MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 191
- Date:
20 June 1945
- Target:
Kawanishi Aircraft Co.
at Naruo (90.25-18)
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Participating Unit:
58th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C
Airborne: 46
- % A/C
Bombing Primary:
96.26% (44 primary and 1 opportunity)
- Type of
Bombs Dropped and Fuzes:
AN-M65, 1000# G.P., and 1/100 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail.
- Tons of
Bombs Dropped: 263.5
tons on primary and 6 tons on opportunity.
- Time Over
Primary: 090930K -
091003K
- Altitude
of Attack: 19,400 -
21,200 feet
- Weather
Over Target: 5/10 -
10/10
- Total A/C
Lost: 0
- Resume of
Mission: Post-strike
photographs show plant almost completely destroyed with 69% of roof
area damaged or destroyed. Twenty-six percent of the plant is
beyond repair. One B-29 was non-effective. Thirty E/A sighted made
4 attacks. Claims were 3-5-15. No B-29’s were lost. Flak was
heavy, meager to moderate, and inaccurate. Eight B-29’s landed at
Iwo Jima. Average Bomb Load: 12,720 lbs. Average Fuel Reserve:
778 gallons.
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