MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 325

 

1. Date: 14 August 1945
    
2. Target: Hikari Naval Arsenal ( 90.32 - 671 )
    
3. Participating Unit: 58th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 167
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 94.01% (157 Primary and 4 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M64, 500# G.P. bombs fuzed with 1/100 sec. delay nose and non-delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 885 tons on Primary and 28.5 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 141417K - 141518K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 15,800 - 17,700
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 4/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Strike photos showed severe destruction of the Target.  Of the 3,540 bombs dropped on the Target, 2,273 hit within 1,000 feet of the aiming point.  Six A/C were non-effective.  All bombing was visual.  Flak was heavy, meager to intense and inaccurate and damaged 7 B-29s.  No E/A sighted.  Twenty B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 12,513 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 736 gallons. 

 

 

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