MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 193
- Date:
9 June 1945
- Target:
Aichi Aircraft Works,
Atsuta Plant at Nagoya
City of Hamamatsu (PR)
(90.20-2010/198)
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Participating Unit:
313th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C
Airborne: 44
- % A/C
Bombing Primary: 96.6%
(42 primary and 1 PR)
- Type of
Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M56, 4000#, light case, instantaneous nose and non-delay tail,
and AN-M66, 2000# G.P., instantaneous nose and non-delay tail.
- Tons of
Bombs Dropped: 265 tons
on primary and 6 tons on PR
- Time Over
Primary: 091017K -
091023K
- Altitude
of Attack: 19,000 -
20,700 feet
- Weather
Over Target: 0/10
- Total A/C
Lost: 0
- Resume of
Mission: Photo
reconnaissance showed the plant to be approximately 95.7% destroyed
or damaged. The Nagoya Plant of the Aichi A/C Engine Works was 53
percent destroyed or damaged. Flak was heavy, moderate, and
generally inaccurate. Thirty-two E/A sighted made 87 attacks.
Claims were 2-3-2. Seven B-29’s landed at Iwo Jima. Average Bomb
Load: 14,233 lbs. Average Fuel Reserve: 703 gallons.
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