MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 159
- Date: 10 May 1945
- Code Name: Mopish
#4
- Target: Matsuyama
A/F PV & (PR) 90.13-2777
- Participating Units:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
22.
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
72% (16 primary and 2 opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
100827K - 100835K
- Altitude of Attack:
18,000 - 18,500
- Weather Over Target:
CAVU
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Crews reported bomb patterns compact and well centered on field.
Heavy concentration in building area, damage to specific
installations obscured by smoke. Only 1 B-29 damaged by A/A. Nine
E/A sighted, made 1 attack. No claims, Seven A/C landed at Iwo
Jima. B-29 non-effective: 4. Average bomb load 13,605 lbs,
Average gas reserve: 676 gallons.
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