MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 40

 

  1. Date: 9 March 1945
     
  2. Code Name: Meetinghouse #2
     
  3. Target: Tokyo Urban Area
     
  4. Participating Units: 73rd, 313th and 314th Bombardment Wings.
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne:  325
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary:  86% (279 primary, 0 Secondary, 5 last Resort and 15 Opportunity)
     
  7. Time Over Primary: 100107K - 100400K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack: 4,900 - 9,200
     
  9. Weather Over Target: 3/10
     
  10. Total A/C Lost: 14
     
  11. Resume of Mission:  469,146,000 square feet destroyed or damaged  (1080 acres  - 16.8 square miles).  Bombing results excellent.  Twenty six aircraft non-effective.  One aircraft lost to AA, one aircraft lost to survey, five aircraft ditched and seven aircraft lost to reasons unknown.  Enemy air opposition weak - 40 attacks, no claims.  AA moderate to intense and accurate.  Average bomb load 13,880 lbs.  73rd wing, 12,857 lbs, 3l3th Wing and 9,672 lbs.  314th Wing.  Average gas reserve 1044 gallons.

 

 

  

    

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