MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 181

 

1. Date:  23 May 1945
    

2. Target:  Tokyo Urban Area
    

3. Participating Units:  58th, 73rd, 313th and 314th Wings
    

4. Number A/C Airborne:  558
    

5. % A/C Bombing Primary:  93.60%  (520 primary and 5 opportunity)
    

6. Time Over Primary:  240239K  - 240438K
    

7. Altitude of Attack:  7,800  - 15,100
    

8. Weather Over Target:  1/10 – 6/10
    

9. Total A/C Lost:  7
    

10. Resume of Mission:  A total of 3645.7 tons of incendiary bombs was dropped on the primary Target.  Thirty-three A/C were non-effective.  Pictures were not taken due to overcast, and damage is included in Mission Summary 183.  Two B-29’s lost to A/A, which was heavy, medium, moderate to intense, but inaccurate.  One A/C Lost to E/AC and A/A, 4 to accidents, and 10 to unknown causes.  Sixty E/A sighted made 83 attacks.  Claims were 6-1-2.  Forty-nine B-29’s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  14,138 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  633 gallons.

 

 

   

 

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