MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 163

 

1. Date:  10 May 1945
    

2. Code Name:  Indices #1
    

3. Target: Tokuyama Naval Fuel Station   90.32-73 
                 Kure Naval Arsenal                     90.30-657A
    

4. Participating Unit:  73rd Bombardment Wing
    

5. Number A/C Airborne:  60
    

6. % A/C Bombing Primary:  93%  (54 primary and 2 opportunity)
    

7. Time Over Target:  1010552K – 101103K
    

8. Altitude of Attack:  14,900 – 20,000
    

9. Weather Over Target:  2/10
    

10. Total A/C Lost:  0
     

11. Resume of Mission:  Crew reports were that Target sustained major damage.  Direct hits on storage tanks resulted in large columns of dense smoke.  Four A/C were non-effective.  Four E/A sighed made 1 attack.  No damages.  Flak was heavy, meager and inaccurate.  Five B-29’s damaged by A/A.  Two A/C landed at Iwo Jima.  Average Bomb Load:  9726 lbs.  Average Fuel Reserve:  950 gallons.

 

 

 

  

    

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