Apirl 1, 1944
USN - Task Force 58
(Vice Admiral M. A. Mitscher) launches raid against Woleai,
including BB 60 USS Alabama. Lost are F6F 40691, TBM 25443 (resuced), F6F 25827 (resuced), F6F 40078 (resuced).
April 18, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s
bomb Woleai Atoll.
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 24 aircraft over the island.
April 19, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb Woleai Atoll
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 23aircraft over the island.
April 20, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb Woleai Atoll
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 13 aircraft over the island.
April 21, 1944
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 22aircraft over the island.
April 22, 1944
(Japanese) 3 / 52 Field Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion on Woleai noted 19 aircraft attacking. Three were claimed shot down and two were damaged.
April 23, 1944
(13th AF) 20+ B-24s bomb airfield and supply
areas on Woleai Atoll
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 27 aircraft over the island.
April 24, 1944
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 15 aircraft over the island.
April 25, 1944
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 22 aircraft over the island.
April 26, 1944
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 19 aircraft over the island.
April 27, 1944
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 1 B-aircraft over the island.
April 28, 1944
(13th AF) 21 B-24s bomb the airfield on Woleai
Atoll
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 2 and 22 aircraft over the island.
April 29, 1944
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 12 aircraft over the island.
April 30, 1944
(13th AF) 23 B-24s bomb the airfield on Woleai Atoll
(Japanese) Anti-Aircraft units noted 23 aircraft over the island.
May 1. 1944
(13th AF) B-24s of the Thirteenth Air Task
Force hit Woleai
May 6. 1944
(13th AF) B-24s of the Thirteenth Air Task
Force hit Woleai
May 9, 1944
12 B-24s of the Thirteenth
Air Task Force bomb Woleai.
May 15, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s from Los Negros bomb AA
guns on Woleai and Paliau at Woleai.
May 28, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb the airfield on Woleai.
May 29, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb Woleai Atoll
and other nearby islands
May 30, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s hit
Woleai
June 13, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s from Los Negros bomb Woleai
June 20, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s attack Woleai
June 22, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s attack Woleai
June 23, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s attack Woleai
June 26, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s on armed reconnaissance bomb airstrip
at Woleai
June 27, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s on armed reconnaissance bomb airstrip
at Woleai
June 28, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb communications on Woleai
July 3, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s hit Woleai
July 4, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb the airstrip at Woleai
July 5, 1944
(13th AF)
B-24s bomb the airstrip and AA guns on Woleai
July 6, 1944
(13th AF) A few B-24s bomb the airfield at Woleai
July 7, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb the runway at Woleai
July 9, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s attack Woleai
July 11, 1944
(FEAF) Aircraft bomb Woleai
July 17, 1944
(FEAF) Snooper mission against Woleai
July 25, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb the airfield
and other targets in Woleai
July 26, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s again hit supply
areas, communication, and other targets on Woleai
July 27, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s hit the airfield
on Woleai
July 28, 1944
(FEAF) Targets in Woleai
Atoll are bombed by 4 squadrons of B-24s; the airfield and supply area are
well
covered
July 29, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb supply
areas in Woleai. The nearby islands of Mariaon and Tagaulap are also hit.
July 30, 1944
(FEAF) The supply area on
Woleai is again bombed by B-24s
July 31, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s again strike
Woleai
August 3, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb islands in the Woleai group
August 26, 1944
(FEAF) A B-24 on armed reconnaissance bombs Woleai
August 27, 1944
(FEAF) A B-24 flys photo reconnaissance of Woleai Atoll
November 15, 1944
(7th AF) 22 Saipan and Guam based B-24s bomb
Woleai, hitting an airfield and adjacent installations
and firing an oil dump
December 17, 1944
(7th AF) 3 B-24s from Saipan on armed reconnaissance, bomb Woleai
December 18, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s return by way of Woleai and photograph it.
December 23, 1944
(7th AF) 3 B-24s from Guam, flying armed reconnaissance
bomb Woleai
January 10, 1945
(7th AF) 2 other B-24s, on armed reconnaissance, hit airfield on Woleai
January 23, 1945
(7th AF) 3 B-24 Guam fly armed reconnaissance over Woleai
January 30, 1945
(7th AF) 3 B-24 bomb the airfield on Woleai
February 7, 1945
(7th AF) 2 B-24 bomb the airfield in Woleai
March 13, 1945
(7th AF) 6 B-24s from Guam hit Woleai
April 27, 1945
(7th AF) 11 Guam based B-24s bomb Woleai
References
Thanks to Yukitoshi-san for Japanese side information.
