MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 166
- Date: 10 May 1945
- Code Name: Anaphase
#1
- Target: O’Shima Oil
Storage 90.32-1884
Kure Naval Arsenal 90.30-757A
- Participating Unit:
58th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
88
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
90.40% (80 primary and 4 opportunity)
- Time Over Primary:
101105K - 101150K
- Altitude of Attack:
16,850 - 18,700
- Weather Over Target:
0/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Crews reported bombing accuracy good to excellent, with 7 tanks
appeared to have been hit. Greatest concentration of bombs in
Target. Three unidentified buildings in area hit. Twenty-nine E/A
sighted made 3 attacks and no B-29’s were damaged. Claims: 0-0-1.
Flak was heavy, meager, and inaccurate. Enemy A/A damaged 4
B-29’s. Six A/C landed at Iwo Jima. Average Bomb Load: 10,607
lbs. Average Fuel Reserve: 760 gallons.
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