12 Jul 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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Submitted by ssuni86 on Sat, 2017-07-29 06:41
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Date(s) of events described:
Mon, 12 Jul 1943
OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton
TIME OVER TARGET: ~9:30 a.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two P-40K from 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Major Norval C. Bonawitz; Lt. Anderson
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
RESULTS: Due to clouds and rain, pilots are unable to see the ground in the Canton area
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).
