25 Oct 1942, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance over Canton airfields
TIME OVER TARGET: ~1:00 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One P-43A Lancer loaned to the 75th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group) by the Chinese Air Force
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1st Lt. Joseph H. Griffin
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
RESULTS: 15-20 aircraft observed on the ground at White Cloud airbase
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Aircraft observed on the ground
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).
