MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 194
- Date:
9 June 1945
- Target:
Shimonoseki Straits
-
Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C
Airborne: 28
- % A/C
Bombing Primary:
92.82% (26 primary and 1 alternate field)
- Type of
Mines and Settings:
Mk-25 and Mk-26-36, with various settings
- Tons of
Mines Dropped: 90
1000-pound mines and 126 2000-pound mines. 18 1000-pound mines in
alternate field
- Time Over
Primary: 090101K -
090243K
- Altitude
of Attack: 6200 – 8400
feet
- Weather
Over Target: 0/10 -
2/10
- Total A/C
Lost: 0
- Resume of
Mission: Minefields
Mike and Love were re-mined and the Inland Sea was used as an
alternate field. Five A/C landed at Iwo Jima. A/A was nil. Eight
E/A sighted did not attack. No claims. Average Mine Load:
13,719. Average Fuel Reserve: 794 gallons.
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