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5 Decernber 19    

SII BJF CT s Let t er of Tr ans mi t t al

 .   .i ,    To : Coamnndi ng General   `- IInited States Air Force '

This history was comFiled by lst Lt Jerry J Hunt with thec l er i ca l a i d of S Sgt Ai 7

.].i am F Shawl er . Fac t 9 i nc l uded i n t he

narrative have been compilod frcm reports submitted by SectionHeads. ObserestiGns not otherwise credited are based oa theperaonsl lsnowledge and apiniona of lst Lt Jerry J Hunt.

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UFi 'I CL -ur ' T:-iL   .I  uu   ctTi  u UFF'I Ci.13

 13 t h i3u;    ti, i or.i  1  S  li ALRu[  (L}

3rd b O:  S6Ri1 Sr:NT C  ULP ( L)APG 328

29 i  ove mber 194 8

SUi Ji (: Ts Mont rl y Summary of Lvent s , 13 t h s  omoardmen t Squadr on (L),F:ngi ne er i nv S :c t i on .

' TUi 'rii s t or i c a l uf f i c erYoko t a Ai r   'or c  : h as e3rd t ombardment Group (L)d ' U 3 28

RgPORT CE' i+  TEUVL&S s

1 , iuo t i f i c at i on t ha t  ro woul ct move i n t o t h e: f i e l d c  8 ivov194 8 wa s r e  e i v e.d. one w e ek i n a dvs a ee . 9 11 nec e s s ary equi pmen tfor the iield operation was cn hand,

2, All personnel assionea to the section wera taken on i anu-ev er s  ri t h the exc ept i on of ene B- 26 Cr e w Chi e f and t vlo (2 } men whower e l e f t Wi t h t he i r ai r c r af t   ana one bombs i pht .ua i n t enance Spec -i al i s t , who wr  s no t a e eded . A t ot   l of f i f t y t wo ( 52 1  nen , exc l

.u -s i v e of Tec h Supp],y , Arna nent , and Co-n,nur i c at i ons wer e i n t he s ee t i an ,

3 ,   ni r t e   n   13 ) i  - 2b t y pe ai r cr af t wer e f l own t o t he klarluev arArea with sisteEn (16)  daintenanes Personael abosrd, 1'he remainderof the per s onne l *nov e  by r ai l . f 'ne ma j or i t y of t he equi  iment andsupplies went by rail. Hcwever, everything with  the exception of oneCl e t r ac c oul ti hav e b e ::n r  cved oy a i r ,

4 . A t ot a l of e l even ( 11 ) mi s s i ons wer e f l own wi t h a t o tal offour hundred hours-ten minutes logged, Lne abortion was experiencedand on e ai r cr af t wa s t ot a l l y wr ecked when i t ran of i ' t he end of therinwsy,

•5.   e t wrn wa s e f f ec t ed i n t he s ame ms   ner a s t he mov e t o the

raenueve r ar ea,

6 . Li f f i cul t i e s enc ount r ec wer e pr i mar i l y one s of a s up; l y na t ur e ,Some cr i t i c al i   ems rrhi c h we des i r ed t o c ar ry wi t h us a e wer e unabl e t oob t ai n on s uch s hur t n ot i c e s ana ot her s whi c h we nd ;a ed whi l e on t hE

f i e l d  re tiver e un a bl e t o s ec ur e t hr ough 9uppl y Gns nne l s .

.   H 7DES Y i5L6B Capt , , US  F'l ngi ne er i n6 Of   i c er

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. _   ,1,3TI    Oi.    t7     NT S  II   D  DI  (L) 13/ CHG/   s

' 33 D BOr,T;'iu  DP  v'i GROu': (L•)

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3C November 1948

SUBJ-'.  CT: Report of   Ianeuvers , 13t h Ee nb Sq (L)

  T0 : Comr andi r_g Of f i c er3d Bombardment Gr ou ; (L)Ar 0 32$

I. Preyaration:

1 . U  :on r e ce i vi ng not i f i c at i on t ha t maneuv er s r er e t o be he l d  all section heads  eere alert d. Pract .ca

lly all eqUipment necessaryf or t he f i e l d o  er at i on wa s on ha nd ,

2 . Su   ,l y s ec t i on t oo3  a conpl e t e i nv ent or y of a l l ecui   :mentne eded f or f i Ql d operat i ons . Ili net y r er c ent (° Qf  ) of al l t heeqvi pr ent wa s on hand cr due- out . Emer gonc;  r e : r.i s i t i cns   ,er es ubmi t t ed e nd mos t of t he e cui  ;ment   ;as r oc e3v ed .

3 . T . 0 .   : E. Equi    ment wae s  :      l ement ncl b y t he f ol l owi ngi t sr  s :

I t em P umberTent, s uad 16Cot , f ol d i ng   c anva s 11  0

/  . A]_1 T . 0 .   ; .  :r or er t ;r and equ i r r  ent rras t al. en Gn r  anouv Qr s ,

e i t her by ; he o  : er at i ng s e ct i ons or by au;_rl y , ex c o, t s ome bu.

h {yite ns not needed fcr a shert operation. ,

5. Operationa section, in asmuch as Iiossible, had pilots_ pr act 3

.ci ng s hor t f i e l d l andi ngs and t ake of f s . Thi s    r ac t i c e tAas' har:r  er ed due t o '?a ck of ai r cr af t gr ound

.ed f or noc es s ar y TO Compl i anc g .

6. Preparation by other sections was main].y  ;lanning what

equipment to take, boxing and crating equi;ment  and providing fc rits transport.

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. ._ t ,Bas i c ' Lt r . , 13t h Bomb Sq (L} , 3G Ivov 48, Subj : "  pt of tlfaneuver s "

II Personnel:.

1. The following is a brealadown of personnel by sections:

Section Officers Airmen gs5d 6tchd Total

Engineering 3 61 64 64Su :pl y 2 2 3 1 1 . Oper at i ons 13  

.12 5 28

Armament 1 1? 1$ 1$Administration 3 6 9 9Co;nmuni c at i ons 1 6 7 7

III.  ovement:

1 . Engi ne er i ng : Thi r t een (13 } 8 - 26 t y  e ai r cr af t wer e f l own t ot he 1 faneuv er   r ea   i t h s i act een ( 16 ) ma i nt enance i er s onne l aboar d . Theremai.n

der of the personnel moved by rail. The majority of equipmentand sui.7:

l i e s went by r ai l .  io  :ev er i ev er y t hi ng   l t h t hs ex c ept i on of "one Cletrac could have been moved by air.

.2 . Supp l y : A?1 s ul_>p

l y equi .gment and enl i s t ed s u  : , l y per s onne lwere transported to the maneuver area b;  train. The equ3pment ofthe Su ply Section, consisting of tentaSe, cots, ex l.endables and tools,was loaded on three (3) 6 x 6

, 2. -ton trucks. These vehicles  ereloaded on railway flat cars.

3. Operations: The Sc,usdron left Yokota at 093G, g Nov 1948

f or t he ma neuv ar ar e a v rri t h t tive l v e (12 ) 8 - 26 ' s . One b- 26 abpr t ed , butar r i v ed l at er i n t he day . One B- 26 ar r i v ed t wo day s l at e due t o di f f i -culties encountered follo 3.n; a double engine change. The totalSquadr on s t r engt h of f our t e en ( 1

.  .;  ai r cr af t v er e i n t he maneuv er

ar e a on 10 Nov 19L $ . Oper at i ons admi :  i s t r at i v e aqui  ;ment and br i ef i ngroom chairs, blackbosrd, maps, etc.  ere transported by reil.

4. Armament: The regularly assigned personnel  ere flown to the  maneuver areaiin the aircraft assigned to them for maintenance.The attached personnel were transported by train. The persanal

baggage and tool kits  ere carried by the Armorer-Gunners. TheT. 0. & E . equipment  as transported by trsin. The regponsibilityf or t he l oad i ng of t he Ordnanc e equi r r  ent , bombs , f uze s , and f i nswas borne by the Base Ordnance personnel.

5. gdministration: A11 equipr ent essential to the operationof an Order l y Room   ras t r ansr or t ed by r ai l .

