OBJECTIVE: Fly reconnaissance mission over Hong Kong
RESULTS: Reconnaissance photographs are taken that show a 325-foot ship sinking in the channel where B-24s laid mines in Victoria Harbor on January 11.
TIME OVER TARGET: Unknown, but during daylight
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Unknown, but likely a single F-4 or F-5 from the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
OBJECTIVE: Drop anti-ship mines into Victoria Harbor
RESULTS: B-24s successfully drop mines into shipping channels of Victoria Harbor. Reconnaissance mission flown three days later photographs a 325-foot ship sinking in the channel where the mines are laid.
TIME OVER TARGET: ~7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Two B-24s from the 373rd Bomb Squadron (308th Heavy Bomb Group)
AMERICAN PILOTS AND AIRCREW: Unknown
ORDNANCE EXPENDED: Seven anti-ship mines of unknown type
OBJECTIVE: Bomb the Kowloon shipyards (most likely the HK & Whampoa dockyard)
TIME OVER TARGET: ~12:30 p.m.
AMERICAN UNITS AND AIRCRAFT: Eight P-40s from the 74th Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group) escort seven B-25s from the 11th Bomb Squadron (341st Medium Bomb Group) and an unknown number of B-25s from the 1st Bomb Group of the Chinese American Composite Wing.
