MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 199
- Date:
10 June 1945
- Target:
Nakajima Aircraft Co.
At Ogikubu (PV) (90.17 – 356)
Kasumigaura Seaplane Base
(PR) (90.14 – 1491)
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Participating Unit:
314th Bombardment Wing
- Number A/C
Airborne: 65
- % A/C
Bombing Primary: (PR)
68.85% (45 radar and 4 opportunity)
(PV) 10.71%
(7 aircraft)
- Type of
Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M64, 500#, general purpose, 1/100 second delay nose and non-delay
tail.
- Tons of
Bombs Dropped: 281.3 on
primary Targets and 18 tons on opportunity
- Time Over
Primary: Radar
0837K - 0859K
Visual 0924K -
0927K
- Altitude
of Attack: Radar
21,000 - 23,000 feet
Visual 21,000
- 21,100 feet
- Weather
Over Target: 10/10
- Total A/C
Lost: 1
- 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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