6. Ccmmunications: 911 communications ea,u

ipment was boxed andcrated and transported by train.

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. _ t ,i Ba s i c : Lt r . , 13t h Bomb Sq (L)

, 3 0 Nov 4$ , 5ubj :   Rpt of   faneuv er s . "I

IV: Operationa:

1. Enoineering: A total of eleven (11) missions  rere flown xitha t ot al of f our hu.ndr ed honrs , t en rai .*:ut es l ogged . One abort i on   asexper i enc ed and cne ai r craf t  ras t ot al l y wreclced r hen i t ran o° f t heend of the runway.

2 . Str  Fl y : t 9hi l e i n t he f i el d , t he S M  r i y Sect i on operat ed i n  a normsl manner, isauing tools and expendables.

3 , bperat i ons : On a l l mi s s i ons f l own f r or  t he maneuve r ar ea ,Gr oup Ae s dquar t er s wa s r e s pons i b l e f or t he br i e f i ng of c r e  rs . Thi sgreatly libhtened the load on sauadron operations.

Eleven (11) eimulated combat missions were flown with a totalof 400 hour s f l y i ng t i me . Four (1 

) l ow l ev e l b or b i ng ni s s i one a er e c arr i edout , each ai r craf t c ar r y'i n ; f ovr   00- h a GP b ombs w i .t h e l ev en t o f i f t e ens ec ond de l ay f uze s .

One aircraft received aiajor damage on a simu?ated low levelbombing attack when a bonb exploded pre-matvrelv. The crew menbersr ere uni nj t  ed and t h e a i r c r a f t l anded s af e l y .

One aircraft received major damage  rhen the take-off run wasaborted and the plane crashed into e ravine off the end of the rnnwaybefore stopping. The crew menbers received mLnor injvries,

The squadron was evacueted from the ASaneuver Area 1$ Nw 19 $due to the approaching tyl hcon "AGnes.

" On zo r ov 191 $, oleven (ll)83rcraft were returned to the Maneuver Area.

Ri t h t he ex c e}: t i on of t he t wo ac c i d ent s t he me neuv er   ra sconsidered successful b  this aection.

1  . Armament : The bomb durnp and t he t rans  .or t at_i on Bf bombs From

the bonb area to the flight line  ras handled by thc Ordr anee Dept. 

The missions flor,n represented three phases of light operation,skip bombing, low altitude bombing, and search and attacks an navalvessela. Dueto the ahortage of personnel, Arnorers were required to flyon only missions irrv olving actual bombing, Gunners  ere carried bythe Flight and Syuadron leaders an the remaining missiona. The ne lyassigned personnel were given instruCtion in loading and fuzingt he 500 l b b omb s and af f or dc-d an o ;por t uni t y t o   or k under a s i mul at edt act i ca l s i t uat i on . The av ar age f l yi r g t 3me l ogged f dr t he Ar mor erGunners was 30 h ura.

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Saei c: Lt r . ,   3t h Bomb Sq (L), 30 Nov l 8 , Sub  : "8pt of l  nenver s "

The follo ing is e list of expenditures during the maneuvsrss.

Bombs , 500 l b , C P, I  i1,A1 151~ FuZ@, Tai l , ll- 11.3A1. l l 6

hin, 5G0 lb, d  lll 151

 . Admini.stratians: bTo rmal routine duties were carried out by this section.  11 reports  ere sub 3.tted on achedule. 

6 . Conm:uni cat i on s : Due t o t he l.i r  i t ed s ace avai l abl e ap  c onea3

.ds t ed shop :oaa s et up by per sonnel of t he 13t h end 9Ct h Bomb

' Squadrons. This aeemed to work very effecti.vely because neithe  squadron

e sp®rienced any serioa radlo trouble.

Y. R tvrn:

1. Bngi near i ng : Ret   n  raa ef f ect ed i n t he same me pner as t he mc  tetc the  aneuver Area. 

2. Sttpplys The Supply Soctian com.mar ced to break camp the dep  prior to return, by loading all itmms of equipment not necesssry Yor

t he operat i on at d mei nt enance of t he camp . The day of degar t ure , a l l  cate end tentags were loaded on tvro (2) b r 6

, 2  ton trucks whichi .n t mrn uer e l oaded  on ral l way f l at car s f or t he r et nrn t o base .   _

• 3 . Ope  at i ons : At 1.L,30 , 22 8av 191E8, t he el s ren (11) s i r craf t  and crews returned to Yokota, arriving at 1595. '

1,, Arma:nent s The Ordnance aect i on r at urned t he bomba and f n  eenot eocpended dt ri ng t he maneuver a . The as ei gned per aonnel  rer e

.f l o9rn back 't o   okot a al ong wi t h t hei r peraonal baggege and t ool ]d t s .

 , idministration: Return  as effected in the same manner as themave to the  aneuver Area.

6. Communicationae Upon completion of the maneuvers, all equ3:pmenttras retnrned to Yokota by train.•

  

1tI : Recomnaendat i ons :

l .1. Eagi neer i  ag : Di ff i cul t i es encouht er ed Rer e pr i mari l   ones of,e eupply natvre. 3ome cr3.tical itema which  re desired to carry  ith

us,  re were anebZe to obtain on such short notica and others  hich    e needed  rthi l e i n t he f i   ].d,  re v:er e unabl e t o seeur e t lzr ough -Supply chen.ne

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Bas i c : Lt r . , 13t h Bomb Sq, 30 Nov l .$ , Subj : l  i.pt of Z'aneuver s "

2 , Su  . pl y :

a . The r,ii ni mtam arnount of t ent age f or a uni t of t hi s s t r engt h i nt he f 3

.el d i s a s f ol l o  s : Hous i ng i s bas ed up on $ of f i c er s ;  er s qus d

tent and 12 enlisted men per squad tent:

3 Squad Tent s Of f i c er s   G uar t er s11 Squad Tent s Lnl i s t ed & en   s Qi:ar t er a

i 1 Squad Tent Operations1 Squad Tent Co: _muni c at i ons1 Squad Tent  ngineeringl 5quad Tent Arwament1 Squad Tent Sul:  ,h  

- 1 Squ ac; Tent Or der l y Rcor, 

b , Lbct _r a t ent pol e s , r i d ge l  ol es , a nd l. egs s houl d be on handt o c aver br ea'=c,age .

c .   a l l et s i ns t ead of s l ea g : hammer s and ax es s i  ot;l d r e us ed f ordr i vi ng of t ent   .egs and t hus r ec uc e t he br ea1  ar e of t ent pegs .

d . I t i s r e c a; --enc3ed ;,r a t a l l ki t s an-_ i t ems of T. 0 , f  E.Pr oUer t y be i nspect ed t hor oughl   f or s erv i c eabi l i t y anc  coc:pl E;.enes s bef or edepar t ur e f or r .aneuv er s .

3 . Operati ns:

1:cne

  . Ar  +..ament :

a . The mai n d i f f i cul t f dur i r-g t li e ma neLVer s   .-a s t h© c ondi t i onof t he 50C ]

_b Gi b o:. b s . Too mana- bor. 

b s 7 er e de ' i v er ec-,  ri t hcut nos e ortail caps, thru Rhich the bombs were leald n;, ihis is a hszardousc ondi t i on a nd c oul d be pr ev ©nt ed t hr our;h a mor e t hor cu; h i ns  ,ec t i on at

_t he v ar i ous bo  i     u,- y s and bcf or e d e l i v er y t o t he f l i ght l i ne .  `or a• c aut i on s hcul c

.be t aker. on r e* ov i ng bombs f r om t r ai l er s , es pec i al l y

on har d c encr e t e s t t•f ac es , ciue t o t he  : c or e cndi t i c r. of t he bombs .

b . Fuaes and vanes should be r ore thoroughly inshected beforede l i v er y as man7   er e heav i l r c or r odect anc:. c oul d not be us ed .

5. Admir_istration:

a . Su   g es t t hut a l abor P . D. be s et u;   z.her e . ;  Japane s e l aborr i .gh t b e ut i i i zed f or v ar i ous dut i e s ,

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