American Missions Against Sanananda
September 5, 1942 - January 13, 1943

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.