25 Oct 1942, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Submitted by ssuni86 on Sat, 07/01/2017 - 23:47

OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance over Canton airfields

TIME OVER TARGET: ~1:00 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One P-43A Lancer loaned to the 75th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group) by the Chinese Air Force

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1st Lt. Joseph H. Griffin

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: 15-20 aircraft observed on the ground at White Cloud airbase

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Aircraft observed on the ground

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).

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