22 Aug 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

22 Aug 1943, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Date(s) of events described: 
Sun, 22 Aug 1943

OBJECTIVE: 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).