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12 Jul 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Showery.

((G))

No swim.

((G))

Choir practice 5-5.30.

Evan’s gear sent for. ((Probably Pennefather-Evans, who Jones reported was arrested the day before.))

((G))

12 Jul 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~9:30 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two P-40K from 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Major Norval C. Bonawitz; Lt. Anderson

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: Due to clouds and rain, pilots are unable to see the ground in the 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).