MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 294
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Date:
26/27 July 1945
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Target:
Tokuyama Urban Area (90.32)
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Participating Unit:
313th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
102
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
95.09% (97 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
E46, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above Target,
M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose and T4E4 500#
frag. clusters set to open
1,000 feet below A/C.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
751.5 tons on Primary
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Time Over Primary:
270122K - 270235K
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Altitude of Attack:
11,000 - 12,500
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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:
Last crews over Target
reported entire dock area covered with fire which appeared to have a
good start throughout the city.
One E/A sighted made 1 attack.
Claims: 1-0-0. A Baka
was reported between the Target and land's end.
It exploded after being fired upon by a
B-29.
Flak was heavy and medium, meager to intense and inaccurate.
Twelve A/C were pathfinders.
Four A/C were non-effective.
Target was
visible to 55 A/C and not visible to 40.
Two RCM and 1 Wind-Run A/C also took part.
Twelve B-29s
landed at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 16,406 lbs. Average fuel re- serve: 580
gallons.
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