American Missions Against Utarom Airfield
March 25, 1944
B-24s bomb the Urarom areaApril 19, 1944
B-24s hit UraromMay 7, 1944
B-24s, B-25s and P-40s hit UraromMay 21, 1944
B-24s, A-20s and P-38s attack UraromJuly 29, 1944
B-24s pound Moemi, Sagan, Otawiri, and UraromAugust 3, 1944
B-25s bomb UraromAugust 8, 1944
B-24s bomb UraromAugust 11, 1944
A-20s of the 312th BG hit shipping off Utarom. They loose three A-20s:A-20G piloted by Major Pagh and his gunner Sgt. Leonard E. Zelasko 312th BG, 388th BS. Shot down by AA killing both.
A-20G piloted by Lt. Frank W. Wells and S/Sgt Frederick H. Aeilts 312th BG
A-20G piloted by Captain Jack W. Klein with gunner Sgt Antoni Szymanski 312th BG, 312th BG, 388th BS. Left elevator was severaly damaged and ditched in Geelvink Bay near Roon Island. His gunner was missing, but Klein was picked up by PBY Catalina.
August 23, 1944
B-24s hit UraromAugust 30, 1944
P-47s hit Urarom runwaySeptember 1, 1944
A-20s, P-40s and B-25s bomb runway at UraromSeptember 4, 1944
A-20s and B-25s hit Urarom AirfieldSeptember 8, 1944
A-20s hit airstrips and targets of opportunity at UraromSeptember 10, 1944
A-20s and fighters hit Urarom AirfieldSeptember 11, 1944
A-20s hit UraromSeptember 22, 1944
A-20s pound Urarom AirfieldSeptember 24, 1944
Fighter-bombers attack UraromSeptember 25, 1944
B-25s and A-20s hit Sagan and Urarom AirfieldsSeptember 29, 1944
A-20s and RAAF aircraft, continue to pound Urarom AirfieldSeptember 30, 1944
A-20s and fighters hit Urarom AirfieldOctober 1, 1944
A-20s and P-38s attack Urarom AirfieldOctober 5, 1944
A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers attack UraromOcotober 10, 1944
A-20s and B-25s bomb Urarom AirfieldOctober 12, 1944
Fighter-bombers hit UraromOctober 18, 1944
B-25s and fighter-bombers hit UraromOctober 19, 1944
A-20s and fighter-bombers blast airfields at UraromOctober 26, 1944
A-20s and B-25s bomb UraromOctober 29, 1944
A-20s, and B-25s bomb Urarom and strafe targets of opportunity throughout the Urarom-Kaimana areaOctober 30, 1944
Urarom Airfield is bombed by A-20s and B-25s