Ordnance Legend
HE = High Explosive GP = General Purpose
IB = Incendiary FB = Fragmentation
Mines = Water Mines  



Miss. Date Target Ordnanace

Aircraft

Sent Dam Dest

Personnel

M/KIA Wound
1 9 Feb Moen Airfield, Truk Island 148 tons HE
30 0 0
0 0
2 12 Feb Iwo Jima 90 tons HE
21 0 0
0 0
3 14 Feb Sea Search for Japanese Picket Boats O
10 0 0
0 0
4 18 Feb Moen Airfield, Truk Island 79 tons HE
17 0 0
0 0
  19 Feb Nakajima Aircraft Factory, Tokyo 10 tons HE
4 0 0
0 0
5 25 Feb Tokyo Port Area 55 tons of 11/1 mix of IB and HE
(10 tons HE was dropped on Targets of Opportunity)
32 3 0
0 0
6 4 March Nakajima Aircraft Factory, Tokyo
(secondary target bombed due to weather)		 50 tons IB
23 1 0
0 1
7 9 March Tokyo Urban Area 175 tons IB
32 9 2
3 0
8 11 March Nagoya Urban Area 173 tons IB
31 3 0
0 0
9 13 March Osaka Urban Area 232 tons IB
33 2 0
0 0
10 16 March Kobe Urban Area 213 tons IB
34 1 1
11 0
11 18 March Nagoya Urban Area 183 tons IB
31 3 0
0 0
12 24 March Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Plant, Nagoya 150 tons GP
22 1 1
11 0
13 27 March Mining the Shimonoseki Straits area 178 tons Mines
31 0 0
0 0
14 30 March Mining the Hiroshima Approaches 122 tons Mines
24 2 1
10 3
15 1 April Mining Kure Naval Base approaches 23 tons Mines
6 0 0
0 0
16 3 April Nakajima Koizumi Aircraft Plant, Ota 148 tons HE
28 0 0
0 0
17 7 April Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Plant, Nagoya 120 tons HE
38 0 0
0 1
18 12 April Hodagaya Chemical Works, Koriyama 80 tons HE
20 0 0
0 0
19 12 April Mining Shimoneseki Straits 20 tons Mines
6 0 0
0 0
20 13 April Tokyo Arsenal Area 190 tons IB
28 0 0
0 2
21 15 April Kawasaki Urban Area 200 tons IB
33 0 4
44 0
22 18 April Kobuku Airfield, Kyushu 89 tons HE
22 0 0
0 0
23 21 April Kanoya East Airfield, Kyushu 35 tons HE
10 3 0
0 0
24 21 April Kobuku Airfield, Kyushu 15 tons HE
12 3 0
0 0
25 22 April Kanoya & Kushira Airfields, Kyushu 46 tons HE
13 1 0
0 0
26 24 April Hitachi Aircraft Engine Works, Tachikawa 46 tons HE
9 3 0
0 0
27 26 April Miyazaki Airfield, Kyushu 86 tons HE
21 0 0
0 0
28 27 April Kokubu Airfield, Kyushu 110 tons HE
20 3 0
0 0
29 28 April Kokubu Airfield, Kyushu 100 tons HE
20 5 1
1 1
30 30 April Tachikawa Air Arsenal, Tokyo outskirts 75 tons HE
17 0 0
0 0
31 3 May Mining Shimonoseki Straits 113 tons Mines
24 1 0
0 0
32 5 May Mining Tokyo Bay, Ise Bay, & Inland Sea 177 tons Mines
28 0 0
0 0
33 8 May Oita Airfield, Kyushu 79 tons GP
12 0 0
0 0
34 8 May Matsuyama Airfield, Shikoku 76 tons GP
12 0 0
0 0
35 10 May Matsuyama Airfield, Shikoku 102 tons GP
22 1 0
0 2
36 11 May Miyazaki Airfield, Kyushu 73 tons GP
11 0 0
0 0
