February 19,
1942
(Raid 1 & 2) (IJN) A6M2 Zeros and D3A Vals aircraft attack Darwin, Darwin Airfield and Darwin Harbor, bombing vessels loaded with troops destined for the defense of Koepang
on Timor. Ten P-40's sent to Darwin to escort the convoy are almost entirely wiped out by the attack.
March 4, 1942
Darwin Airfield
March 16, 1942
Darwin Airfield & AA Battery at Bagot
March 17, 1942
Darwin
March 19, 1942
Darwin city, Myilly Point and Larrakeyah
March 22-23, 1942
Darwin
March 28, 1942
(12.30 pm) Darwin Airfield
March 30, 1942
Darwin Airfield
March 31, 1942
Darwin Airfield
April 2, 1942
Darwin - Town & Oil Tanks, Sattler Airfield
April 4, 1942
Darwin civil & Parap Hotel
April 5, 1942
Darwin Airfield
April 25, 1942
Darwin Airfield
April 27, 1942
Darwin Airfield
June 13, 1942
Darwin Airfield
June 14, 1942
Darwin town straffed
June 15, 1942
June 16, 1942
(12:01pm) A large Japanese force bombs the Darwin town area and set fire to the oil fuel tanks around Darwin Harbor and inflicted severe damage to the vacant banks, stores and railway yards.
June 20, 1942
(Raid 55) Ki-49s (high level attack) hit Winnellie,
Ki-48s and Ki-43s hit the the RAAF
base at Darwin.
June 26, 1942
(8.50 p.m.) Darwin, NT
July 6, 1942
(Raid 58)
July 25, 1942
(Raid 59)
July 26, 1942
(Raid 60)
July 27, 1942
July 28, 1942
July 29, 1942
July 30, 1942
July 31, 1942
August 23, 1942
August 24, 1942
Japanese aircraft bomb
Hughes Airfield and Darwin Airfield
August 25, 1942
August 27, 1942
August 28, 1942
August 30, 1942
August 31, 1942
September 15/16, 1942
(Raid 62) Overnight raid
September 25, 1942
September 26, 1942
September 27, 1942
(04:56 am) Bynoe Harbour, NT
(05:44 am) Darwin (town area) (Frances Bay)
October 24, 1942
(04:42 hrs) Batchelor Airfield
(04:52 am) Pell Airfield
(04:57 am) Cox Peninsula
(05:12 am) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT
October 25, 1942
(05:30 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT
October 26, 1942
(04:54 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT
October 27, 1942
(02:20 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT
November 23, 1942
(03:00–04:39 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT
Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT
November 26, 1942
(03.20 a.m.) Darwin (town area), Strauss Airfield and Hughes Airfield, NT
November 27, 1942
(03:56–04:46 am) Coomalie Creek, Hughes Airfield and Strauss Airfield, NT
PARTIAL LIST
March 15, 1943 (Darwin Air Raid #53)
20 plus bombers and 22 Zekes/Haps attack Darwin. Intercepting were Spitfires from 452 Squadron, RAAF and 54 Squadron, RAF. Lost is Spitfire A58-92 pilot Thorold-Smith (KIA).
