14 Oct 1944, WW2 Air Raids over Hong Kong & South China

OBJECTIVE: Fighter sweep over the Canton airfields

RESULTS: No enemy aircraft are encountered in the air or observed on the ground.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:45 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT:

• Eight P-40s and six P-51s from the 76^th Fighter Squadron
• Nine P-51s and three P-40s from the 118^th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (TRS)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW:

• 76^th FS: Lt. Perkins, Lt. Anderson, Lt. Thompson, 2^nd Lt. Jerome F. Eisenman, Lt. Newsome, Lt. Baker, Lt. Joyner (5^th FG CACW), Lt. Wheeler (74^th FS), Major Slocumb (23^rd FG), 2^nd Lt. Robert L. Schaeffer, Lt. Dahlberg, Lt. Raymond, Lt. Moore, Lt. Policarpo
• 118^th TRS: Major Edward O. McComas, Lt. Smith, Lt. Wegman, Lt. Miehe, 1^st Lt. Everson F. Pearsall, Lt. Greene, Lt. Murray, Lt. Denton, Lt. Williams, Lt. Robbins (74^th FS), Lt. Wells (23^rd FG), Lt. Long (23^rd FG)

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).