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American missions against Ternate Island, Ternate Town and Ternate Airfield
October 17, 1943–April 11, 1945

October 17, 1943
(5th AF) Six B-24's bomb Ternate, 2,200-mile round trip.

August 12, 1944
(FEAF) 345th BG B-25s attack Ternate town.

August 14, 1944
(FEAF) B-25s and B-24s attack Ternate, AA positions, oil dumps, barracks, supply areas.

August 15, 1944
(FEAF) 345th BG B-25s attack shipping in the Ternate Island area, setting a 1,200-ton vessel afire and damaging several luggers and barges.

August 16, 1944
(FEAF) B-24 and B-25s hit warehouses and shipping facilities on Ternate.

MapApril 11, 1945
(RAAF) 1st Tactical Air Force, No. 78 (Fighter) Wing aircraft including P-40N Kittyhawks from No. 80 Squadron with a PBY Catalina attack Japanese installations on Ternate.



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