MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 232

      

1. Date: 26 June 1945
    
2. Target: Utsube Oil Refinery, Yokkaichi (90.20 - 1684)
    
3. Participating Unit: 315th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 35
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 92.4% (33 Primary and 1 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: 222.8 tons on Primary and 6.7 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 262335K - 270150K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 15,000 - 16,000
    
10. Weather Over Target: 9/10 - 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
12. Resume of Mission: Two strings of bombs were in the Target within a 2000-foot radius and 3 strings approximately 7,500 feet WNW of aiming point and 1 string approximately 9,000 feet NNW of aiming point.  Thirty A/C bombed by radar and 3 visually.  One A/C was non-effective.  Flak was heavy, nil to meager, and generally inaccurate.  Twenty-nine ineffective S/L's observed in Target area.  One A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  No E/A were sighted.  Average bomb load: 14,631 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 1320 gallons. 

 

 

 

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