American missions against Kanoya and Kanoya Airfield
April 8, 1945–August 12, 1945
April 8, 1945
(20th AF) 29 B-29s (Mission 60) bomb the two runways at Kanoya Airfield.
April 16, 1945
(7th AF) P-51s with Twentieth AF B-29 navigational escort, strafe and
bomb targets at Kanoya Airfield.
(USN) F6F Hellcats from VF-23 conduct a dive bombing mission over
Kanoya Airfield.
April 17, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 70 to 75: 118 B-29s bomb airfields including two runways at Kanoya Airfield.
April 18, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 76 to 81: 112 B-29s bomb airfields including two runways at Kanoya Airfield.
April 21, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 82 to 90: 217 B-29s bomb airfields including two runways at Kanoya Airfield.
April 22, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 91 to 95: 87 B-29s bomb airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
April 26, 1945
(20th AF)
Missions 97 to 107: 195 B-29s (some escorted
by fighters of the VII Fighter Command) bomb airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
April 27, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 108 to 113: 109 B-29s strike airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
April 28, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 114 to 119: 119 B-29s hit airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
April 29, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 120 to 125: 111 B-29s strike airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
April 30, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 127 to 132: 56 B-29s hit airfields including two runways at Kanoya Airfield.
May 3, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 127 to 132: 59 B-29s hit airfields including two runways at Kanoya Airfield.
May 5, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 144, 145 and 147 to 149: 55 B-29s bomb airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
May 7, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 151 to 154: 41 B-29s bomb airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
May 8, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 155 to 158: 40 B-29s bomb airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
May 10, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 159 to 162: 42 B-29s bomb airfields including Kanoya Airfield.
June 29, 1945
(20th AF) 34 P-47s from Ie Shima hit airfields at Kanoya Airfield with rockets and machine gun fire.
July 12, 1945
(7th AF) 50+ B-25s bomb Kanoya Airfield.
July 28, 1945
(FEAF) P-47s from Ie Shima rocket and strafe airfields including Kanoya Airfield. Also, A-26s and B-25s pound the runways at Kanoya Airfield.
July 31, 1945
(FEAF) A-26s and B-25s bomb Kanoya Airfield.
August 9, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s bomb Kanoya Airfield. A-26s and A-20s hit Kanoya Airfield.
August 12, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s and A-26s hit Kanoya Airfield.
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