Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces
in operations against and from the Marshall Islands


 

1942


 
SATURDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 1942
A B-17 flies a photo reconnaissance mission over Wake Island.
 
SUNDAY, 7 JUNE 1942
Major General Clarence L Tinker, Commanding General 7th Air Force, is lost during the night of 6/7 Jun while leading a flight of LB-30s from Midway Island for a predawn attack on Wake Island.
 
FRIDAY, 26 JUNE 1942
3 LB-30s bomb installations on Wake Island. The raid takes place during the night of 26/27 Jun and is staged through Midway Island.
 
FRIDAY, 31 JULY 1942
1 B-17, from Midway Island, flies photo reconnaissance of Wake Island. The B-17 is Intercepted by 6 fighters; in the ensuing fight US gunners claim 4 fighters destroyed.
 
TUESDAY, 22 DECEMBER 1942
Detachments of the 370th, 372d and 424th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy) based in the Territory of Hawaii with B-24s arrives on Midway Island. During the night of 22/23 Dec, 26 B-24s bomb Wake Island from 2,500 to 8,000 feet, dropping 135x500 pound bombs. The total length of the mission, from Hawaii and return, was over 4,300 nautical miles. No aircraft were lost.

 

1943


 
MONDAY, 25 JANUARY 1943
Six B-24s carry out a photographic reconnaissance missions over Wake Island and drop 60 bombs. They claim one fighter shot down.
 
SATURDAY, 15 MAY 1943
7 B-24's from Midway Island bomb Wake Island; 4 others abort and 7 others fail to find the target. 22 fighters intercept the formation; the B-24's claim 4 shot down; 1 B-24 is lost.
 
THURSDAY, 17 JUNE 1943
During the night of 17/18 Jun, 4 B-24's take off from Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands at 2-hour intervals to bomb Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. One aborts and another fails to find the target. The 2 heavy bombers bombing the target hit runways, silence an AA battery, and blow up an ammunition dump. The raid is a diversion in support of the first night photo-reconnaissance mission by the VII Bomber Command, during which 3 B-24's photograph Mille Atoll and nearby waters in the Marshall Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 19 JUNE 1943
During the night of 18/19 Jun, 2 B-24's fly photo reconnaissance of Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands.
 
SUNDAY, 20 JUNE 1943
During the night of 19/20 Jun, 3 B-24's from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands fly photo reconnaissance of Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 24 JULY 1943
8 B-24's from Midway Island attack Wake Island, bombing oil storage, barracks, and a gun emplacement. 20-30 Zekes attack the formation; 9 fighters are claimed destroyed; 1 B-24 is lost in a collision with a falling Japanese fighter.
 
MONDAY, 26 JULY 1943
The last mission against Wake Island from Midway Island is flown. 8 B-24's bomb targets including oil storage area. 20+ fighters (including an aircraft identified as a possible Fw 190) intercept the formation. The B-24's claim 11 of the fighters shot down.

 
SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 1943
Advanced HQ, Seventh Air Force, is set up on Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands to provide a HQ closer to targets in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. VII Air Force Service Command and VII Bomber Command also establish forward echelons at Funafuti. Landing fields are being built on Baker Island; and Nukufetau and Nanumea Islands in the Ellice Islands, to be used, along with existing fields at Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands and Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands as operational bases for attacks on Tarawa Atoll and Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands; Mille Atoll , Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Nauru Island. These operations will mark the assumption of the offensive by the Seventh Air Force and will play a conspicuous role in the invasion and occupation of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.
 
SUNDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 1943
9 B-24's from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands hit Mille Atoll .
 
MONDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 1943
20+ B-24's from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands and Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Jaluit Atoll and Mille Atoll as well as Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands.
 
TUESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 1943
B-24's from Nanumea and Nukufetau Islands in the Ellice Islands bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls in the Marshall Islands. Single aircraft hit Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and Little Makin Island and Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
 
WEDNESDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 1943
20+ B-24's from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands and Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands bomb Mille Atoll and Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
 
THURSDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 1943
19 B-24's from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Mille Atoll
 
MONDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 1943
11 B-24's from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands bomb Mille Atoll. The B-24's claim 2 interceptors shot down.
 
TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 1943
6 B-24's from Nukufetau Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Emidj and Jabor Islands, Jaluit Atoll,.
 
THURSDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 1943
20 B-24's out of Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Maloelap Atoll, scoring hits on the landing ground and a cargo vessel.
 
SATURDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 1943
8 B-24's from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands and Nukufetau Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Mille Atoll .
 
TUESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 1943
10 B-24's from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands strike Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands; 20 others, sent against the same target from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands, run into bad weather; 2 attack a cargo ship (and other vessels near Maloelap Atoll, the remaining 18 return to base without attacking.

 
WEDNESDAY, 1 DECEMBER 1943
4 B-24's, flying out of Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands, bomb Mille Atoll .
 
SATURDAY, 4 DECEMBER 1943
34 B-24's from the Ellice Islands and Canton Island bomb Mille Atoll ; 20+ others abort due to bad weather.
 
TUESDAY, 7 DECEMBER 1943
During the night of 6/7 Dec, 14 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, hit targets on Maloelap and Wotje Atolls in the Marshall Islands. 6 B-24's from Nukufetau Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Maloelap Atoll, and 1 other, failing to reach the primary, drops bombs on Mille Atoll . This date marks the beginning of Operation FLINTLOCK (operations against Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls in the Marshall Islands).
 
WEDNESDAY, 8 DECEMBER 1943
22 B-24's from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands, bomb Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and 11 from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands bomb Mille Atoll .
 
THURSDAY, 9 DECEMBER 1943
19 B-24's from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands bomb Mille Atoll . The B-24's claim 5 fighters destroyed.
 
SUNDAY, 12 DECEMBER 1943
25 B-24's flying out of Ellice Island bases, bomb Emidj Island in the Marshall Islands.
 
MONDAY, 13 DECEMBER 1943
10 B-24's, staging through Baker Island from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands, bomb Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
 
TUESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 1943
16 B-24's, flying out of bases in the Ellice Islands, bomb Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
 
WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 1943
20 B-24's from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands, hit Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. 10, staging from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands through Baker Island, bomb Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands. 1 B-24 is lost on Maloelap Atoll raid; 2 enemy fighters are claimed destroyed.
 
FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 1943
10 B-24's are dispatched from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands to bomb Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands; 9 are recalled because of weather; 1 bombs the alternate target of Mille Atoll .
 
SATURDAY, 18 DECEMBER 1943
14 B-24's bomb Mille Atoll .
 
SUNDAY, 19 DECEMBER 1943
29 B-24's from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands and Baker Island bomb barracks, hangars, and wharf areas on Mille Atoll and Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands; they claim 7 fighters shot down. P-39's from Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands strafe Mille Atoll , destroying 3 airplanes and firing an oil dump; 2 P-39's are lost.
 
MONDAY, 20 DECEMBER 1943
16 B-24's flying out of Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands and Baker Island bomb Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands; 3 B-24's are shot down; they claim 8 fighters destroyed.
 
TUESDAY, 21 DECEMBER 1943
8 B-24's from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands escort 4 USN PB4Y's on a photo mission over Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The B-24's bomb shipping and aircraft landing grounds and other facilities at Roi, Ennuebing, and Kwajalein Islands in the Marshall Islands. A-24's, along with USN and US Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft, hit shipping and airfields at Emidj Island in the Marshall Islands. 16 P-39's strafe fuel dumps, shipping, and AA at Mille Atoll .
 
WEDNESDAY, 22 DECEMBER 1943
11 A-24's from Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands dive-bomb cargo ships in Mille Atoll lagoon in the Caroline Islands; escort is provided by 32 P-39's and USN F6F's; the P-39's strafe the ship and AA and gasoline dumps on the island and the vessel is left burning.
 
THURSDAY, 23 DECEMBER 1943
19 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands from Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands, bomb Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands; 9 others, staging through Baker Island from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands, hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls in the Marshall Islands. 10 A-24's, escorted by 20 P-39's, attack Mille Atoll , hitting shore installations and a cargo vessel (wrecked by the previous day's raid) in the lagoon.
 
FRIDAY, 24 DECEMBER 1943
18 B-24's, staging through the Gilbert Islands from the Ellice Islands, bomb Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 25 DECEMBER 1943
10 A-24's from Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands, supported by P-39's, attack Mille Atoll , hitting the runway, ammunition storage, and an AA position.
 
SUNDAY, 26 DECEMBER 1943
16 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, bomb Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands. P-39's fly reconnaissance and strafing missions over Mille Atoll .
 
