File:1944-10-16 US air raids on Japanese-occupied Hong Kong 2, annotated.jpg

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English: *Topic of this photo: Air raids on Hong Kong by the allies (the US) at 13:45, 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. For the original photo without caption, see File:1944-10-16 US air raids on Japanese-occupied Hong Kong 2.jpg.
中文:*核心信息: 攝於1944年10月16日13:45,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。本照片原圖(無文字描述)版本,見 File:1944-10-16 US air raids on Japanese-occupied Hong Kong 2.jpg.
  • 歷史背景: 當美軍在攻擊香港的日軍時,國軍在豫湘桂會戰桂柳會戰八路軍等在華北,無暇兼顧香港。
  • 城市景色: 圖右中央的大片空地是日軍佔領的啟德機場(註:後來在1950年代擴建,與本照片的模樣已全然不像),此時啟德濱住宅區及機場北面的莆崗一帶皆已被清拆納入機場範圍,啟德面積比戰前擴大一倍。
  • 本照片一連5張,其他見:
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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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