Dr. Sidney Gerald Kirkby-Gomes, aged 78, dies at the French Hospital in Causeway Bay.
He was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, trained in Edinburgh.
Sources:
Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006, 634
http://gwulo.com/node/8741 (work of Patricia Lim)
Jap M.O. ((medical officer?)) ????? ((word with red blot)) sick men for repatriation
Fine, cold.
Cigs 4 Pkts Y1.00.
Played softball pm. lost 30-20.
With Steve pm.
Men on Medical list of Repatriation inspected by Jap M.O.s
No news. Fed up with inactivity & waiting & half starvation.
OBJECTIVE: P-40 pilots fly a “diversionary alert” over Canton
TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:30 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Seven P-40s from the 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Bell, Lt. Lundy, Lt. Meyer, Lt. Strantz, Bates, Lt. Gordon F. Bennett, La Touralle
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
RESULTS: None
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Two Japanese fighters are spotted, but they do not engage.
AIRCRAFT LOSSES: One P-40 is lost when Lt. Bennett develops engine trouble and bails out.
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).