MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 326

 

  1. Date: 14 August 1945
     
  2. Target: Osaka Army Arsenal ( 90.25 - 382 )
     
  3. Participating Unit: 73rd BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 161
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 90.06% (145 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
      
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M65, 1,000# and M66, 2,000# G.P. bombs fuzed with 1/40 sec. delay noses and tails. 
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 706.5 Primary and 10 Opportunity. 
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 141416K - 141501K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 22,100 - 25,100
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 5/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
  1. Resume of Mission: Strike photos from 36 A/C showed excel- lent results, with 650 hits showing on the Target.  Of 843 bombs dropped, 216 hit within 1,000 feet of the aiming point.  Fourteen A/C were non-effective.  All Bombing was visual.  Flak was heavy, moderate generally accurate and continuously pointed.  Flak damaged 26 B-29s.  No E/A were sighted.  P-51s and P-47s provided fighter escort.  Four B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 10.924 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 954 gallons. 

 

 

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