MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 271
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Date:
16/17 July 1945
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Target:
Numazu Urban Area (90.18)
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Participating Unit:
58th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
128
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
82.56% (119 A/C)
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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.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
1,035.8 tons
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Time Over Primary:
170213K - 170352K
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Altitude of Attack:
10,600 - 11,600
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Weather Over Target:
7/10 - 10/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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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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