MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 256

      

  1. Date:  9 /10 July 1945
  1. Target:  Shimonoseki Straits, Niigata, and Nanao
  1. Participating Unit:  313th Bombardment Wing
  1. Number A/C Airborne:  31
  1. % A/C Bombing Primary:  93.55%  (29 primary & 1 alternate)
  1. Type of Mines Used:  Mk 26-36, 1000#: and Mk 25, 2000#, with various settings.
  1. Tons of Mines Planted:  193 tons primary & 7 tons alternate
  1. Time Over Primary:  100102K  - 100317K
  1. Altitude of Attack:  6900  - 8800 feet
  1. Weather Over Target:        0/10  - 9/10
  1. Total A/C Lost:  1
  1. Resume of Mission:  It was believed that Fishiki and Niigata harbors were closed for approximately 4 days, and the areas mined in the straits were unusable for 1 week.  Of the 274 mines dropped, it was estimated 267 were effective.  One A/C was non-effective.  18 E/A made 4 attacks.  Flak was heavy, moderate to intense, and accurate over Shimonoseki, and meager to inaccurate in others.  The A/C Lost was shot down by flak and E/A over the mining field.  8 B-29’s were damaged by flak.  9 A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Mine Load:  12,605 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  580 gallons.

 

 

 

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