MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 226
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Date:
26 June 1945
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Target:
Chigura Factory, Nagoya
Arsenal (90.20 - 196)
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Participating Unit:
314th Bombardment Wing
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Number A/C Airborne:
35
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
92.4% (33 aircraft)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M64, 500# G.P., 1/40 sec.
delay nose and non-delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
189.5 tons on primary.
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Time Over Primary:
1007K - 1011K
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Altitude of Attack:
16,400 - 18,400 feet
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Weather Over Target:
0/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Strike photos revealed bomb
bursts covered almost the entire
Target area.
One group dropped all bombs except 2 on
Target.
All bombing was visual.
Flak was heavy, moderate to intense, inaccurate to accurate.
Two A/C non-effective.
Twenty-nine E/A made 56 attacks.
Claims 6-0-1. Two A/C
landed at Iwo Jima.
Average Bomb Load:
12,351 lbs. Average Fuel
Load: 624 gallons.
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