April 1, 1944
(USN)
The Fifth Fleet force, built around Task Force 58
(Vice Admiral M. A. Mitscher) with 11 carriers, launched a series of attacks
on Yap.
June 28, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Colonia Airfield and Colonia (Yap Town) on Yap.
July 3, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s hit airstrips, AA positions, and
targets of opportunity in the Yap.
July 5, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb airstrips and AA guns on Yap.
July 10, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb airfields
and town areas at Yap.
July 19, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s, striking in
2 waves, attack the airfield on Yap.
July 21, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s again pound
Yap, concentrating on the airfield; fighters, many dropping phosphorus
bombs on the bomber formation, attack fiercely but ineffectively; the B-24s
claim 7 fighters shot down.
July 22, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s attack
the airfield on Yap.
July 23, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Yap, hitting the town area and airfield.
July 25-28, 1944
(USN) Task Force 58 preforms strikes on the Western Carolines, including Yap, taking photographic
planes obtained intelligence of enemy defenses.
August 2, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb the airfield
at Yap.
August 4, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb the airfield at Yap.
August 8, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Yap
and Gagil-Tomil Island, concentrating on airstrips.
August 10, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s attack Yap, concentrating on AA positions, airfields and the town of Yap.
