MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 279

        

1. Date: 19/20 July 1945
    
2. Target: Chosi Urban Area
    
3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 97
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 93.81% (91 A/C)
     
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: E46, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above Target, 500# T4E4 frag.  clusters set to open 1,000 feet below A/C and AN-M47A2 and AN-M47A3 100# incendiary bombs fuzed with instantaneous nose. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 628.8 tons
    
8. Time Over Primary: 200131K - 200252K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 10,200 - 11,400
    
10. Weather Over Target: 3/10 - 10/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Good fires were reported with smoke rising to 10,000 feet.  Three E/A sighted made no attacks.  The Target was visible only to 1 A/C. Six A/C were non-effective.  Flak at Target was heavy, medium and light, meager to moderate and inaccurate.  Two to 6 ground-to-air rockets were observed.  Two RCM and 1 Wind-Run A/C were A/B. Three B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 16,468 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 852 gallons. 

 

 

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