Mrs M. A. Duncan died
Diary pages from this date
Death of Maria Anne Duncan, aged 72.
Monty Johnson ((see yesterday's entry)) is buried today.
George Wright-Nooth and the fellow police officers in his mess act as pall-bearers. The coffin's covered by a sheet and on it are placed the deceased's medals, cap and cane. The Rev. Upsdell, Chaplain of the Forces, conducts the service, which is well attended.
Sources:
Duncan: http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.ht…
Johnson: George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner Of The Turnip Heads, 1994, 201
Death - Maria Anne Duncan (72), wife of R. Duncan
Issue of Y12.50
First daytime raid for long time.
Cooler, overcast, E wind.
Cookhouse construction & chopped wood.
Much movement of shipping by Japs.
With Steve pm.
Lorry arrived with wood, matches & salt fish.
OBJECTIVE: Fly post-sundown sea sweep mission to detect and sink Japanese ships in the South China Sea.
RESULTS: A lone B-24 makes a radar-guided nocturnal bomb run on ships 40 miles to the north of Hong Kong, which are later determined to be islands. The aircraft commander then opts to bomb the Kowloon docks (the designated secondary target) on the return flight with his remaining bombs. Damage is unknown.
TIME OVER TARGET: Late evening over Kowloon docks
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One B-24 from the 308th Heavy Bomb Group
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Lt. Beadle in plane #267
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 12 x 500-pound bombs (six on the islands and six on the Kowloon docks)
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None
AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None
SOURCES: Original mission reports and other documents in the Air Force Historical Research Agency archives at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
Information compiled by Steven K. Bailey, author of Bold Venture: The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945 (Potomac Books/University of Nebraska Press, 2019).