2nd Lt Donald Joseph Van Dever
Tokyo Military Prison Fire
73rd Bomb Wing Mission No. 37
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The Tactical Narrative and the Brief Report, Mission 37,
contain similar information concerning:

The Plan ( Bomb between 6,000 - 7,000 feet )

Bomb Runs

Enemy Opposition

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Comments by Lt Col Crocker Snow in
Paragraph 9 of the Brief Mission Report
reflect the frustration of bombing this target:

Eight missions flown between
24 November 1944 and 4 March 1945.
and 34 B-29s were lost.

Minimal Damage to Target

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Three missions against Target 357
were flown in April 1945 and one in June 1945.

source: The Story of the 73rd Bomb Wing 1943 - 1945

 

CONSOLIDATED MISSION REPORT
TACTICAL NARRATIVE

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BRIEF REPORT
MISSION 37
COMMENTS BY LT COL CROCKER SNOW

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