MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 330

     

  1. Date: 14/15 August 1945
     
  2. Target: Isesaki Urban Area ( 90.13 )
     
  3. Participating Units: 73rd BW and 314th BW
     
  4. Number A/C Airborne: 93
     
  5. % A/C Bombing Primary: 92.47% (86 Primary and 2 Opportunity)
     
  6. Type of Bombs and Fuzes: M19, 500# incendiary cluster set to open 5,000 feet over the Target and M-47, 100# incendiary bombs fuzed with instantaneous nose.
     
  7. Tons of Bombs Dropped: 614.1 tons on Primary and 11 tons on Opportunity.
     
  8. Time Over Primary: 150108K - 150315K
     
  9. Altitude of Attack: 15,450 - 18,200
     
  10. Weather Over Target: 7/10 - 10/10
     
  11. Total A/C Lost: 0
     
  12. Resume of Mission: Results reported were unobserved to excellent.  Five A/C were non-effective.  Seventeen A/C bombed visually and 69 by radar.  Flak was heavy and A/W caliber meager and inaccurate.  Four E/A sighted did not attack.  Six B-29s landed at Iwo Jima.  Average bomb load: 14,924 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 648 gallons. 

 

 

 

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