American Missions Against Boram
April 10, 1943 - August 28, 1944
April 10, 1943
B-17's bomb Cape Boram
April 20, 1943
B-17's bomb Boram Airfield
May 13, 1943
B-17s bomb Boram Airfield
May 28, 1943
B-17's and B-24's attack Wewak, Dagua, and Boram Airfield.
May 30, 1943
B-17's bomb Wewak, Boram
June 2, 1943
B-17's and B-24's bomb Boram
June 4, 1943
B-17's and B-24's bomb Boram
August 17, 1943
Predawn attack by B-17's and B-24's against Boram, followed by B-25's,
withP-38's covering, carry out the day's second bombing and strafing strike
on Boram; this begins a campaign to neutralize Japanese airfields in preparation
for offensive against Lae.
August 18, 1943
B-24's, B-25's, and B-17's, with cover fighters, blast Boram
August 20, 1943
24 B-24's, escorted by 46 P-38's, hit Boram Airfield in the late morning; P-38's
claim 19 fighters shot down.
August 29, 1943
B-24's, escorted by 44 P-38's, strike airfield at Boram
September 20, 1943
B-24's bomb Wewak and Boram airfields
October 16, 1943
All four squadrons of the 345th BG B-25 participated in a morning strike on Boram Airfield, anti-aircraft defenses and Wewak Airfield, protected by three squadrons of P-38 escort fighters. About 20 Japanese Ki-43 and Ki-61 fighters took off to intercept with only a few minutes warning. They dropped 100 lbs 'daisy cutter' bombs and straffed the area. Many parked aricraft were destroyed or damaged. Lost was B-25D 41-30561 off Cape Moem.
October 17, 1943
7 B-25's hit Wewak and Boram Airfield with a low-level attack during
which 15 aircraft are destroyed on the ground and 4 claimed shot down.
August 18, 1943
B-24's, B-25's, and B-17's, with cover of fighters, blast airfield at Boram
November 15, 1943
88 B-25's heading for Wewak and Boram with an escort of 16 P-40's
are intercepted by Japanese fighters that are escorting bombers attacking Gusap;
the resulting battle causes the B-25's to abort the attack.
November 18, 1943
Aerial reconnaissance view of Wewak - Boram area
November 27, 1943
Medium bombers blast the airfield at Boram and the town and harbor at Wewak,
claiming 15 airplanes and 12 barges destroyed.
November 28, 1943
Nearly 50 B-24's bomb airfields at Wewak and Boram
December 22, 1943
Nearly 40 B-25's, with P-38 escort, bomb Wewak and Boram.
January 19, 1944
57 B-24's bomb Boram
January 24, 1944
B-24's bomb airfields at Wewak and Boram
February 10, 1944
B-24s bomb Boram Airfield
February 27, 1944
30+ B-24s, with P-40 support, hit airfields at Boram
February 7, 1944
B-24s and B-25s bomb Boram airfield
February 19, 1944
B-24s, B-25s, A-20s and P-47s hit Cape Boram area
February 22, 1944
B-24s, B-25s, A-20s, and P-40s attack
Boram
March 25, 1944
B-24s, B-25s, and A-20s hit a fuel dump W of Boram
March 26, 1944
B-24s, B-25s, A-20s and fighters hit
Boram
April 9, 1944
B-24s and A-20s hit Wewak, Boram
April 22, 1944
B-24s and A-20s hit Boram
April 23, 1944
B-24s bomb Boram and a road near Boram
April 26, 1944
B-25s and A-20s attack Boram
April 27, 1944
B-24s, B-25s and A-20s attack Boram
April 28, 1944
P-47s, P-39s, A-20s and P-70s hit Boram area
May 2, 1944
2 B-25s bomb airfields at Wewak and Boram
May 3, 1944
72 B-24s, B-25s and A-20s thoroughly blast Wewak and Boram
Airfields in a single raid. A-20s, B-25s and fighter-bombers, operating throughout
the day hit Boram
May 12, 1944
A-20s, B-25s and fighter-bombers blast villages, coastal bridges and
roads, vehicles, the airstrip at Boram
July 17, 1944
A-20s, B-25s, and P-39s bomb Boram airfield.
August 2, 1944
Bombers and fighters hit a bridge and airfield at Boram
August 5, 1944
A-20s and fighter-bombers in support of Allied forces pound enemy
concentrations, supplies at Boram
August 8, 1944
Fighter-bombers bomb bridges and buildings at Boram
August 12, 1944
A-20s and P-39s attack fuel dumps at Boram
August 27, 1944
Fighter-bombers hit bivouacs near Boram,
August 28, 1944
Fighter-bombers hit Boram fuel dumps