American missions against Galela (Galeia) and Galela Airfield
July 27, 1944–January 10, 1945
July 27, 1944
(FEAF)
B-25s hit Galela Airfield.
July 31, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s hit Galela Airfield.
August 7, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Galela Airfield.
August 10, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s hit Galela Airfield.
August 23, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s pound the Galela.
September 5, 1944
(FEAF) Fighter-bombers
attack Galela and nearby villages.
September 6, 1944
(FEAF) B-25s hit
Galela.
Septemeber 7, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s strike
Galela.
September 8, 1944
(FEAF) B-25s hit Galela.
September 9, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s hit Galela
Airfield.
September 11, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s hit
Galela.
September 12, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s and B-25s bomb
Galela
Airfield.
September 16, 1944
(USN) Lost over Galela is
F6F Hellcat 58043 (MIA).
October 3, 1944
(FEAF) B-25s
bomb Galela.
October 4, 1944
(FEAF)
P-40s and B-25s attack
Galela.
October 26, 1944
(FEAF) P-40 hit supply area S of Galela.
November 7, 1944
(FEAF) B-25s and fighter-bombers hit Galela.
December 5, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s strike Galela.
December 13, 1944
(FEAF) B-25s, P-38s, and P-47s on small raids hit shore positions at Galela Bay, while covering an attempted rescue of a downed pilot
by a PT boat.
December 25, 1944
(FEAF, RAAF) B-25s, along with
RAAF fighter-bombers,
hit the Galela area.
December 26, 1944
(FEAF)
B-24s, and
fighter-bombers hit Galela.
January 10, 1945
(FEAF) About 60 P-40s bomb and strafe the Galela area.
September 22, 1945
(RAAF) Crashed into Lake Galela is Spitfire A58-489 (KIA).
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