Smoke rising from Kowloon, Hong Kong, 16 Oct 1944; note Japanese fighter chasing the USAAF bomber from which this photo was taken

Caption   Smoke rising from Kowloon, Hong Kong, 16 Oct 1944; note Japanese fighter chasing the USAAF bomber from which this photo was taken ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army
Photos on Same Day See all photos dated 16 Oct 1944
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 6 Nov 2011

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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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WW2-Era Place Name Kowloon, Hong Kong
Lat/Long 22.2958, 114.1766
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