MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 237

      

1. Date: 28 June 1945
    
2. Target: Nobeoka Urban Area
    
3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 122
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 95.9% (117 A/C)
    
6. 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. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 828.8 tons on Primary
    
8. Time Over Primary: 0246K - 0417K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 7,000 - 12,000
    
10. Weather Over Target: 8/10 - 9/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
12. 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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