Everything tagged: air raids

OBJECTIVE: Air strike against Kai Tak airfield

RESULTS: B-25s bomb buildings on the east edge of Kai Tak; American and Chinese fighter pilots dogfight with defending Japanese fighter pilots

TIME OVER TARGET: ~2:45 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

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 21^st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Unknown

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None

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 373^rd Bomb Squadron (308^th Heavy Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Seven anti-ship mines of unknown type

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Tien Ho airfield at Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~2:08 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

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 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group) escort seven B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group) and an unknown number of B-25s from the 1^st Bomb Group of the Chinese American Composite Wing. 

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Tai Koo dockyard and HK & Whampoa dockyard

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

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

OBJECTIVE: Sea sweep over South China Sea

TIME OVER TARGET: Twelve noon

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Kowloon docks

TIME OVER TARGET: ~10:50 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

• Eleven B-24s from the 308^th Bomb Group
• Thirteen P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)
• Eight P-40s from the 75^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

OBJECTIVE: Attack shipping in Victoria Harbor

TIME OVER TARGET: ~10:50 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: