MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 305

 

1. Date: 1/2 August 1945
    
2. Target: Rashin, Seishin, Shimonoseki Straits, (W), Hamada, Sakai, Yonago, and Naka Umi
    
3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 43
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 86.04% (37 Primary and 5 Alternate)
    
6. Type of Mines and Settings: 1000 and 2000# mines with various settings. 
    
7. Tons of Mines Dropped: 241.5 tons on Primary and 32 tons on Alternate. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 020051K - 020223K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 8,000 - 12,000
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Only 1 of the mines dropped on the 5 fields was believed to be non-effective.  All mines were dropped by radar.  One A/C was non-effective.  Four E/A sighted did not attack.  Flak was meager and inaccurate.  A total of 15 to 40 S/L's were observed.  Seventeen A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Ave- rage mine load: 13,151 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 816 gallons. 

 

        

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