This was a night incendiary mission involving 30 planes from the 6th Bomb Group:
The next secondary city raided was Uji-Yamada, south of Nagoya on Honshu. Twenty-nine of thirty-three airborne aircraft were effective over the target. Post-strike photography disclosed 40 per cent of the city burned out. Enemy opposition of every nature was negligible.
[Pirate’s Log, p. 52]
20th AF Mission 300
Date:
28/29 July 1945
Target:
Ujiyamada Urban Area
Participating Units:
313th BW
Number of A/C Airborne:
99
% A/C Bombing Primary:
92.92% (93 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
E46 (500lb incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above target.)
Tons of Bombs Dropped:
734.6 tons on Primary and 7.8 tons on Opportunity.
Time Over Primary:
290215K - 290324K
Altitude of Attack:
12,000 - 13,800
Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 5/10
Total A/C Lost:
0
Resume of Mission:
Crews reported unobserved to excellent results. Fires were visible for 120 miles. Reconnaissance la- ter revealed 39% of the built-up area had been destroyed. 35 A/C bombed visually and 58 bombed by radar. Black-out in target area was complete, although some cities not listed in propaganda leaflets did not black-out. Flak was reported as heavy and medium, meager to moderate and generally inaccu- rate. A great deal of A/W fire was reported. A few phosphorous bombs and balls of fire were non-effective. One Wind-Run A/C was A/B. Nine B-29s landed at Iwo Jima. Average bomb load: 16,906 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 774 gallons.
