MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 168
- Date: 11 May 1945
- Code Name:
Cockcrow #4
- Target: Sacki A/F
90.33-1306
- Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
11
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
63% (7 primary and 1 opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
110931K
- Altitude of Attack:
19,400
- Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 2/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Crews reported 27 bursts on S half of A/F. Two bursts on or near
radio station across river. Three A/C were non-effective. Five E/A
sighted made no attacks. No Claims. No A/A damage. Flak was
heavy, meager, and inaccurate. One A/C landed at Iwo Jima. Average
Bomb Load: 12,841 lbs. Average Fuel Reserve: 516 gallons.
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