MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 8
- Date: 27 November
1944
- Code Name: Sand
Antonio # 2
- Target: Primary -
Musashino Plant, Nakajima A/C Factory Tokyo (357) Secondary - Urban
and Dock Area Tokyo
- Participating Unit:
73rd BW
- Number A/C Airborne:
81
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
0 Primary, 49 Secondary
- Time Over Primary:
Secondary - 271347K - 271525K Opportunity - 271420K - 271423K
- Altitude of Attack:
Secondary - 27,700 - 34,000 Opportunity - 32,000
- Weather Over Target:
10/10
- Total A/C Lost: 1
- Resume of Mission:
Bombing results unobserved. Primary completely obscured.
Forty-nine aircraft bombed secondary Target by radar. Seven
aircraft bombed Hamamatsu. While this mission was being flown nine
to eleven enemy fighters attacked Isley Field. All but one
destroyed by AA and fighters. Three B-29s destroyed, two
extensively damaged, undetermined number damaged. Nineteen aircraft
non-effective. One aircraft ditched on return to base, 12 crew
members missing. Enemy air opposition and flak nil. Average bomb
load: 10,000 lbs. Average gas reserve: 1,093 gallons.
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