MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 322
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Date:
9/10 august 1945
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Target:
Nippon Oil Refinery at Amagasaki ( 90.25 - 1203 )
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Participating Unit:
315th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
107
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
88.78% (95 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
M64, 500# G.P. bombs with 1/10 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
902 tons on Primary, 16 tons by Wind-Run and 22.3 tons on
Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary:
100129K - 100311K
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Altitude of Attack:
15,200 - 17,300
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Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 8/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Photo reconnaissance indicated that this mission and Mission # 281
destroyed almost 100% of the plant.
Five A/C sighted visually and 90 by radar.
Ten A/C were non-effective.
Two Wind-Run A/C also bombed the Primary.
Twenty-seven E/A sighted did not attack.
Flak was medium and heavy, meager, inaccurate to accurate,
with S/L cone over the
Target. Generally
barrage type, with some predicted concentration.
One B-29 was
damaged by AA. Average bomb
load: 20,648 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 941 gallons.
Fourteen B-29s
landed at Iwo Jima.
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