MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 181
- Date: 23 May 1945
- Target: Tokyo Urban
Area
- Participating Units:
58th, 73rd, 313th and 314th Wings
- Number A/C Airborne:
558
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
93.60% (520 primary and 5 opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
240239K - 240438K
- Altitude of Attack:
7,800 - 15,100
- Weather Over Target:
1/10 – 6/10
- Total A/C Lost: 7
- Resume of Mission:
A total of 3645.7 tons of incendiary bombs was dropped on the
primary Target. Thirty-three A/C were non-effective.
Pictures were not taken due to overcast, and damage is included in
Mission Summary 183. Two B-29’s lost to A/A, which was heavy,
medium, moderate to intense, but inaccurate. One A/C Lost to E/AC
and A/A, 4 to accidents, and 10 to unknown causes. Sixty E/A
sighted made 83 attacks. Claims were 6-1-2. Forty-nine B-29’s
landed at Iwo Jima. Average Bomb Load: 14,138 lbs. Average Fuel
Reserve: 633 gallons.
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