14 Jan 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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OBJECTIVE: Fly reconnaissance mission over Hong Kong
RESULTS: Reconnaissance photographs are taken that show a 325-foot ship sinking in the channel where B-24s laid mines in Victoria Harbor on January 11.
TIME OVER TARGET: Unknown, but during daylight
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Unknown, but likely a single F-4 or F-5 from the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Unknown
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).
