MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 240
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Date:
1 July 1945
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Target:
Kure Urban Area
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Participating Unit:
58th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
160
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
94.24% (152 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
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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.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
1,081.7 on Primary and 14.3 on Opportunity
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Time Over Primary:
0102K - 0305K
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Altitude of Attack:
10,300 - 11,800
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Weather Over Target:
6/10 - 8/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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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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