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Allied Missions Against Sohano and Buka Passage Seaplane Base
November 16, 1943 - June 10, 1944

November 16, 1943
B-25's fly sweeps over Sohano

December 14, 1943
(13th AF) 18 B-24's, with fighter support, bomb positions on Sohano

December 14, 1943
21 B-24's strike Sohano

December 16, 1943
Smaller flights of B-24's bomb Sohano and fighter aircraft support USN dive bomber strikes on Sohano

December 22, 1943
Fighter aircraft and B-24's attack barge concentrations and hide-outs at Sohano. Another group of B-24's, operating individually and in pairs, attack targets of opportunity on Sohano.

December 23, 1943
17 B-25'a attack gun positions a
nd other targets at Sohano.

December 27, 1943
(13th AF) 20+ B-25's bomb the seaplane anchorage at Buka.

January 4, 1944
B-24's bomb Sohano, concentrating on the seaplane base and supply area.

January 9, 1944
(13th AF) B-25's hit Buka seaplane base

May 8, 1944
Two squadrons of B-24s bomb gun positions at Sohano, also B-25s hit Sohano.

May 12, 1944
Some of the B-25s returning from a Tobera strike hit Sohano on their way back to base.

May 20, 1944
P-39s hit AA guns on Sohano

June 1, 1944
P-39s hit barges at Sohano

June 10, 1944
P-39s and 20+ USN aircraft hit a barge at Sohano

Last Updated
October 6, 2009

 

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