MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 270
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Date:
15/16 July 1945
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Target:
Nippon Oil Co. at Kudamatsu (90.32 - 657A)
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Participating Unit:
315th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
69
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
85.5% (59 Primary and 3 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M64 500# G.P., 1/10 delay nose and 1/100 delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
476.8 tons on Primary and 28.7 tons on Opportunity, 17 tons on
Wind-Run.
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Time Over Primary:
200041K - 200201K
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Altitude of Attack:
10,230 - 11,700
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Weather Over Target:
3/10 - 10/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Results were unobserved. A/C
bombed by radar and 7 visually.
Seven A/C were non-effective.
Thirty-two E/A sighted made no attacks.
Flak was heavy, nil to meager, and in- accurate.
Estimated 10-13 S/L's, generally ineffective, observed in
Target area.
Two wind-run A/C also airborne and bombed their primary
Target, Ube Coal
Liquefaction Co. Five B-29s
landed at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 17,806 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 1,066
gallons.
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