MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 226

      

1. Date:  26 June 1945
    
2. Target:  Chigura Factory, Nagoya Arsenal (90.20  - 196)
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th Bombardment Wing
    
4. Number A/C Airborne:  35
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary:  92.4%   (33 aircraft)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes:  AN-M64, 500# G.P., 1/40 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail.
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped:  189.5 tons on primary.
    
8. Time Over Primary:  1007K  - 1011K
    
9. Altitude of Attack:  16,400  - 18,400 feet
    
10. Weather Over Target:        0/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost:  0
     
12. Resume of Mission:  Strike photos revealed bomb bursts covered almost the entire Target area.  One group dropped all bombs except 2 on Target.  All bombing was visual.  Flak was heavy, moderate to intense, inaccurate to accurate.  Two A/C non-effective.  Twenty-nine E/A made 56 attacks.  Claims 6-0-1.  Two A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  12,351 lbs.  Average Fuel Load:  624 gallons.

 

 

 

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