MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 299
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Date:
28/29 July 1945
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Target:
Ichinomiya Urban Industrial Area (90.20)
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Participating Unit:
73rd BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
127
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
96.20% (122 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
E46 and M17, 500# incendiary clusters set to open at 5,000 feet
above Target and M47, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
868.8 tons on Primary and 16.7 tons on Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary:
282356K - 290148K
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Altitude of Attack:
13,500 - 16,700
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Weather Over Target:
4/10 - 8/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Early photos revealed many large fires in center of city.
Twenty-six A/C bombed visually and 96 by radar.
Three A/C were non-effective.
Nineteen E/A sighted made 14 attacks and damaged 4
B-29s.
No claims. Flak was
heavy, meager, inaccurate, barrage and continuously pointed.
Approximately 20 S/L's were seen.
Seven B-29s
landed at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 14,833 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 758
gallons.
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