29 Sep 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

OBJECTIVE: Fly a series of staggered single-aircraft night raids to harass airbases at Canton and prevent JAAF pilots from flying night bombing missions against American airbases in China.

RESULTS: Four B-25s hit Tien Ho and five B-25s hit White Cloud.  An estimated 50% of bombs fall within target zone, though damage is unknown.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:00 to 10:20 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Nine B-25s from the 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: 1^st Lt. Kenneth Martindale; 1^st Lt. Simpson D. Huffaker; 2^nd Lt. Arthur Thomas; 2^nd Lt. Peter W. Petersen; 1^st Lt. James Talley; 2^nd Lt. John C. Steadman; 2^nd Lt. Leander L. Smith; 1^st Lt. Henry D. Wagner; 1^st Lt. Marcus L. Sloat

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: 20 x 100-pound bombs; 72 x 100-pound fragmentation bombs; 24 x 500-pound 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).