April 11, 1942
(5th AF) 22nd BG B-26s attack Lakunai Airfield.
May 22, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb Lakunai Airfield.
June 12, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s hit Lakunai airfield.
August 9, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb shipping and Lakunai Airfield.
August 22, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb Lakunai Airfield.
August 29, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s pound Lakunai Airfield.
September 22, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb Lakunai Airfield.
October 10, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s hit
Lakunai airfield.
October 13, 1942
(5th AF)
B-17s again pound Rabaul concentrating Lakunai Airfield
December 6, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb Lakunai Airfield
May 24, 1943
(5th AF) B-24's pound Lakunai Airfield
June 14, 1943
(5th AF)
A single B-24 bombs Lakunai Airfield
November 2, 1943
(5th AF) 75 B-25's, with an escort of 70 P-38's of the 8th FG and 49th FG, attack Rabaul airfields
including Lakunai.
November 10, 1943
(5th AF) B-24's bomb Lakunai
Airfield
November 11, 1943
(5th AF) B-24's bomb Lakunai
Airfield
December 23, 1943
(13th AF) 6
B-24s hit Lakunai
December 25, 1943
(13th AF) A few B-24's, fighting
bad weather, attack Lakunai
Airfield; covering fighters claim 13 airplanes shot down. 2 P-38's are lost.
January 1, 1944
(13th AF) 15 B-24's, escorted by 70+ P-38's and US Navy (USN) F6F's, bomb Lakunai Airfield; fighter and AA opposition
is heavy, with 80-90 fighters attempting interception. US airplanes claim 20
fighters shot down; 1 B-24 is shot down and 2, severely damaged
January 10, 1944
(13th AF) 20 B-24's of the 5th Bombardment
night raid against Lakunai
Airfield
January 12, 1944
(13th AF) 16 B-24's
hit Lakunai Airfield during the night of 12/13
January 14, 1944
(13th AF) During
the night of 13/14 Jan, B-24's bomb Lakunai Airfield
January 18, 1944
(13th AF) single B-24's on armed reconnaissance
bomb Lakunai area
January 22, 1944
(13th AF) 27 B-25's,
with 90+ supporting fighters, attack Lakunai Airfield, doing considerable damage
to runway and revetment areas; they claim 18 Japanese aircraft; 1 B-25 and 4
fighters are lost.
January 23, 1944
(13th AF) 80 AAF,
USN and US Marine Corps fighters support 60+ USN dive bombers in a strike
on the Lakunai Airfield and Matupi Harbor area; they claim 30+ Japanese aircraft;
3 Allied fighters are lost. Later more B-25's strike Lakunai
January 25, 1944
(13th AF) 19 B-24's, following 3 which
drop flares, attack Lakunai Airfield during the late evening
January 26, 1944
(13th AF) 80+ Allied fighters cover
a strike by 50+ USN dive bombers on the Lakunai area AA positions and revetments; 3 Allied fighters are lost; 20+ Japanese airplanes are claimed
shot down.
January 27, 1944
(13th AF) 19 B-25's, with and escort
of 60+ AAF and USN fighters, pound Lakunai Airfield
January 28, 1944
(13th AF) AAF and
USN fighters support a USN dive-bomber attack on targets in the Rabaul area;
5 P-38's are lost; Allied aircraft claim about 30 aircraft shot down; at Lakunai
airfield, one of the targets, 20-30 parked aircraft are destroyed and several
AA positions are destroyed or damaged
January 29, 1944
(13th AF) Lakunai airfield
is pounded by 19 B-24's escorted by P-38's and USN fighters
January 30, 1944
(13th AF) 26 B-25's, with large fighter cover, bomb Lakunai
Airfield
February 3, 1944
(13th AF) 15 B-24s
with P-38 and USN fighter escort bomb Lakunai Airfield
February 5, 1944
(13th AF) 24 P-40s join 40+ USN fighters
in covering a strike by more than 60 USN dive bombers on Lakunai. This strike is followed by an attack of 13 B-24s, with 30+ P-38 and USN fighter escort, on the same target.
February 6, 1944
(13th AF) Lakunai Airfield
is hit by 32 B-25s, covered by 60+ AAF and USN fighters, and shortly afterwards
by 19 B-24s, escorted by nearly 50 Allied fighters; Allied aircraft claim 16
aircraft shot down; Lakunai is practically unserviceable as a result of cumulative
damage.
February 12, 1944
(13th AF) P-40s join USN fighters in covering a USN dive-bomber strike on Lakunai
February 13, 1944
(13th AF) 23 B-24s bomb Lakunai Airfield escorted by fighters
February 19, 1944
(13th AF) 20
P-40s and 40+ USN fighters escort about 70 USN dive bombers in an attack on
Lakunai Airfield
February 20, 1944
(13th AF) 35 B-25s, with fighter escort,
pound Lakunai Airfield
February 21, 1944
(13th AF) 15
B-24s bomb Lakunai Airfield. 20 P-38s join USN fighters in covering a USN dive bomber strikes
on Lakunai gun positions
February 22, 1944
(13th AF) 40+ B-24s, with fighter escorts, bomb Lakunai
February 27, 1944
(13th AF) P-40s and USN fighters
cover a USN dive bomber strike on Lakunai AA positions
March 15, 1944
(13th AF) 24 B-25s, with USN fighter escort, bomb Lakunai Airfield
March 20, 1944
(13th AF) 24 B-25s pound Lakunai
March 21, 1944
(13th AF) 30+ fighter-bombers
and 24 B-25s pound the Lakunai Airfield area
March 22, 1944
(13th AF) 23 B-25s
pound Lakunai Airfield
April 2, 1944
(13th AF) 23 B-25s pound Lakunai
April 6, 1944
(13th AF) 22 B-25s bomb Lakunai Airfield and revetment
area
April 8, 1944
(13th AF) 24 B-25s bomb the
center of Lakunai Airfield
April 9, 1944
(13th AF) 23
B-25s bomb Lakunai
April 20, 1944
(13th AF) Fighter-bombers blast the airfields
at Lakunai
April 22, 1944
(13th AF) 9 Fighter bombers strike Lakunai Airfield
April 26, 1944
(13th AF) 24
B-25s bomb the runway and dispersal area at Lakunai Airfield
May 9, 1944
(13th AF) 33 fighter-bombers pound the
airfield at Lakunai Airfield
May 21, 1944
(13th AF) 8 P-38s, followed shortly by USN aircraft, bomb Lakunai Airfield
May 23, 1944
(13th AF) 32 B-25s and 40+ P-39s, P-38s and P-40s attack gun positions
near Lakunai
May 25, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s bomb Lakunai.
May 28, 1944
(13th AF)
B-24s, followed by 23 B-25s and 12 P-38s, blast Lakunai Airfield.
June 17, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s hit Lakunai Airfield.
