MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 317

 

1. Date: 7 August 1945
    
2. Target: Toyokawa Naval Arsenal ( 90.21 - 1653 )
    
3. Participating Units: 58th, 73rd, 313th, and 314th BW's
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 131
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 94.65% ( 124 A/C )
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M64, 500# G.P. bombs with 1/100 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 813.3 tons on Primary and 3.5 tons on Opportunity.
     
8. Time Over Primary: 071113K - 071139K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 16,000 - 23,600
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 4/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 1

12. Resume of Mission: Crews reported good to excellent results.  Thirteen planes sighted visually and 111 by radar.  Seven A/C were non-effective.  One A/C bombed both the primary and Target of opportunity.  Two E/A sighted did not attack.  Flak was generally meager.  Fighter escort was present over the Target.  Flak damaged 21 A/C.  The A/C lost was due to flak damage which forced the crew to bail out over Iwo Jima.  All men were rescued.  Two Wind-Run A/C were not included in the A/C A/B. Seven B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 14,518 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 894 gallons. 

 

 

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