MISSION SUMMARY
Mission Number 327
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Date:
14 August 1945
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Target:
Marifu R.R. Yards ( 90.30 - 2202 )
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Participating Unit:
313th BW
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Number A/C Airborne:
115
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% A/C Bombing Primary:
93.91% (108 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
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Type of Bombs and Fuzes:
M64, 500# G.P. bombs fuzed with 1/10 sec. delay nose and 1/100 sec.
delay tail.
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Tons of Bombs Dropped:
709.8 tons on Primary and 12.7 tons on Opportunity.
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Time Over Primary:
141255K - 141319K
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Altitude of Attack:
15,800 - 18,500
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Weather Over Target:
0/10 - 5/10
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Total A/C Lost:
0
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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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