MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 139

 

  1. Date:  3 May 1945
     
  2. Code Name: Starvation    #8
     
  3. Target:  Shimonoseki Straits and Inland Sea
     
  4. Participating Unit: 313th Bombardment Wing
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne: 97
     
  6. % A/C Mining Primary: 89%    (88 primary and 3 alternate)
     
  7. Time Over Minefield: 040008K   - 040335K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack: 4800 - 8650
     
  9. Weather Over Target: 5/10 low cloud
     
  10. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
  11. Resume of Mission: Results were considered good.  Thirty-nine E/A sighted made 3 attacks.  A/A was heavy, medium, meager to intense and inaccurate.  Searchlights observed as follows:  15 in Osaka, 20 in Kobe, 2 batteries of 4 each Awajashima, 6 at Bofu, 9 at Ogon and 12 at Futaoshima.  A/A fire not coordinated with searchlights.  Seven aircraft landed Iwo Jima.  Average mine load:  13,170 lbs. average fuel reserve:  829 gallons.  Six aircraft non-effective.

 

  

    

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