70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
06 Oct 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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06 Oct 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
Submitted by ssuni86 on Tue, 2019-07-02 20:56Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 6 Oct 1944OBJECTIVE: Fly a series of staggered single-aircraft night raids to harass airbases at Canton and prevent JAAF pilots from flying night bombing missions against American airbases in China.
RESULTS: One B-25 bombs aircraft revetments at White Cloud airbase and two B-25s bomb barracks at Tien Ho airbase. Two B-25s bomb and strafe small craft on the West River, sinking or setting on fire five small boats and sampans. A sixth B-25 is unable to take off for the mission due to a Japanese air raid on the American airbase at Liuchow.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:45 p.m. on October 06 to 12:15 a.m. on October 07
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Five B-25s from the 11th Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:
- B-25J #43-27807: Flight Officer Ronald E. Irwin; 2nd Lt. Robert W. Burtner; 2nd Lt. Maurice J. Freeman; 2nd Lt. Edward Tempest; Sgt. Kenneth L. Henry; Corporal Oscar W. Lowe; Corporal Edward L. Naylor
- B-25J #43-4091: 1st Lt. Marcus L. Shoat; 2nd Lt. Boyd A. Shumway; 2nd Lt. Clifford Dutton; 2nd Lt. Philip J. Holman; Sgt. Donald E. Bell; Staff Sgt. Richard A. Smart; Sgt. Henry E. Krant
- B-25H #43-5072: 2nd Lt. Arthur E. Thomas; Flight Officer John J. Hanley; Corporal Oscar G. Jones; Staff Sgt. Jerome J. Krasowitz; Sgt. Robert D. Jorgenson
- B-25J #43-28807: 2nd Lt. John J. Wise; 2nd Lt. William K. Mack; 2nd Lt. Charles G. Frederick; Corporal Charles G. Edelman; Corporal Ralph M. Surber; Corporal Joseph C. Brucker
- B-25J #43-3949: 1st Lt. Charles S. Nichols; 2nd Lt. Floyd H. Woosley; 2nd Lt. Elmo B. Hessler; Staff Sgt. Frederick J. Reyer; Staff Sgt. William C. Zimmerman; Staff Sgt. Merrill B. Hewitt
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 12 x 100-pound fragmentation bomb clusters; 36 x 100-pound bombs; 16 x 250-pound bombs; 4,240 .50 caliber machine-gun rounds
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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Submitted by ssuni86 on Tue, 2019-08-13 06:57Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 6 Oct 1944DATE OF AIR RAID: October 06, 1944
OBJECTIVE: Destroy river traffic east of Pingnam and fly staggered single-aircraft night raids to harass airbases at Canton and prevent JAAF pilots from flying night bombing missions against American airbases in China.
RESULTS: One aircraft bombs Tien Ho airbase, one aircraft bombs White Cloud airbase, one aircraft bombs Wuchow, one aircraft bombs Samshui, and one aircraft bombs Pingnam. Damage is unknown. Two aircraft bomb and strafe small craft.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~10:00 p.m. on October 6 to 2:00 a.m. on October 07
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Four B-25s from the 491st Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:
- B-25D #43-3288: 1st Lt. F.E. Weimer; 1st Lt. W.H. Briggs; 1st Lt. R.J. Kacik; 1st Lt. J.L. Wolfe; Staff Sgt. A.E. Jones; Tech Sgt. J.E. Starling; Staff Sgt. W.R. Green
- B-25H #43-4361: 1st Lt. J.M. Musgrove; 1st Lt. E.J. Cook; Staff Sgt. D.E. Murphy; Staff Sgt. W.C. Cheverie; Sgt. H.R. Lehmann
- B-25H #43-4319: 1st Lt. T. Biswell; Flight Officer H.S. Olson; Staff Sgt. W.J. Copeland; Tech Sgt. R.W. Hirtle; Staff Sgt. M. Bogel
- B-25H #43-4096: Captain R.G. Rice; 1st Lt. F.O. Dice; 1st Lt. W.P. Dougan; 1st Lt. A.J. White; Staff Sgt. M.E. Vollmer; Tech Sgt. J.W. Silvernail; Sgt. G.D. Tanchum
- B-25J #43-4088: 1st Lt. F.O. Cullen; 2nd Lt. G.G. Mann; 1st Lt. H.R. Edelman; 1st Lt. S.D. Brown; Staff Sgt. W.S. Faulkner; Tech Sgt. K.E. Norris; Staff Sgt. A.L. Matos
- B-25J #43-3954: 1st Lt. E.M. Hexberg; 2nd Lt. H.H. Templin; 1st Lt. G.L. Velan; 1st Lt. W.W. Merrill; Staff Sgt. F.W. Konkolics; Tech Sgt. H.P. Albro; Staff Sgt. E.E. Routon
- B-25H #43-4159: 1st Lt. J.E. Andrews; 1st Lt. J.R. Herdic; Staff Sgt. L.F. Concannon; Staff Sgt. C.E. Henderson; Staff Sgt. C.E. Henderson; Staff Sgt. W.R. Wahl
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 88 x 100-pound bombs (22 each on White Cloud and Tien Ho airbases); 24 x 250-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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