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22 - 23 Aug 1943, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary

Tom Hutchinson's War Diary - Page 8

Supporting information:

22 Aug 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Wittenbach / Sewell

22 Aug 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Fine day.

((G))

Talk with Steve pm.

Did Hatori say more good news to come?

22 Aug 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton area

TIME OVER TARGET: ~6:00 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two P-40s from 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Morrison; 1st Lt. Harlyn Vidovich

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: No activity noted at Canton and much of area obscured by clouds

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).