Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 201 -- Destruction Inflicted on Japanese Oil and Other Miscellaneous Industrial Plants by XXI Bomber Command: Nov 1944 to Aug 1945

(Primary targets only)

Plant

Tank Capacity or Total Roof Area Destroyed or Damaged Percent
Destroyed or Damaged
Airplanes
Bombing
Tons of
Bomb
 Dropped
Airplanes
Lost
  O I L
Total a 10,916,945 bbls 6,540,720 bbls 60 1,437 10,600.6 4
a 1,189,600 sq ft 610,150 sq ft 51
Hayama Petroleum Refinery 862,400 bbls 360,100 bbls 42 248 2,119.3 3
Kawasaki Petroleum Center 1,334,000 bbls 679,400 bbls 51
Mitsubishi Oil Refinery 1,449,150 bbls 551,025 bbls 38
             
Marusen Oil Refinery 1,022,900 bbls 900,000 bbls 88 98 738.2 -
Nippon Oil Refinery & Tank Farm Amagasaki 1,496,700 bbls 1,175,400 bbls 78 178 1,586.8 -
Nippon Oil Comany, Kudamatsu Plant 587,000 bbls 364,700 bbls 62 93 702.3 -
             
Nippon Oil Company, Refinery, Tsuchizaki 695,580 bbls 485,720 bbls 70 134 953.9 -
Oshima Naval Oil Storage, Oshima 50,000 sq ft 45,000 sq ft 90 81 385.7 -
Otake Oil Refinery, Otake NA NA 45 115 564.2 1
             
Tom Oil Company, Shimotsu Refinery 1,246,000 bbls 927,300 bbls 75 82 691.3 -
Tokuyama Naval Fueling Station 1,139,600 sq ft 565,150 sq ft 50 112 506.8 -
Ube coal Liquafaction Company 150,135 bbls 150,135 bbls 100 182 1,574.8 -
             
Utsube River Oil Refinery 2,073,080 bbls 946,940 bbls 46 101 730.5 -
Other - - - 13 46.8 -
  M I S C E L L A N E O U S     I N D U S T R I A L
Total 31,016,154 sq ft 21,852,243 sq ft 70 1,459 8,093.6 8
Hikari Naval Arsenal, Tokuyama 4,450,000 3,195,700 72 157 885.0 -
Hitachi Engineering Company, Kaigan Plant 2,213,104 2,142,900 97 118 806.0 -
Hodagoya Chemical Industries, Koriyama 777,580 457,975 59 71 283.7 -
             
Kasumigaura Seaplane Station 697,200 275,300 40 68 366.6 -
Koriyama Chemical Industries, Koriyama 762,000 555,000 73 70 171.7 2
Kure Naval Arsenal 3,955,200 2,879,510 72 162 795.8 2
             
Marifu Railroad Yards 44,650 40,200 92 108 709.8 -
Nagoya Arsenal, Atsuta Plant 2,497,540 1,353,485 54 24 117.9 1
Nippon Vehicle Mfg Company 896,750 549,330 61
             
Nagoya Arsenal, Chigusa Factory 1,259,000 1,019,850 83 33 189.0 -
Osaka Army Arsenal, Osaka 5,020,400 3,223,288 64 290 1,683.0 1
Sumitomo Duralumin Company, Nagoya Plant 2,443,360 1,339,900 55 29 150.0 -
             
Sumitomo Metal Industry 2,249,770 2,158,655 96 147 876.0 1
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal 3,749,600 2,661,150 71 124 813.3 1
Other - - - 58 245.8 -
a Excludes tank capacity or roof area of Otake Oil Refinery, Otake.
Source: XXI Bomber Command, Statistical Control Unit