MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 206

      

1. Date:  17 June 1945
    
2. Target:  Kagoshima Urban Area   (90.38)
    
3. Participating Unit:  314th Bombardment Wing
    
4. Number A/C Airborne:  120
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary:  97.46%  (117 primary and 1 opportunity)
    
6. Type Bombs and Fuzes:  E-46 and AN-M17A1, 500#  incendiary clusters set to open at 5000’ above Target;  AN-M47A2, 100#  incendiary bombs, instantaneous nose.
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped:  809.6 tons on primary and 7 tons on opportunity.
    
8. Time Over Primary:  0006K  - 0149K
    
9. Altitude of Attack:  7000  - 9200 feet
    
10. Weather Over Target:  6/10  - 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost:  1
     
12. Resume of Mission:  Reconnaissance showed 2 sq. mi. (or 41%) of the built up area destroyed.  Total damage is now 50%.  The B-29 lost crashed into the sea 50-75 miles off coast of Japan, reason unknown.  All crew members are missing.  Two B-29’s were non-effective.  Heavy and automatic weapons A/A fire was intense, accurate and inaccurate in Target area.  Sixteen E/A sighted and made 1 attack.  Three B-29’s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  14,508 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  712 gallons.

 

  

 

 

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