MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 329
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Date:
14/15 August 1945
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Target:
Kumagaya Urban Area ( 90.13 )
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Participating Units:
313th BW and 314th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
93
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
87.09% ( 81 A/C )
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
M17 and M19, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above
Target, M47, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose and M56,
4,000# G.P. bombs fuzed with proximity nose and non-delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
593.4 tons
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Time Over Primary:
150123K - 150239K
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Altitude of Attack:
14,000 - 19,000
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Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 5/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Results were unobserved to excellent, with smoke rising as high as
15,000 feet. Eight A/C were
non-effective. Nineteen A/C
sighted visually and 62 by radar.
Five E/A sighted did not attack.
Heavy and light, meager and inaccurate flak encountered at
primary Target.
Five B-29s landed
at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 14,717 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 615
gallons.
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