19
※Mission: Dawn Intruder. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hirara Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG#10 VF#37 VT#28 : 1945/04/19
※Mission: Dawn Intruder against Airfields. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield & Miyara Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield & Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Strike on Airfields. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Airfields. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Dawn Intruder. Targets: Hegina Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Airfields at Miyakojima & Ishigakijima. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Strike Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Intruder on Airfields at Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33-18 VT33-36 VF33-58 : 1945/04/26
※Mission: Intruder Airfields, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Nobara Airfield, Sukama Airfield - Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield,
Miyara Airfield, Hegina Airfield - Ishigakijima
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33-19 VT33-37 VF33-61 : 1945/04/27
※Mission: Intruder Airfields. Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nabaru
Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Airfields and Photo. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Heckler. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33#22 VF33#67 VT33#40 : 1945/04/29
※Mission: Strike on Airfield Area, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. CVEG33-23 VF33#71 VT33-41 : 1945/04/30
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Intruder Strike. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike on Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
246/343

※Mission: Strike on Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Airfield Installations. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Boats - Ikemajima
※Mission: Strike on Airfields, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nabaru Airfield Ikemajima Yirabujima
※Mission: Dawn Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Night Heckling of Airfields on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei) Kadena Airfield Makiminato Airfield Naha Airfield Itoman Airfield
※Mission: Night Heckling of Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
Makiminato Airfield Itoman Airfield Yontan Airfield Kadena Airfield Town of Nozato
Toguchi Town
※Mission: Support - Southeastern Okinawa. Targets: Southeastern Tip of Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Night Heckling of Okinawa Airfields. Targets: Naha Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei) Yontan Airfield Kadena Airfield Makiminato Airfield Itoman Town
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Small Boats, Western Coast Northern Tip,
Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VF#14 : 1945/04/08
※Mission: Intruder Airfields Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Sukama Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. VF15 : 1945/04/08
※Mission: Intruder against Airfields Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Intruder, Miyakojima & Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield, Hirara Airfield - Miyakojima
※Mission: Intruder, Ishigakijima Airfields. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Night Intruder over Airfields. Targets: Airfield Areas, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Airfield Areas, Miyakojima
※Mission: Intruder of Airfields, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intruder on Airfields, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima Ishigaki
247/343
Airfield
※Mission: Intruder, Airfields Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Intruder Airfields Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Napalm Iejima. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intruder - Airfields Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara
Airfield Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Airfields Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intruder Strike on Ishigakijima Airfield.
※Mission: Intruder Airfields Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Airfield Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nabaru
Airfield Sukama Airfield
※Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara
Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Intruder Airfield Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Airfields Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield Sukama
Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. & Photographic Mission, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Intruder, Airfields Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Intruder Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Dawn Intruder Airfields, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
248/343
※Mission: Intruder Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima

(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield
※Mission: Dusk Intruder on Airfield at Miyakojima & Ishigakijima. Targets: Airfield on
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Intruder Airfields, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Airfields Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyako Airfield Area, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Crane - Taramajima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakojima. Targets: Boats, Iriomotejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: VF Sweep Sakishima Gunto Airfield Small Boats. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
Area, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep. Targets: Small Boats x 7 - Aragusukujima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Small Boat - Haterumajima Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Intruder Airfield, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Small Boats,
Iriomotejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima South of Nobara,
Miyakojima
※Mission: Intruder Airfields, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Airfield
※Mission: Heckler. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara
Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
249/343

※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Airfields. Targets: Airfields, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Small Boats, Iriomotejima
※Mission: Intruder Airfield, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Airfield Yirabujima
※Mission: Intruder Ishigakijima Airfields. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Heckler. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara
Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Airfield, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Intruder Airfields. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Nobara Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Airfield, Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(58) USS San Jacinto

USS San Jacinto action report: Air operations against Japanese air and naval forces and
coastal objectives in the Home Islands (July 1 - August 15, 1945)
※The Commanding Officer, USS San Jacinto.
※Mission: Bomb Aparri Airfield, Luzon and Reconnaissance. Targets: Aparri Airfield,
Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Bomb Basco Airfield, Batan Island. Targets: Basco Airfield, Batan Island
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft on Clark Field, Luzon. Targets: Clark Field & Bamban Field,
Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Bomb Rokko Southeast Airfield and Tsuina Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Tsuina
Airfield, Formosa Rokko Southeast Airfield New Airfield near Kagi
Aircraft Action Report No. 8 : 1945/01
※Mission: Attack Shipping on French Indo-China Coast. Targets: 1200 Ton
D.D.(Destroyer) or D.E.(Destroyer Escort), 1400 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) or D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) off Shore French Indo-China
※Mission: Bomb Shipping and Oil Deposits at Saigon, Indo-China. Targets: Shipping
and Oil Tanks at Saigon, Indo-China 6500 Ton F.A. 4000 Ton F.B. Oil Tanks
※Mission: Bomb Shipping at Takao & Toshien, Formosa. Targets: 1600 Ton
D.D.(Destroyer) - Toshien Harbor, Formosa Main Quay at Takao Harbor A.K.(Cargo
Ship) x 20 5000 - 6000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship)
250/343
※Mission: Bomb Shipping, Aircraft or Facilities, Hoihow Bay. Targets: Wharf and
Barracks, Bakli, Hainan Island (China)
※Mission: Bombing Reigaryo Airfield, Formosa. Targets: Reigaryo Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping at Takao, Formosa. Targets: 2500 Ton S.B., 4000 Ton F.T.C. -
Takao Harbor (Formosa) Toshien Harbor
※Mission: Bomb Iejima Airfield, Iejima. Targets: Iejima Airfield, Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Iejima. Targets: Iejima Town, Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Ota Engine Factory, Tokyo Area, Japan. Targets: Ota Engine Factory,
Tokyo Area (Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Kisarazu Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Kisarazu Airfield, Tokyo Area
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Support Ground Troops on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Bomb Tokunoshima Airfield, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokunoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Military Installations, Amami Gunto. Targets: Koniya, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kagoshima Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Miyazaki Airfield (Miyazaki) Nittagahara Airfield
※Mission: Strike Shipping Kobe Harbor. Targets: C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) and
C.V.E.(Aircraft Carrier Escort), Kobe Harbor (Hyogo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Tokashikijima, Nansei Shoto Strike 1C. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kerama Retto, Nansei Shoto Strike 1F. Targets: Tokashikijima,
Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Fukashijima
※Mission: Strike Kerama Retto, Nansei Shoto Strike 1C. Targets: Tokashikijima,
Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei) Kubajima Yakabijima
※Mission: Attack Japanese Convoy, East China Sea. Targets: 4200 Ton F.T.C. -
28゜25'N. 124゜32'E. (East China Sea)
※Mission: Support Strike on Okinawa Strike 1A. Targets: Town of Kadena
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
251/343

※Mission: Support Strike Okinawa Strike 1D. Targets: Small Boat Basin, Naha
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa Strike 1G. Targets: Southeast Tip of Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa Strike 1A. Targets: China-zaki (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Town of Kudaka, Kudakajima
※Mission: Find and Attack Japanese Fleet Units off Kyushu. Targets: D.D.(Destroyer) at
Approximately 32゜36'N. 132゜23'E.
※Mission: Pre H-Hour Strike, Okinawa Strike 1A. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Okinawa Strike 1 B. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Okinawa Support 1 A. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Okinawa Support 1 D. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Okinawa Support 1 G. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima Strike 1 C. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike Miyako Retto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Hirara Town, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yirabujima
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Okinawa Support 1 A. Targets: Tsukenjima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Minamidaitojima Airfield, Nansei Shoto Strike 1 D. Targets: Airfield,
※Mission: Strike Okinawa Strike 1 G. Targets: Wadomari Town
(Okinoyerabujima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) China Town
※Mission: Strike Japanese Fleet. Targets: 2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) Takanami Class at
31゜00'N. 128゜55'E.
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa Strike D. Targets: Tanabaru Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa Strike B. Targets: Awacha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa Strike G. Targets: East of Yafusu Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
252/343
※Mission: Support Attack by Ground Forces, Okinawa Special Strike 1. Targets: Town of
Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Southern Amamioshima Strike A. Targets: Fushigo Town on Isu-Wan,
※Mission: Strike Southeastern Amamioshima. Targets: Akaogi Town, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Shitooka Airfield, Kikaijima Strike C. Targets: Shitooka Airfield,
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Okinawa Special Strike 1. Targets: East of Taketomi
※Mission: Support Ground Forces, Okinawa Strike F. Targets: Tomori Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Shipping at Kakeromajima. Targets: 800 Ton S.D., Lugger x 5 -
Aircraft Action Report No. ACA1#10 : 1945/01/06
※Mission: Patrol and Destroy Aircraft and Facilities, Batan and Babuyan Island.
Targets: Aparri Airfield, Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Patrol and Destroy Enemy Aircraft and Facilities, Babuyun Island and Aparri
Airfield, Northern Luzon. Targets: Aparri Airfield, Luzon, Philippine
※Mission: Patrol and Sweep Batan and Rabuyun Islands, off North Coast of Luzon.
Targets: Basco Airfield, Batan Island
※Mission: Strike Clark Field Area, Luzon Philippine. Targets: Clark Field, Luzon,
Philippine
※Mission: Sweep Airfields, Central Portion of Western Plain of Formosa. Targets:
Enemy Aircrafts and Facilities, Formosa
※Mission: Destroy Shipping Takao Harbor and Toshien Harbor Naval Base, Aircraft at
Kobi, Keishu and Rokko Southeast Airfields. Targets: Kobi Airfield, Formosa Keishu
Airfield Rokko Southeast Airfield
※Mission: Anti-Shipping Strike, Camranh Bay to Cap St. Jacques, French Indo-China.
Targets: 1500 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) or D.D.(Destroyer) Aft Stack - West of Cap St.
Jacques, French Indo-China C.L.(Light Cruiser) - South Bank of Donnai River, 6 Mile
※Mission: Shipping and Oil Storage Tank Targets, Saigon Area, French Indo-China.
Targets: Oil Tank Farms, West Bank of Nha Be River, 4 1/2 Miles Southeast of Saigon
※Mission: Strike Shipping and Harbor Installations, Takao and Toshien, Formosa.
Targets: 7500 Ton A.O.(Oiler) (S.A. - J.M.S.T.), Toshien, Naval Base (Formosa) Dock
Facilities
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Coastal Airfields, West Central Formosa. Targets: West Central
253/343
Formosa Airfields (Formosa)

※Mission: Pre-Dawn Fighter Sweep, Northern Hainan Island. Targets: Kiungshan and
Nanchou Airfields, Hainan Island (China) Hoi How Harbor
※Mission: Strike Kiungshan and Nanchoong Airfields and Hoi How Port, Northern
Hainan Island. Targets: New Airfield, West Central Hainan Island (China) Nanchoong
Airfield
※Mission: Strike A, Takao, Formosa. Targets: Takao Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. West Central Formosan Airfields of Kobi, Keishu, Rejiseki, Rokko
Southeast, Rokko and Stou Airfields. Targets: Keishu Southeast Airfields (Formosa) Kobi
Airfield Rokko Southeast Airfield
※Mission: Combined Shipping Strike, Takao Harbor (Strike B) and TCAP #4, West
Central Formosan Airfields. Targets: Shipping, Takao Harbor (Formosa) 8000 Ton F.T.A.
1800 Ton F.T.C. Tsuina Airfield Kobi Airfield 8500 Ton Tanker (S.A.) off Beach West of
※Mission: T.C.A.P., West Central Formosa Airfields. Targets: Beach A.O.(Oiler)(S.A.) on
Beach opposite Toyohara Airfields, Formosa Rokko Southeast Airfield Keishu Airfield
Kobi Airfield
※Mission: Pre-Dawn Sweep and T.C.A.P., Iejima Airfield, Iejima. Targets: Iejima
Airfield, Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Iejima Airfield, Iejima, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Iejima Airfield, Iejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Airfields on Chiba Peninsula, Tokyo Bay Area.
※Mission: Radar Picket Line - C.A.P.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Airfields Chiba Peninsula, Tokyo Bay Area.
※Mission: Escort Strike on Nakajima Ota and Koizumi Assembly Plants, North of
Tokyo. Targets: Nakajima Ota and Koizumi Aircraft Assembly Plants, Tokyo Bay Area
(Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Escort, Strike against Kisarazu Airfield, Tokyo Bay Area. Targets:
Kisarazu Airfield, Chiba Peninsula, Tokyo Bay Area (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Target Coordinator #1, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air-Ground Support, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target C.A.P., Iwojima.
※Mission: Target Coordinator #1, Iwojima, D + 2 Day. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
Aircraft Action Report No. #37 : 1945/02/21
※Mission: Target C.A.P. #3, Iwojima, D + 2 Day. Targets: No Target
254/343
※Mission: Air Support (2E), Iwojima, D + 2 Day. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)

※Mission: Target C.A.P. #7, Iwojima D + 2 Day. Targets: No Targets Attacked
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Airfields, Chiba Peninsula, Tokyo Bay Area. Targets:
Hyakurigahara Airfield, Tokyo Bay Area (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Tokunoshima Airfield, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Okinoyerabujima and Tokunoshima. Targets:
Okinoyerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokunoshima Amamioshima
※Mission: Strike Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Koniya, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Okinoyerabujima and Tokunoshima. Targets:
Okinoyerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokunoshima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Miyakonojo Airfierld
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Kagoshima Airfield and Seaplane Base, Kyushu. Targets: Large Lugger
or S.D. x 9 - Kagoshima-Wan Northeast of Noma-Misaki (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Lugger or
S.D. x 4 - South of Kyushu
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakonojo Airfield and Koorimoto Airfield. Targets:
Koorimoto Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike, Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Lugger x 3 - 15 Miles Southwest of
Izumi Airfield, off West Coast of Kyushu (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kagoshima Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Izumi Airfield
※Mission: Provide High Cover for Shipping Strike, Kobe Harbor.
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: Radar Patrol Line C.A.P.
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: Strike, Kerama Retto, Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
255/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping Strike against Convoy in East China Sea. Targets: Japanese Convoy
at 28゜25'N. 124゜32'E. (East China Sea)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Yakabijima, Kerama Retto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Small Boats, Southwest of
Tonakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and Reconnaissance, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Small Boats, Sampan,
Heanzajima and Ikejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Kikaijima and Amamioshima. Targets: Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Small Merchant Shipping, West End of Oshima-Kaikyo
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: West Coast from Zampa-misaki
to Northern Tip of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Unten-ko (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Shipping just East of Kyushu. Targets: Shipping - 27゜50'N.
130゜35'E. (Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep, Kikaijima and Amamioshima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Akaogi Town, Amamioshima
※Mission: Air Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: West Central Coast of Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1-A, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Mionamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1-D, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1-G, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Mission: Strike 1-C, Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
256/343
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※Mission: Strike 1-F, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1-A, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Tsukenjima
※Mission: Sweep Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kitadaitojima
※Mission: Strike, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kitadaitojima
※Mission: Search Sector 320゜ - 340゜, for 300 Miles.
※Mission: Sweep, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1-G, Okinoyerabujima. Targets: Okinoyerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Emergency Day Combat Air Patrol.
※Mission: Strike against Japanese Fleet. Targets: B.B.(Battleship) Yamato Class,
C.L.(Light Cruiser) x 2, D.D.(Destroyer) x 3-4 - 31゜00'N. 128゜55'E.
※Mission: Sweep against Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Intercept Combat Air Patrol, Amamioshima.
※Mission: Intercept C.A.P., Amamioshima. Targets: Whale Factory, Naze-ko,
※Mission: Intercept C.A.P.: Amamioshima. Targets: Probable Midget Submarine Base,
Miura Town, Kakeromajima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Naze Town, Amamioshima
※Mission: Emergency Rap. C.A.P.
※Mission: Sweep, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep, Kyushu (Kanoya Airfield). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Takayama Airfield Chiran Airfield
257/343
※Mission: Sweep, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)

※Mission: Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1 B, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support 1 G, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air-Ground Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike 1A, Amami Gunto. Targets: Shodon Town, Kakeromajima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Ukejima
※Mission: Strike 1 B, Amamioshima. Targets: Suko-zaki, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Akaogi Town
※Mission: Intercept Combat Air Patrol - Tokunoshima to Torishima. Targets: Torishima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Kikaijima. Targets: Shitooka Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Support Strike, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike F, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping, Oshima-kaikyo, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Whale Factory (S.A. 2 Stacks), Naze-ko
※Mission: Interception Combat Air Patrol, Tokunoshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Wan
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Kanoya & Chiran Airfields, Kyushu. Targets: Chiran Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Cove 5 Miles West of Izumi Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Kokubu Airfield and Ibusuki Airfield. Targets: Kokubu
Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ibusuki Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Saeki Seaplane Station and Saeki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki
[No Title] : 1945/05/13
※Mission: Strike, Oita Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Oita Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep, Ashiya Airfield and Gannosu Airfield. Targets: Ashiya Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu) Gannosu Airfield
258/343

※Mission: Strike on Tachiarai Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Tachiarai Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep Matsuyama West Airfield and Kochi Airfield, Shikoku. Targets:
Matsuyama West Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku) Kochi Airfield (Kochi)
※Mission: Strike Matsuyama West Airfield and Kochi Airfield, Shikoku. Targets:
Matsuyama West Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku) Kochi Airfield
※Mission: Hitoyoshi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Hitoyoshi Airfield (Kumamoto)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike, Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Wan Airfield, Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Strike on Tokunoshima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Photographic and Reconnaissance Shitooke Airfield and Wan Airfield.
Targets: Shitooke Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Wan Airfield
※Mission: Interception Combat Air Patrol. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Shitooke Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Shitooke Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Interception Combat Air Patrol, Koniya and Yokoate, Amami Gunto. Targets:
Koniya, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Radar Patrol Line Combat Air Patrol.
Aircraft Action Report No. ACA1-29 : 1945/07/10
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Reconnaissance, Tsukuba West and Numata. Targets:
Shimodate Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike & Photograph, Tsukuba West. Targets: Tsukuba West Airfield -
36゜10'N. 140゜02'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep - Koga Airfield and Numata Airfield. Targets: Koga Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Tsukuba West
※Mission: Strike, Photo Reconnaissance, Tsukuba West Airfield. Targets: Tsukuba West
※Mission: Sweep - Koga and Tsukuba Airfields. Targets: Tsukuba West Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Kitaura Seaplane Base Mibu Parking Area
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Reconnaissance - Obihiro Airfield. Targets: Obihiro Town
(Hokkaido) Obihiro North Airfield Iketa Town Shiranooka
259/343

※Mission: Strike - Obihiro Airfield. Targets: Nemuro Wan (Hokkaido) Kushira Town
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. Targets: Shipping Nemuro Wan (Hokkaido) Yurishima Nemuro
Airfield No. 1
※Mission: Battleship Group C.A.P. Targets: Coast of Biroo, West of Mitsuishi
(Hokkaido)
※Mission: Sweep - Tsukuba West and Shimodate Airfields. Targets: Ikusu Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Tsukuba West Airfield. Targets: Tsukuba West Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Shimodate Airfield Hokota Airfield Kitaura Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Yokosuka. Targets: Shipping at Yokosuka Harbor
(Kanagawa)(Honshu) 34000 Ton B.B.(Battleship) Nagato 2000 Ton D.D.(Destroyer)
Takanami Class
※Mission: Sweep - Nagoya East Airfield, Seto Airfield and Aichi Airfield. Targets: Radio
Radar Station - Iragozaki (Aichi)(Honshu) Toyohashi Airfield Toyohashi Town Atsumi-
Wan
※Mission: Strike - Kure Naval Base. Targets: Kure Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Reconnaissance - Nagoya Airfield; Nagoya East Airfield and
Seto Airfield. Targets: Nagoya East Airfield (Aichi)(Honshu) Mitsubishi Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Kure Naval Base. Targets: C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) Amagi & Katsuragi:
Kure Harbor (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep - Nagoya East Airfield and Seto Airfield. Targets: Nagoya Area Factory
at Arai (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Hamana-ko Tenryu Airfield
※Mission: Strike - Kure Naval Base. Targets: B.B. - X.C.V. Ise - Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) Factory, North of Yawatahama (Ehime)(Shikoku) Uwajima
Seaplane Station Uwajima Town
※Mission: Sweep - Yokkaichi Airfield. Targets: Kowa Seaplane Base (Aichi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep - Nagoya East. Targets: Akenogahara Airfield (Mie)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Kure Naval Base. Targets: B.B. - X.C.V. Ise - Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: B.B. - X.C.V. - Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep - Minato Airfield, Kakogawa Airfield and Himeji Airfield. Targets:
Himeji Airfield (Hyogo)(Honshu) Akashi Airfield Minato Airfield
※Mission: Strike Himeji Airfield and Minato Airfield. Targets: Himeji Airfield
260/343
(Hyogo)(Honshu) Minato Airfield

※Mission: Sweep - Akashi Airfield, Miki Airfield and Himeji Airfield. Targets: Himeji
Airfield (Hyogo)(Honshu) Akashi Airfield Miki Airfield
※Mission: Sweep - Akashi Airfield and Minato Airfield. Targets: Akashi Airfield
(Hyogo)(Honshu) Minato Airfield
※Mission: Sweep & Photo Reconnaissance - Yokote Airfield, Takayanohara Airfield and
Iwate Airfield. Targets: Yamada Seaplane Base (Iwate)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. ACA1#56 1945/08/09
※Mission: Strike - Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep - Matsushima Airfield. Targets: Matsushima Airfield (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Enemy Warships, Onagawa-Wan. Targets: Onagawa-Wan
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep, Yamada Seaplane Station, Iwate Airfield, Takayanohara Airfield.
Targets: Iwate Airfield (Iwate)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Mamurogawa Airfield. Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield
(Yamagata)(Honshu) Ogachi Town (Akita)
※Mission: Sweep - Mamurogawa Airfield, Obanazawa Airfield & Tsuruoka Airfield.
Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield (Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Mamurogawa Airfield. Targets: Jimmachi Airfield - 38゜24'N.
140゜21'30"E. (Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sweep - Tsukuba West Airfield, Ishioka Airfield East Airfield, Shimodate
Airfield, Koga Airfield. Targets: Kiryu Airfield (Gumma)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike - Tokyo (Shibaura Electric Company No. 1). Targets: Japan
International Aircraft Company, Hiratsuka (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Submarine, Northeast
Tip, Yokosuka
※Mission: Sweep - Ishioka Airfield, Ishioka East Airfield, Tsukuba West Airfield,
Shimodate Airfield, Koga Airfield. Targets: Tsukuba West Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
Ishioka Town
※Mission: Sweep - Ishioka Airfield, Ishioka East Airfield, Tsukuba West Airfield,
Shimodate Airfield, Koga Airfield. Targets: Koga Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu) Tsukuba
West Airfield
※Mission: Sweep & Photo Reconnaissance, Shimodate, Tatebayashi, Koizumi & Ota.
※Mission: Bombing Izumi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Izumi Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
261/343
※Mission: Bomb Saeki N.A.S. and Saeki Seaplane Station, Kyushu. Targets: Saeki
※Mission: Tachiarai Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Tachiarai Airfield (Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Shipping in Kochi Harbor, Shikoku. Targets: 26 Merchant Vessels in 3 Ports
of Kochi Harbor (Kochi)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Bomb Tokuno Airfield, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Wan Airfield, Kikaijima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Crater Runways, Tokuno Airfield, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
※Mission: Crater Runbways, Tokuno Airfield, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft at Tsukuba West Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Tsukuba West
Airfield (AAF #1472) - 36゜10'N. 140゜01'E. (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Reveted, Dispersed Aircraft at Tsukuba West Airfield, Tokyo Area.
Targets: Tsukuba West Airfield (AAF#1472) - 36゜10'N. 140゜01'E. Tokyo Area
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Targets of Opportunity - Kushiro Town, Hokkaido. Targets: Targets of
Opportunity, Kushiro, Hokkaido
※Mission: Bomb Ammunition Area, Obihiro, Hokkaido. Targets: Ikeda Town, Hokkaido
※Mission: Hit Aircraft or Fuel, Production at Asahikawa, Fukagawa or Rumoi. Targets:
Obihiro Town, Hokkaido Obihiro Airfield
※Mission: Bomb A.A. Positions at Yokosuka Naval Fuel Depot. Targets: A.A. Positions -
Yokosuka Naval Fuel Depot (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Neutralize A.A. - Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: Kure Naval Base
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) S.D. Underway 33゜43'N. 132゜23'E. (Iyo-Nada) S.C. Underway
34゜07'N. 132゜27'E. D.D.(Destroyer) Underway 34゜08'N. 132゜28'E. S.D. Underway
33゜51'N. 139゜27'E.
※Mission: Neutralize A.A., Kure Naval Base, Honshu. Targets: A.A. Positions, Kure
Naval Base (Hiroshima)(Honshu) S.D. - 34゜01'N. 132゜28'E.
※Mission: Strike Naval Warships, Kure, Honshu. Targets: Towns in Southwest Shikoku
Factories in Ochi (Ehime) Bridge in Hiromi Komame (Kochi) Otsu
※Mission: Bomb Japanese C.A. Aoba at Kure. Targets: Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba Village of Honura, Kurahashijima
262/343
※Mission: Bomb Japanese C.A. Aoba, Kure, Honshu. Targets: C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Aoba,
Kure, Hiroshima, Honshu S.A.S. - Hiroshima-Wan
※Mission: Bomb, Minato Airfield, Kakogawa Airfield or Himeji Airfield, Honshu.
Targets: Himeji Airfield, Kobe Area (Hyogo) Honshu Kakogawa Town 5000 Ton F.U. -
Harima-Nada
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft at Matsushima Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Matsushima Airfield
(Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Reported C.L., D.D., 2 D.E.s, M.V.s, Onagawa-Wan, Honshu East
Coast. Targets: Shipping at Onagawa-Wan, Sendai Area (Miyagi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft - Mamurogawa Airfield, Tsuruoka Airfield or Obanazawa
Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Mamurogawa Airfield - 38゜51'N. 140゜16'E.
(Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft at Mamurogawa Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Mamurogawa
Airfield (Yamagata)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Tokyo, Shibaura Electric Company, Plant #1, Kawasaki, Honshu.
Targets: Branch Air Technical depot, Yokosuka and Kisarazu
(Kanagawa)(Chiba)(Honshu) Kisarazu Airfield (Chiba)
USS San Jacinto action report: Air strikes on the Japanese Empire, Nansei Shoto and
Imperial Forces; enemy air attacks against this ship during the period March 22 through
April 27, 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS San Jacinto.
USS San Jacinto action report: Air operations against the Japanese Empire islands of
Kyushu and Shikoku, and islands of the Nansei Shoto, during the period May 8 through
May 27, 1945, in support of the assault, capture and oc-cupation of Kerama Retto and
Okinawa Shima
※The Commanding Officer, USS San Jacinto.
(59) USS Santee

Action report - Air coverage for mine sweeping operations - East China Sea - 1 July
through 14 July 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Santee (CVE-29).
※Mission: Attack Airfields, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Iejima - Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Iejima - Okinawa Gunto. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Miyakojima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara
※Mission: Strike Airfields - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Ishigakijima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara
263/343

※Mission: Strike Airfields - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Air Facilities - Miyakojima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Air Facilities, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Air Facilities - Ishigakijima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Air Facilities - Miyakojima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nabara Airfield
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Installations - Miyakojima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
Miyakojia (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities, Miyakojima. Targets: Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Air Installations - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities., Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojimna
※Mission: Air Installations - Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Air Installations - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities, Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
264/343

※Mission: Strike Air Installations, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Installations - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield Miyakojima
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield Iriomotejima
※Mission: Attack Air Installations - Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Air Facilities, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) George Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities, Ishigakijima - T.C.A.P., Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki
Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
265/343
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Facilities - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijia
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yirabujima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Facilities, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike Airfields, Southern Kyushu. Targets: Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Koniya Seaplane Base, Amamioshima
※Mission: Direct Support of Demonstration Unit - Okinawa Operation. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa Operation. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa Operation. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa Operation. Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
266/343

※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike Airfields at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Strike Airfields at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa Operation. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Airfield Installations, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
※Mission: Strike Miyakojima Air Installations. Targets: Hirara Town, Miyakojima
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Installations, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Air Installations at Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Town, Ishigakijima
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Town, Ishigakijima
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Airfields, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
267/343

※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima and Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep - Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: VF Sweep - Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Ishigaki Town, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike Airfields - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Heckler Sweep - Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep - Miyako and Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijma
※Mission: VF Sweep - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: VF Sweep - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
268/343
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima Airfields. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,

※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara Area, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sukama Area
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijimna. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijima & Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Town, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iriomotejima Haterumajima Okemajima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Iriomotejima
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Miyakojima. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Taramajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Town Hirara Airfield Ikemajima
※Mission: Glide Bombing and Rocket Attack against Ground Installations in
Conjunction with Feint Landing on Southern Shore of Okinawa. Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Glide Bombing & Rocket Attack against Ground Installations in Conjunction
with Feint Landing on Southern Shore of Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
269/343

※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kochi
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Air Facilities at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara
※Mission: Air Facilities at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Attack Air Installations - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Shipping Facilities - Miyakojima. Targets: Docks and Harbors, Hirara,
※Mission: Attack Air Installations - Ishigakijima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Sukama
※Mission: Air Facilities - Ishigakijima - Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Aircraft Action Report No. 20
※Mission: Attack Air Facilities - Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
270/343
※Mission: Direct Support - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Castle (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Attack Shuri Castle - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Castle (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report covering opera-tions in connection with the capture of Okinawa Gunto,
Phases I and II. : 1945/06/19
※, The Commanding Officer, USS Santee (CVE-29).
(60) USS Saratoga

※Mission: Task Group Combat Air Patrol (Tokyo Strike).
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Saratoga (Iwojima Invasion).
※Mission: Zipper Patrol over Airfields on Honshu. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
(61) USS Sargent Bay

Action report, Ryukyus operation, 21 March 1945 to 23 June 1945 inclusive
※The Commanding Officer, USS Sargent Bay.
※Mission: C.A.P. over Iwojima in Support of Pre-D Day Strikes; Strafe Planes on Airfield
No. 2. Targets: Airfield No. 2, Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strikes on Connection with Pre-D Day Naval Bombardment of
Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strike in Conjunction with Pre-D Day Naval Bombardment of
※Mission: C.A.P. over Iwojima in Support Pre-D Day Strikes and Naval Bombardment.
Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
271/343

