MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 230

      

1. Date: 26 June 1945
    
2. Target: Sumitomo Light Metals Co. at Nagoya (90.25 - 2040)
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 33
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 87% (29 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M64, 500# G.P., and 1/40 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 150 tons on Primary and 20 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 0919K - 1034K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 17,000 - 25,000
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 1/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
12. Resume of Mission: Incomplete strike photos revealed a light concentration of bomb bursts on south half of Target.  Eight sticks of bombs hit the Target.  Poor photography, smoke and dust prevented damage assessment.  Thirteen A/C bombed visually and 16 by radar.  Two A/C were noneffective.  Flak was heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate to accurate.  No fighter cover was provided.  Thirty-five E/A made 35 attacks.  No claims.  Seven A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 11,770 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 757 gallons. 

 

 

 

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