MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 273

        

  1. Date: 16/17 July 1945
     
  2. Target: Kuwana Urban Area (90.20)
     
  3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 99
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 94.84% (94 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
     
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: AN-M47A2 and AN-M47A3, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose and E46, 500# incendiary clusters fuzed to open 5,000 feet above Target. 
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 693.3 tons on Primary and 16 tons on Opportunity. 
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 170225K - 170340K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 10,200 - 11,300
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 10/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
  1. Resume of Mission: Results were unobserved, but a bright glow and moderate thermals were reported over the Target.  Only 1 A/C saw the Target.  Three A/C were non-effective.  Nine E/A sighted made 1 attack.  Flak in the Target area was heavy and light, meager and inaccurate.  Twelve ground-to-air rockets were observed.  Total A/B does not include 1 Super Dumbo and 1 Wind-Run A/C.  Four A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 15,623 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 829 gallons. 

 

 

 

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