TUESDAY, 28 DECEMBER 1943
15 B-24's from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands and Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands, staging through Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and Baker Island, hit Maloelap and Majuro Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Mille Atoll . 18 A-24's from Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands, with an escort of 20 P-39's, attack Mille Atoll; this attack is followed by another against the atoll carried out by 9 B-25's from Tarawa, supported by 12 Makin-based P-39's.
 
THURSDAY, 30 DECEMBER 1943
17 B-24's, flying from Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, bomb Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and 9 B-25's from Tarawa hit the town of Jabor on Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. A-24's from Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands, escorted by 24 P-39's, dive-bomb gun positions on Mille Atoll .

 

1944


 
SATURDAY, 1 JANUARY 1944
16 P-39's strafe the harbor of Mille Atoll in the Marshall Islands and attack shipping N of the atoll; 2 small vessels are heavily damaged. During the month of Jan 44, HQ VII Bomber Command transfers from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
 
SUNDAY, 2 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, bomb Maloelap Atoll; 9 B-25's hit targets on Jaluit Atoll; and P-39's strafe shipping at Mille Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 3 JANUARY 1944
24 A-24's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands dive-bomb AA positions and radar and radio facilities on Mille Atoll. 20 supporting P-39's strafe runways and oil storage.
 
TUESDAY, 4 JANUARY 1944
18 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, bomb Emidj Island, Marshall Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 8 JANUARY 1944
15 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, bomb shipping and shore installations at several locations on Wotje, Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls, Marshall Islands; and 2 B-25's from Tarawa hit shipping and gun positions on Jaluit.
 
MONDAY, 10 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 4 P-39's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands strafe Mille Atoll; 1 of the P-39's drops 2 500-lb (227 kg) bombs on the fuel storage area; during the night of 10/11 Jan, 16 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands from the Ellice Islands, bomb Maloelap Atoll; 4 others, staging through Baker Island from Canton Island, Phoenix Islands, hit Mille Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 11 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 9 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands hit 5 vessels and land installations at Maloelap Atoll; a 5000-ton cargo ship and a small vessel are sunk; 4 P-39's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands dive-bomb and strafe runways on Mille Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 12 JANUARY 1944
21 A-24's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands dive-bomb AA positions and the storage area on Mille Atoll, Marshall Islands and 20 supporting P-39's strafe runways.
 
THURSDAY, 13 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 9 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands attack harbor shipping at Wotje Atoll; 21 A-24's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands dive-bomb dock, barracks, and storage area on Mille Atoll; some of the 16 escorting P-39's strafe ground targets, and 10 other P-39's carry out strafing mission over Mille Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 12 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, bomb 3 islands in Kwajalein Atoll; 3 B-25's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands fly a mission against shipping at Wotje Atoll; 2 of the B-25's attack 2 small vessels, sinking 1 and damaging the other; the other B-25 bombs a runway and building on the S part of Wotje.
 
SATURDAY, 15 JANUARY 1944
9 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands flying at deck-level bomb and strafe shipping and shore installations at Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands; 2 vessels are hit and the oil dump, hangars, other buildings, and runways are damaged; 1 B-25 crashes at sea after being hit by AA fire.
 
SUNDAY, 16 JANUARY 1944
25 A-24's, 16 P-39's, and 8 P-40's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands strike Mille Atoll, Marshall Islands; the A-24's bomb and strafe AA positions and storage areas, the P-40's bomb and strafe barracks and AA emplacements and the P-39's strafe runways; 2 P-39's are lost; P-39's sent up on interceptor missions claim 3 Japanese airplanes destroyed over Mille Atoll and Makin Island.
 
MONDAY, 17 JANUARY 1944
9 B-25's from Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands, bomb and strafe Mille Atoll hitting the runway, AA positions, radio tower, warehouse area, lagoon dredges and possible oil dumps. 4 P-40's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, bomb and strafe the Mille Atoll landing ground.
 
TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 12 B-25's from Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands, attack barracks area, runway and gun position on the N part of Mille Atoll; 25 A-24's and 8 P-40's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands pound the oil storage area on the S side of Jabor Island in Jaluit Atoll; the P-40's also strafe a radio station in the target area.
 
