Description

Air Op Memo

Number 73 / Commander Air Force Pacific Fleet / 26 March 1945

32 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Names

• Anderson
• Baden
• Ball
• Bolduc
• Champion
• Connor
• Cushing
• De Crew
• Emerson
• Franger
• Hartwig
• Houck
• Hudson
• Hypes
• Jaep
• Kussmann
• MacDiarmid
• Mangieri
• McLaurin
• Menard
• Merritt, J.F.
• Monaghan
• Parker
• Phillips
• Schmeling, William A.
• Schuetz, Robert W.
• Smeehuyzen
• Snowden
• Stafford, C.R.
• Story
• Sumpter
• Warner, John D.

Table of Contents

Carrier Action Notes

• Navy Planes Strike Tokyo
• Randolph and CVG-12 in Action against Tokyo

Night Operations

• VPB-33 Hits 197,000 Tons of Jap Shipping
• Saratoga Reports on Night Operations
• PBJs Score in Night Shipping Attack

Tactics and Operations

• ComCarDiv 5 Comments on AA over Tokyo
• You Can Hit Your Plane with its Own Guns
• Erratic Behavior of 5″ Rockets with 3.25″ Motors

Survival Intelligence

• Rescue Subs Tell How They Do It
• Dry-Shod Rescue off Tokyo Bay
• JATO Saves PBM and Crew of PB4Y
• Parachute Fouls in Over-Water Bail-Out
• Protection against Sunburn