SUNDAY, 5 AUGUST 1945
Eighth Air Force: HQ 333d Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) and 435th Bombardment Squadron, 460th
Bombardment Squadron and 507th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) arrive at Kadena from
the US with B-29s.
Twentieth Air Force: During the night of 5/6 Aug, 612 B-29s fly 1 mining,
1 bombing and 4 incendiary raids against Japan; 2 B-29s are lost. Mission 311:
27 B-29s mine the waters of the Sakai, Yonago, Nakaumi Lagoon, Miyazu, Maizuru, Tsuruga, Obama, Najin and Geijitsu areas; 1 other B-29 mines
an alternate target. Mission 312: 63 B-29s attack the Saga urban area destroying
0.02 sq mi (0.05 sq km), 1.5% of the city; 1 B-29 is lost. Mission 313: 92
B-29s hit the Maebashi urban area destroying 1 sq mi (2.59 sq km), 42.5% of
the city; 4 others hit alternate targets. Mission 314: 250 B-29s attack the
Nishinomiya-Mikage urban area destroying 2.8 sq mi (7.25 sq km), 29.6% of the
city; 3 others hit alternate targets; 1 B-29 is lost.
Mission 315: 106 B-29s bomb the Ube Coal Liquefaction Co. facility at Ube destroying 100% of the refining units and destroying or damaging 80% of other structures; 2 others hit alternate targets.
Mission 316: 64 B-29s attack the Imabari urban area destroying 0.73 sq mi (1.89 sq km), 76% of the city area. HQ
VII Fighter Command is officially assigned to HQ Twentieth AF. 100+ P-51s strike airfields and military installations in large area around Tokyo, scoring especially effective hits at Katori Airfield.
Fourteenth Air Force: In China, 20 P-51s knock out a bridge NW of Anyang and damage another NE of Kiehsiu, attack railroad targets during sweeps from Taiyuan to Suchow and Tehsien to Pengpu, and strafe rivercraft between Ichang and Lokehang.
WESTERN PACIFIC [Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In Japan, 330+ B-24s, B-25s, A-26s, P-47s, and P-51s pound Tarumizu town, the industrial area on Kyushu and many targets of opportunity on Kyushu and in the Ryukyu Islands. P-38s support ground forces on Luzon, hitting Japanese concentrations ENE of Naguilian, near Mount Data, and at other points. B-24s pound Japanese positions S of Fabrica. Other B-24s bomb supply and personnel areas and AA positions in the Makassar area. B-24s bomb Miti. The 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, moves from San Jose to Ie Shima with P-38s.
