MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 229

      

1. Date: 26 June 1945
    
2. Target: Aichi A/C Co. at Eitoku (90.20 - 1729)
    
3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 67
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 74.50% (50 Primary and 14 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M66, 2000# G.P., and 1/100 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 346 tons on Primary and 98 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 1013K - 1034K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 11,200 - 24,700
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 2
     
12. Resume of Mission: A number of bombs fell in the harbor SE of the Target.  Smoke and fire observed visually and 47 by radar.  Three A/C were non-effective.  Flak was heavy, meager to moderate, inaccurate.  Up to 100 friendly fighters were seen in the Target area.  Of A/C lost, one was damaged by flak over the Target and 1 is missing.  Seventeen E/A made 4 attacks.  No claims.  Average bomb load: 14,324 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 574 gallons.  Fifteen A/C landed at Iwo Jima. 

 

 

 

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