06 Sep 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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OBJECTIVE: Staggered single-aircraft night raids to bomb targets in Canton area
RESULTS: Ten B-25s bomb town of Samshui. Damage is unknown, but the bombing ignites two large fires. One B-25 drops bombs on Canton in vicinity of Wongsha railroad station.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~10:05 p.m. on September 06 to 1:25 a.m. on September 07
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Eleven B-25s from the 491st Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Lt. Sussdorf
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 44 x 100-pound bombs; 40 x 250-pound bombs; 12 x 500-pound incendiary bombs
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).