※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft and Small Boats at Chichijima in Support of Invasion of
Iwojima. Targets: Small Boats in Futami-ko, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: To Destroy Aircraft and Small Boats at Chichijima in Support of Invasion of
Iwojima. Targets: Planes on Airfield and Small Boats in Harbor at Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Pre-D Day Strikes at Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strikes in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strikes in Support of Invasions of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strike in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Coordinating Aircraft Strikes in Support of Invasions of
※Mission: Fighter Sweep against Aircraft at Chichijima to Prevent Interferences with
Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Aircraft, Chichijima (Tokyo)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku and Kama
Rocks, Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Coordinating Aircraft Strikes in Support of Invasion of
272/343

※Mission: Aircraft Strike in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku Rock,
Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strikes in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku Rock,
Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Strike in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku Rock,
Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: To Attack and Destroy 5500 - 5800 Ton F.T. x 6 in Futami Cove, Chichijima
Harbor. Targets: 150-200 Ton S.D. x 6, 7000 Ton S.A. - Futami Harbor, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Iwojima in Support of Ground and Naval Forces Engaged in
Occupying Island. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. in Support of Invasion of Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Aircraft Direct Support of Pre-Invasion Naval Operations against Kerama
Retto. Targets: Kubajima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Ama, Town of Zamami,
Zamamijima
273/343
※Mission: T.A.S.P. - Barrier Patrol to Protect Shipping Supporting Invasion of Okinawa

and Kerama Retto. Targets: Tonakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Agunijima Iejima
※Mission: Pre-Invasion Strike against Okinawa. Targets: Town of Nagusuku
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Tera
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Invasion of Kerama Retto. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Invasion of Islands of Kerama Retto. Targets:
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Invasion of Kerama Retto. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Pre-Invasion Naval Operation against Okinawa.
Targets: Town of Komesu (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Pre-Invasion Naval Operations against Okinawa.
Targets: Yonabaru Airfield and Vicinity (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Invasion of Kerama Retto. Targets: Aharen-ko,
Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Pre-Invasion Naval Operation against Okinawa.
Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.A.S.P. - Barrier Patrol around Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.A.S.P. - Barrier Patrol around Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.A.S.P. - Barrier Patrol around Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Invasion of Okinawa. Targets: North or East of
Yontan Airfield Area (Okinawa)(Nansei)
274/343
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Invasion of Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)

※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Tactical Air Observers in 3 Amphibious Corps Area on Okinawa. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Town of
Yonamine (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Afuse
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Tactical Air Observers for 3 Amphibious Corps on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: L.C.A.P. over Task Unit 52.1.2. Then Engaged in Supporting Operations
against Okinawa.
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Nago-wan
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Unten-ko
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Special Aircraft Strike on Beaches of Tsukenjima. Targets: Beaches on
Tsukenjima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Southwest of
(Nansei)
275/343

※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Village of
Zawa (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Village of
Kokuda (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. at Okinawa - Secondery Mission Was to Strafe at Kumejima.
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
Gusukuma (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Road near
Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei) Radio Towers at Naha
※Mission: T.C.A.P. in Support of Naval and Ground Operations on Okinawa.
※Mission: Special T.A.S.P. at Okinawa - Secondery Mission, Strafing Radio Towers at
Agunijima. Targets: Radio Towers, Agunijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
Nakaza (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Hanagusuku
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Bridge near
276/343
Kobakura (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Yuza Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Tomoyose Town
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets: Tomoyose
Funakoshi (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Yonabaru
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Aircraft Support of Ground Troops on Okinawa. Targets:
Okinawa(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. at Okinawa Secondery Mission to Strafe Small Boats at Kumejima.
Targets: Small Boats at Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: To Neutralize Miyara Airfield and Hegina Airfield on Ishigakijima, Sakishima
Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Hegina Airfield
277/343

※Mission: Neutralization of Miyara Airfield and Hegina Airfield on Ishigakijima,
Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Neutralization. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Shiraho
Town
Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
Kiyamu (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
Makabe (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Komesu (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Nansei)
(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and Strike over Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima
Gunto. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
278/343
※Mission: Neutralization of Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:

Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Neutralization of Miyara Airfield on Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets:
(62) USS Savo Island

Operations from 21 March 1945 to 29 April 1945
※The Commanding Officer, Composite Squadron 91.
※Mission: Direct Support on Islands of Kerama Retto. Targets: Town of Tokashiki,
※Mission: Direct Support over Islands of Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Maejima
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Makiminato Airfield
※Mission: Direct Support over Islands in Kerama Retto. Targets: Tokashikijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kubashima
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Kadena Airfield Area
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Jina-saki, Okinawa. Targets: Jina-saki
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Kerama Retto. Targets: Town of Inasomi
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Tomoyose
※Mission: Direct Support over Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol and Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets:
Yontan Airfield Area (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Town of Naha
Aircraft Action Report No. 13 : 1945?/03?/?
※Mission: ?. Targets: Area in Rear of Main Landing Beaches, Okinawa Shima, Nansei
Shoto
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Target Area. Targets: Motobu Peninsula
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: East of Naha Town
279/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield
※Mission: Direct Support Work and Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work and Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Area over
Inasomi Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Area around Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nagahama Town
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Tamagusuku Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Itoman Town Yonabaru Town
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work and Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support and Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: South Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: South Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support of Demonstration Landing on Southeast Okinawa. Targets:
Demonstration Landing Area Southeast Side of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Southwest Area
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol and Air Observer over Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Okinawa
※Mission: Direct Support Work over Okinawa. Targets: Town of Chan
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support Work and Air Observers over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work and Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Makiminato
280/343
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Air Observers over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work and Air Observer over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Work and Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets:
Southwestern Okinawa (Nansei) Town of Gusukuma
※Mission: Direct Air Support Work and 2 Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets:
Southwest Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Strikes on Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigakijima
(63) USS Shamrock Bay

Action report covering operations against the Ryukyus Islands, 13 March 1945 to 27 June
1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Shamrock Bay (CVE84).
※Mission: Local Anti-Submarine Patrol. Targets: San Jose Field, Panay (Philippine)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Convoy.
※Mission: Special Strike in Support of Ligayen Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Lugger x
40-50, Cape Bolinao and Santiago Island, Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Highway #3 Bridge,
Agno River, between Villasis and Rosales, Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Urdaneta, Luzon
(Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: San Fabian, Luzon
(Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: San Manuel, Luzon
(Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Naguilian, Luzon
(Philippine) Amagbagan
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Villasis, Luzon
(Philippine) Baguio
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: San Fernande,
Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Town of Baguio,
Luzon (Philippine)
281/343
※Mission: Direct Support, San Fabian Beach-Head, Luzon. Targets: Baguio Outskirts,
Luzon (Philippine)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: East of Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: South Coast of Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Tanabaru
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Kahazu (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Iwa (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kamizato (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Okinawa.
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Beach Area Southeast Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Iwa (Okinawa)(Nansei) Zawa
Chikuto
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Uza (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: South of Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
282/343

※Mission: Air Observer, Okinawa. Targets: North of Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strafing Attack Following Observer Mission, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Strafing Attack on Kumejima following T.C.A.P. Mission. Targets: Kumejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: South of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Gusukuma (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Strafing.
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Moyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strafing Following T.C.A.P., Okinawa Area. Targets: Agunijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa Strafing Attack Following T.C.A.P., Tonakijima.
Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Tonakijima
※Mission: Strafing Kumejima Following T.C.A.P. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
283/343
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Dakeshi (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Tombs, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Village of Udo (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Village of Nagusuku (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
284/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Nobara Airfield - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Hegina Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Hegina Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Sukawa Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Sukama Airfield, Miyakojima
(64) USS Shangri La

ACA-1 aircraft action reports, CVG-35. : 1945/06/15
※, The Commander Carrier Air Group 85.
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#1 CVG85#1 : 1945/04/25
※Mission: Attack on Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Call Missions over Southern Okinawa Supporting 24th Southern Okinawa.
※Mission: Call Missions over Southern Okinawa Supporting 24th Army Corps. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Call Missions over Southern Okinawa Supporting 24th Army corps. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Runway Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Runway, Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Okinawa (Nansei)
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Call Missions over Southern Okinawa in Support of 24th Army Corps.
285/343

※Mission: Bombing Runway, Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Targets: Town of Gushichan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Mission over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Missions over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#24 VF85#27 CVG-85#21 : 1945/06/04
※Mission: Air Support over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#25 VBF85#26 CVG85#22 : 1945/06/06
※Mission: Air Support Mission over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#27 VT85#22 VF85#30, etc. : 1945/06/06
※Mission: Air Support over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#28 VBF85#28 CVG85#26 : 1945/06/07
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#29 VF85#31 CVG85#27 : 1945/06/07
Aircraft Action Report No. VB85#30 VF85#33 CVG85#29 : 1945/06/09
※Mission: Strike against Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
286/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF85#1 CVG85#1 : 1945/04/25
※Mission: Strike - Radio, Radar, Storage, Barracks, Okinodaitojima. Targets:
Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. and Bomb Airfield, 405 Tokuno Airfield. Targets: 405 Tokuno
※Mission: Air Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Tomusu, Okinawa (Nansei)
Town of Asa
※Mission: Air Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Tokunoshima to Torishima Bomb 405 Tokuno Airfield. Targets: 405
Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Tokunoshima to Torishima Bomb 405 Tokuno Airfield. Targets: 405
Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Patrol between Tokunoshima and Torishima Bomb 405 Tokuno
Airfield. Targets: 405 Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Airfield, 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Task Group.
※Mission: Air Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima Patrol in Vicinity of Kikaijima. Targets:
403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima Patrol in Vicinity of Kikaijima. Targets:
※Mission: Bomb 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima and Patrol Vicinity. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Strike 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima Patrol Kikaijima to Amamioshima.
Targets: 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima Patrol Kikaijima and Amamioshima.
Targets: 403 Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
287/343

※Mission: Target C.A.P.
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Minatoga (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF85#25 : 1945
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF85#25A : 1945/06/03
※Mission: Fighter Sweep.
※Base: USS Shangri-La
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Kanoya, Kyushu.
※Mission: Patrol Vicinity of Minamidaitojima and Bomb 422 Airfield, Minamidaitojima.
Targets: Airfield 422, Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VF85#1 CVG85#1 : 1945/04/26
※Mission: Photographic over Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: TCAP and Bombing Tokuno Airfield (#405). Targets: Tokuno Airfield(#405)
(27゜49'N., 128゜48'E.), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Immobilize Tokuno Airfield (#405). Targets: Tokuno Airfield (#405)(27゜44'N.
128゜48'E.), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing and TCAP at Tokuno Airfield (#405). Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(#405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support for Land Operations on South Okinawa. Targets: South and
Southeast of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Wan Airfield (#403), Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield (#403),
※Mission: Strike against Tokuno Airfield & T.C.A.P. between Tokunoshima and
Torishima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (#405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
288/343
※Mission: Photo Mission over Kikaijima with Strike Group. Targets: Wan Airfield
(#403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Tokuno Airfield (#405) and TCAP between Tokunoshima and
Torishima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (#405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission for Ground Operations on Southern Okinawa. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Wan Airfield, Patrol between Kikaijima and Amamioshima. Targets:
Wan Airfield (#403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Wan Airfield (#403) Patrol between Kikaijima and Amamioshima.
Targets: Wan Airfield (#403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Mission, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Rocket and Strafing Mission against Shipping at Amamioshima. Targets:
Ships and A.A. Positions, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Wan Airfield (#403) Patrol between Kikaijima and Amamioshima.
Targets: Wan Airfield(#403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. between Amamioshima and Kikaijima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield,
※Mission: Patrol between Amamioshima and Kikaijima Bomb Wan Airfield. Targets:
※Mission: Night Combat Air Patrol over Force.
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol between Tokunoshima and Torishima.
※Mission: Support over Okinawa. Targets: Town of Gushichan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Force.
Aircraft Action Report No. VF85#27 VBF85#25 CVG85#20 : 1945/06/02
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Airfields at Kagoshima, Chiran and Izumi, Kyushu.
Targets: Izumi Airfield, Kyushu (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Cover for Bomber-Fighter Attack on Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu.
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT85#1-45 CVG85#1 : 1945/04/25
Mission: Bomb & Rocket Attack on Probable Radio Station and Living Quarters South
289/343
※
of It on Okinodaitojima. Targets: Okinodaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT85#2 CVG85#2 : 1945/04/26
※Mission: Call Support Mission over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Tomoyose Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support Mission over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Oroku-Mura
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support Mission over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Wan Airfield on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Wan Airfield on Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support Mission over Southern Okinawa. Targets: Makiminato Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike against Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support on Okinawa. Targets: Southeast Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Call Support over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support on Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support over Okinawa. Targets: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support over Okinawa. Targets: Road between Aragusuku Town and
Minatoga Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VF85#29 VT85#20 CVG85#23 : 1945/06/06
※Mission: Support Okinawa (Senagajima). Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF85#27 VB85#26 VT85#21, etc. : 1945/06/06
※Mission: Support Okinawa (Senagajima). Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa. Targets: Senagajima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
290/343

※Mission: Support - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing Strike - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bombing - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report of operations, USS Shangri-La (CV38) for the period 16 August 1945 to 2
September 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Shangri-La (CV-38).
Action report of operations, USS Shangri-La (CV-38) for the period 2 July 1945 to 15
August 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS Shangri-La (CV-38).
(65) USS Shipley Bay

Aircraft Action Report?
※Mission: D.S.G. - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. & T.C.A.P. - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: D.S.G. - Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa, Nansei (Okinawa)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Oil Refinery 1000 yards South of Kawamitsu
291/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Miyara
※Mission: Strike - Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Light House, Ikemajima
※Mission: Strike Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield Town of Okinawa
※Mission: Strike Ishigakijima. Targets: Sugama Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield Sukama Town
※Mission: Strike Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Ohama
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ohama Town, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Boat
between Iriomotejima and Kohamajima Iriomotejima
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) 3000 Ton Ship Located in Cove about 4000 Yards N.N.E. of Hirara
Town
Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Taramajima
※Mission: Sweep - Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ohama Town
※Mission: Strike - Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Nobara Airfield Sukama Airfield Town of Yonaha Town of Kawamitsu
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
292/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield Ohama Town Hirae Town
(66) USS Steamer Bay

Action report, operations with Task Group 30.8, 3 to 24 July, 1945 inclusive
※The Commanding Officer, USS Steamer Bay (CVE87).
※Mission: Air Coordinator for Direct Support Group. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Group. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Group. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep against Chichijima. Targets: Susaki Airfield, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Seaplane Base
※Mission: Direct Support Mission. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator for Support Aircraft. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
293/343
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol Iwojima. Targets: Kangoku Rock, Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Observer.
※Mission: Air Coordinator at Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Mission, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike at Chichijima. Targets: Seaplane Base, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
Pier and Dock
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Iwojima. Targets: Air Coordinator, Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
294/343

※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Coordinator. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Direct Support Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Group - Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kamiyama, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Group Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Group Okinawa. Targets: Tomigusuku Town, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Okinawa. Targets: Yonabaru Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Okinawa. Targets: Minatoga Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Shuri
Town
※Mission: Direct Support Okinawa. Targets: Yagajijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Group, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support Group, Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
Aragachi Town
295/343