WEDNESDAY, 19 JANUARY 1944
17 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, hit Mille Atoll, Marshall Islands; flying at low altitude, the B-25's score hits on gun positions, fuel dumps, and the airfield area in general; AA fire claims 2 B-25's.
 
THURSDAY, 20 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 13 B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, hit Wotje Atoll during the night of 19/20 Jan; 8 B-25's from Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands, bomb Rakaaru Island; other B-25's sent from Tarawa Atoll against shipping at Ailinglapalap Atoll, abort because of bad weather; 9 P-40's from the Gilbert Islands strafe a corvette and a schooner at Jaluit Atoll, mortally damaging both vessels; 4 other P-40's bomb Mille Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 21 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 16 B-24's staging through Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands during the night of 20/21 Jan, bomb targets on Kwajalein Atoll; 6 Tarawa-based B-25's hit Arno Atoll, and 12 bomb Aur Atoll; 9 B-25's from Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands, hit gun positions, barracks, and runways on Mille Atoll; 23 A-24's and 11 P-40's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, attack gun positions, ammunition and oil storage, barracks, and 2 small vessels at Jaluit Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 22 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 18 B-24's, flying from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, hit targets on Kwajalein, Jaluit and Mille Atoll; 10 B-25's from Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands hit Maloelap Atoll; 9 others, flying out of Tarawa, bomb shipping and shore installations at Wotje Atoll; 3 B-25's are lost during the day's missions; 10 Japanese aircraft are claimed shot down.
 
SUNDAY, 23 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 21 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands, hit Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll; the B-25's claim 3 fighters shot down; 23 B-24's, flying out of Makin and Abemama Islands, Gilbert Islands, bomb Wotje Atoll at dusk; 1 B-24 bombs Mille Atoll during return flight after developing engine trouble.
 
MONDAY, 24 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 24 A-24's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, supported by 12 P-39's and 7 P-40's, hit gun positions, storage areas, and barracks on Mille Atoll. In the late afternoon, 8 B-25's, staging through Makin Island, bomb the airfield on Wotje Atoll. During the night of 24/25 Jan, 9 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, and 12 B-24's from the Ellice Islands, bomb several targets in Maloelap Atoll. 1 other B-24 bombs Mille Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 24 A-24's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, supported by 12 P-39's, attack gun positions on Mille Atoll; 8 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, bomb a vessel and shore targets at Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll; later, in a dusk attack, 18 B-24's flying out of the Gilbert Islands bomb Kwajalein Atoll, hitting runways and AA positions.
 
WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 9 B-25's from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, hit several targets in Maloelap Atoll; about 20 fighters attack the formation; 12 P-40's, meeting the returning B-25's over Aur Atoll, join the battle against the fighters, claiming 10+ destroyed; the B-25's claim 5 shot down; several more are destroyed on the ground or while taking off during the bombing raid. 9 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands hit Aineman Island in Jaluit Atoll, and nearby shipping.
 
THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY 1944
In the Gilbert Islands, 6 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll hit Nauru Island, and 9 staging through Makin Island hit Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands; 23 A-24's, supported by 10 P-39's, pound Mille Atoll, Marshall Islands; and 7 B-24's, staging through Makin Island, bomb Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll in a dusk attack.
 
FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY 1944
AAF aircraft from the Gilbert Islands bomb the Marshall Islands, i.e., 9 B-25's, staging through Makin Island bomb Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll; B-24's, staging through Tarawa Atoll and Makin Island and taking off at varying intervals, carry out several hours of strikes against Wotje, Kwajalein, Maloelap, and Jaluit Atolls.
 
SATURDAY, 29 JANUARY 1944
As a US invasion force approaches the Marshall Islands, B-24's, attacking from bases in the Gilbert Islands, maintain day and night attacks (both multiple-plane missions and single-plane attacks at intervals) against Maloelap, Jaluit, Aur, Wotje, and Mille Atolls, Marshall Islands. 9 B-25's from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, also carry out a strike against shipping and shore installations at Wotje. 18 A-24's, supported by 12 P-40's, hit Jaluit. 12 P-39's, operating in flights of 4 aircraft, patrol and strafe Mille all day to deny the use of the airfield to the enemy.
 
SUNDAY, 30 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, P-40's and P-39's maintain patrols over Mille Atoll, bombing and strafing the airfield to prevent its use by the enemy against invading US forces; B-24's maintain all-night strikes against Kwajalein Atoll in preparation for the invasion the following morning; the invasion of Majuro Atoll begins during the night of 30/31 Jan.
 
