MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 176
- Date: 16 May 1945
- Code Name:
Microscope #5
- Target: South
Nagoya Urban Area (197)
- Participating Units:
58th, 73rd, 313th, and 314th Wings
- Number A/C Airborne:
516
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
79% (457 primary and 11 opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
170305K - 170558K
- Altitude of Attack:
6,600 - 18,340
- Weather Over Target:
3/10 - 9/10
- Total A/C Lost: 3
- Resume of Mission:
Crews reported fair results. Limited photo coverage showed fires in
north section of city. Clouds and smoke caused A/C to bomb by
radar. 3609.2 tons of bombs were dropped on primary Target.
Forty-eight A/C were non-effective. Twenty EA sighted made 11
attacks. Claims: 2-0-0. E/AA damaged 14 B-29’s. Sixteen A/C
landed at Iwo Jima. Average Bomb Load: 14,966 lbs. Average Fuel
Reserve: 802 gallons.
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