MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 237
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Date:
28 June 1945
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Target:
Nobeoka Urban Area
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Participating Unit:
314th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
122
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
95.9% (117 A/C)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
E-46, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above
Target, and
AN-M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
828.8 tons on Primary
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Time Over Primary:
0246K - 0417K
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Altitude of Attack:
7,000 - 12,000
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Weather Over Target:
8/10 - 9/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Photo reconnaissance showed damage to the built up area was .515 sq.
miles or 36% of the area.
Twenty-five A/C bombed visually and 92 were by radar.
Flak was heavy, meager and inaccurate.
Six E/A sighted made 1 attack.
No claims. Five A/C
were non-effective. Six
B-29s landed at
Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 14,984 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 787
gallons.
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