MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 227

      

1. Date: 26 June 1945
    
2. Target: Atsuta Factory, Nagoya Arsenal and Nippon Vehicle Co. (90.25 - 197 and 241)
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 32
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 77.5% (25 Primary and 6 Opportunity)
    
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: 143.8 tons on Primary and 36 tons on Opportunity
    
8. Time Over Primary: 1010K - 1029K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 15,500 - 19, 910
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 1
     
12. Resume of Mission: Incomplete strike photos revealed pattern of bombs across NE portion of Target.  Two formations hit the Target with fair results.  Sixteen A/C bombed visually and 9 by radar.  One A/C was non-effective.  Flak was heavy, meager to moderate inaccurate to accurate.  No friendly fighters observed in Target area.  The B-29 lost in the Target area was to flak.  12 crew members bailed out at sea and were rescued.  Twenty-nine E/A made 52 attacks.  Claims were 4-2-1.  Four A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 12,573 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 648 gallons. 

 

 

 

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