MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 46
- Date: 27 March 1945
- Code Name: Fearless
#1
- Target: Kyushu Area
- Tachiari and Oita Airfields and Omura A/C Factory
- Participating Units:
73rd and 314th Bombardment Wings
- Number A/C Airborne:
161
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
94% (151 primary, 0 Secondary, 3 Opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
1. Tachiari - 271140K- 271205K
2. Oita - 271144K-271259K
3. Omura - 271206K -271220K
- Altitude of Attack:
1. Tachiari - 14,500-18,000
2. Oita - 15,300-18,300
3. Omura - 15,000-16,000
- Weather Over Target: 1.
Tachiari - 1/10-2/10
2. Oita - 1/10-3/10
3. Omura - 1/10-7/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- 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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