04 Oct 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China
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OBJECTIVE: Reconnoiter the flight path for low-altitude attacks on Kai Tak airbase
RESULTS: Flying on the deck, the pilot successfully simulates future airstrikes by following the planned low-level route into Hong Kong and over Kai Tak, where no enemy aircraft are observed.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~2:20 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One P-51D from the 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None
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).
