MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 14

 

1. Date: 22 December 1944
    
2. Code Name: Eradicate # 2
    
3. Target: Nagoya (193) - Mitsubishi Engine Plant
    
4. Participating Unit: 73rd BW
    
5. Number A/C Airborne: 78
    
6. % A/C Bombing Primary: 62% (48 Primary, 0 Secondary, 3 Last Resort, 11 Opportunity)
    
7. Time Over Primary: 221404K - 221558K
    
8. Altitude of Attack: 28,800 - 32,600
    
9. Weather Over Target: 6/10 - 10/10
    
10. Total A/C Lost: 3
     
11. Resume of Mission: Bombed by radar.  No bomb strike photos or damage assessment.  Enemy air opposition, heavy to moderate, unaggressive to aggressive - 508 attacks.  Enemy aircraft destroyed 9, probably destroyed 17 and damaged 15.  AA heavy, inaccurate to accurate.  One aircraft ditched when two engines cut out, one aircraft hit by fighters or flak over Target and later ditched and one aircraft seriously damaged on this mission later designated as lost and redesignated TB-29.  Average bomb load: 5,500 lbs. Average gas reserve: 1,046 gallons. 

 

 

  

 

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