MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 298
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Date:
28/29 July 1945
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Target:
Aomori Urban Area
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Participating Unit:
58th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
65
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
93.84% (61 Primary and 3 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
E48, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above Target.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
546.5 tons on Primary and 27.5 tons on Primary.
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Time Over Primary:
282337K - 290048K
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Altitude of Attack:
14,100 - 14,700
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Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 9/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Results were reported as excellent, with fires observed surrounding
the MPI in the NE Target
area. Smoke was rising to
20,000 feet. Aircraft on
this mission staged from Iwo
Jima. A few bursts of
inaccurate heavy flak was reported over
Target.
Eleven E/A sighted did not attack.
Thirty-seven bombed visually and 24 by radar.
One A/C was non-effective.
Twelve A/C acted as pathfinders.
Leaflets were dropped on this mission.
Two wind-Run A/C were A/B. Seven
B-29s landed at
Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 18,498 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 667
gallons.
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