Everything tagged "air raids"

OBJECTIVE: Single-aircraft night raid to harass Canton airfields and prevent JAAF from flying night bombing missions

RESULTS: Bombs are dropped on Tien Ho, Tien Ho satellite, and White Cloud fields, but damage is unknown.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:40-8:40 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: One B-25J from 11^th Bomb Squadron (341^st Medium Bomb Group) <Read more ...>

OBJECTIVE: Test a new high-altitude dive-bombing procedure

RESULTS: Pilots tip over at 25,000 feet and release bombs at 18,000 feet over White Cloud airbase.  They claim bomb hits on runways and taxiways.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~3:20 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Seven P-51s from 76^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group) <Read more ...>

OBJECTIVE: Reconnaissance flight over Canton airfields

RESULTS: No aircraft are observed on the ground at Tien Ho and White Cloud airbases

TIME OVER TARGET: ~5:25 p.m.

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two P-51s from 76^th Fighter Squadron (23^rd Fighter Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Major Charles E. Griffith; Lt. Reeves

ORDNANCE EXPENDED: None

JAPANESE UNITS, AIRCRAFT, AND PILOTS: Eight Ki-44 that likely belong to the 85^th Sentai attempt to intercept the P-51s without success.

AIRCRAFT LOSSES: None <Read more ...>

OBJECTIVE: Bomb military targets in Canton

RESULTS: Eleven aircraft bomb the primary target, military facilities near Chungshan University.  Six aircraft are unable to locate the primary target.  Four of these planes bomb White Cloud airbase, and two bomb Tien Ho airbase.

TIME OVER TARGET: ~9:00 to 10:55 p.m. depending on the squadron

AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Seventeen B-24J from 373^rd, 374^th, 375^th, and 425^th Bomb Squadron (308^th Heavy Bomb Group)

AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: <Read more ...>