37 11 May Miyakonojo Airfield, Kyushu 61 tons GP
12 0 0
0 0
38 13 May Mining Niigata Harbor & Shimonoseki Approaches 72 tons Mines
12 0 0
0 0
39 16 May Mining Shimonoseki Approaches & Maizuru Bay 147 tons Mines
30 2 0
0 0
40 18 May Mining Island Sea & Tsuruga Bay 185 tons Mines
34 0 0
0 0
41 20 May Mining Miyazu & Maizuru Bays 178 tons Mines
31 1 1
10 1
42 22 May Mining Shimonoseki Straits 172 tons Mines
30 1 1
8 3
43 24 May Mining Fushiki, Niigata & Narao Bays 165 tons Mines
32 0 0
0 0
44 26 May Mining Fushiki, Karatsu & Fukuoka Bays 193 tons Mines
32 2 0
0 0
45 27 May Mining Moji Harbor & Karatsu Bay 60 tons Mines
11 3 1
11 0
46 1 June Osaka Urban Area 222 tons IB
36 10 0
0 0
47 5 June Kobe Urban Area 228 tons IB
35 7 0
5 1
48 7 June Osaka Urban Area 234 tons GP
32 1 0
0 0
49 9 June Aichi Aircraft Engine Plant, Nagoya 176 tons GP & HE
26 1 0
0 0
50 15 June Osaka-Amagasaki Urban Area 255 tons GP & IB
35 0 0
0 0
51 17 June Yokkaichi Urban Area 233 tons IB & HE
37 1 0
0 0
52 19 June Fukuoka Urban Area 215 tons IB
37 1 0
0 0
53 22 June Mitsubishi Aircraft Works, Kagamigahara & Utsube Oil Refinery, Yakkaichi 113 tons HE
28 13 0
0 0
54 26 June Aichi Aircraft Works, Eitoku Plant, Nagoya 226 tons GP
37 4 0
0 0
55 28 June Moji Urban Area 268 tons IB
35 0 0
0 0
56 1 July Ube Urban Area 194 tons IB
38 1 0
0 0
57 3 July Himeji Urban Area 254 tons IB
36 0 0
0 3
58 6 July Shimizu Urban Area 305 tons IB
34 3 0
0 0
59 9 July Wakayama Urban Area 232 tons IB
36 1 0
0 0
60 12 July Tsuruga Urban Area 253 tons IB
33 0 0
0 0
61 16 July Kuwana Urban Area 268 tons IB
33 0 0
0 0
62 19 July Choshi Urban Area 259 tons IB
34 0 0
0 0
63 24 July Tsu Urban Area 299 tons IB
41 0 0
0 0
64 26 July Tokuyama Urban Area 254 tons IB & FB
33 0 0
0 0
65 28 July Uji-Yamada Urban Area 271 tons IB
33 0 0
0 0
66 1 Aug Nagaoka Urban Area 322 tons IB
47 0 0
0 0
67 5 Aug Maebashi Urban Area 244 tons IB
33 0 0
0 0
68 7 Aug Toyokama Naval Arsenal 67 tons GP
12 5 1
0 4
69 8 Aug Yawata Urban Area 161 tons IB
30 0 1
1 10
70 14 Aug Marifu Railroad Yards 264 tons GP
41 0 0
0 0
71 14 Aug Kumagaya Urban Area 25 tons IB
4 0 0
0 0
72 30 Aug Display Of Power Tokyo Overflight
10 0 0
0 0
73 31 Aug Display Of Power Tokyo Overflight
11 0 0
0 0
74 1 Sept Prisoner Of War Supplies Food, Medicine, clothing
20 0 0
0 0
75 2 Sept Display Of Power Overflight of Japan Surrender Ceremonies
21 0 0
0 0


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This information has been used from the 9th B.G. Unit History, "9th Bombardment Group (VH) HISTORY (1st, 5th, and 99th Squadrons) A B-29 Superfortress Unit in World War II", used with permission from the Author, and 9th B.G. historian, Larry Smith.