MONDAY, 31 JANUARY 1944
In the Marshall Islands as US Army and USMC troops land on Kwajalein Atoll, under overall command of Admiral Raymond A Spruance, the USAAF hits other atolls. 19 A-24's bomb Mille Atoll airfield, over which P-39's and P-40's maintain all-day cover and harassment; 9 P-40's carry out a strafing mission against Jaluit Atoll; during the night of 31 Jan/1 Feb, 8 B-24's, attacking at intervals, bomb Wotje Atoll.

 
MONDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands hit the beach defenses on Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands; P-40s on armed reconnaissance over Mille Atoll, Marshall Islands strafe a beached schooner. Operation CATCHPOLE (operations against Eniwetok and Ujelang Atolls in the Marshall Islands) is begun to occupy and defend Eniwetok Atoll, which is to furnish a striking base for operations against the Marianas Islands. During the operation, Seventh Air Force aircraft operating from newly acquired bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands neutralize airfields in the Marianas and continue to pound by-passed airfields in the Marshalls.
 
WEDNESDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 1944
A-24s and P-40s from Makin Island bomb runways and gun positions on Mille Atoll and along with P-39 escort strafe NE tip of the island; B-24s from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands bomb Rongelap Island, Marshall Islands.
 
THURSDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s from Makin Island, bomb and strafe Mille Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s, flying from Tarawa Atoll and Makin Island, bomb Wotje, Maloelap and Mille Atolls, Marshall Islands; B-25s from Tarawa and Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands also hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls; P-40s based on Makin Island bomb and strafe Mille Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s from Makin Island dive- bomb and strafe oil storage area, radio facilities, and small craft at Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands; P-39s strafe runways on Mille Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap and Wotje Atolls; A-24s and P-40s from Makin Island attack Mille Atoll; Tarawa-based P-39s strafe Jaluit Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls and P-40s from Makin Island hit a storage area at Jaluit Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Makin and Abemama Islands hit Maloelap and Mille Atolls.
 
WEDNESDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 1944
A-24s from Makin Island along with supporting P-40s, bomb and strafe oil storage and gun positions on Jaluit Atoll; during a dusk-to-dawn operation on 9/10 Feb B-24s operating at intervals from Tarawa Atoll maintain strikes against Wotje Atoll and Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls; 9 B-24s from Abemama Island, sent to bomb a weather and radio station on Rongelap Island, abort due to a fuel leak in the lead B-24; an attempt to bomb Jaluit Atoll during the return flight is unsuccessful.
 
FRIDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s and P-39s dive-bomb and strafe hangar, airfield installations and gun positions on Mille Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls; A-24s and P-39s from Makin Island bomb and strafe Mille Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 1944
During the night of 13/14 Feb, B-24s from Tarawa Atoll operating individually at intervals, bomb Wotje and Mille Atolls and Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 1944
40+ B-24s from the 11th and 90th Bombardment Groups (Heavy), flying out of Makin Island and Tarawa Atoll strike Ponape Island in the first Seventh Air Force raid on the Caroline Islands; 2 of the B-24s hit the alternate target of Emidj Island.
 
TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll and Makin Island pound Mille Atoll and Ponape Island; 10 P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe runways and a disabled vessel at Mille Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll bomb Wotje Atoll and Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll; P-40s from Makin Island fly 2 bombing-strafing strikes against Jaluit Atoll; A-24s bomb Mille Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island hit Ponape and Kusaie Islands, and Jaluit Atoll. P-40s strafe floatplanes off Emidj Island, as a USN Task Force begins a heavy attack on Truk Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe Jaluit and Mille Atolls. US forces land on Engebi Island in Eniwetok Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll and Makin Island pound Ponape and Kusaie Islands; B-25s from Tarawa hit Wotje Atoll while Makin-based P-40s bomb and strafe Mille Atoll. US forces land on Eniwetok Island in Eniwetok Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 1944
9 B-25s from Tarawa Atoll bomb the airfield at Wotje Atoll; P-40s from Makin Island strafe and bomb runways and small vessels at Mille Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island hit Ponape and Kusaie Islands and Jaluit Atoll. B-25s from Abemama bomb Maloelap Atoll. P-40s from Makin Island hit Mille Atoll. US forces gain complete control of Eniwetok Island in Eniwetok Atoll. 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Seventh Air Force, arrives at Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii from the US with C-47s.
 
TUESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 1944
1 B-24 bombs Kusaie Island. 8 A-24s and 9 P-40s from Makin Island bomb Mille Atoll; 1 P-40 launches rockets against airfield targets in the first such attack by a Seventh Air Force aircraft.
 
WEDNESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s from Makin Island bomb Mille Atoll; 2 small boats are destroyed by strafing; B-25s from Abemama Island hit Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll. B-24s from Makin Island and Tarawa Atoll bomb Kusaie and Ponape Islands and Jaluit Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s from Makin Island strafe and bomb the runway and radio installation on Mille Atoll; B-25s from Tarawa Atoll pound the airfield on Wotje Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s out of Makin Island bomb and strafe targets at Jaluit Atoll; B-25's from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island hit Mille and Wotje Atolls; B-24s from Abemama and Tarawa pound Ponape Island.
 
SATURDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island attack Wotje and Jaluit Atolls; P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe targets on Mille Atoll. 27th and 38th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based on Nanumea Island, Ellice Islands begin operating from Abemama and Makin Islands, respectively, with B-24s.
 
SUNDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 1944
A-24s and P-40s from Makin Island pound Jaluit and Mille Atolls, while B-25s from Abemama Island hit Wotje and Mille Atolls; B-24s from Makin Island and Tarawa Atoll bomb Ponape Island.
 
MONDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 1944
P-40s from Makin Island strafe and bomb the runway and radio installation on Mille Atoll; B-25s from Tarawa Atoll pound the airfield on Wotje Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 1944
B-24s bomb Maloelap, Mille and Wotje Atolls; B-25s hit Jaluit and Mille Atolls; P-40s attack Mille Atoll.

 
WEDNESDAY, 1 MARCH 1944
B-25s pound Maloelap Atoll
 
THURSDAY, 2 MARCH 1944
B-25s bomb Maloelap Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 3 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, hit Maloelap Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 4 MARCH 1944
P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe runways at Mille Atoll. B-25s from Tarawa Atoll bomb airfield installations and runways in Wotje Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 5 MARCH 1944
The Seventh Air Force continues to hit the Marshall and Caroline Islands; P-40s from Makin Island carry out fighter-bomber mission against runways and airfield installations at Mille Atoll; B-25s hit Maloelap and Mille Atolls; B-24s bomb Ponape Island and last resort targets at Kusaie Island and Mille Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 6 MARCH 1944
A-24s and P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe runways at Mille Atoll. B-25s from Tarawa Atoll pound the airfield at Wotje Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 7 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Abemama Island Jaluit Atoll. P-40s bomb and strafe the airfield at Mille Atoll. B-25s pound runways, AA positions, storage areas, and barracks on Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 8 MARCH 1944
A-24s and P-40s, from Makin Island, bomb and strafe runways and AA positions at Mille Atoll. Tarawa Atoll-based B-25s pound Wotje Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 9 MARCH 1944
B-25s based on Abemama Island attack Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll. B-24s from Tarawa Atoll hit Ponape and Kusaie Islands.
 
FRIDAY, 10 MARCH 1944
A-24s and P-40s from Makin Island and B-25s from Tarawa Atoll attack airfields, AA positions and radio installations at Mille and Wotje Atolls. B-25s, operating out of Engebi Island in Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands (secured by invading forces on 22 Feb) for the first time, bomb Kusaie Island.
 
SATURDAY, 11 MARCH 1944
B-24s, operating out of Kwajalein Atoll, for first time, carry out the Seventh's first raid from the Marshall Islands against Wake Island. P-40s and B-25s, operating from bases in the Gilbert Islands, pound Mille and Maloelap Atolls.
 
SUNDAY, 12 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll bomb Mille, Wotje and Maloelap Atolls and Nauru Island, Gilbert Islands. B-25s hit Jaluit Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 13 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Kusaie Island. B-25s from Abemama Island and Tarawa Atoll pound Mille Atoll. 38th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Nanumea Island, Ellice Islands to Kwajalein Atoll; the squadron continues operating from Makin Island with B-24s until 22 Mar.
 
