MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 36
- Date: 18 February
1945
- Code Name: Panhandle
#5
- Target: Truk
Airfields One and Two
- Participating Units:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
3 6
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
100%
- Time Over Primary:
181227K - 181340K
- Altitude of Attack:
24,000 - 25,900
- Weather Over Target:
1/10 - 4/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Bombing results poor. Slight cratering of runways. AA and enemy
air opposition nil. Average bomb load 9492 lbs. Average gas
reserve 1335 gallons.
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