MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 304

 

1. Date:  29/30 July 1945
    
2. Target:  Shimonoseki Straits (W) Rashin, Fukuoka and Karatsu
    
3. Participating Unit:  313th Bombardment Wing
    
4. Number A/C Airborne:  29
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary:  82.76%  (24 primary and 2 alternate)
     
6. Type of Mines and Settings:  1000 and 2000# mines with various settings. 
    
7. Tons of Mines Dropped:  161 tons on primary and 14 tons on alternate.
    
8. Time Over Primary:  300012K - 310156K
    
9. Altitude of Attack:  7900 - 12,900
    
10. Weather Over Target:  4/10 - 8/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost:  0

12. Resume of Mission:  Of the 385 mines dropped it was estimated that 380 would be effective.  Three A/C were non-effective.  All mine laying was by radar.  Flak was heavy, meager, and inaccurate.  Ten S/L's were observed near Fukuoka and 30 S/L's at Shimonoseki Straits and Yawata Coast.  Nine E/A sighted made no attacks.  One RCM A/C also A/B.  The force to Rashin staged from Iwo Jima.  Seventeen A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load:  13,332 lbs.  Average fuel reserve:  788 gallons.

 

        

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