TUESDAY, 14 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll bomb Kusaie Island. B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Wotje Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 15 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll fly the first Seventh Air Force mission against Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, hitting Dublon and Eten Islands before dawn; alternate targets of Oroluk Anchorage and Ponape Town are also hit. B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap Atoll. By this date the A-24s, P-39s, and P-40s used against Mille and Jaluit Atolls during Operations FLINTLOCK (operations against Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls) and CATCHPOLE (operations against Eniwetok and Ujelang Atolls) have returned to Oahu, Territory of Hawaii for rest and re-equipment. 27th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Nanumea Island to Kwajalein Atoll with B-24s; they have been operating from Abemama Island since 26 Feb.
 
THURSDAY, 16 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island pound Wotje and Mille Atolls and Ormed Island, Wotje Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 17 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll bomb Jaluit Atoll Atoll. 392d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Abemama Island to Kwajalein Atoll with B-24s.
 
SATURDAY, 18 MARCH 1944
2 B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll bomb and strafe Ponape Island. 13 B-25s from Abemama Island bomb Jaluit Atoll while 5 from Tarawa Atoll hit the Atoll with bombs and cannon fire. 1 B-24 from Tarawa Atoll bombs Mille Atoll and photographs Mille and Majuro Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 19 MARCH 1944
B-24s pound Wake Island from Kwajalein Atoll. B-25s from Abemama Island and Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap, Jaluit, and Mille Atolls. 1 B-24 from Tarawa bombs Mille and photographs Mille and Majuro Atolls.
 
MONDAY, 20 MARCH 1944
12 B-25s from Tarawa Atoll bomb the radio station and pier on Emidj Island, Marshall Islands. 1 other B-25 from Tarawa bombs Mille Atoll, rearms at Majuro Atoll, and again bombs Mille on the return trip. HQ 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy) moves from Abemama Island to Kwajalein Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 21 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Tarawa Atoll hit Mille and Maloelap Atolls and Ponape Island. Tarawa-based B-25s also pound Maloelap Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 22 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Abemama Island and Tarawa Atoll bomb Mille and Jaluit Atolls. 38th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy), ceases operating from Makin Island and returns to base on Kwajalein Atoll with B-24s.
 
THURSDAY, 23 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wake Island; B-25s flying out of Eniwetok Atoll hit Ponape Island; and Tarawa Atoll-based B-25s strike Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls, commencing a series of B-25 shuttle-missions between Tarawa or Makin Island and the USN's new base at Majuro Atoll which is used as the rearming base for the return strike.
 
FRIDAY, 24 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll bomb Jaluit while others, flying out of Eniwetok Atoll, hit Ponape Island and Ant Island, Caroline Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 25 MARCH 1944
Advanced HQ Seventh Air Force in Tarawa Atoll is disbanded and the Seventh's operations in the C Pacific forward area are placed under the VII Bomber Command at Kwajalein Atoll. B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll pound Ponape Island and claim 4 fighters shot down. B-25s from Abemama Island bomb Maloelap Atoll. HQ VII Bomber Command moves from Tarawa Atoll to Kwajalein Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 26 MARCH 1944
Eniwetok Atoll-based B-25s strike Ponape Island; B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Jaluit Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and hit Jaluit again on the return flight to Tarawa.
 
MONDAY, 27 MARCH 1944
B-25s and B-24s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap, Mille and Wotje Atolls; B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Jaluit Atoll and strafe and cannonade Ponape Island; and a single B-24 from Tarawa Atoll bombs Jabor in Jaluit Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 28 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Abemama Island and Tarawa Atoll pound Jaluit, Mille and Maloelap Atolls; a single B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll, en route to Eniwetok Atoll, bombs Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands; and B-24s, flying a night mission from Kwajalein, bomb targets at Truk Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 29 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Kwajalein Atoll hit Jaluit and Rongelap Atolls; B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll strike Ponape Island while others from Tarawa Atoll bomb Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls.
 
THURSDAY, 30 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls hit Truk Atoll before dawn. B-25s from Kwajalein and Tarawa Atolls strike Wotje, Mille, Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
 
FRIDAY, 31 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Truk Atoll in a predawn mission. B-25s from Eniwetok hit Ponape Island while others, flying out of Tarawa Atoll, pound Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls. 431st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Tarawa Atoll to Kwajalein Atoll with B-24s.

 
SATURDAY, 1 APRIL 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands hit Truk.
 
