MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 266

       

1. Date: 12/13 July 1945
    
2. Target: Uwajima Urban Area
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 130
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 94.61% (123 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose and E-46 500# incendiary clusters with tail set to open 5,000 feet above Target. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 872.5 tons on Primary and 9 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 130013K - 130226K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 10,400 - 16,400
    
10. Weather Over Target: 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Results were unobserved.  The Target was obscured to all aircraft.  Six A/C were non-effective.  Heavy flak and AW fire was meager and inaccurate.  Six E/A sighted made no attacks.  Six B-29's landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 15,026 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 700 gallons. 

 

 

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