MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 271

       

  1. Date: 16/17 July 1945
  1. Target: Numazu Urban Area (90.18)
  1. Participating Unit: 58th BW
  1. Number A/C Airborne: 128
  1. % A/C Bombing Primary: 82.56% (119 A/C)
  1. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M47A2 100# incendiary bomb with instantaneous nose and M47A1 and E46 500# incendiary cluster fuzed to open 5,000 feet above Target.
  1. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 1,035.8 tons
  1. Time Over Primary: 170213K - 170352K
  1. Altitude of Attack: 10,600 - 11,600
  1. Weather Over Target: 7/10 - 10/10
  1. Total A/C Lost: 0
  1. Resume of Mission: Reconnaissance revealed 89.5 per cent of the city was damaged or destroyed.  The Target was visible only to 2 aircraft.  Twelve Pathfinder A/C are included in the above totals.  Nine A/C were non-effective.  Three E/A Bakas sighted near Target area.  Flak at Target was heavy, medium and light, meager and inaccurate.  Total A/B does not include 1 Super Dumbo and 1 Wind-Run A/C. Five A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 17,000 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 813 gallons.  Twenty-one E/A sighted made no attacks. 

 

 

 

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