MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 203
- Date:
15 June 1945
- Target:
Osaka-Amagasaki Urban
Area
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Participating Units:
58th, 73rd, 313th and 314th Bombardment Wings
- Number A/C
Airborne: 511
- % A/C
Bombing Primary:
84.36% (444 primary and 25 opportunity)
- Type of
Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M17
A1 and E46, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5000’ above Target,
and AN-M47A2 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose.
- Tons of
Bombs Dropped: 3157.3
on primary, and 176.1 on opportunity.
- Time Over
Primary: 0944K - 1155K
- Altitude
of Attack: 16,300 -
26,900 feet
- Weather
Over Target: 10/10
- Total A/C
Lost: 2
- Resume of
Mission: Cloud coverage
has prevented photo reconnaissance pictures from being taken of the
Target. Flak was heavy, meager, and generally inaccurate. One
hundred P-51’s were airborne as escort, but turned-back because of
poor weather conditions. One B-29 crashed off runway, and 1 crashed
into the sea 4 miles north of Guam. Thirty-two B-29s were
non-effective. Forty-three B-29’s landed at Iwo Jima. Average Bomb
Load: 13,577 lb. Average Fuel Reserve: 708 gallons.
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