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.
- Historical background: Whlie the US Fourteenth Air Force attacked the Japanese in Hong Kong, major Chinese forces were busy elsewhere: the Chinese National Revolutionary Army was fighting the Japanese in the Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou in Operation Ichi-Go; the forces of the Communist-controlled China was in North China Plain.
- Other landscape: The broad sweep of open land in the middle right was Japanese-controlled Kai Tak airfield. The Kai Tak Bund residential area had been knocked down and, together with Po Kong to the north of the airport, was incorporated into the airport zone. Compared to the pre-war time, the total area of the airport was doubled.
- This is a 5-part series of photos. For the rest, see:
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,國軍在豫湘桂會戰的桂柳會戰,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: