Mission 56 - Moji Urban Area (June 26)

This was a night incendiary mission involving 30 aircraft of the 6th Bomb Group:

Final mission in June for the Sixth was flown on the 28th. Late that afternoon thirty-two B-29s took off to bomb Moji on the southern shores of the Shimonoseki Straits. Planes on the night incendiary attack found a 10/10 undercast over Moji, which removed all enemy opposition and striking clusters aimed by radar, burned out .3 sq mi of the urban area.

[Pirate’s Log, pp. 47-48]

20th AF Mission 236

Date:	28 June 1945
Target:	Moji Urban Area
Participating Units:	313th BW
Number of A/C Airborne:	101
% A/C Bombing Primary:	91.09% (91 Primary and 3 Opportunity)
Type of Bombs and Fuzes:	AN-M47A2 (100lb incendiary bombs, instantaneous nose and non-delay tail) E-46 (500lb incendiary clusters set to open 5,000 feet above target)
Tons of Bombs Dropped:	625.9 tons on Primary and 17.3 tons on Opportunity.
Time Over Primary:	0111K - 0243K
Altitude of Attack:	9,900 - 11,600
Weather Over Target:	10/10
Total A/C Lost:	0
Resume of Mission:	Photo reconnaissance revealed damage to city totaled .32 sq. miles or 28.8% of built up urban area. Only 1 A/C bombed the Primary target visually. Seven E/A sighted made 1 attack. No claims. Heavy, medium and light flak, meager and generally inaccurate over the target. Seven A/C were non-effective. Two B-29s landed at Iwo Jima. Average bomb load: 14,302 lbs. Average fuel reserve: 747 gallons.

Mission 56 – Moji Urban Area (June 26)

20th AF Mission 236