MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 295

        

1. Date: 26/27 July 1945
    
2. Target: Omuta Urban Area
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 130
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 95.38% (124 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
     
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M17A1, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above Target and M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 964.6 tons
    
8. Time Over Primary: 270113K - 270231K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 13, 100 - 16,300
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 10/10
      
11. Total A/C Lost: 1 
     
12. Resume of Mission: Crews reported results unobserved to excellent.  The Target area was seen by 67 A/C and not seen by 57.  Five A/C were non-effective.  Twenty-five to 30 E/A made 9 attacks.  No claims.  Balls of fire sighted 40 miles from Target.  A/C lost was last seen being attacked by E/A. Medium and heavy flak and A/W fire was meager to moderate and inaccurate.  One Wind-Run A/C took part.  Sixteen B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 15,165 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 526 gallons. 

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