The story
28 US 14th Air Force B-24 and B-25 bombers escorted by one P-40 fighter and 29 P-51 fighters attacked the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Many bombs went far astray, hitting an elementary school (200 teachers and students killed), residential zones (100 civilians killed), and a large diesel fuel storage tank in the civilian sector of Kowloon (resulting in a fire that burned for several days); 300 civilians were injured. Concurrently, 8 B-25 bombers escorted by 8 P-40 fighters struck Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, sinking 10 Japanese vessels. Japanese anti-aircraft gunners claimed the downing of 14 Allied aircraft over Hong Kong across the two raids.
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