MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 323
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Date:
10 August 1945
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Target:
Nakajima Aircraft Co. at Ogikuku (90.12 - 356) Tokyo Arsenal (90.17
- 3600) PR
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Participating Unit:
314th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
78
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
89.78% ( 70 Radar and 3 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
M66, 2,000# G.P. and M64, 500# G.P. bombs with instantaneous nose
and non-delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
320 tons on Primary Radar and 13.5 tons on Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary
Radar: 101050K - 101059K
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Altitude of Attack:
22,000 - 26,200
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Weather Over Target:
5/10 - 7/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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Resume of Mission:
Results unobserved to good.
Fighter escort provided by 50
P-47s and
P-51s from landfall to
land's end. A/C bombed
Primary Radar Target.
Nine E/A sighted did not attack.
Flak was heavy, meager to intense, accurate to inaccurate and
damaged 29 B-29s.
Thirty-three A/C sighted the
Target and 37 by
radar. Five A/C were
non-effective. Eight
B-29s landed at
Iwo Jima.
Average bomb load: 9,646 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 845
gallons.
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