15 Jun 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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OBJECTIVE: Bomb military godowns, arms factory, railroad repair facilities, and Shell Oil facility at Canton
RESULTS: Haze and darkness make accurate bombing difficult. An estimated sixty percent of bombs fall within target area. Some errant bombs may have landed on barracks near Tien Ho airbase.
TIME OVER TARGET: 8:17 to 9:15 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Twenty-three B-24Js from the 373rd, 374th, 375th, and 425th Bomb Squadrons (308th Heavy Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 621 x 100-pound general-purpose bombs; 57 x flares to provide visibility
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).
