MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 195

     

1. Date:  10 June 1945
    
2. Target:  Nakajima Aircraft Co. at Omiya  (90.17.2097)
                  Kasumigaura Seaplane Base    (PR)
    
3. Participating Unit:  58th Bombardment Wing
    
4. Number A/C Airborne:  29
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary:  Radar Target 79.35%  (23 A/C) and 2 A/C opportunity
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes:  AN-M64, general purpose, 500#, 1/100 sec. delay nose, non-delay tail
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped:  123.3 on primary and 11.2 on opportunity
    
8. Time Over Primary:  Radar Target:  1001K  - 1012K
    
9. Altitude of Attack:  17,700  - 20,100 feet
    
10. Weather Over Target:  2/10  - 9/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost:  0
     
12. Resume of Mission:  Twenty-three A/C attacked the primary radar Target.  Visible damage included 13 buildings damaged or destroyed, according to strike photography.  Twenty-seven E/A sighted made 27 attacks.  Claims 0-4-8.  Flak was reported as heavy, nil to meager, and inaccurate.  Two B-29’s were damaged by flak.  Fighter escort of 107 P-51’s airborne from Iwo Jima.  Approximately 36 P-51’s sighted at assembly point, but none over Target.  Three B-29’s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  11,910 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  700 gallons.

 

 

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