MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 10
- Date: 3 December
1944
- Code Name: San
Antonio # 3
- Target: Musashino
A/C Plant (357), Secondary - Urban and Dock Area of Tokyo
- Participating Unit:
73rd BW
- Number A/C Airborne:
86
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
85% (73)
- Time Over Primary:
030503K - 030630K
- Altitude of Attack:
16,000 - 33,100
- Weather Over Target:
CAVU
- Total A/C Lost: 5
- Resume of Mission:
Bombing results unsatisfactory on primary - 2,580 square feet
destroyed and unobserved on secondary. 2.5% hit Target.
Eight aircraft bombed secondary. Eight early returns two of which
bombed pagan Island. One aircraft lost to enemy aircraft and four
ditched. Enemy air opposition slight to moderate. 75 attacks were
made with 10 destroyed, 11 probably destroyed and 18 damaged. AA
heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate. Aver- age bomb load: 5,000
lbs. Average gas reserve: 815 gallons.
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