MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 322

 

  1. Date: 9/10 august 1945
     
  2. Target: Nippon Oil Refinery at Amagasaki ( 90.25 - 1203 )
     
  3. Participating Unit: 315th BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 107
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 88.78% (95 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
     
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M64, 500# G.P. bombs with 1/10 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail. 
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 902 tons on Primary, 16 tons by Wind-Run and 22.3 tons on Opportunity. 
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 100129K - 100311K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 15,200 - 17,300
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 8/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
  1. 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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