MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 190
- Date: 7 June 1945
- Target: Shimonoseki
Straits, Fukuoka, and Karatsu.
- Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C Airborne:
31
- % A/C Bombing Primary:
83.82% (26 A/C)
- Type Mines and Settings:
Mk26 and Mk 25 mines, with various settings.
- Number of Mines Laid:
240 each 1000# mines and 29 each 2000# mines on primary
- Time Over Primary:
070128K - 070239K
- Altitude of Attack:
5700 - 8400 feet
- Weather Over Target:
8/10 - 10/10
- Total A/C Lost: 0
- Resume of Mission:
Minefields Mike, Love, and Charlie were re-mined. A/A was nil and
the 5 E/A sighted made no attacks. Five B-29’s were non-effective.
Four landed at Iwo Jima and 1 landed at Okinawa. Average Mine
Load: 12,713 lbs. Average Fuel Reserve: 889 gallons.
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