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14 Jan 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 22:53

OBJECTIVE: Fly reconnaissance mission over Hong Kong

RESULTS: Reconnaissance photographs are taken that show a 325-foot ship sinking in the channel where B-24s laid mines in Victoria Harbor on January 11.

TIME OVER TARGET: Unknown, but during daylight

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Unknown, but likely a single F-4 or F-5 from the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Unknown

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None

11 Jan 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 22:37

OBJECTIVE: Drop anti-ship mines into Victoria Harbor

RESULTS: B-24s successfully drop mines into shipping channels of Victoria Harbor.  Reconnaissance mission flown three days later photographs a 325-foot ship sinking in the channel where the mines are laid.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:30 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two B-24s from the 373rd Bomb Squadron (308th Heavy Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Seven anti-ship mines of unknown type

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

02 Dec 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 02/18/2019 - 22:42

OBJECTIVE: Bomb the Kowloon shipyards (most likely the HK & Whampoa dockyard)

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

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Eight P-40s from the 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group) escort seven B-25s from the 11th Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group) and an unknown number of B-25s from the 1st Bomb Group of the Chinese American Composite Wing. 

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: