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English: *Topic of this photo: Air raids on Hong Kong by the allies (the US) on 16 October 1944. In this mission, the US Fourteenth Air Force sent out 28 B-24 heavy bombers, 33 P-51 fighter-bombers and 18 P-40 fighters to Japanese-occupied Hong Kong.[1] These planes most probably departed from Kweilin Airfield, 530 km (330 miles) northwest from Hong Kong.
中文:*核心信息: 1944年10月16日,盟軍(美軍)空襲香港。此次任務,美國第十四航空隊遣28架B-24重型轟炸機、33架P-51戰鬥轟炸機和18架P-40戰鬥機到日佔香港[1]這些戰機最有可能從桂林李家村機場起航,距日佔香港530公里。
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Author FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Camera location22° 24′ 40.5″ N, 114° 09′ 12.75″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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  1. a b (1991) U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology, Washington, D.C.: Center for Air Force History, p. 518

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