MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 240

      

  1. Date: 1 July 1945
     
  2. Target: Kure Urban Area
     
  3. Participating Unit: 58th BW
      
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 160
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 94.24% (152 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
     
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: E46, 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: 1,081.7 on Primary and 14.3 on Opportunity
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 0102K - 0305K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 10,300 - 11,800
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 6/10 - 8/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
  12. Resume of Mission: Photo reconnaissance showed 46% of the city's built-up area had been destroyed.  One-hundred twenty (120) A/C bombed by radar and 32 visually.  Six A/C were non-effective.  AA was meager and inaccurate.  One A/C was damaged by AA.  Three E/A sighted made no attacks.  No claims.  Sixteen A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 14,869 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 769 gallons. 

 

 

 

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