Mission # 151 Date: 7 May 1945 Code Name: Checkbook # 14 Target: Kanoya A/F 90.36 - 1378 Participating Unit: 313th BW Number A/C Airborne: 10 % A/C Bombing Primary: 100% Time Over Primary: 071333K Altitude of Attack: 14,400 Weather Over Target: 2/10 - 3/10 Total A/C Lost: 0 Resume of Mission: Crews reported bomb pattern clustered in hangar and service areas with 4 near misses on hangars and 3 hits on buildings. Results believed excellent. Enemy air opposition----37 E/A sighted with 26 attacks made. Enemy aircraft destroyed none, 1 probably destroyed with 2 damaged. Three B-29s damaged by flak. Average bomb load: 11,097 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 776 gallons.

Mission # 152 Date: 7 May 1945 Code Name: Infirmary # 2 Target: Ibusuki A/F 90.38 - 2507 Participating Unit: 313th BW Number A/C Airborne: 11 % A/C Bombing Primary: 91% (10 A/C) Time Over Primary: 071308K Altitude of Attack: 12,000 Weather Over Target: 2/10 - 3/10 Total A/C Lost: 0 Resume of Mission: Crews reported bomb pattern on ramp hangars and area beyond to northwest of hangars. No direct hits observed on installations. Much smoke obscured target. Enemy air opposition----24 E/A sighted with 14 attacks made. Enemy aircraft destroyed or probably destroyed none with 2 damaged. Two B-29s landed at Iwo Jima. Average bomb load: 11,583 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 920 gallons. AA nil.

Mission # 153 Date: 7 May 1945 Code Name: Camlet # 1 Target: Oita A/F 90.33 - 1308 Participating Unit: 313th BW Number A/C Airborne: 10 % A/C Bombing Primary: 100% Time Over Primary: 071329K Altitude of Attack: 12,250 Weather Over Target: 2/10 - 3/10 Total A/C Lost: 2 Resume of Mission: Strike attack photos showed bombing results to be unsatisfactory. Approximately 39 bursts south of the town of Lyutusaki, 3 1/2 miles east of briefed target. Enemy air opposition---50 E/A sighted with 75 attacks made. Enemy aircraft destroyed---13, probably destroyed---11, and 0 damaged. One aircraft ditched on return after 2 engines were shot out by E/A----10 of 11 crew members rescued. One aircraft missing over target, probably due to E/A. Four aircraft landed at Iwo Jima. AA heavy, meager and inaccurate. Average bomb load: 13,227 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 712 gallons.

Mission # 154 Date: 7 May 1945 Code Name: Bloway # 3 Target: Usa A/F 90.33 - 1307 Participating Unit: 313th BW Number A/C Airborne: 11 % A/C Bombing Primary: 100% Time Over Primary: 071307K Altitude of Attack: 14,100 Weather Over Target: 2/10 - 3/10 Total A/C Lost: 1 Resume of Mission: Crews reported bursts were visible on apron and extended northeast to cover part of field. No bursts seen in hangar area. Enemy air opposition---34 E/A sighted with 40 attacks made. Enemy aircraft destroyed---21, prob- ably destroyed---5, and 0 damaged. AA heavy, meager and inaccurate. One B-29 lost over target, presumably to E/A. Four aircraft landed at Iwo Jima. Average bomb load: 13,319 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 675 gallons.

Mission # 186 Date: 29 May 1945 Target: Yokohama Area Participating Units: 58th BW, 73rd BW, 313th BW, 314th BW Number of A/C Airborne: 510 % A/C Bombing Primary: 90.8% 454 Primary and 21 Opportunity) Time Over Primary: 291014K - 291129K Altitude of Attack: 17,500 - 21,000 Weather Over Target: 9/10 high clouds Total A/C Lost: 7 Resume of Mission: Available photos indicated excellent bombing results. A total of 6.9 square miles of the city were burned and destroyed. A total of 2, 569.6 tons of bombs were dropped on the primary target and 105.6 tons on targets of opportunity. Thirty-five A/C were non-effective. Fighter opposition consisted of 55 A/C sighted making 110 attacks. Claims were 6-5-10. Flak was heavy, meager to intense, accurate to inaccurate and shot down 3 B-29s. The B-29s were escorted by 101 P-51s. Two P-51s were lost over the target. One B-29 was intentionally rammed. Two A/C ditched. Thirty-nine A/C landed at Iwo Jima. Average bomb load: 12,040 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 811 gallons.

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