MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 139
- Date: 3 May 1945
- Code Name:
Starvation #8
- Target: Shimonoseki
Straits and Inland Sea
- Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
97
- % A/C Mining Primary:
89% (88 primary and 3 alternate)
- Time Over Minefield:
040008K - 040335K
- Altitude of Attack:
4800 - 8650
- Weather Over Target:
5/10 low cloud
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- 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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