OBJECTIVE: Bomb HK & Whampoa dockyard
TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:15 a.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Six B-25s from the 11th Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group) escorted by nine P-40K and P-40Ms from the 74th FS (23rd Fighter Group). All aircraft belong to the 14th Air Force.
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:
- P-40s: Captain Arthur W. Cruikshank; Lt. Anderson; Lt. Dueseler; 1st Lt. Harlyn Vidovich; Lt. Meyer; Lt. Mao; Lt. Martin; Lt. Mauritson; Lt. Laepe; Lt. McKinnon; Lt. Elling; Lt. Sorenson
- B-25 #41: Captain Lloyd J. Murphy; 2nd Lt. James W. Funk; 1st Lt. William M. Rose; 2nd Lt. William H.C. White; Tech Sgt. Charles H. Patton; Sgt. James M. Ayers; Staff Sgt. George A. Atack
- B-25 #36: 2nd Lt. Edgar N. Gentry; Flight Officer Richard M. Gramling; 2nd Lt. Ralph Kamhi; Sgt. William H. Johnson; Staff Sgt. Robert D. Shaak
- B-25 #39: 2nd Lt. Herbert F. Hempe; 2nd Lt. Dow J. Richter; 2nd Lt. Robert D. Guma; Staff Sgt. Loren Morris; Sgt. Golden U. Gallup; Corporal Anthony C. DeLucenay
- B-25 #68: 1st Lt. Don H. Milam; Flight Officer William R. Monroe; 2nd Lt. C.A. Lutton; Sgt. Rafael C. Arellano; Staff Sgt. William W. Johnson; Sgt. James T. Borgia
- B-25 #61: 1st Lt. Cleve L. Bingham; 2nd Lt. Richard C. Battle; 2nd Lt. Raymond J. Mazanowski; 2nd Lt. Robert B. Fischborn; Tech Sgt. George W. Gouldthrite; Staff Sgt. Louie L. Lucas; Staff Sgt. R.P. Betts
- B-25 #55: 2nd Lt. Robert A. Nice; 2nd Lt. William F. Angell; 2nd Lt. Clyde H. Wells; Staff Sgt. Henry M. Ellis; Staff Sgt. Walter J. Schenayder
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 36 250-kilogram demolition bombs
RESULTS: B-25s bomb HK & Whampoa dockyard with undetermined results
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).