MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 303
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Date:
28/29 July 1945
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Target:
Shimotsu Oil Refinery (XXI 5046)
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Participating Unit:
315 BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
82
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
92.68% (76 Primary and 1 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
AN-M64, 500# G.P. with 1/10 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
658.3 tons on Primary and 16.7 tons on Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary:
282302K - 290123K
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Altitude of Attack:
10,100 - 12,000
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Weather Over Target:
4/10 - 10/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Bombing results were unobserved.
All bombing was by radar.
Five A/C were non-effective.
Twelve E/A sighted made no attacks.
Flak was heavy, meager, inaccurate to accurate.
One B-29 was
damaged by flak. Two
Wind-Run A/C were A/B. Two
A/C that bombed Primary also bombed Opportunity.
Two B-29s landed
at Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 18,375 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 1,145
gallons.
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