MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 142
- Date: 4 May 1945
- Code Name:
Cockcrow #3
- Target: Saeki
A/F 90.33 - 1306
- Participating Unit:
314th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
9
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
100%
- Time Over Primary:
041008K - 041015K
- Altitude of Attack:
18,200 - 18,150
- Weather Over Targets
0/10 haze
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Strike attack pictures showed bombing results were fair. Area of
bursts across Target approximately 800 foot wide. One aircraft
probably destroyed. Field remained operational. On the field 38
aircraft visible, all but one S/E. Enemy air opposition 10 E/A
sighted made no attacks. A/A nil. One aircraft landed at Iwo
Jima. Average bomb load: 10,224 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 875
gallons.
Next Mission
|