MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 274
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Date:
16/17 July 1945
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Target:
Hiratsuka Urban Area (90.17)
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Participating Unit:
314th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
132
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
97.72% (129 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M47A2 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose and AN-M17
500# incendiary cluster fuzed to open 5,000 feet above the
Target.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
1,162.5 tons on Primary and 10 tons on Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary:
170032K - 170212K
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Altitude of Attack:
10,900 - 15,200
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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 reported as unobserved to good.
Several A/C crews reported huge explosions in
Target area and smoke
rising to 10,000 feet. The
Target was visible to only 5 A/C crews.
Flak at Target was heavy and light, meager and
inaccurate. Two to 4 S/L's
observed. Eleven A/C landed
at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 16,923 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 765
gallons.
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