MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 5
- Date: 8 November
1944
- Code Name: Iwo Jima
- Target: Airfields at
Iwo Jima
- Participating Unit:
73rd BW
- Number A/C Airborne:
17
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
35% (6)
- Time Over Primary:
081232K - 081234K
- Altitude of Attack:
27,650 - 29,000
- Weather Over Target:
4/10 - 5/10
- Total A/C Lost: 1
- Resume of Mission:
Shakedown mission. Bombing results - no photos. Crews reported
excellent. Formation of eight aircraft missed Target entirely when
lead aircraft over ran IP. Eleven A/C non-effective. One aircraft
ditched at 19 degrees north 141 degrees east. Enemy air opposition
slight, eight enemy aircraft made at- tacks. Six phosphorus bombs
dropped on formations. AA heavy, moderate too inaccurate. Average
bomb load: 10,000 lbs. Average gas reserve: 1,167 gallons.
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