MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 177
- Date: 19 May 1945
- Code Name:
Starvation #12
- Target: Shimonoseki
Straits and Tsuruga Harbor
- Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
34
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
87% (30 A/C)
- Time Over Primary:
190152K - 190309K
- Altitude of Attack:
5800 - 6700
- Weather Over Target:
3/10 - 6/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
The Shimonoseki Straights were again blockaded. A new field was
laid in Tsuruga Harbor. 192 Mk 23 Mines laid. Four A/C
non-effective. Thirty-three E/A sighted made 2 attacks. No claims
Average Mine Load: 12,579 lbs. Average Fuel Reserve: 826
gallons. Two A/C landed at Iwo Jima.
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