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

OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep and reconnaissance flight over Canton

TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:30 a.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Three P-40Ks from 74^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:  1^st Lt. William B. Hawkins; 1^st Lt. Samuel P.M. Kinsey; 1^st Lt. Richard Mauritson

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

RESULTS: Pilots report there is very little air activity and river traffic in 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).