MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 26

 

  1. Date: 4 February 1945
     
  2. Code Name: Middleman # 1
     
  3. Target: Kobe Area (90.25) - Kobe Urban Area
     
  4. Participating Units: 73rd BW and 313th BW
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne: 110
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary: 57% (69 Primary, 0 Secondary, 30 Last Resort and Opportunity)
     
  7. Time Over Primary: 041557K - 041656K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack: 24,500 - 27,000
     
  9. Weather Over Target: 5/10 - 6/10
     
  10. Total A/C Lost: 2
     
  11. Resume of Mission: 2,651,000 square feet of the Target area was destroyed or damaged.  Fifteen aircraft bombed Natsuzka and fifteen aircraft bombed various Last Resort Targets.  One aircraft ditched on return and one aircraft burned after landing at home base classified as lost to survey.  Enemy air opposition heavy and aggressive - 273 attacks.  Enemy aircraft destroyed four, probably destroyed twenty and thirty-nine damaged.  AA heavy, moderate too intense, inaccurate to accurate.  Average bomb load: 6,830 lbs. Average gas reserve: 696 gallons. 

 

  

  

  

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