MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 3
- Date: 2 November
1944
- Code Name: Truk
- Target: Submarine
pens, Dublon Island, Truk Atoll
- Participating Unit:
73rd BW
- Number A/C Airborne:
20
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
85% (17)
- Time Over Primary:
021034K - 021135K
- Altitude of Attack:
25,900 - 27,300
- Weather Over Target:
7/10 - 8/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Shakedown mission. Bombing results poor. Three aircraft
non-effective. No enemy opposition. Mission planned to afford
practice in using radar bombing procedure. AA heavy, meager to
inaccurate. Assemblies made according to plan. Average bomb load:
5,000 lbs. Average bomb load: 5,000 lbs. Average gas reserve 2053
gallons.
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