MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 192
- Date:
9 June 1945
- Target:
Kawasaki Aircraft Co.,
at Akashi (90.25-1547)
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Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C
Airborne: 26
- % A/C
Bombing Primary
Target: 92.16% (24 primary and 2 opportunity)
- Type of
Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M56, 4000#, light case, instantaneous nose and non-delay tail.
- Tons of
Bombs Dropped: 144 tons
on primary and 12 tons on opportunity.
- Time Over
Primary: 091052K -
091054K
- Altitude
of Attack: 16,700 -
17,400 feet
- Weather
Over Target: 8/10 -
9/10
- Total A/C
Lost: 0
- Resume of
Mission: Reconnaissance
photographs showed little damage to plant. Bombing was chiefly by
radar. One pattern of bombs was in Akashi, about 1,000 yards SE of
Target. No enemy opposition was encountered. Four B-29’s landed at
Iwo Jima. Average Bomb Load: 13,065 lbs. Average Fuel Reserve:
615 gallons.
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