MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 11

 

  1. Date: 8 December 1944
     
  2. Code Name: Sledgehammer # 1
     
  3. Target: Primary - Airfields at Iwo Jima Secondary - Pagan Island
     
  4. Participating Unit: 73rd BW
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne: 79
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary: 80% (63)
     
  7. Time Over Primary: 081020K - 081150K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack: 19,670 - 23,400
     
  9. Weather Over Target: 7/10 - 10/10
     
  10. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
  11. 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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