TARGET: FUKUOKA 1944 ~ 1945
戦略爆撃 目標地福岡
Air Target Intelligence Japanese
War General Analysis
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The following images are from the
records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey
(Pacific), Japanese Air Target Analyses, 1942-45
(NARA M1653), downloaded from Fold3.com, there described as:
"Contemporary
analyses of the Allied bombing strategy in aerial attacks
on Japanese targets during World War II. Tactical mission reports,
aircraft action reports, tabulations of attack and bombing data, and
photo intelligence reports detail effects on the Japanese
infrastructure, including the petroleum, shipping, armament, and
transportation industries. Hundreds of aerial photographs and many maps
are found within the analyses sections and in the prolific 'Target
Photographs' section." - Click on images for enlarged
view. Images can be downloaded and used in an image editor to adjust
contrast and/or brightness for better clarity.
- See also this related webpage, What, Where and When We Knew - About the Existence and Location of POW Camps Around Fukuoka, Japan
- For a detailed compilation containing target surveys, post-raid damage,
pre-targeting assessments based on Japanese POW information, etc., see:
Damage Assessment Photo Intelligence Reports of Far Eastern Targets, Fukuoka Report No 3-a(36), USSBS Index Section 7.
- From a collection of interviews of Fukuoka residents after
the war, read this excerpt which contains additional details on the air
attacks on Fukuoka:
Fukuoka City Background Report, Nov. 1945
![Air Targets - front page](Targets/AirTargets-frontpage.jpg)
Air
Objective Folder Kurume
Area 90.35 Date of Analysis -- April 1944Work Map of Kurume 90.35, Locating
All TargetsClassified
Index of Targets in Kurume Area 90.35![Classified Index of Targets in Kurume Area 90.35 - 1](Targets/P06s.jpg) ![Classified Index of Targets in Kurume Area 90.35 - 2](Targets/P07s.jpg) Summary
and Evaluation of Kurume Area 90.35![Summary and Evaluation of Kurume Area 90.35 - 1](Targets/P08s.jpg) ![Summary and Evaluation of Kurume Area 90.35 - 1](Targets/P09s.jpg) ![Summary and Evaluation of Kurume Area 90.35 - 3](Targets/P10s.jpg)
Fukuoka
Region Kurume Area, No. 60-35Index
of Targets, By Number, Classification and NameSummary
and Evaluation of Fukuoka Region![Summary and Evaluation of Fukuoka Region](Targets/P35s.jpg) Zasshonokuma Region
/Kyushu Electric Power Networks Fukuoka
and Vicinity Fukuoka
and Mouth of Naka River (1936) Main Street of
Hakata Fukuoka Harbor Fukuoka-Kyushu
University Naka River (Kanegafuchi Spinning Mill) TARGET 1270 -
Hakata Railroad Yards and Station (1936) TARGET 1265 - Nippon
Rubber Co. (1939) TARGET 1238 -
Watanabe Iron Works, Plant #1 (1930) TARGET 1872 - Showa Iron
Works TARGET 1255 - Fukuoka Harbor TARGET 1873 -
Tatara Machinery Works TARGET
664 - Najima Steam Power Station (1932, 1925) TARGET
1237 - Najima Seaplane Base (1932, 1933) TARGET 663 -
Fukuoka Air Station (1936) TARGET 665 - Saitozaki Petroleum
Storage
Outlying
Targets Kurume
Area, No. 60-35Index of Targets, By Number,
Classification and NameSummary and Evaluation of
Outlying Targets![Summary and Evaluation of Outlying Targets](Targets/P54s.jpg) TARGET 662 -
Watanabe Aircraft Plant (Zasshonokuma) TARGET
1239 - Kyushu Ordnance Plant TARGET 1241 -
Miyata Motor Works TARGET 1277 - Kineshima
(Kishima) Mine (Saga, 193?)![Kumamoto Aircraft Plant (Kengun)](Targets/9035-P121s.jpg) Kumamoto Aircraft Plant
(Kengun)
JAPANESE
PORTS IN THE INNER ZONE
(May 15, 1945)![Japanese Ports](Targets/JapanPortsMapP48-s.jpg)
JOINT
TARGET GROUP Objective
Area 90:35 - Kurume (Japan) June 20, 1945Japan
Target Groups![Japan Target Group Map](Targets/P64-JapanTargetGroups-s.jpg) Airframe
and Airframe Components Production Click here for detail area of
Kyushu targets onlyDepots,
Overhaul, Research & Accessory Production Click here for detail area
of Kyushu targets onlyAIR
TARGET INDEX Objective
Area 90:35 - Kurume (Japan)![Air Target Index P65](Targets/P65-AirTargetIndex-s.jpg) ![Air Target Index P66](Targets/P66-AirTargetIndex-s.jpg) ![Air Target Index P67](Targets/P67-AirTargetIndex-s.jpg) ![Air Target Index P68](Targets/P68-AirTargetIndex-s.jpg) ![Air Target Index P69](Targets/P69-AirTargetIndex-s.jpg) Watanabe
Aircraft Plant (Kyushu Aircraft Co.), Zasshonokuma (June 18,
1944)![Watanabe Aircraft Plant P72](Targets/P72-WatanabeAircraft-s.jpg) ![Watanabe Aircraft Plant P73](Targets/P73-WatanabeAircraft-s.jpg) ![Watanabe Aircraft Plant P74](Targets/P74-WatanabeAircraft-s.jpg)
Hakata
Railroad Yards
and Station![Hakata Station P80](Targets/P80-HakataStation-s.jpg) Fukuoka
Seaplane Works (December 30, 1944)![Fukuoka Seaplane Works P83](Targets/P83-FukuokaSeaplane-s.jpg) ![Fukuoka Seaplane Works P85](Targets/P85-FukuokaSeaplane-s.jpg) ![Fukuoka Seaplane Works P86](Targets/P86-FukuokaSeaplane-s.jpg) Najima
Seaplane Base Report (Feb. 10, 1945)![Najima Seaplane Base Report - Feb 1945](Targets/NajimaSeaplaneBaseReport-Feb1945s.jpg) ![Najima Seaplane Base - Feb 1945](Targets/NajimaSeaplaneBase-Feb1945s.jpg) Yoshizuka
Railroad Yards (June 18, 1944)![Yoshizuka Railroad Yards P90](Targets/P90-YoshizukaRR-s.jpg) ![Yoshizuka Station area](Targets/9035-P104s.jpg) Muromigawa
Railroad Bridge (March 29, 1945)![Muromigawa Bridge P95](Targets/P95-MuromigawaBridge-s.jpg) Hakata
Harbor Target Report (May 9, 1945)![Hakata Harbor Target Report (May 9 ,1945)](Targets/HakataHarborTargetReport-May1945s.jpg) ![Hakata Harbor targets](Targets/HakataHarborTargets-s.jpg)
Current Status of Aircraft
Targets in Japan June 30, 1945![P05 - Japanese Aircraft Target Status](Targets/P05-AircraftTargetStatus-s.jpg) ![P06 - Japanese Aircraft Target Status](Targets/P06-AircraftTargetStatus-s.jpg) ![P07 - Japanese Aircraft Target Status](Targets/P07-AircraftTargetStatus-s.jpg) |