MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 301

 

  1. Date: 28/29 July 1945
     
  2. Target: Ogaki Urban Rules
     
  3. Participating Unit: 314th BW
      
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 96
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 93.54% (90 A/C)
     
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: E46 and M17A1, 500# incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above Target and M47A2, 100# incendiary bombs with instantaneous nose. 
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 658.7 tons
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 290152K - 290350K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 14,000 - 16,400
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 2/10 - 5/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
      
  12. Resume of Mission: Crews reported unobserved to excellent bombing results.  Photo reconnaissance revealed 38% of the city had been destroyed.  Six A/C were non-effective.  The tar- get was visible to 61 A/C and not visible to 31.  Twenty-eight E/A made 21 attacks and damaged 2 B-29s.  Flak was reported as heavy, meager and inaccurate, also meager to intense.  Twelve to 35 S/L's were ineffective.  One Wind-Run A/C and 1 Broadcast A/C were A/B. Ten B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 14,977 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 594 gallons.  Claims were 1-0-0. 

 

        

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