MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 138

 

  1. Date:  3 May 1945
     
  2. Code Name: Barranca #9
     
  3. Target:  Kokubu A/F     90.38   - 2520
     
  4. Participating Unit: 314th Bombardment Wing
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne: 11
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary: 81%    (9 primary and 1 opportunity)
     
  7. Time Over Primary: 031634K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack: 18,500
     
  9. Weather Over Target: 0/10   - haze
     
  10. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
  11. Resume of Mission: Strike photos showed bombing results were excellent.  Bomb pattern approximately 1500 feet wide   across center of airfield and north through revetment area.  Airfield was inoperative, the southeast corner being only area without craters.  No repairs evident to field or buildings.  Only 7 A/C visible.  Enemy air opposition was moderate consisting of forty attacks by fifty E/A.  A/A nil.  Three aircraft landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 10,700 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 720 gallons.

 

  

    

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