Evening star., 1945-08-06
Raids
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early hours August 2 show that the
industrial area of Toyama was to-
tally destroyed"
Toyama, with population of
sl27, 300. was the third largest city
ION Honshu fronting the Sea- of
Japan. and had the empires largest
aluminium plant.
Other Cities Reported Bombed.
The Japanese radio acknowledged
the attacks as announced by the
United States Strategic Air Forces
headquarters at Guam, and added
that B-29s also bombed the Honshu
cities of Osaka, Takasah and Shi-
bukawa.
Maebashi, Tokyo admitted, "suf-
fered considerable loss" 1t
claimed eight B-29s were shot down.
Later today. Tokyo reported, a
small force of Super Forts raided
Hiroshima about 20 miles northwest
Of Kure on Honshu, dropping both
incendiaries and explosive bombs.
The Tokyo radio also reported ex-
tensWe mine sowing operations by
B-29s in Wasaka Bay, off the west
coast of Honshu, in the Harirna Sea
between the Inland Sea and Osaka
Bay and in the Sea of Japan.
Strategic Air Forces authorities
did not confirm the report, nor the
Mustang attack on the Tokyo area
today, but did confirm the raid by
the fighter pilots yesterday.
Towering Fires Started.
The tremendous B-29 blow. in
which one of the Marianas-based
Goth Air Forces planes was lost, was
described by headquarters as merely
normal effort" for the constantly
growing Super Fortress forces.
Returning crewmen said they set
towering fires in the predawn dark
ness In Imabari and Saga, both of
which had received their warning
notices over the week end; and
Nishinomiya -Mikage and Maebishi,
both of which were warned last
Tuesday of impending destruction
All are on Honshu except Imabari
which is on Shikoku, directly across
the Inland Sea from the ruined
Kure naval base.
Despite the warnings, the enemy
put up only meager antiaircraft fire
and light fighter opposition.
The Super Fortress assaults cli-
NAKED q week end of varied blows at
Japan and at japanese holdings by
wide variety of tactical and strate-
gic planes ranging from the north
erly Kuriles to the Netherlands
Indies.
Tokyo Area Strafed.
Gen. Spaatz also reported that
90 Mustang fighters from Two Jims
yesterday afternoon strafed, the
Tokyo area at cost of three Amer
ican planes lost and two damaged
They destroyed two enemy planes
and six locomotives, probably de-
stroyed another plane, burned two
oil tanks and damaged another
plane, several factory buildings, -four
locomotives, several railroad sta
tions and railroad cars and seven
boats.
A previous Mustang raid on the
Tokyo area by 81 planes on Friday
cost six planes lost and five dam
aged, Gen. Spaatz reported, and
ran up this score: Destroyed-twe
enemy planes in the air and eight
on the ground, IA locomotives, sew
eral trucks, gun emplacemeAts and
an electric transformer; damaged
seven planes, six locomotives. 50
railroad cars, numerous power lines
factory buildings and II to Il boats
The Mustangs from Two also
made q naturalization raid or
enemy air bases at Chichi Jima in
the Bonins on Friday, and a small
force of Super Fortresses yesterday
dropped As tons Of bombs on an air.
field at the long g-bypassed enem,
naval base Of Truk. Both blows
were unopposed.
The Japanese, without confirma-
ton, claimed that before dawn yes.
terday they caught American planes
lined up wingtip- p-to-wingtip or
Okinawa airfields and set Is large
fires among them after .'skilfull,
outmaneuvering" Black Widow
night fighters.