MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 262

      

  1. Date: 11/12 July 1945
     
  2. Target: Rashin, Fusan, Shimonoseki Straits, Miyazu, Maizuru, and Obama
     
  3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 30
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 83.33% (25 Primary and 2 Alternate)
     
  6. Type of Mines Planted: MK26-36, 1000# and MK25, 2000# mines with various settings. 
     
  7. Tons of Mines Planted: 150 tons on Primary and 13 tons on Alternate. 
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 120032K - 120247K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 6,900 - 9,400
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 4/10 - 10/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0 
     
  12. 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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