MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 11
- Date: 8 December
1944
- Code Name:
Sledgehammer # 1
- Target: Primary -
Airfields at Iwo Jima Secondary - Pagan Island
- Participating Unit:
73rd BW
- Number A/C Airborne:
79
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
80% (63)
- Time Over Primary:
081020K - 081150K
- Altitude of Attack:
19,670 - 23,400
- Weather Over Target:
7/10 - 10/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Bombing results mainly unobserved to cloud cover - one squadron
observed bombs through break. Three aircraft airborne as navigation
escort to 28 P-38's and included in above totals. Fifteen
early returns. Four aircraft bombed secondary. Enemy air
opposition and AA nil. Average bomb load: 20,000 lbs. Average gas
reserve: 1,454 gallons.
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