MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 137
- Date: 3 May 1945
- Code Name: Famish
#7
- Target: Kanoya
East A/F 90.38 - 2516
- Participating Unit:
314th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
11
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
100%
- Time Over Primary:
031631K
- Altitude of Attack:
17,400
- Weather Over Target:
0/10 - haze
- Total A/C Lost: 1
- Resume of Mission:
Strike photos showed bombing results were excellent. Bomb pattern
about 2000 feet wide covered center of field and extended northeast
about 2000' beyond field. Hangar area was damaged and the airfield
was badly cratered, but main strip shows evidence of patching and
may be operative. Nine S/E A/C and 11 dummy A/C were visible.
Fighter opposition weak - 10 E/A sighted and made 6 attacks. Enemy
aircraft destroyed: none, probably destroyed 1 and none damaged.
One aircraft landed at Iwo Jima, one aircraft landed at Okinawa
and one aircraft ditched near Iwo Jima - five crew members rescued.
A/A nil. Average bomb load: 10,700 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 955
gallons.
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