OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep and reconnaissance flight over Canton
TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:30 a.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three P-40Ks from 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1st Lt. William B. Hawkins; 1st Lt. Samuel P.M. Kinsey; 1st 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).