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

Date(s) of events described: 
Thu, 26 Aug 1943

OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: Just after daylight

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One P-40 fighter plane from 76th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1st Lt. William Steffano

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: No significant Japanese activity observed

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).