July 21, 1942
Aerial reconnaissance photo of Sananada Point
July 22, 1942
(5th AF) 16 P-39 from the 80thFS, 39th FS, 40thFS, 41st FS were sent to shoot up the Japs unloading barges 8 P-39's stayed up top in case some Zeros showed from Lae and 8 went down to shoot up the barges. 39th FS pilot Bob Faurot put his P-39 down so low that his would nearly hit the water. 80th FS pilot Pinky Hunter made his pass and his aircraft was hit by AA fire he opened the door on his P-39 and bailed out, his door blew off his aircraft and almost hit Danny Roberts 'P-39 Hunter' body was never found but his rings were found on a dead Japanese soldier on the Kakoda Trail months later.
September 5, 1942
P-400s strafe Sanananda.
September 15, 1942
Medium bombers hit Sanananda
September 16, 1942
A lone B-17 attacks landing barges in the Sanananda area
September 17, 1942
P-400s, P-40s, and P-39s strafe and bomb landing barges in the Sanananda Point
area
September 22, 1942
A B-25 bombs the coastal end of Sanananda track
October 5, 1942
A-20s hit AA positions at Sanananda Point and bomb the village of
Sanananda
October 10, 1942
P-400s, strike villages in the area of Sanananda.
November 10, 1942
B-26s bomb AA positions and supply dumps along the Sanananda-Soputa trail.
November 16, 1942
A-20s pound the areas around Sanananda.
November 21, 1942
A-20s and B-25s pound the village of Sanananda in support of Allied
ground forces; the Australian-US force is advancing from Soputa toward Sanananda.
November 22, 1942
A-20s pound trails around Sanananda
November 23, 1942
A-20s and B-26s pound Sanananda Point
November 24, 1942
A-20s, B-25s, B-26s, B-17s, P-40s, P-39s, and P-400s hit Sanananda Point and
other targets in the area.
December 4, 1942
A-20s, B-25s and P-400s bomb and strafe Sanananda Point
December 9, 1942
P-40s hit the area along the Sanananda-Soputa trail
December 12, 1942
A-20s strafe barges off Sanananda Point.
December 31, 1942
A-20s strafe forces in the Sanananda area.
January 4, 1943
B-26s pound the Sanananda Point area as preparations for an allied
offensive in that sector get underway.
January 6, 1943
B-26s pound the forces in the Sanananda Point area.
January 13, 1943
A-20s bomb and strafe the Sanananda Point area and forces along the Sanananda
track.
January 15, 1943
A-20s strafe the Sanananda Point area.
