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70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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  • 14 Oct 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

    Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-29 02:22
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    Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    Jean Gittins eats her first salad (see September 1):

    Pak choi is not normally used in European cuisine and Ethel was unwilling to try it, but she noted the obvious relish with which Jeanne ate her salad and quickly changed her mind. It turned out to be delicious too when lightly cooked in oil.

    Source:

    Jean Gittins, Stanley: Behind Barbed Wire, 1982, 107

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  • 14 Oct 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2014-11-20 21:35
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    Cool am & pm. NE wind.

    Canteen buyer 58 easy day on Cookhouse.

    Got some lime & made a trowel.

    Lorry in at 5.30pm with Canteen gear, tobacco arrived too.

    Air-raid alarm 3.20 to 4.30pm.

    Good new [sic] from all fronts & Pacific. Soviets 5 mls from Memel 10th. Heavy raid by 1,100 planes on Formosa 12th & 13th.

  • 14 Oct 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2015-01-26 15:24
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    Harry Ching's wartime diary
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    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    Alarm while walking home from town. First time caught in street.

  • 14 Oct 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-09-05 12:25
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    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
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    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    Jenner & Pearson

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

    Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 2019-08-14 20:21
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    WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    OBJECTIVE: Fly nocturnal sea sweep mission to detect and sink Japanese ships in the South China Sea.

    RESULTS: The radar-equipped B-24 fails to locate any Japanese ships.  The aircraft commander then opts to bomb the Kowloon docks (the designated secondary target) on the return flight.  Damage is unknown.

    TIME OVER TARGET: Late evening

    AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One B-24 from the 308th Heavy Bomb Group

    AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Armstrong in plane #823

    ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 12 x 500-pound 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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    air raids

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

    Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 2019-08-14 20:36
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    WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton, Hong Kong, and Sanchau Island

    RESULTS: Pilot takes a series of recon photos.  Pilot reports 15 ships in the 200 to 400-foot range in Victoria Harbor and a large 400-foot tanker in a bay on the south side of Hong Kong Island.  Engine failure prevents coverage of Sanchau Island.

    TIME OVER TARGET: ~1:00 p.m.

    AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One F-5E from Flight B, 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

    AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Lt. Snyder in aircraft #305

    ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

    JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None

    AIRCRAFT LOSSES: Right engine fails over Hong Kong, but Lt. Snyder returns safely to base on left engine.

    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).

    Tags: 
    air raids

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

    Submitted by ssuni86 on Sat, 2019-08-24 21:41
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    WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sat, 14 Oct 1944

    OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep over the Canton airfields

    RESULTS: No enemy aircraft are encountered in the air or observed on the ground.

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

    AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

    • Eight P-40s and six P-51s from the 76th Fighter Squadron
    • Nine P-51s and three P-40s from the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (TRS)

    AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

    • 76th FS: Lt. Perkins, Lt. Anderson, Lt. Thompson, 2nd Lt. Jerome F. Eisenman, Lt. Newsome, Lt. Baker, Lt. Joyner (5th FG CACW), Lt. Wheeler (74th FS), Major Slocumb (23rd FG), 2nd Lt. Robert L. Schaeffer, Lt. Dahlberg, Lt. Raymond, Lt. Moore, Lt. Policarpo
    • 118th TRS: Major Edward O. McComas, Lt. Smith, Lt. Wegman, Lt. Miehe, 1st Lt. Everson F. Pearsall, Lt. Greene, Lt. Murray, Lt. Denton, Lt. Williams, Lt. Robbins (74th FS), Lt. Wells (23rd FG), Lt. Long (23rd FG)

    ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

    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).

    Tags: 
    air raids

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