※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Chan, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Iwa Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Town of Iwa, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei) Iejima
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Oku Town, Okinawa (Nansei) Sesokoshima
※Mission: Direct Support Group, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei)
Iejima
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Inasomi Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa (Nansei)
Iejima
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ship - Cove Northeast Sector, Miyakojima
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Agunijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
296/343

※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Hanagusuku Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
Nakaza Town
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Baten-ko, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Direct Support, Okinawa. Targets: Yaza Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: Light House, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Miyakojima. Targets: 2500 Ton S.B., Small Boat near Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
297/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Action report, Okinawa operation, 27 March to 26 June 1945, inclusive
※The Commanding Officer, USS Steamer Bay (CVE 87).
(67) USS Suwanee

Action report, operations in support of occupation of Okinawa, Nansei Shoto, 1 April - 16
June 1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Suwannee (CVE-27).
Action report, operations in support of occupation of Balikpapan, Borneo, 30 June - 3 July
1945
※The Commanding Officer, USS Suwannee (CVE-27).
※Mission: Support Demonstration Landing on Okinawa. Targets: Chinen Misaki,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Demonstration Landing on Okinawa. Targets: Chinen-Misaki,
Okinawa (Nansei) Kahihara Town of Terekan Town of Okota Village of Udo Anza
Kutekin
※Mission: Support Southern Forces, Okinawa. Targets: Small Boats, Machinato,
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Ground Support, Okinawa. Targets: Machinato Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Kaniku Village, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Southern Okinawa. Targets: Machinato, Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. and Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Awacha Village, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: South of Naha-ko, Okinawa (Nansei)
Komigusuku Village
※Mission: Support, Northern Okinawa. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
298/343

※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Miyara Airfield
※Mission: Strike at Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima Airfields. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Air Support, Iejima. Targets: Iegusukuyama, Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike - Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Town
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Hegina Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Strike, Miyara Airfield. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
299/343
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima

※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Sukama Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Ishigaki Airfield. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Ishigakijima. Targets: Boat Yard, Ishigaki Town, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike at Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Matsubara Town
※Mission: Strike Miyakojima. Targets: Sugama Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Matsubara Town Ikemasoe, Keramajima Maezato, Ikemajima
Sugama Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Sugama Airfield, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yerumashima
Hirara Airfield
300/343

※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto
Hirara Airfield
Hirara Town Shimojijima Ikemajima Irabujima
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Maezato Village, Ikemajima Kuninaka Village, Irabujima
Nobara Airfield Nobaru Town
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Ogamijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield,
Miyakojima Hirara Town
Hirara Town Irabujima Teramajima
Nobara Airfield
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima and Sweep, Sakishima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigakijima Iriomotejima
Nobara Airfield
Aragusuku Village
Hirara Airfield
Kuruma Village
301/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei) Moemote Town Ohama Town
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima and Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Airfield Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
Kawamitsu Town Ikemajima
Sugama Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima Iriomotejima
Taramajima
※Mission: Strike, Miyakojima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town
※Mission: Strike, Amami Gunto. Targets: Koniya Town, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Airfield on Kikaijima
※Mission: Support Demonstration Landing Southeast Okinawa. Targets: Ikejima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Kudakajima Oshima
※Mission: Support Demonstration Landings Southeast Okinawa. Targets: Sashiki,
Okinawa (Nansei) Tobaru Minatoga Anza Kudekin Yabiku Oshima
※Mission: Strike, Airfields on Miyakojima and T.C.A.P. Targets: Nobara Airfield,
※Mission: Support Iejima Landing. Targets: Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
302/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield Hegina Airfield Ishigaki Town

※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Nobara Airfield. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ishigaki Airfield & T.C.A.P. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Ishigaki Town
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Airfields on Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield,
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ligger x 3, Iriomotejima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakojima. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Miyara Airfield, Ishigakijima Boat x 2, Irabujima Boat x 6,
Ikemajima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Miyakojima. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Village Hirara Airfield Hirara Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep & T.C.A.P., Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
303/343

※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Nobara Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima Miyara Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Boats, North of Hirara
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Miyakojima. Targets: Sugama Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Sawada Village, Irabujima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Miyakojima. Targets: Sugama Airfield, Miyakojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Town Of Hirara Ikemajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Ikemajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
304/343

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Miyakojima. Targets: Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Luggers, Teramajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nobara Village
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Ishigakijima. Targets: Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei), Iriomotejima
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Balikpapan. Targets: Balikpapan (Borneo)
※Mission: Support, Balikpapan. Targets: Balikpapan (Borneo)
※Mission: Support, Balikpapan. Targets: Balikpapan (Borneo)
※Mission: Support Air Operation - Okinawa. Targets: Heshikiya Town, Okinawa
(Nansei) Bridge in Nyubin
※Mission: Support Air Operation - Okinawa. Targets: Southern Tip of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Ishigakijima. Targets: Shiraho Town, Ishigakijima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Southern Okinawa.
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Observer - Okinawa. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - South Okinawa. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator and Observer - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
305/343
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Observer, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Town of Kakazu

(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer, Iejima. Targets: Ikosukoyama, Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Observer - South Okinawa. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator - Southern Okinawa. Targets: Machinato Airfield, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Urasoe-mura, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - South Okinawa. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: South of Yontan, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Coordinator - Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Area (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Southern Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Buildings, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: Radio Tower, Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: South of Naha-ko (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: South of Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: Area near Mabuni (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: West of Yontan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Balikpapan, Borneo. Targets: Balikpapan (Borneo)
※Mission: Air Observer - Balikpapan, Borneo. Targets: Balikpapan (Borneo)
※Mission: Strike, Balikpapan, Borneo. Targets: Balikpapan (Borneo)
306/343
(68) USS Tangier

※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: Ships - 07゜32'N. 122゜04'E.
(Panabutan Bay) and 06゜47'N. 122゜04'E. (Zamboanga Bay)(Southwest
Mindanao)(Philippine)
※Mission: Harassing Halmahera Airfields. Targets: Kaoe Air Strip, Haomahera Oba Air
Strip Lolobata Air Strip
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 2000 Ton Freighter Transport -
04゜41'S. 122゜50'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 700 Ton Cargo Ship - 01゜37'N.
124゜48'E. 700 Ton Cargo Ship - 01゜17'N. 124゜31'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: Dock - 05゜50'N. 118゜05'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 1000 Ton Cargo Ship x 2 - 05゜25'N.
119゜35'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Reconnaissance. Targets: 300 Ton Cargo Ship x 7 - 05゜28'N.
119゜08'E. 300 Ton Cargo Ship x 6 - 05゜50'N. 118゜08'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Patrol. Targets: 1000 Ton Freighter Transport - 06゜51'N.
122゜04'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Patrol. Targets: 7000 Ton Transport - 05゜35'N. 119゜07'E.
※Mission: Armed Night Patrol. Targets: 7000 Ton Tanker - 05゜04'N. 119゜47'E.
※Mission: Night Search (Black Cat) around Formosa. Targets: S.C.L. - 23゜05'N.
※Mission: Black Cat. Targets: Junk x 6 - 22゜42'N. 120゜07'E. (Formosa) 100 Ton S.D.,
600 Ton S.C. - 25゜33'N. 121゜22'E. P.T. - 24゜46'N. 121゜51'E.
※Mission: Night Search (Black Cat). Targets: 1-4000-6000 ton Merchantman
※Mission: Night Search (Black Cat). Targets: Ships - 23゜05'N. 118゜43'E.
※Mission: Night Search (Black Cat). Targets: D.E.(Destroyer Escort) or D.D.(Destroyer) -
23゜03'N. 117゜30'E.
※Mission: Night Search for Shipping (Black Cat). Targets: 600 Ton S.C., 150 Ton S.D.,
Lugger x 2 - 23゜15'N. 119゜40'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search (Black Cat). Targets: 6000 Ton F.T.B. x 2, 2500 Ton
F.T.C., 750 Ton S.C. x 2 - 25゜25'N. 121゜38'E. 15 Miles North Kiirun, Formosa
※Mission: Night Shipping Search (Black Cat). Targets: 300 Ton S.C. or S.D., Junk x 2,
Motor Boat - 23゜25'N. 119゜35'E.
307/343

※Mission: Night Shipping Search (Black Cat). Targets: Merchant Vessel - 21゜43'N.
113゜03'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search. Targets: 750 Ton S.C. - 25゜20'N. 121゜32'E. Junk -
23゜10'N. 119゜52'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search (Black Cat). Targets: 750 Ton S.C. x 3 - 23゜00'N.
116゜40'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search and Attack. Targets: Unidentified Merchant Vessel -
23゜20'N. 120゜08'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search (Black Cat). Targets: 500 Ton S.C. - 21゜30'N.
111゜18'E. 600 Ton S.C. - 21゜10'N. 111゜00'E. 300 Ton Schooner - 21゜09'N. 100゜58'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search (Black Cat). Targets: 600 Ton S.C. - 23゜15'N.
119゜18'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search and Attack. Targets: 2300 Ton D.D.(Destroyer) -
22゜55'N. 116゜50'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search and Attack (Black Cat). Targets: 150 Ton S.D. x 2, 100
Ton Large Barge x 2 - 23゜20'N. 117゜20'E.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: 1000 Ton F.T.C. - 22゜58'N. 113゜20'E.
※Mission: Night Search Shipping (Black Cat). Targets: 1000 Ton F.T.D. - 21゜27'N.
113゜08'E.
※Mission: Night Search Shipping (Black Cat). Targets: 1400 Ton Merchant Vessel, 750
Ton S.C. x 2, 300 Ton Schooner x 2 - 21゜52'N. 113゜08'E.
※Mission: Night Shipping Search and Attack (Black Cat). Targets: 400 Ton S.C. -
21゜50'N. 113゜50'E.
※Mission: Night Search and Attack. Targets: 800 Ton P.C. 23゜45'N. 119゜28'E.
(69) USS Ticonderoga

※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Western Formosa. Targets: Large Factory - 23゜18'N.
120゜18'E., Shinei, Formosa
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Western Formosa Plus Photo Karenko. Targets: Western
Formosa and Karenko (Formosa) Reigyaro Airfield Karenko Airfield Karenko Aluminum
Plant Karenko Railroad Bridge
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Western Formosa. Targets: Large Factory - 23゜18'N.
120゜18'E., Shinei, Formosa
308/343

※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Western Formosa plus Photo Karenko. Targets: Western
Formosa and Karenko (Formosa) Reigyaro Airfield Karenko Airfield Karenko Aluminum
Plant Karenko Railroad Bridge
Action report for period 24 May through 13 June 1945, including strikes against Okinawa
Gunto, southern Kyushu and Daito Shoto
※Commanding Officer, USS Ticon-deroga (CV-14).
※Mission: Close Air Support on Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield, Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Kokubu Airfield and Ronchi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets:
Kokubu Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Ronchi Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Ronchi Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (nansei)
※Mission: Close Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Support - Okinawa. Targets: 6000 Yards South of Naha Airfield,
※Mission: Target Combat Air Patrol off Okinawa.
※Mission: Close Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: South Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Air Support - Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Close Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. and Strike against Minamidaitojima Airfield. Targets:
※Mission: Strike, Kitadaitojima. Targets: Kitadaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep Hiroshima Bay and Shikoku Airfield Kure Area. Targets: Ships,
Hiroshima Bay (Hiroshima)(Honshu) 2500 Ton S.A.S. 2000 Ton S.C.L. Seaplane Base at
Hiro Niihama Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku)
309/343
※Mission: Fighter Strike on Kochi Airfield, Shikoku. Targets: Kochi Airfield

(Kochi)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Fighter Strike, Iwakuni Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Iwakuni Airfield
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu) Usa Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Strike, Kure Area Airfields. Targets: Iwakuni Airfield (Yamaguchi)
Matsuyama Airfield (Ehime) Niihama Airfield Matsuyama West Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG87#27 : 1945/07/24
※Mission: Strike BB/XCV, Hyuga, Kure. Targets: BB(Battleship) - XCV Hyuga, Kure
(Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep Hiroshima Bay Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Shipping in Aki
Bay, Inland Sea (Honshu)(shikoku) 2000 Ton S.C.S. Matsuyama West Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Sweep Kure Area Airfields. Targets: Shipping Iyo-Nada and Aki-Nada,
Inland Sea (Honshu)(Shikoku) 5000 Ton F.T.C. 350 Ton S.C.S.
※Mission: Fighter Strike, Kure N.A.S. and Hiro Airfield. Targets: Naval Air Station,
Kure (Hiroshima)(Honshu) Hiro Seaplane Base
※Mission: Fighter Sweep to Shikoku. Targets: Early Warning Radar Station at Muroto-
zaki (Kochi)(Shikoku) 70 - 150 Ton S.D. at Tsuro
※Mission: (A-1) Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Kure Area. Targets: Matsuyama West
※Mission: (B-2) Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Kure Area. Targets: Iwakuni Airfield
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu) 1000 - 2000 Ton F.T.D. or F.T.C. off North Coast of Yashirojima
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu) 2500 - 5000 Ton S.A.S. or S.A.I. D.D.(Destroyer) x 2 off Northern
Co
※Mission: Strike C.A. Tone, Kure Area. Targets: C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) Tone, Etajima,
Kure Area (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: (A-4) Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Kure Area. Targets: Matsuyama West
Airfield (Ehime)(Shikoku) Iwakuni Airfield (Yamaguchi)(Honshu) D.D.(Destryoer) x 2 -
Matsu Class in Kure Area (Hiroshoma)(Honshu) 500 Ton S.C.S. 2300 Ton S.C.L.
※Mission: (B-5) Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Kure Area. Targets: Iwakuni Airfield
(Yamaguchi)(Honshu)
※Mission: (C-6) Attack C.A. Tone, Kure Area. Targets: Shipping, Inland Sea
(Honshu)(Shikoku) 500 Ton S.A. 6600 Ton S.B.L. 3000 Ton F.T.C. x 2 4000 Ton F.T.B.
1500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: (A-1) Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Tokyo Area. Targets: Sagami Airfield
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
310/343
※Mission: Strike against Tokorozawa Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Factory near
Morofuchi East of Fujisan (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Factory near Yoshiwara Train at
Fukusawa Town, Southeast of Fujisan Lugger x 5 in Suruga-wan, off Eastern Peninsula
※Mission: (E-3) Strike Tokorozawa Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Tokorozawa Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Tokyo Area. Targets: Takahagi Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu) Sakato Airfield Toyooka Airfield
※Mission: Strike against Narimasu Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Japan Light Metals
Aluminum Plant on West Bank of Fuji River (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Tokorozawa Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Tokorozawa Airfield
(Saitama)(Honshu)
※Mission: (A-1) Fighter Sweep of Kabayama Airfield, Northern Honshu. Targets:
Kabayama Airfield (Aomori)(Honshu) Ships in Ominato Harbor
※Mission: (D-2) Strike on Misawa Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: (E-3) Airfield Strike, Northern Honshu. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: (A-4) Strike Misawa Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Misawa Airfield
(Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: (D-5) Strike against Shipping at Ominato, Northern Honshu. Targets: Ships,
Ominato Harbor (Aomori)(Honshu) Dock Ominato Airfield
※Mission: Bomb Ominato Naval Base, Northern Honshu. Targets: Ominato Naval Base
(Aomori)(Honshu) Dry Dock 2000 Ton S.C.L. 1500 Ton D.D.(Destroyer)
※Mission: (E-3) Shipping Strike, Ominato, Northern Honshu. Targets: Shipping,
Ominato Harbor (Aomori)(Honshu) Misawa Airfield
※Mission: (A-4) Fighter Sweep against Misawa Airfield, Northern Honshu. Targets:
Misawa Airfield (Aomori)(Honshu)
※Mission: (D-5) Shipping Strike, Northern Honshu. Targets: Merchant Ships, Aomori-
wan (Aomori)(Honshu) Oil Dump, Nonai
※Mission: Shipping and Installations, Aomori. Targets: Oil Storage Tanks, Nonai
(Aomori)(Honshu) Ships in Aomori-wan
※Mission: (A-1) Fighter Sweep of Naruto Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Factory of
Katsuura, Chiba (Honshu)
※Mission: (C-2) Strike Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company #1, Tokyo. Targets: Tokyo
Shibaura Plant, Kawasaki (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
311/343
※Mission: (B-3) Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Tokyo Area. Targets: Mobara Airfield, Chiba
(Honshu) Mizakawa Airfield
※Mission: (A-4) Strike, Chiba Peninsula Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Naruto Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu) Bridge (Highway), Ichinomiya
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Airfields, Tokyo Area. Targets: Yachimata Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu) Naruto Airfield
※Mission: (B-6) Strike, Airfields Chiba Peninsula, Honshu. Targets: Mobara Airfield,
Chiba (Honshu) Naruto Airfield Factory near Mobara Town Power Station near Mobara
※Mission: C.A.P. over Task Force.
※Mission: (A-1) Fighter Strike, Chiba Peninsula Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Choshi
Supplementary report to CVG-87, ACA-1 reports No. 22 - 38 incl. : 1945/08/18
Action report for period 1 July through 15 August 1945, covering strikes against Central
Shikoku and the Kure area of Honshu, The Tokyo area, and Northern Honshu
※Commanding Officer, USS Ticon-deroga (CV-14).
(70) USS Vela Gulf

※Mission: Strike on Pagan Island. Targets: Pagan Island
※Mission: Bomb Targets on Pagan Island. Targets: Pagan Island
※Mission: Strike on Pagan Island. Targets: Pagan Island
※Mission: Sweep on Pagan Island. Targets: Pagan Island
※Mission: Sweep on Pagan Island. Targets: Pagan Island
※Mission: Attack on Airfield Installations - Rota Island. Targets: Airfield Installations -
Rota Island
※Mission: Installations Surrounding Rota Island. Targets: Rota Island
(71) USS Wake Island

Action report, Capture of Okinawa Gunto, 21 May - 24 June 1945, inclusive dates
※The Commanding Officer, USS Wake Island.
(72) USS Wasp

Aircraft Action Report No. CVG86#1 VF#8 VBF#11 VB#4 : 1945/07/18
※Mission: Wake Island - Dive Bombing, Rocket & Strafing. Targets: Wake Island
Aircraft Action Report No. CVG86#2 VF86#9 VBF86#12, etc. : 1945/07/18
※Mission: Wake Island - Dive Bombing, Rocket & Strafing. Targets: Wake Island
Aircraft Action Report No. VF86#10 VBF86#13 VB86#5 : 1945/07/18
※Mission: Wake Island - Dive Bombing & Rocket Attack. Targets: Wake Island
※Mission: Wake Island - Bombing & Rocket. Targets: Wake Island
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF86#15 VF86#12 VB86#6 : 1945/07/18
312/343
※Mission: Wake Island - Bombing & Rocket. Targets: Wake Island

※Mission: Destroy Aircraft at Kisarazu Airfield Target #373. Targets: Factories in
Fujisawa Area (Kanagawa)(Honshu) Japan Gas Engine Company #2036 Heavy
Engineering Plant - 2 Miles Southwest of Fujisawa Airfield
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Maizuru. Targets: Shipping in Maizuru Harbor
(Kyoto)(Honshu) D.D.(Destroyer) - Terutsuki Class Harbor Installations Southwest Side
Inner Maizuru Harbor
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. Targets: Ohara Town (Chiba)(Honshu) Mill & Living Quarters in
Vicinity of Kominato
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P. #5. Targets: Wada Town (Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike D-2 Target Yabuki, #2894. Targets: Yabuki Airfield
(2894)(Fukushima)(Honshu) City of Koriyama Railroad Station West of Yabuki
※Mission: Sweep A-4 Attack Iwaki Airfield (2885). Targets: Iwaki Airfield
(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike D-5 Attack Harano Airfield (#2883). Targets: Harano Airfield
(#2883)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike E-6 Attack Koriyama (#2773). Targets: Koriyama Airfield
(#2773)(Fukushima)(Honshu) Miharu Town Iwaki Airfield (#2885)
※Mission: Strike A-1 Attack Hyakurigahara (2754) Primary Target Katori (2765)
Secondary Target. Targets: Mobara Airfield (2781)(Chiba)(Honshu) Buildings South of
Choja (2751) Highway Bridge near Mobara Town
※Mission: Strike C-3 - Attack Harano (2883). Targets: Harano Airfield (2883)(Honshu)
Textile Mill North of Harano (2883) Factory in Town of Harano (2883) Railroad Station
Northeast of Harano (2883)
※Mission: Strike: C-6 Attack Koriyama Airfield (#2773). Targets: Koriyama Airfield
(2773)(Fukushima)(Honshu) Iwaki Airfield (2885) Town of Sagaya Freight Train - Sagaya
※Mission: Attack Airfields (1) Shiroi Airfield (2797) (2) Matsudo Airfield (1416) (3) Imba
Airfield (2758). Targets: Shiroi Airfield (2797)(Chiba)(Honshu) Matsudo Airfield (1416)
Railroad Station at Shisui Shimoizu Airfield (1470) Hyakurigahara Airfiel
※Mission: Strike C-5 Attack Imba Airfield (2758) and Kashiwa Airfield (2764). Targets:
Imba Airfield (2758)(Chiba)(Honshu) Kashiwa Airfield (2764) Choja Airfield (2751) Train
near Town of Moriya (Ibaraki)
※Mission: WX (Weather Hop) Escorted Strike D2 - Kisarazu (MAD, SS). Targets: Factory
Southwest of Fujisawa Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Sub.C.A.P. #2. Targets: Radio-Radar Station on Sagami-Wan near Otawa
(Kanagawa)(Honshu)
313/343
※Mission: Sub. C.A.P.#3. Targets: Small Town and Barracks South of Atami, 34゜40'n.
139゜00'E. (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: (E-3) Strike on Shipping, Aircraft, Maizuru, Honshu. Targets: Shipping in
Maizuru Harbor (2667)(Kyoto)(Honshu)
※Mission: Graphic Mission to Kisarazu (373). Targets: Coastline from Atami to Iro-zaki
(Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: (D-5) Strike on Maizuru Shipping, Honshu. Targets: Shipping in Maizuru
Harbor (Kyoto)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike (E-6) Utsunomiya Airfield (2801). Targets: Utsunomiya Airfield
(2801)(Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: (E-3) Strike on Koriyama Airfield (2773) and Koriyama West Airfield (2814).
Targets: Koriyama Airfield (2773)(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: (A-4) Sweep on Niigata Airfield, Yonezawa, Yonezawa East and Yawatahara.
Targets: Iwaki Airfield (2885)(Fukushima)(Honshu)
※Mission: (E-6) Strike on Koriyama Airfield and Koriyama West. Targets: Koriyama
Airfield (2805)(Fukushima)(Honshu) Ononii Railroad Station Nagamio Railroad Station
Iwaki Airfield
※Mission: (B-2) Fighter Sweep upon Kisarazu Airfield (373) and Yokosuka FAD Airfield
(2808). Targets: Kisarazu Airfield (373)(Chiba)(Honshu) Katsuura
※Mission: (B-5) Sweep over Kisarazu Airfield (373). Targets: Kisarazu Airfield
(373)(Chiba)(Honshu) Factory and Trains at Ohara (35゜15'N. 145゜24'E.)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Imba Airfield (2758) and Katori Airfield (2765). Targets:
Imba Airfield (2758)(Chiba)(Honshu) Katori Airfield (2765)
※Mission: Attack Aircraft at Kisarazu Airfield. Targets: Engineering Plant 2 miles
Southwest Fujisawa Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Shipping at Maizuru. Targets: Maizuru Naval Base (Kyoto)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT86#8-45 : 1945/07/30
※Mission: Strike on Shipping at Maizuru Naval Base (3530), Honshu. Targets: Maizuru
Naval Base (3530)(Kyoto)(Honshu) 2300 Ton S.C.L. 800 Ton S.D. 4000 Ton F.T.B. 3000
Ton F.T.U.
Aircraft Action Report No. 1A-1 : 1944/11/14
※Mission: Glide Bomb Shipping in Manila Harbor, Philippine Islands. Targets: Ships in
Dock Area, Manila Harbor (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1B-2 : 1944/11/14
※Mission: Glide Bomb Shipping in Manila Harbor, Philippine Islands. Targets: 6-8 Ships
North of Pasig River Mouth, inside Breakwater, Manila Harbor (Luzon)(Philippine
Islands)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-A-1 : 1944/11/14
※Mission: (1) Escort VB & VT (2) Strafe & Bomb Shipping, Manila Harbor. Targets:
2000 to 7000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 20-25 - Manila Harbor (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
314/343
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-B-2 : 1944/11/14

※Mission: (1) Escort VB and VT (2) Bomb and Strafe Shipping in Manila Harbor.
Targets: A.K.(Cargo Ship) x 20-25 - Manila Harbor (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-C-3 : 1944/11/14
※Mission: Fighter Sweep - Strafe and Bomb Shipping Manila Harbor, Strafe Nichols
Airfield, Manila. Targets: Manila Harbor (Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Nichols Airfield
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-S-4 : 1944/11/19
※Mission: Fighter Sweep, Northern Luzon Covering Laoag, Aparri and Tuguegarao
Airfields. Targets: Aparri Airfield - 18゜22'N. 121゜39'E. (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
Lugger x 4 off Northwest Luzon Coast
※Mission: (1) Escort VB & VT, Make Coordinated Attack (2) Strafe Tarlac, Cabanatuan
Airfields. Targets: Tarlac Airfield - 15゜30'N. 120゜40'E (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
Cabanatuan Airfield - 15゜30'N. 121゜02'E.
※Mission: (1) Escort VB & VT (2) Bomb and Strafe Shipping, Lingayen Gulf, Philippine
Islands. Targets: Convoy off San Fernando Point (Philippine Islands) 5000 - 7000 Ton
Large A.P. 200 Ton Medium L.C. (Landing Craft)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep East Tarlac Airfield and Shipping, Lingayen Gulf, Philippine
Islands. Targets: Tarlac Airfield (Luzon)(Philippine Islands) 10000 - 15000 Ton Cruiser -
15゜46'N. 119゜57'E.
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-S-8(1-N) : 1944/11/19
※Mission: Sweep and Patrol. Central Luzon Valley, Clark, Tarlac and Mabalacat
Airfields.
※Mission: Bombing Attack on Shipping in Manila Harbor. Targets: Ships in Manila
Harbor (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Manila Harbor. Targets: Ships in Manila Bay
(Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft and Installations at Tarlac and Cabanatuan Airfields, Luzon,
Philippine Islands. Targets: Tarlac Airfield, Luzon, Philippine Islands Cabanatuan
Airfield
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Lingayen Gulf. Targets: Ships off San Fernando in
Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Attack Aircraft and Installations Tarlac and Cabanatuan Airfields. Targets:
Tarlac Airfield (Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Cabanatuan Airfield
※Mission: Glide Bomb Convoy, San Fernando Pt., Philippine Islands. Targets: Convoy
North of San Fernando (Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
Aircraft Action Reports; forwading of. 4 March 1945.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Tokyo Area Airfields. Yokosuka, Tateyama, Atsugi and
Shimoshizu. Targets: Yokosuka Airfield, Western Tokyo Bay (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-B-1-71 : 1945/02/16
※Mission: Fighter Sweep against Tokyo Area Airfields, Haneda, Fujisawa, Otawa and
Oshima. Targets: Tateyama Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
315/343

