11 Jan 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

11 Jan 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

Date(s) of events described: 
Tue, 11 Jan 1944

OBJECTIVE: Drop anti-ship mines into Victoria Harbor

RESULTS: B-24s successfully drop mines into shipping channels of Victoria Harbor.  Reconnaissance mission flown three days later photographs a 325-foot ship sinking in the channel where the mines are laid.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:30 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two B-24s from the 373rd Bomb Squadron (308th Heavy Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Seven anti-ship mines of unknown type

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).

Tags: