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Issue of 1 tin corned mutton (4)

R.C. Passion play

Jap Roll Call

OBJECTIVE: Harass the Canton airfields with a series of one-plane night raids staggered over a four-hour period

RESULTS: Due to poor weather conditions only three of eight B-25s reach the target and release their bombs; two B-25s run out of fuel and crash.

TIME OVER TARGET: From 8:25 p.m. on April 6 to 12:37 a.m. on April 7

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Eight B-25s from the 11th Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 24 x parachute fragmentation bomb clusters; 6 x 500-pound bombs

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: Two B-25s go down on the return flight when their crews are unable to find landing fields and run out of fuel over friendly territory.  All crewmen successfully bail out and eventually return to duty.

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).

Tom Hutchinson's War Diary - Page 38

Notes:

6/4/44 - 20 Mo Chi's   5-00   1 Race Ticket  1.00
            - Balance for Jim's tires - Jok Kee   60.-
11th - Yesterday bot 5¢ Mint  planted 7 sprigs in flowerpot, today, planted 2 I. ((Irish)) Potato eyes in same pot, as soil very loose, good for potatoes.
14th - Rent for Apl (pd Chu)   10.-
        - Newspaper 14th March to 10 Apl    4.50

Supporting information:

Wet, humid.

Ground rice for bread. Grinder broke.  

Roll call 2pm after German lessons.

Saw Steve pm. He’s much better.

Hatori gone to Japan.