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70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.

  • 20 - 28 Mar 1944, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary

    Submitted by barbaramerchant on Sun, 2013-09-15 15:47
    Book / Document: 
    Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Mon, 20 Mar 1944 to Tue, 28 Mar 1944

    Tom Hutchinson's War Diary - Page 36

    Notes:

    21st - Salt - 2 1/2 ¢ ((Catties)) Ration   .60
    22nd - Elec. Bill  19.92
    25/3/44 - Started refining salt + evaporating in grill pan
    26/3/44 - 2¢ ((Catties)) Toilet Paper   16.-
    28/3/44 - Planted Peas in 2 shallow flower pots.

    Supporting information:

    Tags: 
    food
    Hong Kong
    Mongkok
    second world war
    civilians
    survival
    family
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  • 20 Mar 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-03-05 23:50
    Book / Document: 
    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Mon, 20 Mar 1944

    Fine, hazy.

    Rumours re Continental landing & rep. still sticking it pretty well. Paper makes it obvious that the Russians are going ahead very well.

    Black-out ordered & lights out at 9.30pm.

    With Steve pm.

  • 20 Mar 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

    Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 2019-03-11 00:47
    Book / Document: 
    WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Mon, 20 Mar 1944

    OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight to determine weather conditions over Canton

    RESULTS: Pilot reports light overcast at 7,000 feet and very heavy ground haze and fog.

    TIME OVER TARGET: ~6:30 a.m.

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

    AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Lt. Thomas P. Bennett

    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: 
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