07 Apr 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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OBJECTIVE: Sea sweep over San Chau Island and surrounding coastline
RESULTS: Junks and barges are strafed and rocketed to the west of San Chau
TIME OVER TARGET: Midday
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Nine P-40s from the 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Col. David L. “Tex” Hill; Major Barry Melloan; 2nd Lt. Chester Denny; Lt. [Kenneth?] Latourelle; Captain Lee; Lt. Thomas P. Bennett; Lt. Gordon F. Bennett; Lt. Richard D. Mullineaux; Lt. Koasy [Kossy?]
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: ~24 rockets from wing-mounted T-30 rocket launchers; 1,375 rounds of .50-caliber heavy machine gun
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).
