MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 180

 

1. Date:  23 May 1945
    

2. Code Name:  Starvation #14
    

3. Target:  Shimonoseki Straits (Inner and Outer)
    

4. Participating Unit:  313th Bombardment Wing
    

5. Number A/C Airborne:  32
    

6. % A/C Bombing Primary:  92.6%  (30 A/C)
    

7. Time Over Primary:  230207K  - 230311K
    

8. Altitude of Attack:  5300  - 8100
    

9. Weather Over Target:  4/10
    

10. Total A/C Lost:  1
     

11. Resume of Mission:  176 Mk-25 mines laid in primary Target areas, M/F Mike and Love.  Eleven E/A sighted made no attacks.  No claims.  Lost B-29 crashed into sea 10-20 miles off Japanese coast as a result of damage caused by E/AA.  Three of 11 crew members rescued.  Three A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Mine Load:  11,580 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  727 gallons.

 

 

   

 

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