Pages tagged: Air Raid

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Whampoa docks in Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~4:00 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Six P-38s from the 449^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain L.O. Gregg; 2^nd Lt. Weber

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Unknown, but since only four of the six P-38s carry bombs, probably 8 x 500-pound general-purpose bombs

RESULTS: P-38 pilots claim three hits on Whampoa docks

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Up to seventeen Ki-44-II led by Captain Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu.

OBJECTIVE: Bomb ships in Victoria Harbor

TIME OVER TARGET: ~2:00 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Ten P-38 Lightnings from the 449^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 2^nd Lt. Gregg; 2^nd Lt. Newnom; 2^nd Lt. Ivan A. Rockwell; 2^nd Lt. Taylor

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Four P-38s use skip-bombing tactics and drop 4 x 500-pound bombs, while six P-38s fly top cover

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Kowloon docks and godowns

TIME OVER TARGET: Due to heavy cloud cover, the bombers do not reach the target

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Nine B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group) and an unspecified number of escorting fighters, probably from the 74^th and/or 449^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group).  All aircraft are from the 14^th Air Force.

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Kowloon docks

TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:45 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Kowloon docks and mine Victoria Harbor

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:00 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Twenty B-24s from the 373^rd, 374^th, 375^th and 425^th Bomb Squadrons (308^th Heavy Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

OBJECTIVE: P-40 pilots fly a “diversionary alert” over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:30 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Seven P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Bell, Lt. Lundy, Lt. Meyer, Lt. Strantz, Bates, Lt. Gordon F. Bennett, La Touralle

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: None

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Two Japanese fighters are spotted, but they do not engage.

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: One P-40 is lost when Lt. Bennett develops engine trouble and bails out.

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Tien Ho airfield at Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:55 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: