Everything tagged: air raids

OBJECTIVE: Take reconnaissance photographs of Kowloon

TIME OVER TARGET: ~9:15 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One F-4 or F-5 (photo-recon version of the P-38)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: Recon photos of Kowloon show no evidence of damage from the B-24 raid the previous evening (Nov. 15).  Numerous ships are at the HK & Whampoa dockyard.

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None

OBJECTIVE: Bomb POL (petroleum, oil, and lubricants) depot at Lai Chi Kok

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:30 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Ten B-25s from the 11^th Medium Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group) escorted by three P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group).  Two additional P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron are tasked with skip-bombing ships in Victoria Harbor.  All aircraft belong to the 14^th Air Force.

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

OBJECTIVE: Bomb shipping in Victoria Harbor

TIME OVER TARGET: ~1:45 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three P-40s from 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group, 14^th Air Force)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Morrison; Lt. Mimmack[?]; Lt. Robert M. Cage

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Two 500-pound bombs and 1,500 rounds of .50-caliber heavy machine gun ammunition

RESULTS: One 450-foot freighter or tanker possibly named the Shirogane Maru damaged near Stonecutters Island.  One 50-foot launch sunk.

OBJECTIVE: Skip-bomb ships in convoy near Hong Kong.  This is the first time that American fighter pilots in the China theatre attempt skip-bombing, which will become a widespread tactic used by 14^th Air Force pilots to attack Japanese ships. 

TIME OVER TARGET: ~1:15 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Four P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group, 14^th Air Force)

OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep and reconnaissance flight over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:30 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three P-40Ks from 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:  1^st Lt. William B. Hawkins; 1^st Lt. Samuel P.M. Kinsey; 1^st Lt. Richard Mauritson

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: Pilots report there is very little air activity and river traffic in Canton area

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None

OBJECTIVE: Bomb HK & Whampoa dockyard

TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:40 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Fourteen B-24s from 323^rd, 325^th, and 425^th Bomb Squadrons (308^th Heavy Bomb Group).  Fighter escort consists of seven P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron and ten P-38s from the 449^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group).  All aircraft are from the 14^th Air Force.

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Tien Ho airfield at Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:20 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Five B-25C medium bombers from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Squadron) escorted by eleven P-40s from the 16^th and 76^th Fighter Squadrons (23^rd Fighter Group).  All units are from the China-based 14^th Air Force.

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 

OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: Just after daylight

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One P-40 fighter plane from 76^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1^st Lt. William Steffano

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: No significant Japanese activity observed

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None

OBJECTIVE: Bomb Tai Koo dockyard

TIME OVER TARGET: ~4:12 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Seven B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group).  All of the B-25s and many of the pilots and aircrew are on their second run of the day to Hong Kong.  Escorting fighters include six P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron and seven P-40s from the 76^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group).  All aircraft are from the 14^th Air Force.

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 

OBJECTIVE: Bomb HK & Whampoa dockyard

TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:45 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Eight B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group) and seven P-40s from the 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group).  All aircraft are from the 14^th Air Force.

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: