MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 262
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Date:
11/12 July 1945
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Target:
Rashin, Fusan, Shimonoseki Straits, Miyazu, Maizuru, and Obama
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Participating Unit:
313th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
30
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
83.33% (25 Primary and 2 Alternate)
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Type of Mines Planted:
MK26-36, 1000# and MK25, 2000# mines with various settings.
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Tons of Mines Planted:
150 tons on Primary and 13 tons on Alternate.
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Time Over Primary:
120032K - 120247K
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Altitude of Attack:
6,900 - 9,400
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Weather Over Target:
4/10 - 10/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Of the 199 mines dropped it was estimated 198 were effective to
maintain the blockades and mine the new harbor
Target.
No E/A sighted. Only
3 A/C reported flak, which was heavy, meager and inaccurate.
Several ineffective S/L's observed.
Seven A/C landed at
Iwo Jima. Average mine
load: 12,082 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 558 gallons.
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