MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 316

 

1. Date: 5/6 August 1945
    
2. Target: Imabari Urban Area ( 90.29 )
    
3. Participating Unit: 58th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 66
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 96.96% ( 64 A/C )
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M19, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5000 feet over Target, T4E4, 500# fragmentation clusters set to open 3000 feet below air- craft and M64, 500# G.P. bombs with proximity nose and non-delay tail fuzes. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 510 tons
    
8. Time Over Primary: 060105K - 060147K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 12,200 - 12,800
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 5/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Results were reported as excellent, with large fires observed throughout Target area.  Photo reconnaissance later showed that 76% of the city had been destroyed.  Two A/C were non-effective.  Only 11 A/C sighted the Target.  Two Wind-Run A/C not included in total A/B. Five E/A sighted did not attack.  Flak was heavy, medium and light, meager to inaccurate.  Two S/L's in Target area.  T-3 pamphlets were dropped.  Five B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 16,986 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 773 gallons. 

 

 

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