MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 323

 

1. Date: 10 August 1945
    
2. Target: Nakajima Aircraft Co. at Ogikuku (90.12 - 356) Tokyo Arsenal (90.17 - 3600) PR
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 78
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 89.78% ( 70 Radar and 3 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M66, 2,000# G.P. and M64, 500# G.P. bombs with instantaneous nose and non-delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 320 tons on Primary Radar and 13.5 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary Radar: 101050K - 101059K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 22,000 - 26,200
    
10. Weather Over Target: 5/10 - 7/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Results unobserved to good.  Fighter escort provided by 50 P-47s and P-51s from landfall to land's end.  A/C bombed Primary Radar Target.  Nine E/A sighted did not attack.  Flak was heavy, meager to intense, accurate to inaccurate and damaged 29 B-29s.  Thirty-three A/C sighted the Target and 37 by radar.  Five A/C were non-effective.  Eight B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 9,646 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 845 gallons. 

 

 

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