MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 52
- Date: 1 April 1945
- Code Name:
Starvation #3
- Target: Minefield
How, Kure Harbor
- Participating Units:
3l3th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
6
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
1OO%
- Time Over Primary:
012302K - 012333K
- Altitude of Attack:
25,700 - 26,460
- Weather Over Target:
CAVU
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Mining results excellent - 40 out of 48 mines carried estimated to
be effective. Believed shipping seriously disrupted in Kure Harbor
for several days. Enemy air opposition nil. AA slight and
inaccurate. Average mine load 8,000 lbs.
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