OBJECTIVE: Block channels in Victoria Harbor with anti-ship mines and deny the use of the harbor to the Japanese.
RESULTS: Three B-24s drop anti-ship mines into the approaches to Victoria Harbor. American intelligence now believes the port is completely blocked by mines dropped during this mission and the mission flown on August 29.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~8:38 to 9:41 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three B-24s from the 373rd Bomb Squadron (308th Heavy Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 12 x anti-ship mines
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).