MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 287

        

1. Date: 24 July 1945
    
2. Target: Aichi A/C Plant at Eitoku (90.20 - 1729)
    
3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 74
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 86.48% (66 Primary and 5 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M66, 2000# G.P. 1/100 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 451 tons on Primary and 35 tons on Opportunity.
     
8. Time Over Primary: 241125K - 241152K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 20,000 - 23,000
    
10. Weather Over Target: 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Results unobserved.  No A/C observed the Target.  Heavy caliber flak was meager to moderate and in- accurate to accurate.  Two A/C were damaged by AA.  No E/A sighted.  Twenty-six B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 14,273 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 634 gallons. 

 

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