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F.P. Lenfestey died on his 57th birthday,

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.

A lovely sunny day - death certainly picks odd moments to satisfy itself. Mathieu went on a nullah fatigue and by accident touched the wire - he stuck and after a time /asp was able to break away - his last words - "It is too late" and then was unconscious until death. All possible was done - Stimpson who was ill for a long time died this morning.

This is a very bad day indeed. Mathieu's funeral will be sometime tomorrow

Choir practice 11-noon at St Stephens. Took Bon back first.

((G)).

Steve pm concert at St Stephens.

No raids today.

Japs obviously anxious re outcome of Quebec Conference. Their paper is full of wild guesses & ridicule & fantastic claims.

Black-out cancelled. Japs had black-out 11pm to 11.20pm

OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep and reconnaissance flight over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:30 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three P-40Ks from 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:  1^st Lt. William B. Hawkins; 1^st Lt. Samuel P.M. Kinsey; 1^st 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).