MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 56

 

  1. Date:  3 April 1945
     
  2. Code Name:  Furious #1
     
  3. Target:  Nakajima A/C Factory in Koizumi 90.17  - 1545,  Secondary - Urban Tokyo
     
  4. Participating Unit:  313th Bombardment Wing
     
  5. Number A/C Airborne:  68
     
  6. % A/C Bombing Primary:  71%   (48 primary and 18 Secondary)
     
  7. Time Over Primary:  040214K  - 040341K
     
  8. Altitude of Attack:  7200 - 7950
     
  9. Weather Over Target:  10/10
     
  10. Total A/C Lost:  0
     
  11. Resume of Mission:  Bombing results  - 353,600 square feet or 9.5% of total roof area destroyed or damaged.  Total damage to date is 882,900 square feet or 23.8% of the total roof area.  Twelve aircraft were non-effective.  Enemy opposition weak - 3 attacks.  Enemy aircraft destroyed, one and none probably destroyed or damaged.  A/A heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate to accurate.  Average bomb load 14,829 lbs.  Average fuel reserve 947 gallons.  One B-29 received minor damage by E/A. Three B-29's received minor damage by A/A.

 

 

  

    

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