MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 296

 

1. Date: 27/28 July 1945
    
2. Target: Shimonoseki Straits, Rashin, Fukuoka, Niigata, Maizuru, Fuka Wan, Senzakai
    
3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 30
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 80% (24 Primary and 1 Alternate)
    
6. Type of Mines and Settings: 1,000 and 2,000# mines with various settings. 
    
7. Tons of Mines Dropped: 161 on Primary and 7 tons on Alternate. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 280034K - 280211K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 7,300 - 10,400
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 3
       
12. Resume of Mission: Of the 189 mines dropped, it was estimated 183 were effective.  Five A/C were non-effective.  All A/C mining Rashin staged at Iwo Jima.  Flak was heavy, meager to moderate and accurate to inaccurate.  Two B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Two aircraft ditched and 13 men were rescued.  One B-29 crash landed at Iwo Jima and was surveyed.  Average mine load: 13,338 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 858 gallons.  All mine laying was by radar.  Ten E/A sighted made no attacks. 

 

 

 

        

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