MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 329

 

  1. Date: 14/15 August 1945
     
  2. Target: Kumagaya Urban Area ( 90.13 )
     
  3. Participating Units: 313th BW and 314th BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 93
      
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 87.09% ( 81 A/C )
      
  6. 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. 
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 593.4 tons
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 150123K - 150239K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 14,000 - 19,000
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 5/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
  1. 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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