The planes of this group were lost to flak.Number 48 (FC Mission #257) 7 August 45. The planes were strafed and attacked but did not burn or explode indicating that tanks were empty. Following this plan one pilot, circling the area northwest of Kashiwa, detected ten Tojos, five on each side of a road, parked nose to the road, under trees and heavily camouflaged. The squadron assigned a section of the field and its environs to each of its flights with orders to make a thorough search of each area before attacking. One squadron attacked a secondary target, Kashiwa airfield, using a new system of attack in an effort to locate dispersed and camouflaged aircraft definitely known to be located in the near vicinity. Squadrons of the 21st Group failed to attack primary targets due to cloud coverage in one instance and failure to find visible targets in another. Flak was accurate in some sections and three planes were lost to this fire one P-51 was lost operationally.

Targets of opportunity were strafed on retirement form the area. The 15th Group strafed and rocketed Sagami airfield, last resort target, with resultant damage to the hangar and building area on the west edge of the field. Weather conditions again hampered operations. Our losses: Six P-51s lost, five due to flak and a sixth due to operational failure. Results: One aircraft destroyed, three probably destroyed and twenty-one damaged on the ground. Mission: VLR Fighter Strike against airfields and military installations in the Tokyo area. Letters From Iwo Jima: The Air War: Aug 6th: Only one airborne enemy aircraft was sighted, an unidentified single-engine plane over Hiratsuka, which was too distant to attack. One pass was made at Kasumigaura airfield with undetermined results.

The 21st Group rocketed and strafed Katori airfield destroying or damaging four planes on the ground and damaging buildings and other installations on the fields. Shipping was strafed enroute to the Rally Point during which time one P-51 and pilot were lost. Both squadrons failed to find aircraft on fields in the area. One squadron of the 506th Group hit ground targets, including the railroad yards at Ninomiya and Odawara, while a second squadron hit railroad yards and a station at Matsuda and an industrial installation south of Sikimoto. Target areas were assigned in the same manner as on the previous mission. The Mustang's wing broke off and the aircraft hit the water and exploded. Neff was lost on the August 5 VLR mission to Tokyo, as on a low strafing run, his wing hit the water. Evelyn Neff's P-51 Mustang of the 457th FS.

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