Japanese Missions Against Darwin
After the massive 19 February 1942 Japanese raid, the Northern Territory and parts of Western Australia's north were bombed 62 more times between 4 March 1942 and 12 November 1943. One of the heaviest attacks took place on 16 June 1942 when a large Japanese force set fire to the oil fuel tanks around the harbour and inflicted severe damage to the vacant banks, stores and railway yards.

February 19, 1942
Raid 1 & 2 (A6M2 Zeros, D3A Vals) Japanese aircraft attack Darwin, bombing vessels loaded with troops destined for the defense of Koepang on Timor; 10 P-40's sent to Darwin to escort the convoy are almost entirely wiped out by the attack.

March 4, 1942
Darwin Airfield

March 16, 1942
Darwin Airfield & AA Battery at Bagot

March 17, 1942
Darwin

March 19, 1942
Darwin city, Myilly Point & Larrakeyah

March 22-23, 1942
Darwin

March 28, 1942
(12.30 pm) Darwin Airfield

March 30 - Darwin Airfield

March 31 - Darwin Airfield

April 2 - Darwin - Town & Oil Tanks, Sattler airfield

April 4 - Darwin civil & Parap Hotel

April 5 - Darwin Airfield

April 25 - Darwin Airfield

April 27 - Darwin Airfield

June 13 - Darwin Airfield

June 14 - Darwin town straffed

June 15

June 16, 1942
(12:01pm) Darwin (town area), NT

June 20, 1942
Raid 55 - Ki-49s (high level attack) hit Winnellie, Ki-48s and Ki-43s hit the the RAAF base at Darwin.

June 26
(8.50 p.m.) Darwin, NT

July 6, 1943
Raid 58 -

July 25

July 26

July 27

July 28

July 29

July 30

July 31

August 23

August 24 - Hughes & Darwin airfields

August 25

August 27

August 28

August 30

August 31

September 15/16 (night), 1943
Raid 62 -

September 25

September 26

September 27
(04:56 am) Bynoe Harbour, NT
(05:44 am) Darwin (town area) (Frances Bay)

October 24, 1942
(04:42 hrs) Batchelor Airfield
(04:52 am) Pell Airfield
(04:57 am) Cox Peninsula
(05:12 am) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT

October 25, 1942
(05:30 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT

October 26, 1942
(04:54 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT

October 27, 1942
(02:20 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT

November 23, 1942
(03:00–04:39 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT
Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT

November 26, 1942
(03.20 a.m.) Darwin (town area), Strauss Airfield and Hughes Airfield, NT

November 27, 1942
(03:56–04:46 am) Coomalie Creek, Hughes Airfield and Strauss Airfield, NT

 

Last Updated
September 30, 2009