Japanese Air Target Analyses record example

Japanese Air Target Analyses

Records: 7,853 · Complete: 100%

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.

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Example Records

Aerial Photo of Japanese Airplane Factory
Aerial Photo of Japanese Airplane Factory
List of Bridges to be Destroyed
List of Bridges to be Destroyed
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Source Information

"U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific): Japanese Air Target Analyses, Objective Folders, and Aerial Photographs, 1942-45" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/85/japanese-air-target-analyses: accessed September 27, 2021)

Publication Title
Japanese Air Target Analyses
Total Records
7,853 · Complete: 100%
Content Source
The National Archives logoThe National Archives
Publication Number
M1653
Published on Fold3
11 Oct 2007
Last Updated
12 Oct 2007
Description
NARA M1653. WWII Japanese air target analyses, objectives, and aerial photographs, 1942-45, from the records of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey.