MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 327

 

1. Date: 14 August 1945
    
2. Target: Marifu R.R. Yards ( 90.30 - 2202 )
    
3. Participating Unit: 313th BW
    
4. Number A/C Airborne: 115
    
5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 93.91% (108 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
    
6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M64, 500# G.P. bombs fuzed with 1/10 sec. delay nose and 1/100 sec. delay tail. 
    
7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 709.8 tons on Primary and 12.7 tons on Opportunity. 
    
8. Time Over Primary: 141255K - 141319K
    
9. Altitude of Attack: 15,800 - 18,500
    
10. Weather Over Target: 0/10 - 5/10
     
11. Total A/C Lost: 0

12. Resume of Mission: Strike photos showed excellent results, with numerous hits on the Target.  All bombing was visual.  Five A/C were non-effective.  P-38s and P-47s gave support.  Flak was heavy, moderate, generally accurate and continuously pointed.  Forty B-29s landed at Iwo Jima and 1 at Okinawa.  Average bomb load: 14,370 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 596 gallons. 

 

 

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