MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 49

 

1. Date:  30 March   1945. 
                                                 
2. Code Name:  Starvation #2
    
3. Target:  Shiraonoaeki Straits
    
4. Participating Units:  313th Bombardment Wing
                 
5. Number A/C Airborne:  94
    
6. % A/C Bombing Primary:  90% (85   primary, 2 Secondary and   Last Resort)
    
7. Time Over Primary:              L-310134K   to  310245K

                                                            I-310124K    to   310348K
 
                                                            J-310053K   to  310141K

                                                            R-310203K   to  310302K
 

8. Altitude of Attack:                L-4,850 -5,150

                                                            I-4,700 - 6,000

                                                            J-7,800 - 8,200

                                                            R-6,900 - 7,450
 

9. Weather Over Target:  0/10 -   8/10
    
10. Total A/C Lost:  1
     
11. Resume of Mission:  94 aircraft dispatched to minefields Love, Item, Jig and Roger.  39 aircraft Love: 11 aircraft Jig: 28 aircraft Item: 9 aircraft Roger.  Seven aircraft non-effective.  Results estimated as excellent.  Eastern entrance of Shimonoseki Straits closed for two weeks.  Traffic restricted to and from Kure and Hiro Shima for one week.  Passage of large vessels to Sasebo restricted for one week.  One aircraft crash landed on return to base.  Enemy air opposition none (1 attack), AA light and heavy, meager to   moderate, inaccurate to accurate.  Average mine load 12,094 lbs.  Average gas reserve 879 gallons.

 

 

  

    

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