28 Jul 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

OBJECTIVE: Bomb HK & Whampoa dockyard

TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:15 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Six B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group) escorted by nine P-40K and P-40Ms from the 74^th FS (23^rd Fighter Group).  All aircraft belong to the 14^th Air Force.

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

• P-40s: Captain Arthur W. Cruikshank; Lt. Anderson; Lt. Dueseler; 1st Lt. Harlyn Vidovich; Lt. Meyer; Lt. Mao; Lt. Martin; Lt. Mauritson; Lt. Laepe; Lt. McKinnon; Lt. Elling; Lt. Sorenson
• B-25 #41: Captain Lloyd J. Murphy; 2^nd Lt. James W. Funk; 1^st Lt. William M. Rose; 2^nd Lt. William H.C. White; Tech Sgt. Charles H. Patton; Sgt. James M. Ayers; Staff Sgt. George A. Atack
• B-25 #36: 2^nd Lt. Edgar N. Gentry; Flight Officer Richard M. Gramling; 2^nd Lt. Ralph Kamhi; Sgt. William H. Johnson; Staff Sgt. Robert D. Shaak
• B-25 #39: 2^nd Lt. Herbert F. Hempe; 2^nd Lt. Dow J. Richter; 2^nd Lt. Robert D. Guma; Staff Sgt. Loren Morris; Sgt. Golden U. Gallup; Corporal Anthony C. DeLucenay
• B-25 #68: 1^st Lt. Don H. Milam; Flight Officer William R. Monroe; 2^nd Lt. C.A. Lutton; Sgt. Rafael C. Arellano; Staff Sgt. William W. Johnson; Sgt. James T. Borgia
• B-25 #61: 1^st Lt. Cleve L. Bingham; 2^nd Lt. Richard C. Battle; 2^nd Lt. Raymond J. Mazanowski; 2^nd Lt. Robert B. Fischborn; Tech Sgt. George W. Gouldthrite; Staff Sgt. Louie L. Lucas; Staff Sgt. R.P. Betts
• B-25 #55: 2^nd Lt. Robert A. Nice; 2^nd Lt. William F. Angell; 2^nd Lt. Clyde H. Wells; Staff Sgt. Henry M. Ellis; Staff Sgt. Walter J. Schenayder

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 36 250-kilogram demolition bombs

RESULTS: B-25s bomb HK & Whampoa dockyard with undetermined results

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).