MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 46

 

  1. Date: 27 March 1945
     
  2. Code Name: Fearless  #1
     
  3. Target: Kyushu Area - Tachiari and Oita Airfields and Omura A/C Factory
     
  4. Participating Units: 73rd and 314th Bombardment Wings
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne: 161
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary:  94%  (151 primary, 0 Secondary, 3 Opportunity)
     
  7. Time Over Primary:             1. Tachiari     - 271140K- 271205K

                 2. Oita            - 271144K-271259K

                 3. Omura       - 271206K -271220K
 

  1. Altitude of Attack:                1. Tachiari      - 14,500-18,000

                  2. Oita            - 15,300-18,300

                  3. Omura        - 15,000-16,000
 

  1. Weather Over Target:         1. Tachiari        -  1/10-2/10

                  2. Oita              -  1/10-3/10

                  3. Omura          -  1/10-7/10
 

  1. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
  2. Resume of Mission:  Tachiari airfield - 606,500 square feet destroyed or damaged: Omura A/C Factory (1627)-257,000 square feet destroyed or damaged: Oita Airfield -112,175 square feet and 250,000 square feet residential area destroyed.  113 aircraft of the 73rd Wing attacked Tachiari and Oita Airfields.  39 aircraft of the 514th Wing attacked Omura A/C Factory.  Seven aircraft were non-effective.  Enemy air opposition - Tachiari Airfield weak - 21 attacks:  Oita Airfield - none:  Omura A/C Factory weak - 18 attacks.  Enemy aircraft destroyed one, probably destroyed two, and 4 damaged.  AA:  Tachiari  - heavy, meager and ineffective.  Oita - heavy, meager and inaccurate:  Omura-heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate to accurate.  Average bomb load 6,907 lbs.  Average gas reserve 788 gallons.

 

 

  

    

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