2nd Lt Donald Joseph Van Dever
Tokyo Military Prison Fire
73rd Bomb Wing Mission No. 37
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The complete 73rd Bomb Wing Mission 37 Report contains 181 pages.
Below are three of these pages.

The first one is the Table of Contents
followed by:

Table I with the number of aircraft participating.

124 of the scheduled 131 B-29s flew this mission.
In Paragraph (b) the loss of five aircraft is noted
but their location is unknown.

In the third page are two tables:

Table IX Losses
and
Table X Casualties

Paragraph (a) beneath Table IX states:

" it is believed that 1 aircraft was lost
over the target from enemy aircraft and 2 by flak "

Z-11 was hit by flak.
source: Ray Hopper

 

73RD BOMBARDMENT WING
CONSOLIDATED STATISTICAL SUMMARY
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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TABLE I
AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATING

 

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TABLE IX
AIRCRAFT LOST AND DAMAGED
TABLE X
CASUALTIES

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