American Missions Against Hanoi
September 3, 1942 - July 1945

September 3, 1942
(10th AF) 1 B-25 dumps bombs and pamphlets on Hanoi in the first US raid against that city; munitions, supplies, and several parked aircraft are destroyed or damaged; 9 interceptors pursue the B-25 for about 30 miles but fail to make contact

September 25, 1942
(10th AF) 4 B-25s, with an escort of 10 P-40s, attack Hanoi, French Indochina; the strike force is intercepted by 10 fighters but the B-25s place several bombs on the runway at Gia Lam Airfield; the P-40s claim at least 9 fighters shot down.

December 10, 1943
(14th AF) 12 B-25's and 15 P-40's attack the marshalling yard at Hanoi, the warehouse area and railroad station suffer heavy damage.

December 17, 1943
(14th AF) 6 P-40's bomb and strafe barracks near Kunlong. 6 others bomb and strafe targets of opportunity in Hanoi

 

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July  25, 1945
(14th AF) P-51s and P-38s attack targets in the Hanoi area.