※Mission: Escort VT and Make Coordinated Attack on Hachijojima. Targets: Hachijo
Airfield, Hachijojima (Tokyo)(Honshu) Yayene Bay, Hachijojima
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-D-73 : 1945/02/16
※Mission: Attack Enemy Air Forces, Tokyo Area. Targets: Haramachida Airfield
(Tokyo)(Honshu) Atsugi Airfield (Kanagawa) Ships in Tokyo Bay
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-G-75 : 1945/02/16
※Mission: Attack Enemy Airborne Aircraft, Tokyo Bay Area, Attack Yokosuka Airfield.
Targets: Yokosuka Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Enemy Airborne Aircraft, Tokyo Area. Attack Airfields at Atsugi,
Tateyama.
※Mission: Attack Shimoshizu Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Shimoshizu Airfield
(Chiba)(Honshu)
※Mission: Escort VT and Strike Hamamatsu and Mikatagahara Airfields West of Tokyo
Bay. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Mikatagahara Airfield
※Mission: (1) Attack C.V.L., Yokohama Harbor (2) Attack Tateyama Airfield. Targets:
12000 Ton C.V.L.(Light Aircraft Carrier) - Yokohama Harbor - 35゜26'N. 139゜40'E.
(Kanagawa)(Honshu) Tateyama Airfield (Chiba)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-A-8-80 : 1945/02/18
※Mission: Coordinated Attack, Chichijima. Targets: Omura Town, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Futami-ko Radio Station East of Omura Town
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-GS-81 : 1945/02/21
※Mission: Furnish Air Support for Iwojima Invasion. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-B-GS-82 : 1945/02/22
※Mission: Support of Ground Forces on Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike Aircraft on the Ground and Airfields Installations and Facilities at
Hachijojima. Targets: Airfield, Hachijojima (Tokyo)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-F-22 : 1945/02/16
※Mission: Strike Aircraft on Ground and Airfield Installations and Facilities at
Hamamatsu Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Aircraft on Ground and Aircraft Installations and Facilities at
Mikatagahara Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Mikatagahara Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Naval Installations or Shipping at Chichijima, Bonin Islands. Targets:
Shipping at Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) 5000 Ton x S.B. S.D. x 6 - 10
※Mission: Air-Ground Support over Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air-Ground Support - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Incendiary Raid - Sumida River District, Tokyo. Targets: Sumida District,
Tokyo (Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-F-28 : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Attack Shipping in the Vicinity of Miyakojima. Targets: S.A. x 2,
D.D.(Destroyer), Several Sea Trucks & Luggers, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
316/343
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Atsugi & Shimoshizu Airfields. Targets: Yachimata
Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu) Toke Airfield
※Mission: Attack Atsugi Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Choshi Airfield (Chiba)(Honshu)
Aircraft Action Report No. 2-Photo-93 : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Photo Kerama Retto, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield, Okinawa (Nansei)
Kerama Retto
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-Photo-92 : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Photo Kerama Retto, Okinawa. Targets: Lugger & Mining Installations,
Kerama Retto (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 1-E-91 : 1945/03/01
※Mission: Fighter Bomber & Photo Mission against Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets:
Iejima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Yontan Airfield Kadena Airfield Machinato Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Bomber Strike - Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Yokohama and Tateyama Airfields. Targets: Yokosuka
Airfield (Kanagawa)(Honshu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of Hamamatsu and Mikatagahara. Targets: Hamamatsu
Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Small Craft near Niijima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Escort Coordinated Attack on Hamamatsu Airfield, Honshu. Targets:
Hamamatsu Airfield (Shizuoka)(Honshu) Small Crafts 10 Miles South of Hamamatsu
※Mission: Bomb Haneda Airfield, Honshu. Targets: Haneda Airfield (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb and Rocket Chichijima, Bonin Islands. Targets: Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Air Ground Support of Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Ground Support of Iwojima, Volcano Islands. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Rocket & Bomb Airfield Chichijima, Bonin Islands. Targets: Airfield,
Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) F.T.D. - Higashi-minato Cove, Hahajima
※Mission: Fighter Sweep on Yokosuka, Tateyama Airfields, Honshu. Targets: Small
Craft, Sagami-nada (Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb & Strafe Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan
Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) S.D. - Yonabaru Bay Small Craft x 4 - Heanzajima
※Mission: Attack Shipping Northwest of Naha Bay, Okinawa. Targets: Ships in Naha-
ko, Okinawa (Nansei) D.D.(Destroyer) D.E.(Destroyer Escort) F.T.C.
317/343
※Mission: Escort VT's and Attack Shipping, Miyakojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: F.A. x
2, Small Craft x 8, M.V. - Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Dive Bombing of Kanoya Airfield (314), Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Dive Bomb Kanoya Airfield (314) on Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(314)(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Dive Bomb Warships in Kure Harbor. Targets: Warships, Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) 10000 - 12000 C.V.L.(Light Aircraft Carrier) 45000 Ton
B.B.(Battleship) Yamato 30000 Ton x BB-CV Ise 4000 Ton A.K.(Cargoship)
※Mission: Strike 1 B, Hit Kanoya Airfield Reconnaitre Ibusuki, Southern Kyushu.
Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) S.D. x 3, Lugger - Yamagawa Cove Ibusuki Seaplane Base
※Mission: Strike Possible B.B. & D.D. x 4 in Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu Alternate Target,
Byu Airfield, Photo Byu & ibusuki. Targets: Byu Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ibusuki
Seaplane Base Tanegashima
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Air Installations at Byu, Ibusuki and Kanoya Airfields,
Kyushu. Targets: Byu Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Ibusuki Airfield Kanoya Airfield
※Mission: Sub C.A.P.
※Mission: Shipping and Land Installations, Kure Harbor and Naval Base, Kure.
Targets: Shipping and Installations at Kure Harbor (Hiroshima)(Honshu) 12000 Ton
C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) 10000 Ton C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) or C.L.(Light Cruiser)
※Mission: D.C.A.P. over Task Group 58.1.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep against Aircraft and Installations, Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu.
Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Special Search for Downed Pilot.
※Mission: Escort for V.B., V.T., Bomb and Strafe Kanoya Airfield and Installations, and
Photo Mission. Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Strike 1-F Escort V.T., V.B., Bomb and Strafe Kanoya Airfield, Southern
Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Regular D.C.A.P.
※Mission: D.C.A.P. #1.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
318/343
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: D.C.A.P. #2.
※Mission: Destroy Air Facilities at Kanoya Airfield (314). Targets: Kanoya Airfield
※Mission: Destroy Air Facilities at Kanoya Airfield (314), Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya
Airfield (314) - 31゜22'N. 130゜50'E. (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Destroy Shipping in Kure Harbor, Honshu. Targets: Shipping in Kure Harbor
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) C.V.(Aircraft Carrier) C.V.L.(Light Aircraft Carrier) C.L.(Light
Cruiser) B.B.(Battleship) C.A.(Heavy Cruiser) C.L.(Light Cruiser) or D.D.(Destroy
(73) USS Yorktown

Ryukyus operation part I, Period covering 18 March - 17 April 1945
※Mission: Target Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: East Coast of Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Target Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Shipping in Inlet North of Naha
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator #1 over Okinawa. Targets: Small Shipping around Northern
End of Okinawa (Nansei) Lighthouse, Iejima
※Mission: Air Coordinator #3 over Okinawa. Targets: Inasomi Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Radio Station North of Naha
※Mission: Air Coordinator #1 over Okinawa. Targets: Southeast Coast of Okinawa
(Nansei)
Photographs. from 18 March 1945 to 13 April 1945
※Target: Oita Airfield, Kure Airbase, Amami, Okinawa
※Mission: Coordinated Attack with V.B. and V.T. on Aircraft and Ground Installations
at Oita Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Oita Airfield; Shipping in Beppu-wan (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and Attack, Usa Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Usa Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Rescue Submarine C.A.P. off Coast of Shikoku. Targets: S.D. and Warehouse
at and 1 Mile Northwest of Cape Muroto (Kochi)(Shikoku) S.D. - 7 Miles Northnorthwest
of Cape Ashizuri Lighthouse - Cape Ashizuri 300 Ton S.C. - 15 Miles North of Cape As
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and Attack on Tsuiki Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Tsuiki Airfield
(Fukuoka)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol over Rescue Submarine at Station #14 near Shikoku.
Targets: 50 Ton Picket Boat 15 Miles South of Shikoku in Tosa-wan (Kochi)(Shikoku)
319/343
※Mission: Fighter Sweep & Attack, Kure Airfield & Saijo & Matsuyama Airfields
Shikoku. Targets: Kure Airfield (Hiroshima)(Honshu) Saijo Airfield
※Mission: C.A.P. over Lifeguard Submarine during Kyushu - Shikoku Operation.
Targets: S.C. x 2, S.D. x 12 and Lugger x 30 along South Coast of Shikoku
※Mission: Attack Airfield Installations at Oita, Kyushu. Targets: Oita Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) S.D. x 4, Luggers - Usuki
※Mission: Night C.A.P.
※Mission: CAP over Damaged D.D. Halsey Powell.
※Mission: CAP over Damaged D.D. Halsey Powell.
※Mission: Attack Targets in Vicinity of Naha Airfield as Directed by Target Coordinator
& Escort V.T. to and from the Target.
※Mission: Air Coordinator over Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Gun Emplacements and Installations at Naha Airfield, Okinawa.
Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Shipping - Naha Harbor Senagajima
※Mission: Photograph Airfields on Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Lifeguard Submarine - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Okinoyerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Pre-Landing Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Bridge & Large Building 1 Mile South Machinato Airfield
※Mission: Attack Wan Airfield (403) Kikaijima, and Photograph Airfield Installations.
Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Lifeguard Submarine, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Torishima (Okinawa)(Nansei) Okinoyerabujima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Yoronjima
※Mission: N.C.A.P. over Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikai Airfield (403),
※Mission: Sweep over Kikai (403), Tokuno (405) and Koniya (404), Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Koniya Airfield (404)(Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kikai Airfield
(403)(Kikaijima) Tokuno Airfield (405)(Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Support Strike B on Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Rescue Submarine C.A.P., Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Sotsuko-
zaki, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike on Shipping in Vicinity of Southern Kyushu Alternative Fighter Sweep
over Southern Kyushu. Targets: Chiran Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Makurazaki Town
320/343
Radio Station Shack, Ibusuki

※Mission: Fighter Sweep & Attack on Kushira (313), Kanoya (314) & Kanoya East (315)
Airfields, Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kushira Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Kanoya
East Airfield
※Mission: Pre-Invasion Support, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Cave Area Ishimine-
Kutoku (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Kikai (403), Amamioshima & Tokuno (405), Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Kikai Airfield (403)(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield
(405)(Tokunoshima) Naze Town (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Pre-Invasion Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Baten-ko
※Mission: Roving Patrol over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto in Support of Landing. Targets:
※Mission: C.A.P. over Task Group. Targets: Small Boats and U Shaped 2 Story
Buildings 1 Mile North of Kametsu-Hakuchi, Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night Search for Enemy Skips Reported near Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Ships West of Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) D.D.(Destryoer) x 2,
L.S.T.(Landing Ship, Tank) x 2, F.T.C.
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Obo-wan, Arume-wan
and Ora-Wan (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei. Targets: Katsuren Hanto
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and Bombing of Kikai Airfield (403) and Tokuno Airfield (405),
Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikai Airfield (403)
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Tokuno Airfield (405)(Tokunoshima)
※Mission: Night Target C.A.P. and Intruder over Airfields on Miyakojima, Sakishima
Gunto, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Sweep over & Attack on Hirara Airfield (414), Nobara Airfield (415) &
Sukama Airfield (416), Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Hirara
Airfield (414)(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nabaru Airfield (415) Sukama Airfield
Hirara Ha
※Mission: Fighter Sweep of and Attack on Hirara Airfield (414), Nobara Airfield (415)
and Sukama Airfield (416), Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Sweep & Attack on Hirara Airfield (414), Nobara Airfield (415) & Sukama
Airfield (416) at Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Sukama Airfield
(416)(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield (416)
321/343

※Mission: Rescue C.A.P. for PBM Dumbo for Rescue of Survivors in Water 7 Miles South
of Southwest Tip of Miyakojima, Sakishima Gunto. Targets: Mill 2 Miles West of Okoka
Town, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Japanese Fleet 125 Miles West of South Tip of Kyushu. Targets:
Japanese Fleet at 30゜59'N. 128゜11'E., 125 Miles West of South Tip of Kyushu
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) B.B.(Battleship) Yamato Class C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano Class
D.D.(Destryoer)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Support of Troops on Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Village and A.A.
Positions 3500 Yards Wast of Naha-ko, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Search of 4 10゜ Sectors - 320゜ to 000゜ and Linking Communications
Planes.
※Mission: Sweep over Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikai Airfield
(403)(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Naze Town (Amamioshima) Radio Station, Akaogi
※Mission: Target CAP over Wan Airfield (403) and Shitooke Airfield (421), Kikaijima,
Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Wan Airfield (403), Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield
(403)(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: CAP over Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (405)(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night Target CAP over Wan Airfield (403), Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Wan Airfield (403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep over & Attack on Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Fighter Sweep and Attack on Kagoshima Airfield (322), Kyushu. Targets:
Kagoshima Airfield (322)(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Izumi Airfield (330)
322/343
※Mission: Dusk C.A.P. over Task Group.

※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: 500 Yards North
of Naha, Okinawa (Nansei) Tsukasan
※Mission: Sweep Oita, Saeki Airfield, Northwest Kyushu. Targets: Saeki Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) 1000 Ton S.S. 1200 Ton S.S. 1200 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) x 2 175 Ton
S.D.
※Mission: R.C.A.P. Station - Kamoda-zaki. Targets: Shipping off Shikoku 800 Ton P.T.
2500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Sweep Uwajima, Sukumo, Yawatahama. Targets: Yawatahama Airfield
(Ehime)(Shikoku)
※Mission: Strike 2A Usa and Oita Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Usa Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) Oita Airfield
※Mission: Strike 1A & Photo #1 Kure Naval Air Depot. Targets: Kure Airfield
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) S.C. - 34゜06'N. 132゜53'E. F.B. - 34゜05'N. 132゜38'E.
※Mission: Sweep Kure Area. Targets: Kochi Airfield (Kochi)(Shikoku) Kure Area
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) 10000 Ton C.V.E.(Escort Aircraft Carrier) Dock Area
※Mission: Special R.C.A.P. #14. Targets: Train (Honshu)
※Mission: Strike Photo Beach Defenses, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha Airfield
and Vicinity, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Search - 225 Miles 290゜ - 3209 from Base. Targets: 150 Ton S.D., 100 Ton
S.D. - Kumejima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Search 225 Miles, 290゜ - 320゜ from Base. Targets: Okinoyerabujima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kumejima (Okinawa)
※Mission: Air Coordinator, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: 60 Ton Lugger, Baten-ko
(Okinawa)(Nansei) 60 Ton Lugger x 2, Katsuren-ko
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Mission, Amami Gunto, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Koniya
Town, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Koniya Seaplane Base Wan Airfield,
Kikaijima 8000 Ton S.A.
※Mission: Support, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Kadena Airfield
※Mission: Sweep, Tokunoshima Airfield, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
323/343
(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Koniya Harbor (Amamioshima)

※Mission: Sub C.A.P. #2. Targets: Ukejima (Amami Gunto)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Bishagawa (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Yanabaru Town Baten-ko Kudakajima
※Mission: Strike (1) Japanese Fleet Unit (2) Airfields Southeastern Kyushu. Targets:
Ibusuki Seaplane Base (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
Aircraft Action Report No. VBF9#34 VF9#41-45 : 1945/03/29
※Mission: Sweep Kanoya Airfield, Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Sweep and Photo of Airfields in Amamioshima Area. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Area around Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sub C.A.P. #1.
※Mission: Sweep, Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikai Airfield
(Kikaijima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Radio Station (Amamioshima) Tokunbo Airfield
(Tokunoshima)
※Base: USS Yorktown
※Mission: Flotilla C.A.P., Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Buildings - Southern
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Q, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Yonabaru Area
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Small Craft - Okinawa (Nansei)
Yoronjima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep of Amamioshima. Targets: Shipping Koniya Bay, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Naze-ko Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
※Mission: Support D - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: East Central Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Small Craft (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support 2A, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Katsuren-Hanto, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep Miyakojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Nobara Airfield
(#415)(Miyakojima)(Okinawa)(Nansei) Hirara Airfield (#414)
※Mission: Strike on Hirara Airfield at Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima
324/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike and Photo Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield (#417), Ishigakijima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Airfield #422,
※Mission: T.C.A.P. - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Special Strike #1 - Enemy Fleet Units. Targets: Japanese Fleet - 130 Sata-
Misaki, Kyushu 270゜ (Kagoshima)(Nansei) 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano 2100
Ton D.D.(Destroyer) Takanami
※Mission: C.A.P. #3 - Area of Nansei Shoto - off Okinawa.
※Mission: Strike & Photo, Amami Gunto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
(#405)(Tokunoshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support "E" at Okinawa. Targets: Northwest of Asa, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P. #3 - Over Base in Area of Okinawa Waters.
※Mission: Sweep, Photo - Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Airfield,
※Mission: R.A.P.C.A.P. #3.
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #4, Tokunoshima, Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (#405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Tokuno Airfield T.C.A.P. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (#405), Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Buildings and Storage North of Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P.
※Mission: T.C.A.P. Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: C.A.P. #3 over Task Force.
※Mission: R.A.P.C.A.P.
325/343
※Mission: Oita Airfield, Kyushu - Aircraft and Installations Yorktown Strike 1A.
Targets: Oita Airfield (Oita)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Kure Naval Air Depot Yorktown Strike 1-A. Targets: Kure Naval Air
Depot (Hiroshima)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Installations Naha Airfield, Okinawa Yorktown Strike 1-A. Targets:
Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Takabanarejima
※Mission: Gun Emplacement, Tsukenjima Yorktown Strike 1-A. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Elementary School
※Mission: A.A. Installations, Naha Airfield, Okinawa Yorktown Strike 2-A. Targets:
Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Factory Building, Dakiton
※Mission: Targets of Opportunity, Amami Gunto Yorktown Sweep 1-A. Targets: Koniya
Town (Amamioshima)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Installations on Okinawa Yorktown Support E. Targets: Buildings South of
Machinato Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Naha Airfield
※Mission: Seaplane Base, Amamioshima Yorktown Sweep 1-A. Targets: Seaplane
Station at Koniya, Amamioshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Installations, Okinawa Yorktown Support E. Targets: Bishagawa Area
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Yonabaru Area
※Mission: Destroy Japanese Fleet. Targets: Chiran Airfield (Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Attack Installations, Okinawa Yorktown Support B. Targets: Yonabaru
※Mission: Attack Installations Okinawa Yorktown Support E. Targets: Bridge at Naha
※Mission: Attack Installations, Okinawa Yorktown Support B. Targets: Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Roving Patrol - Okinawa Yorktown Support Nau. Targets: Okinawa(Nansei)
※Mission: Roving Patrol Southern Sector, Okinawa Yorktown Support Q. Targets:
Okinawa(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Invasion Forces, Okinawa Yorktown Support Strike 1. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Invasion Forces, Okinawa Yorktown Support Strike 2A. Targets:
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Hirara Airfield & Radio Station, Miyakojima Yorktown Strike 1A. Targets:
Hirara Airfield and Radio Station, Miyakojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
326/343
※Mission: Hirara Airfield & Radio Station, Miyakojima Yorktown Strike 2. Targets:
※Mission: Attack Airfield Minamidaitojima Yorktown Strike 1A. Targets:
※Mission: Attack Japanese Fleet Units Yorktown Shipping Strike. Targets: Japanese
Fleet Unit - 30゜54'N, 128゜10'E. B.B.(Battleship) C.L.(Light Cruiser) - Agano Class
D.D.(Destroyer) x 6
※Mission: Tokuno Airfield Runways - Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support E. Targets: Bishagawa, Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Shipping & Installations, Kikaijima Yorktown Strike 1-A. Targets: Wan
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support 1. Targets: Caves East of Machinato
※Mission: Bombing Oita Airfield, Kyushu Strike 1-A. Targets: Oita Airfield
(Oita)(Kyushu) Railroad Station at Sakanoichi
※Mission: Kure Naval Aircraft Factory and Arsenal, Hiro. Targets: Hiro Naval Arsenal
(Hiroshima)(Honshu) Kure Airfield
※Mission: Naha Airfield, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Southeast Coast
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Gun Emplacements, Southeast Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Southeast
Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: A.A. Positions, Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support B, Okinawa. Targets: North Bank of Bishagawa
※Mission: Buildings, Command Posts Adjacent to Yontan Airfield, Okinawa. Targets:
Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) Town of Hiza Zampa-misaki
※Mission: Air Support, Yonabaru Area, Okinawa. Targets: Waterfront Area, Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Search for and Attack Japanese Fleet. Targets: Chiran Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa (Support B). Targets: Yonabaru Area
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Tsukenjima
327/343
※Mission: Support Strike E, Okinawa. Targets: Caves East of Yontan (Okinawa)(Nansei)

