MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 234

      

  1. Date: 28 June 1945
     
  2. Target: Okayama Urban Area
     
  3. Participating Unit: 58th BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 141
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 96.6% (138 A/C)
     
  6. 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. 
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 981.5 tons
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 0343K - 0407K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 11,000 - 13,300
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 10/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 1
     
  12. 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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