Other Attacks
Additional missions against Tokyo targets were carried out by twin-engine bombers and by fighter-bombers.
72nd Wing, 313th Wing, and 314th Wing: Order No. 39, aircraft 229. An attack on Tokyo, 25 February 1945. The original intent was to attack the "highest priority target in Tokyo" which was the Musashino Plant of the Nakajima Aircraft Engine. It was important because Tokyo was considered a powerhouse. It is "full of businesses and key industries such as machines and machine tools, electronics, precision instruments, petroleum, aircrafts and their parts." The attack would be hitting Japan's "war machine." There were a couple different bombs selected for use: one 500 pound general-bomb on every craft, the M-69 incendiary bomb, and the E-46 incendiary cluster. The primary target was Tokyo's urban area, the secondary was the same as the primary, the last resort was any industrial city. The outcomes of the mission: 88% destroyed, a total of 28,000,000 sq ft.
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