07 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: Three B-25s bomb the Chungshan University area, causing fires and secondary explosions. Three B-25s bombs Tien Ho airbase and nearby godowns, and one B-25 bombs White Cloud airbase. Five B-25s hit godowns and other facilities in Canton area, igniting a number of fires.
TIME OVER TARGET: 10:50 p.m. on September 07 to 2:20 a.m. on September 08
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Eleven B-25s from the 491st Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Flanagan
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 24 x 100-pound fragmentation cluster bombs; 48 x 250-pound bombs; 12 x 500-pound incendiaries
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).
