Japanese Missions Against Lae

February 5, 1942
9:15 4 planes dropped 35 bombs on Lae, A second strike at 10:20, five planes hit Lae again.

Allied Missions Against Lae

March 10, 1942
(USN) Task Force 11 carrier air strike was launched from aircraft carriers Lexington and Yorktown in the Gulf of Papua, with SBDs hitting Lae. The raids caught the Japanese by surprise and hiting shipping engaged in landing troops and supplies at Lae.

April 30, 1942
(5th AF) P-39's flying out of Port Moresby strafe airplanes and fuel dumps at Lae

May 4, 1942
(5th AF) P-39's and B-17's hit the airfield at Lae

May 14, 1942
(5th AF) B-17's, B-26's and B-25's attack Lae

May 15, 1942
(5th AF) B-25's, B-26's and and B-17's hit the airfield and storehouses at Lae

May 16, 1942
(5th AF) B-25's, B-26's and and B-17's hit the airfield and storehouses at Lae

May 21, 1942
(5th AF) B-26's bomb aircraft at Lae Airfield

May 22, 1942
(5th AF) 22nd BG B-26's and 3rd BG B-25s of the hit the airfield at Lae and attack shipping in the harbor. Lost are B-25C 41-12981, B-25D 41-29692

May 24, 1942
(5th AF) B-26's and B-25 of the 3rd BG attack Lae Airfield

May 31, 1942
(5th AF) B-17's attack Lae

June 1, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s attack Lae

June 9, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s, B-25s, and B-26s attack Lae

June 16, 1942
(5th AF) 22nd BG B-26s and 19th BG B-17s hit Lae

June 20, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb the runway at Lae

June 27. 1942
(5th AF) 22nd BG B-26s bomb Lae

June 29, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s hit Lae Airfield during the night

June 30, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s and 22nd BG B-26s hit Lae

July 3, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s attack the airfield at Lae

July 4, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s, B-26s and B-25s bomb airfield at Lae

July 5, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s and 22nd BG B-26's attack Lae

August 6, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s and 22nd BG B-26s pound airfield at Lae

August 7, 1942
(5th AF) 22nd BG B-26s attack Lae

August 8, 1942
(5th AF) -17s, B-25s and B-26s bomb runways and targets of opportunity at Lae

August 22, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb airfield at Lae

September 13, 1942
(5th AF) B-26s pound the airfield at Lae

September 17, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s hit Lae

September 19, 1942
(5th AF) A-20s and B-26s strafe and bomb the airfield at Lae

September 28, 1942
(5th AF) 1 B-17 bombs Lae Airfield

October 9, 1942
(5th AF) 14 B-25s hit the airfield at Lae

October 14, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s attack Lae

October 24, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s hit Lae Airfield

October 26, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s hit the airfield at Lae

November 1, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s bomb the airfield and dump area at Lae

November 3, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb the airfield and wharf at Lae

MORE TO BE ADDED