Camp Commandant – Col. Takanada
Jap. Military Officer to be stationed at Stanley in place of Mr Maejima
Mr. Makimara, of Jap. Consular Service, to be Liaison Officer between Jap. Military authorities and Foreign Affairs Department. - “Full ration for children over 6; and under 6 receive 300 grammes of rice” As from 1.8.44
A beautiful day. The bad weather seems to have exhausted itself.
Coal issued in lieu of firewood.
H.Qs and godown preparing for change of administration.
Ground bread rice.
Jap paper hard put to cover our advances on all fronts. Goebbels makes a stupid speech describing the attempt on Hitler’s life and avers therein that Hitler is still alive. Why should he have to make a long speech to that effect if Hitler himself could have spoken or shown himself. Consensus is, He is either dead or so seriously injured that Goebbels had to act for him. The whole affair shows that rot has set in at the head of the German Army.
New Ad. to take over 31st.inst. i/c Col. Takanada, Mr. Hakimura [?] will act a laison [sic] officer between him & Hattori in the F.A. office.
Raid by 1 plane about 2.30am.
With Steve pm.
OBJECTIVE: Single-aircraft night raid to harass Canton airfields and prevent JAAF from flying night bombing missions
RESULTS: Bombs are dropped on Tien Ho, White Cloud, and White Cloud satellite fields, but damage is unknown.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:53 to 9:15 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One B-25J from 11th Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1st Lt. Denning M. Perdew; 2nd Lt. Raymond S. Horey; 1st Lt. Thomas B. Cox; 2nd Lt. Elmo B. Hessler; Staff Sgt. Paul A. LeFrancois; Staff Sgt. Steven Simon; Sgt. William C. Whaley
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 12 x 100-pound bombs; 4 x packages of JM-3 propaganda leaflets
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).