MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 234
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Date:
28 June 1945
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Target:
Okayama Urban Area
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Participating Unit:
58th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
141
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
96.6% (138 A/C)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose and E-48,
500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above
Target.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
981.5 tons
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Time Over Primary:
0343K - 0407K
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Altitude of Attack:
11,000 - 13,300
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Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 10/10
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Total A/C Lost:
1
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Resume of Mission:
Crews reported excellent results with smoke reported rising to
20,000 feet.
One-hundred-thirty-four bombed visually and 4 by radar.
Three A/C were non-effective.
Heavy and medium flak, meager to moderate and generally
inaccurate. The
B-29 lost was to unknown
reasons, but it is believed to have been lost over the
Target.
Seven E/A sighted made 2 attacks.
No claims. Four A/C
landed at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 14,565 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 853
gallons.
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