| Caption | Strike photo showing bomb hits on Kiungshan Airstrip near Hoi-How (now Haikou) in northern Hainan, China, Jan 16, 1945. The bombing attack was made by Bombing Squadron 80 flying from the carrier USS Ticonderoga ww2dbase | |||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 16 Jan 1945 | |||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||
| Added Date | 12 Aug 2013 | |||||||||
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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 | Hoi-How, Hainan, China |
| Lat/Long | 20.0187, 110.3651 |
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