MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 165

 

  1. Date:  10 May 1945
     
  1. Code Name:  Fainter #1
     
  1. Target:  Otake Oil Refinery       90.30-2121
                    Kure Urban Area        (Secondary)
     
  1. Participating Unit:  314th Bombardment Wing
     
  1. Number A/C Airborne:  132
     
  1. % A/C Bombing Primary:  74%  (112 primary and 14 opportunity)
     
  1. Time Over Target:  101048K  - 101114K
     
  1. Altitude of Attack:  14,620 – 19,700
     
  1. Weather Over Target:  0/10
     
  1. Total A/C Lost:  1
     
  1. Resume of Mission.  First photographs showed concentration of bursts in Target.  The A/C lost, crashed on landing at North Field, Guam.  No casualties.  Six A/C were non-effective.  39 E/A sighted made 54 attacks and damaged 1 B-29.  Claims 3-2-8.  Flak was heavy, meager, and inaccurate.  A/A damaged 19 B-29’s.  Twelve A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  10,862 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  683 gallons.

 

 

 

 

  

    

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