MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 291
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Date:
25/26 July 1945
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Target:
Mitsubishi Oil Refinery (90.17 - 116) Hayama Petroleum Center at
Kawasaki (90.17 - 127)
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Participating Unit:
315th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
83
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
90.36% (75 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M64, 500# G.P., 1/10 sec. delay nose and 1/40 sec. delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
650 tons on Primary, 9 tons on Opportunity and 18 tons by Wind-Run
A/C.
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Time Over Primary:
252323K - 260003K
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Altitude of Attack:
16,500 - 18,100
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Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 4/10
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Total A/C Lost:
1
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Resume of Mission:
Photo reconnaissance showed 32% of storage tank units, and 1
furnace, 1 asphalt loading unit, 1 can manufacturing plant and 2
warehouses of the Mitsubishi Oil Refinery (90.17 - 116) was
destroyed and 36% of the storage tanks, 5 U/I buildings, 7 probable
office buildings, and 4 maintenance sheds of Hayama Petroleum Co.
(90.17 - 127) was destroyed.
Targets were visible
to only 3 A/C. Falk was heavy caliber, moderate to intense, accurate
to inaccurate. Intense S/L
activity was encountered and rope was used with varying success.
Two Wind-Run A/C bombed Shimizu Aluminum Plant at Shimiizu.
Seven A/C were non-effective.
Three B-29s
landed at Iwo Jima.
The aircraft that was lost suffered a direct flak hit
over the Target.
No E/A. Average bomb load: 18,664 lbs. Average fuel reserve:
1,109 gallons.
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