MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 138
- Date: 3 May 1945
- Code Name: Barranca
#9
- Target: Kokubu
A/F 90.38 - 2520
- Participating Unit:
314th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
11
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
81% (9 primary and 1 opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
031634K
- Altitude of Attack:
18,500
- Weather Over Target:
0/10 - haze
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- 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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