MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 273
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Date:
16/17 July 1945
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Target:
Kuwana Urban Area (90.20)
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Participating Unit:
313th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
99
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
94.84% (94 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
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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.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
693.3 tons on Primary and 16 tons on Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary:
170225K - 170340K
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Altitude of Attack:
10,200 - 11,300
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Weather Over Target:
10/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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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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