70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
22 Aug 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-08-05 04:31Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 22 Aug 194322 - 23 Aug 1943, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary
Submitted by barbaramerchant on Sat, 2013-09-14 15:26Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 22 Aug 1943 to Mon, 23 Aug 194322 Aug 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Old Man on Tue, 2014-08-19 11:22Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 22 Aug 194322 Aug 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 2017-09-18 07:14Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 22 Aug 1943OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton area
TIME OVER TARGET: ~6:00 a.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two P-40s from 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Morrison; 1st Lt. Harlyn Vidovich
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
RESULTS: No activity noted at Canton and much of area obscured by clouds
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: None
AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None
SOURCES: Original mission report 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).