April 18, 1943
(5th AF) Single B-24 hits
Saidor area.
April 25. 1943
(5th AF) B-17s hits
Saidor
May 27, 1943
(5th AF) Saidor is hit by single-plane strikes.
May 29, 1943
(5th AF) Heavy and medium bombers, operating individually
or in flights of 2 bombers, hit Saidor
August 5, 1943
(5th AF) B-25s hit Saidor
September 12, 1943
(5th AF) B-25's strafe between Saidor and Langemak Bay
October 15, 1943
(5th AF) 70+ medium bombers hit positions and
villages from Sio to Saidor
November 12, 1943
(5th AF) B-25's
and B-26's bomb villages between Finschhafen and Saidor.
November 16, 1943
(5th AF) P-39's, with P-40's
covering, strafe barges from Saidor to Madang
November 17, 1943
(5th AF) P-47's strafe Japanese shipping between
Saidor and Finschhafen
December 8, 1943
(5th AF) P-39's strafe barges from Saidor to Fortification Point.
December 14, 1943
(5th AF) B-24's on armed reconnaissance hit Saidor
January 1, 1944
(5th AF) 120+ B-24's,
B-25's and A-20's pound the Saidor area in preparation for an Allied invasion
January 2, 1944
(5th AF) Elements of the US 32d Infantry
Division make an amphibious landing at Saidor, following a preparatory
naval bombardment; Bad weather prevents preparatory air strikes, but 80+ B-24's
and A-20's pound positions in coordination with the landings; the harbor and
airfield are captured.
January 4, 1944
(5th AF) Heavy and
medium bombers hit troops
and supplies between Finschhafen and Saidor
January 5, 1944
(5th AF) B-24's and medium
bombers bomb Alexishafen, Madang, and Bogadjim areas and attack barges from Finschhafen to Saidor
January 9, 1944
(5th AF) Fighters and
bombers hit the area E
of Saidor
January 21, 1944
(5th AF) B-25's, A-20's,
and P-39's strafe villages near Saidor
February 9, 1944
The occupation
of the Huon Peninsula is completed as US and Australian forces meet SE of Saidor
February 11, 1944
(5th AF) P-40s and RAAF aircraft pound Japanese forces still remaining in the Saidor area
March 4, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s bomb buildings and gun positions
in the Saidor area
