MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 41

 

  1. Date: 11 March 1945
     
  2. Code Name: Microscope #2
     
  3. Target: Nagoya Urban Area
     
  4. Participating Units: 73rd, 313th and 314th Bombardment Wings
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne: 310
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary: 92%  (285 primary, 0 Secondary and 6 last Resort and Opportunity)
     
  7. Time Over Primary: 120119K - 120417K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack: 5,100 - 8,500
     
  9. Weather Over Target: 2/10
     
  10. Total A/C Lost:  1
     
  11. Resume of Mission: 394,660 square feet destroyed of Target 1729 and 56,892,000 square feet (1300 acres or 2.05 square miles) of urban area destroyed.  Nineteen aircraft non-effective.  One aircraft ditched just after take off.  Enemy fighter opposition weak - 47 attacks no claims, AA heavy, meager to intense, generally inaccurate.  Average bomb load 13,880 lbs. 73rd Wing, 13,695 lbs, 313th Wing and 9,827 lbs.  314th Wing.  Average gas reserve 920 gallons.

 

 

  

    

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