※Mission: Target Coordinator, Okinawa. Targets: Yontan Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Strike B, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Naha Prison Yonabaru Area
※Mission: Air Support Roving Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Zawa Village
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Itoman Town Tamui Village
※Mission: Air Support Roving Patrol, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Strike 1, Okinawa. Targets: Katsuren-hanto (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support D, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike 2, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Crater Runways, Hirara Airfield, Miyakojima. Targets: Hirara Airfield,
※Mission: Hirara Airfield & Radio Station, Miyakojima. Targets: Miyara Airfield,
※Mission: Attack Airfield, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Destroy Japanese Fleet. Targets: Japanese Fleet - 30゜50'N. 128゜06'E.
B.B.(Battleship) 6000 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) Agano Class D.D.(Destroyer) Takanami
Class
※Mission: Tokuno Airfield Runways - Tokunoshima. Targets: Tokuno Airfield
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Shuri Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa (Support E). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Strafe Shipping in Kiirun Harbor Area Formosa. Targets: Kiirun
Harbor (Formosa) 5000 - 6000 Ton F.B. 3000 - 4000 Ton F.B. 500 Ton S.C. x 3 Drydock
and Shipyard Area
Comments and Recommendations covering opera-tions, 3 January through 22 January
1945
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Kiirun Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Kiirun Harbor Area
(Formosa)
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft & Installations at Grace Park Airfield, Manila, Philippine
Islands. Targets: Grace Park Airfield, Manila, Philippine Islands
328/343

※Mission: Bomb Aircraft and Installations at Nielsen Airfield, Manila, Luzon, Philippine
Islands. Targets: Nielsen Airfield, Manila, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft & Installations, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Targets: Clark Field, Luzon (Philippine Islands)
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft and Installations, Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Targets: Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands
※Mission: Attack Shipping or Airfields in Northern Formosa.
※Mission: Attack Shipping in Kiirun Harbor Area, Formosa. Targets: Kiirun Harbor
(Formosa) 3000 Ton A.K.(Cargo Ship) Dock Installations 1100 Ton D.E.(Destroyer
Escort)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping, Cape St. Jacques, French Indo-China. Targets: Shipping off
Cape St. Jacques (French Indo-China) 6000 Ton F.T.B. 1500 Ton A.P.D. 1500 Ton P.C.
1500 Ton A.P.C.
※Mission: Bomb Shipping and Installations, Saigon, French Indo-China. Targets: Ships
at Saigon, French Indo-China 4000 Ton F.T.C. 7000 Ton T.B. x 2 2500 Ton F.T.C. 2000
Ton S.B. 7300 Ton C.L.(Light Cruiser) Former French La Motte Piequet
※Mission: Bomb Japanese Convoy of Coast of French Indo-China. Targets: Convoy -
14゜40'N. 109゜10'E. French Indo-China Coast 3000 Ton F.T.C. P.C. 2500 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Takao Area, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor (Formosa)
Toshien Harbor
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft, Shipping, Installations, Canton, China. Targets: Whampoa
Dock Area, Canton (China)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Hong Kong Harbor, China. Targets: Ships in Hong Kong
(China) 8000 Ton S.A. x 2 7000 Ton S.A. 5000 Ton F.T.B. 4000 Ton F.T.C. 1200 Ton
D.E.(Destroyer Escort)
※Mission: Bomb Matsuyama Airfield, Formosa, and Act as Communication Relay
Planes. Targets: Matsuyama Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: Bomb Enemy Shipping, Takao Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Ships in Takao
Harbor (Formosa) 10000 Ton S.A. 7000 Ton F.T.B. 8000 Ton S.A. 6000 Ton F.T.B. 5000
Ton F.T.B.
※Mission: Bomb Enemy Shipping, Kiirun Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Ships in Kiirun
Harbor (Formosa) 10000 Ton S.A. 10000 Ton S.A. 5000 Ton F.T.B. 3000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft and Installations, Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Naha
※Mission: Bomb Aircraft and Installations, Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Naha
329/343
Comments and recommendations covering opera-tions, 3 January through 22 January

1945
※Mission: (1A) Strike on Northern Formosa. Targets: Northern Formosa Area
Annex A to ACA-1 reports of VF-3, No. 34 through 77
※Mission: (1B) Strike Northern Formosa. Targets: Taien Airfield (Formoas) Okaseki
Airfield Tansui Seaplane Base Locomotive x 3 - Taihoku Ships East of Bito-kaku Light
※Mission: (1-C) Target CAP over Northern Formosa Airfields. Targets: Airfields, Ships,
Northern Formosa
※Mission: (1A) Strike Northern Formosa. Targets: Tansui Seaplene Base (Formosa)
Kiirun Harbor
※Mission: (1B) Strike against Northern Formosa. Targets: Kiirun Harbor (Formosa)
※Mission: (1C) Strike Northern Formosa. Targets: Shinchiku Airfield (Formosa) Giran
Airfield
※Mission: (1A) Strike and Target CAP, Manila Airfield. Targets: Airfields, Manila Area
(Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Zablan Airfield Nichols Airfield Nielsen Airfield
※Mission: (1-B) Strike Manila Airfields. Targets: Manila Airfields and Facilities
(Luzon)(Philippines) Zablan Airfield Grace Park Airfield Nielsen Airfield
※Mission: (1C) Strike and Target CAP Manila Airfields. Targets: Airfields North of
Manila (Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Bamban Field Mabalacat Field
※Mission: Escort and Strike Manila Field. Targets: Manila Fields and Installations
※Mission: (1E) Strike Manila Airfields. Targets: Nielsen Airfield
(Manila)(Luzon)(Philippine Islands)
※Mission: (1A) Strike Manila Airfields. Targets: Manila Airfields (Luzon)(Philippine
Islands) Grace Park Airfield
※Mission: (1B) Strike Manila Airfields. Targets: Manila Airfields & Installations
※Mission: (1-C) Strike and Target CAP, Manila Airfields. Targets: Manila Airfields
(Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Grace Park Airfield
※Mission: Attack Manila and Clark Field. Targets: Grace Park Airfield
(Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Clark Fields
※Mission: (1E) Strilke and Target CAP, Manila Airfields. Targets: Grace Park Airfield
(Luzon)(Philippine Islands) Clark Field
※Mission: (1F) Attack Manila Airfields. Targets: Nielsen Airfield (Luzon)(Philippine
330/343
Islands)
※Mission: (1A) Strike Airfields Northern Formosa. Targets: Shipping near Kiirun
Harbor (Formosa) Alcohol Factory, South of Kiirun
※Mission: (1-B) Attack Formosa Air Fields. Targets: Luggers and Factory, Northern
Formosa
※Mission: (1-C) Strike Airfields Northern Formosa. Targets: Harbor at Suo Bay
(Formosa)
※Mission: (1B) Attack on Shipping off Northern Formosa. Targets: Ships off Northern
Formosa 1100 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 1000 Ton S.D.
※Mission: Fighter Sweep against Saigon Airfields. Targets: Shipping in Saigon Harbor
(French Indo-China) 6000 Ton T.B. x 2 8000 Ton T.A. 4000 Ton F.T.C. Dock Area
※Mission: Strike Shipping C.A.P. Saint Jacques, French Indo-China. Targets: Shipping
at Cape Saint Jacques and Saigon Harbor (French Indo-China)
※Mission: Strike Airfields and Shipping, Saigon, French Indo-China. Targets: Shipping
and Airfields, Saigon (Frech Indo-China)
※Mission: (1-C) Find and Attack Convoys and Shipping off French Indo-China. Targets:
Shipping off French Indo-China 6000 Ton F.B. 1100 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) F.T.C.
※Mission: (1-D) Attack Shipping, Aircraft at Saigon. Targets: Shipping at Saigon Harbor
(French Indo-China) 5000 Ton F.T.B. 5000 Ton S.B. Fuel Tanks
※Mission: (1A) Fighter Sweep over Canton Airfields. Targets: Airfields at Canton,
Shipping at Canton (China) Military School 7000 Ton S.A. 1100 Ton D.E.(Destroyer
Escort) 5000 Ton F.T.B. x 2
※Mission: (1-A-2) Strike Airfields and Harbors of Northern Formosa. Targets: Shipping,
Kiirun Harbor (Formosa) 500 Ton S.C. 100 Ton S.D. Dock Area
※Mission: (1-B) Attack Shipping in Takao Harbor. Targets: Shipping in Takao Harbor
(Formosa)
※Mission: Strike Airfields and Harbors of Northern Formosa. Targets: Kiirun, Takao
Harbors (Fromosa) 9000 Ton T.A. 500 Ton S.C. 100 Ton S.D. Ceramic Factory near Takao
Radio Station near Tiengkak
※Mission: Sweep against Canton Area. Targets: Canton Dock Area (China)
※Mission: (1-A) Strike Airfields and Shipping Canton. Targets: Whampoa Docks (China)
Whampoa Airfield
※Mission: (1B) Strike Taikoo Harbor, Hong-Kong. Targets: Taikoo Harbor, Hong Kong
(China) Taikoo Shipyards 6000 Ton F.T.B.
331/343

※Mission: (1C) Attack Shipping in Hong Kong. Targets: Shipping in Hong Kong Harbor
(China) Kowloon Docks
※Mission: (1-A) Strike Northern Formosa. Targets: Matsuyama Airfield (Formosa)
※Mission: (1-B) Strike Takao and Kiirun Harbors, Formosa. Targets: Takao Harbor
(Fromosa) 10000 Ton S.A. Dock Oil Dump Koshun Airfield
※Mission: (1-C) Attack Northern Formosa Airfields. Targets: Northern Formosa
Facilities Locomotive Matsuyama Airfield
※Mission: (1-E) Strike Shipping at Kiirun Harbor. Targets: Shipping at Kiirun Harbor
(Fromosa) 10000 Ton S.A. x 2 V.A. off Peitau Pt. Taien Airfield
※Mission: Fighter Sweep over Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei) 5000
Ton F.B.
※Mission: Strike Naha Airfield and Targets in Area. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: (1-B) Photographic, Kerama Retto, Strike Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: (1D) Fighter Sweep against Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield and Vicinity
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Horizontal Bombing of Matsuyama Airfield, Northern Formosa. Targets:
Okasaki Airfield (Fromosa)
Comments and recommendations covering opera-tions, 3 January through 22 January
1945
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Kiirun Harbor, Northern Formosa. Targets: Northern
Formosa
※Mission: Glide Bomb Airfields in Manila Vicinity. Targets: Grace Park Airfield, Manila
※Mission: Glide Bomb Airfield in Manila Area. Targets: Nielsen Airfield, Manila
※Mission: Bomb Dispersal Area, Clark Field, Philippine Islands. Targets: Clark Field
※Mission: Bomb Dispersal Area, Clark Field, Philippine Islands. Targets: Clark Field
※Mission: Bomb Matsuyama Airfield - Northern Formosa.
332/343
※Mission: Bomb Shipping Kiirun Harbor, Northern Formosa. Targets: 1100 Ton
D.E.(Destroyer Escort) - 4 Miles North of Kiirun Harbor (Formosa) 4000 Ton F.T.C. -
Outer Harbor Kiirun Chemical Plant West of Kiirun Harbor Inner Harbor Dock Area
※Mission: Bomb Shipping Cape Saint Jacques, Indo-China. Targets: Shipiing at Cape
Saint Jacques, French Indo-China 7000 Ton F.T.B. 1000 Ton F.T.C. 1000 Ton P.C.
※Mission: Bombing Shipping at Saigon, Indo-China. Targets: Shipping in Saigon Area
(French Indo-China) 4000 Ton F.T.C. 1500 Ton F.T.D. 2000 Ton S.B. 10000 Ton
C.L.(Light Cruiser) Lamotte Piequet
※Mission: Torpedo & Bomb Shipping at Tourane, Indo-China. Targets: Comvoy South of
Cape Sa Hoi, Indo-China 1000 Ton D.E.(Destroyer Escort) 8000 Ton S.A. 2000 Ton S.B.
※Mission: Bomb Shipping in Takao, Formosa Area. Targets: Takao Harbor (Formosa)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping or Aircraft at Whampoa, China Area. Targets: Dockyard at
Whampoa, China
※Mission: Bomb Taikoo Docks Area, Hong Kong. Targets: Taikoo Docks Area, Hong
Kong (China)
※Mission: Bomb Warehouses & Storage Area, Hong Kong. Targets: Dock Area, Hong
Kong (China)
※Mission: Bomb Shipping Takao Habor, Formosa. Targets: Takao Inner Harbor
(Formosa) 6500 Ton F.T.B.
※Mission: Bomb Shipping at Kiirun Harbor, Formosa. Targets: Inner Harbor, Kiirun
(Formosa) 8500 Ton S.A. 4000 Ton F.T.C.
※Mission: Bomb Naha Airfield, Okinawa. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 27 : 1945/?/?
※Mission: ?. Targets: Naha Airfield (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb Tachikawa Engine Plant - 12 Miles West of Tokyo. Targets: Tachikawa
Aircraft Engine Plant (Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Omura Harbor, Chichijima. Targets: Inner Harbor, Omura, Chichijima
(Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Support Aircraft at Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Aircraft, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
Summary of operations from the period 10 February 1945 through 27 February 1945
※Mission: 2-A Sweep of Airfields, Tokyo Area. Targets: Gonoike Airfield
333/343
(Ibaraki)(Honshu) Hokota Airfield

