MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 199

     

  1. Date:  10 June 1945
     
  2. Target:  Nakajima Aircraft Co.  At Ogikubu  (PV)   (90.17 – 356)
                    Kasumigaura Seaplane Base  (PR) (90.14 – 1491)
     
  3. Participating Unit:  314th Bombardment Wing
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne:  65
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary:  (PR)  68.85%  (45 radar and 4 opportunity)
                                                     (PV)  10.71%  (7 aircraft)
     
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes:  AN-M64, 500#, general purpose, 1/100 second delay nose and non-delay tail.
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped:  281.3 on primary Targets and 18 tons on opportunity
     
  8. Time Over Primary:  Radar   0837K  -  0859K
                                          Visual   0924K  -  0927K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack:  Radar   21,000  -  23,000 feet
                                       Visual   21,000  -  21,100 feet
     
  10. Weather Over Target:  10/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost:  1
     
  12. Resume of Mission:  Strike attack photographs of bombing on the radar Target indicated that the Target was approximately 33% destroyed.  Heavy, meager to moderate, and inaccurate flak at West Tokyo, Tachikawa, Tokyo, and Yokohama.  Approximately 30 P-51’s observed over the Tokyo Area and on withdrawal 39 E/A sighted made 83 attacks.  Claims were 1-4-9.  Nine B-29’s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  12,028 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  704 gallons.  Fighter claims on Missions 195-200 were 22-6-12.

 

 

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