08 Sep 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Submitted by ssuni86 on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 21:06

OBJECTIVE: Staggered single-aircraft night raids to bomb targets in Canton area

RESULTS: Two B-25s drop incendiary bombs on the Chungshan University area, causing fires and secondary explosions.  One B-25 bombs Tien Ho airbase and two more bomb nearby godowns.  One B-25 bombs White Cloud airbase.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:33 p.m. on September 08 to 12:58 a.m. on September 09

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Six B-25s from the 491st Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Hunt

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 44 x 100-pound bombs; 16 x 250-pound bombs; 8 x 500-pound incendiary bombs

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).

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