MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 302

 

1. Date: 28/29 July 1945
    
2. Target: Uwajima Urban Area
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 32
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 90.62% (29 A/C)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: E46, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above Target and M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 205.3 tons
    
8. Time Over Primary: 290116K - 290225K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 10,400 - 11,230
    
10. Weather Over Target: 4/10 - 6/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0 
     
12. Resume of Mission: Photo reconnaissance indicated 39% of the city was destroyed, raising the total destroyed to 52%.  No E/A opposition and A/W fire was meager and inaccurate.  All bombing was by radar.  One Wind-Run A/C was A/B.  Two B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 14,960 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 725 gallons.  Three B-29s were non-effective. 

 

        

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