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Bursting Bombs Make Flower Pattern About Jap Vessel (center)
Bursting bombs make flower pattern about Jap vessel (center) and blanket Kowloon docks with smoke and flame as Chennault's 14th Air Force Liberators and Mitchells catch Nips asleep in Hong Kong harbor, 16 Oct 44. Jap army slipped up, failed to knock out 14th's East China bases; Jap Navy thought harbor safe refuge from Nimitz' task force. First report on damage was 32,000 tons sunk, 16,000 probably sunk. Resistance was slight. 808th Bomb. Group, 374th Bomb Squadron. Date 16-29-44 AC/AS, Intelligence Hq., A.A.F. ERINS: BURMA: INDIA: