F.P. Lenfestey died on his 57th birthday,
82 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
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Death of Frederick Percival Lenfesty.
Before internment he was held in room 414 of the Nam Ping Hotel.
Mr Lenfestry had a Channel Islands background.
Sources:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CHANNEL-ISLANDS/2000-06/0960763900
http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367491
Quiz concert (Drown, Gray, Clarke, Nina Valentine, S. Mackinlay, Luke, Mrs. Richards, Medley, ((unclear)), Woods, Miles, Wilson, Charter, Mrs. Charter, Dr. Mullitt, )
Death of Frederick Percival Lenfestey.
No B. O.
OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep and reconnaissance flight over Canton
TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:30 a.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three P-40Ks from 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1st Lt. William B. Hawkins; 1st Lt. Samuel P.M. Kinsey; 1st Lt. Richard Mauritson
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
RESULTS: Pilots report there is very little air activity and river traffic in Canton area
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None
AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None
SOURCES: Original mission report 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).