SSgt John N Wall, Jr
Osaka Castle
Jonan Rifle Range
73rd Bomb Wing Mission No. 83
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The focus of this page is navigation.

The summary of navigation information for all four bomb groups
is in the first page.

The Reassembly Point, Departure Point, Initial Point, Target,
and Lands End locations are shown in the following three Navigation Charts

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73rd Bomb Wing Mission 83 Report states that
adverse weather conditions prevented assembly.

Bombing was done individually by radar.

Cloud cover was 10/10.

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The Initial Point is the location where the bomb run to the target began.

In the third Chart is the approximate location where Capt Newell's B-29 crashed.


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NAVIGATION DATA
FOR
ALL FOUR BOMB GROUPS

 

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PARTIAL NAVIGATION CHART
START AND END AT SAIPAN

 

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CLOSE IN NAVIGATION CHART
SHOWING LOCATIONS OF
REASSEMBLY AREA AND LANDS END

 

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DETAILED NAVIGATION CHART
REASSEMBLY AREA
DEPARTURE POINT
INITIAL POINT
TARGET
LANDFALL POINT

 

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