※Mission: 4-A Sweep, Airfields Tokyo Area. Targets: Nawatari (Mito) Airfield No. 85
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: 7-A Strike Kasumigaura Airfield, Tokyo. Targets: Kasumigaura Airfield (No.
22)(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: 1-A Sweep, Airfields, Tokyo Area. Targets: Ishioka Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
Tsukuba Airfield
※Mission: 2-A Sweep, Airfields Tokyo Area. Targets: Utsunomiya Airfield
(Tochigi)(Honshu)
※Mission: Combat Air Patrol for Rescue Submarine (RCAP). Targets: Luggers and Sea
Trucks off Coast
※Mission: 1-A Air Support - Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Sweep 1-A Chichijima. Targets: Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Mukojima
Nishijima
※Mission: Special Support Strike X. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Strike 1-A, Support, Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: VF Sweep 1-A, Chichijima. Targets: Hahajima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara) Mukojima
※Mission: 3-A Sweep, Tsukuba Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets: Tsukuba Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: 4-A VF Sweep, Hachijojima. Targets: Hachijojima Airfield, Hachijojima
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
Summary of operations from the period 10 February 1945 through 27 February 1945
※Mission: Anti-Sweep, Anti-Submarine Patrol.
※Mission: Attack Airfield Installations, Kasumigaura Airfield, Tokyo Area. Targets:
Kasumigaura Airfield (Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: Bomb Tachikawa Engine Plant, Tokyo. Targets: Tachikawa Engine Plant,
Tokyo (Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Installations at Chichijima, Bonin Islands. Targets: Naval Area &
Seaplane Base, Futami-ko, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Air Support for Iwojima Landing Operations. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support for Iwojima Landing Operation.
334/343

※Mission: Air Support for Iwojima Landing Operation. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Air Support for Iwojima Landing Operations. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
Action against the enemy from 15 February 1945 to 25 February 1945 - Report of.
※The Commanding Officer, Fight-ing Squadron 3.
※Mission: Anti-Submarine - Anti-Sweeper Patrol.
※Mission: (1A) Fighter Sweep against Tokyo Airfields.
※Mission: (3A) Fighter Sweep against Tokyo Airfields. Targets: Gonoike Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: (5A) Fighter Sweep against Tokyo Airfields. Targets: Gonoike Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: (6A) Fighter Sweep against Tokyo Airfields. Targets: Mito South Airfield
(Ibaraki)(Honshu)
※Mission: (1A) Strike Tachikawa Engine Plant. Targets: Tachikawa Engine Plant
(Tokyo)(Honshu)
※Mission: Attack Aircraft and Shipping at Chichijima. Targets: Futami-ko Naval
Installations, Chichijima (Tokyo)(Ogasawara)
※Mission: Sweep 2A against Chichijima.
※Mission: Support 2A against Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
※Mission: Support Strike against Iwojima. Targets: Iwojima (Tokyo)
Actions in preparation for and support of occupation of Okinawa from 14 March 1945 to
11 May 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS York-town.
Actions in preparation for and support of occupation of Okinawa from 14 March 1945 to
11 May 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS York-town.
Action report - Air Operations covering occupation of Okinawa, Nansei Shoto - period 18
March - 11 May 1945
※Commander, Carrier Air Group 9.
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops at Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Makake Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Strike at Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP over Tokuno Airfield (405), Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno
Airfield (405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
335/343

※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: 500 Yards East
of Naha Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP over Kikai Airfield (403), Kikaijima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Kikai
Airfield (403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP over Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP over Tokuno Airfield (405) & to Torishima, Nansei Shoto.
Targets: Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target CAP over Tokuno Airfield (405) & between Tokunoshima and
Torishima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Torishima (Okinawa)
※Mission: Target CAP over Kikaijima Wan Airfield (403) and Attack on Shipping,
Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: F.T.D. or S.C. in Satsukawa-Wan,
Kakeromashima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Kikaijima Wan Airfield (403), Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Night C.A.P. over Task Force.
※Mission: Target Patrol over Kikai Airfield (403), Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield
(403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 91-45 VBF9#93 : 1945/04/30
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Kikaijima & Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto and Attack on
Shipping. Targets: Sea Truck, Lugger x 8-10 in Inlet Southwest of Kuji-wan,
※Mission: Support at Okinawa. Targets: North of Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support #1 Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Dakeshi Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Night C.A.P. #2 Night C.A.P. over Task Force near Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Dawn C.A.P. over Task Force.
※Mission: C.A.P. over Radar Picket Destroyers, Station 1.
※Mission: Patrol between Kikaijima & Amamioshima and Attack on Kikaijima Wan
Airfield (403), Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield (403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: C.A.P. over Radar Picket Destroyers, Station #1.
※Mission: Kikaijima Patrol #3. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
336/343

※Mission: Attack Kikaijima Airfield (403) & Patrol between Kikaijima & Amamioshima,
Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield (403), Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei) Radio Station,
Akaogi (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Bomb Runways at Tokuno Airfield (405) and Patrol between Kikaijima &
Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinoyerabujima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack Tokuno Airfield (405) and Patrol between Kikaijima and North Tip of
Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Okinoyerabujima
※Mission: Bomb Runways at Minami Airfield, Minamishima, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Minami Airfield, Minamishima (?)(Nansei)
※Mission: Provide C.A.P. between Tokunoshima and Yorishima, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
Tokuno Airfield (405), Tokunoshima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Target C.A.P. over Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support, Okinawa. Targets: East of Yonabaru (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #3, Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Rap.C.A.P. #4.
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #5 - Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: 2000 Yards East of Naha Airfield
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike, Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
337/343
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #4 - Tokuno Airfield. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima

(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Patrol Kikai Airfield. Targets: 1000 Ton L.S.M., Koniya-ko
※Mission: Patrol over Kikai Airfield. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike #2, Patrol #5, Photo #2, Kikai Airfield. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Patrol Kikai Airfield. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Patrol Kikai. Targets: 1000 Ton L.S.M. x 2 - Kuji-wan, Amamioshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Patrol #4 Kikai. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima (Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Patrol - Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support, Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Patrol - Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Tokuno Airfield, Tokunoshima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Luggers - Kuji-Wan (Amamioshima)
※Mission: Support at Okinawa. Targets: Town of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Naha, Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: 1 Mile Southwest of Yonabaru
※Mission: Patrol - Amamioshima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support 1. Targets: Makiminato Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa Yorktown Support 3. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
338/343

※Mission: Suport - Okinawa Yorktown Support A. Targets: Makabe Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa Yorktown Support D. Targets: Caves East of Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support - Okinawa Yorktown Support E. Targets: East of Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support C. Targets: East of Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 39 VBF#74 : 1945/04/22
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support F. Targets: Senagajima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support A. Targets: Cave Southeast of Tamui,
Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 41, VBF#79 : 1945/04/23
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support E. Targets: East of Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support F. Targets: Cave East of Tsukasan
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 44 VBF9#85 : 1945/04/27
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 1. Targets: Southeast of Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Caves and Trenches Southeast of Gaja
※Mission: Crater Kikaijima Wan Airfield Yorktown Strike 1. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Crater Wan Airfield - Kikaijima Yorktown Strike 2. Targets: Wan Airfield,
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support #2. Targets: Southwest of Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 3. Targets: South of Awacha
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 1. Targets: Naha (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 3. Targets: North of Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 4. Targets: North of Dakeshi Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 52 VBF#96 : 1945/05/05
※Mission: Crater Runway Wan Airfield - Kikaijima Yorktown Strike 1. Targets: Wan
339/343

※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support 2. Targets: North of Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 54 VT9#50 : 1945/05/06
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 3. Targets: South of Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 1. Targets: Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 3. Targets: Northeast of Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Support 4. Targets: South of Shuri (Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support Strike #3). Targets: Taketomi Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support A). Targets: Makabe Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support D). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support A). Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support E). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT#41-45 VB#42 VF#85-45 : 1945/04/26
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support D). Targets: Caves North of
Kamizato(Okinawa)(Nansei) East of Asa
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support F). Targets: Southern Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Crater Runways - Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Crater Runways, Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. VT#45-45 VBF#94 : 1945/05/01
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Strike #2). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Crater Runways, Wan Airfield, Kikaijima. Targets: Wan Airfield, Kikaijima
340/343
(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support #1). Targets: Northeast Shuri Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support #4). Targets: Northeast Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support #2). Targets: Southwest of Yonabaru
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (SUpport #3). Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support #2). Targets: Radio Tower, Shuri
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Commander, Carrier Air Group 9, Action report - Air operations covering occupation of
Okinawa, Nansei Shoto, and strikes on Kyushu - Period 24 May to 13 June 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS York-town (CV10).
※Mission: Air Coordinator Support 5A. Targets: Town of Arakaki (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Coordinator for Strike on Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support of Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Komesu Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Nagasuku Town Kiyamu Town
※Mission: Support of Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Installations Southwest
of Aragusuku (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep and Photo Airfields, South Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
(314)(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Kanoya East Airfield (315) Kushira Airfield (313) Shibushi
Airfield (312) Miyakonojo Airfield (317)(Miyazaki) Miyazaki Airfield (310)
Aircraft Action Report No. 111-45 VBF#109 : 1945/06/06
※Mission: Target C.A.P. North of Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: 1500 Yards
South of Yonagusuku (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support of Ground Troops, Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Caves of Nakobe
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Bomb and Strafing Attack on Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya
Airfield (314)(Kagoshima)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike A.A. Positions, Minamidaitojima, Daito Shoto, Nansei Shoto. Targets:
341/343
※Mission: T.C.A.P. #1 in Vicinity of Okinawa, Nansei Shoto.

※Mission: Support - Okinawa, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Okinawa (Nansei)
※Mission: Sweep of Airfields on Southern Kyushu. Targets: Kushira Airfield
(Kagoshima)(Kyushu) Miyazaki Airfield (Miyazaki)
※Mission: Sweep Airfields Southern Kyushu. Targets: Miyazaki Airfield
(Miyazaki)(Kyushu) Locomotive - North of Miyazaki Airfield
※Mission: Sweep, Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield
※Mission: T.C.A.P., Minamidaitojima, Nansei Shoto. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa Yorktown Support #1. Targets: Komesu Town, Kiyama-
gusuku Town (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support #4. Targets: Minatogawa Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Aragusuku Town
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 1. Targets: Aragusuku Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
Aircraft Action Report No. 63 VBF9#10 : 1945/06/06
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 2A. Targets: Medoruma Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 5A. Targets: Arakaki Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 3. Targets: General Area between Yuza
and Tamui (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 5A. Targets: General Area Southwest of
Tamui (Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Support Okinawa - Yorktown Support 7B. Targets: Cave Area - Makabe Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike - Minamidaitojima Yorktown TM #1. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Strike Minamidaitojima - Yorktown Strike TM #1. Targets: Minamidaitojima
342/343
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support Mission #1). Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support Strike #4). Targets: Southeast Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support Mission #1). Targets: Southern Okinawa
(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support Mission 2A). Targets: Medoruma Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support 5A). Targets: Arakaki Town
(Okinawa)(Nansei) Medeera Town
※Mission: Special Mission, Okinawa (Food & Supply Drop).
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support 3A). Targets: Cave Positions near Yuza
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support 5A). Targets: Ridge Positions near Tomori
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Air Support Okinawa (Support 7B). Targets: Cave positions north of Makabe
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Attack on A.A. Positions, Minamidaitojima. Targets: Minamidaitojima
(Okinawa)(Nansei)
※Mission: Minamidaitojima, Strike #1. Targets: Minamidaitojima (Okinawa)(Nansei)
Actions covering attacks on aircraft, shipping, and strategic targets in northern Kyushu,
Shikoku, Tokyo Plain area, northern Honshu, and southern Hokkaido, from 2 July 1945
to 15 August 1945
※Commanding Officer, USS York-town (CV10).
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INDEX of Records of the U. S.

Strategic Bombing Survey; Entry 55,

(1) Task Group 12.4

(2) Task Group 38.1

(3) Task Group 38.4

(4) Task Group 52.1.1

(5) Task Group 52.1.2

(6) Task Group 52.2

(7) Task Group 58.1

(8) Task Group 58.3

Carrier Division 1, USS Essex, Flagship).

(9) Task Group 58.4

(10) Task Group 73.4

※The Commander Task Group 73.4.

Aircraft Action Report No. 12 : 1945/04/28

05゜26'S. 50' Barge x 7

※Mission: Attack on Woleai. Targets: Woleai Island 07゜22'N. 143゜54'E.

(12) USS Anzio

Aircraft Action Report No. 21 : 1945/04/17

(13) USS Baratoria

Summary of Operations, February 1 through February 28, 1945

Aircraft Action Report No. 12 : 1944/12/14, 1944/12/15

※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: Shipping near Toko, Formosa

※Mission: Offensive Reconnaissance (Night). Targets: S.B. at 23゜08'N. 116゜36'E.

Aircraft Action Report No. VPB28-13 : 1945/03/19

Merchant Vessel, Medium Merchant Vessel x 2 23゜20'N. 119゜50'E.

Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#47 VF47#47 : 1945/04/17

Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#66 (VF47#63) : 1945/05/04

Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#83 VF47#80 VT47#41 : 1945/05/14

(14) USS Bataan

※Mission: Sweep Airfields in Tokyo Bay Area. Targets: Yokosuka Airfield

Aircraft Action Report No. AG47#116 VF47#107 VT47#57 : 1945/08/09

(15) USS Belleau Wood

※Mission: Attack Shipping at Amamioshima. Targets: Naze-ko

(16) USS Bennington

Aircraft Action Report No. 44-45 : 1945/04/20

Aircraft Action Report No. 26 : 1945/03/23

Aircraft Action Report No. 43 : 1945/03/28

※Mission: TCAP #6 - Okinawa.

Aircraft Action Report No. 83 : 1945/04/15

Aircraft Action Report No. 102 : 1945/05/14

(Kagoshima)(Nansei) Oil Tanker near Shibushi

※Mission: Attack Shipping Kakeromajima, Amami Gunto. Targets: Ships Kakeromajima

Aircraft Action Report No. 101-45 : 1945/05/14

Aircraft Action Report No. 32 : 1945/04/02

※Mission: Strike: Kanoya Airfield, Kyushu. Targets: Kanoya Airfield

Mito Area (Ibaraki)(Honshu)

※Mission: Attack on Shipping at Shiogama. Targets: Attack on Harbor at Shiogama

Aircraft Action Report No. 14-45 : 1945/07/15

Aircraft Action Report No. 48-45 : 1945/08/10

Aircraft Action Report No. 12-45 : 1945/07/30

Aircraft Action Report No. 11 : 1945/07/15

Toyohashi Airfields (Aichi)(Honshu) S.D. in Chita-wan

Miyakawa Airfield Naruto Airfield

(17) USS Bismarck Sea

(18) USS Block Island

Aircraft Action Report No. 6 : 1945/05/14