08 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: Two B-25s drop incendiary bombs on the Chungshan University area, causing fires and secondary explosions. One B-25 bombs Tien Ho airbase and two more bomb nearby godowns. One B-25 bombs White Cloud airbase.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~11:33 p.m. on September 08 to 12:58 a.m. on September 09
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Six B-25s from the 491st Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Captain Hunt
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 44 x 100-pound bombs; 16 x 250-pound bombs; 8 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).
