Notes:
21st - Salt - 2 1/2 ¢ ((Catties)) Ration .60
22nd - Elec. Bill 19.92
25/3/44 - Started refining salt + evaporating in grill pan
26/3/44 - 2¢ ((Catties)) Toilet Paper 16.-
28/3/44 - Planted Peas in 2 shallow flower pots.
Supporting information:
Fine, hazy.
Rumours re Continental landing & rep. still sticking it pretty well. Paper makes it obvious that the Russians are going ahead very well.
Black-out ordered & lights out at 9.30pm.
With Steve pm.
OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight to determine weather conditions over Canton
RESULTS: Pilot reports light overcast at 7,000 feet and very heavy ground haze and fog.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~6:30 a.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One P-40 from the 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Lt. Thomas P. Bennett
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None
AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None
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).