SUNDAY, 2 APRIL 1944
B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands hit Truk Atoll during the night of 1/2 Apr. During the day B-25s bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
 
MONDAY, 3 APRIL 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll during the night of 2/3 Apr, bomb Truk Atoll. B-25s from Abemama and Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls. 98th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Tarawa Atoll to Eniwetok Atoll with B-24s.
 
TUESDAY, 4 APRIL 1944
B-25s bomb s and Maloelap Atolls.
 
WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap Atoll, bomb up again at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, and hit Jaluit Atoll during the return trip. HQ 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy) moves from Tarawa Atoll to Kwajalein Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 6 APRIL 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wake Island. B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll hit Ponape Island twice. B-25s from Abemama Island bomb Jaluit Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and hit Maloelap Atoll during the return flight.
 
FRIDAY, 7 APRIL 1944
B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and bomb Jaluit Atoll on the return flight.
 
SATURDAY, 8 APRIL 1944
B-24s flying out of Kwajalein Atoll, strike Truk Atoll; B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll and bomb Jaluit Atoll during the return flight.
 
SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 1944
B-24s on a photo reconnaissance mission over Maloelap, Wotje, and Mille Atolls, Marshall Islands, and a single Tarawa Atoll-based B-25 bombs Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll; B-25s, in a shuttle mission from Abemama Island, bomb Jaluit Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and then hit Maloelap Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 10 APRIL 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll (1 hits Ponape Island) while B-25s, based on Abemama Island, strike Ponape. B-25s, flying a shuttle mission between Tarawa and Majuro Atolls, pound Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls.
 
TUESDAY, 11 APRIL 1944
B-25s from the Gilbert Islands hit Ponape Island, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and carry out a shuttle mission against Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
 
WEDNESDAY, 12 APRIL 1944
B-25s, flying out of Abemama Island, bomb Maloelap Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and hit Jaluit Atoll on the return trip.
 
THURSDAY, 13 APRIL 1944
B-24s out of Eniwetok Atoll strike Truk Atoll; B-25s from Tarawa Atoll bomb Jaluit Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll and hit Maloelap Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 14 APRIL 1944
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): A single B-24, enroute from Kwajalein Atoll to Tarawa Atoll, bombs Jaluit Atoll; B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Ponape Island while B-25s from Abemama Island strike Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as an arming station between strikes; Japanese bombers carry out an ineffective raid on Eniwetok Atoll. 26th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Tarawa Atoll to Kwajalein Atoll with B-24s.
 
SATURDAY, 15 APRIL 1944
B-25s, based on Tarawa Atoll, bomb Maloelap Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll and hit Jaluit and Mille Atolls on the return trip.
 
SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 1944
B-25s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, strike Truk Atoll; B-25s from Abemama Island hit Maloelap and Mille Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a rearming base between the strikes.
 
MONDAY, 17 APRIL 1944
B-25s, based on Tarawa Atoll, strike Maloelap and Mille Atolls, rearming at Majuro Atoll between the raids.
 
TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 1944
First Seventh Air Force attack on the Marianas Islands takes place as B-24s escorting USN aircraft on a photographic reconnaissance mission from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Saipan Island. Other B-24s staging through Eniwetok Atoll hit Truk Atoll. B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wake Island after failing to find shipping reported in the area; and B-25s from Abemama Island bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base between strikes.
 
WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 20 APRIL 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll search the area near Wake Island for shipping; finding none, the bombers hit Wake and Peale Islands. Tarawa Atoll based B-25s, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base between strikes, bomb Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls.
 
FRIDAY, 21 APRIL 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll hit Wotje Atoll. B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll, staging through Kwajalein, bomb Truk Atoll. B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Ponape Island. Abemama Island-based B-25s, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base, bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
 
SATURDAY, 22 APRIL 1944
During the night of 21/22 Apr, B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wotje Atoll; other B-24s from Kwajalein follow with another raid on Wotje during the day. B-25s from Tarawa Atoll, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base for rearming, bomb Jaluit, Maloelap and Mille Atolls.
 
SUNDAY, 23 APRIL 1944
B-24s based at Kwajalein Atoll hit Truk and Wotje Atolls. Makin Island-based B-25s hit Ponape Island and Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
 
MONDAY, 24 APRIL 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Ponape Island while others, based on Makin Island, hit Jaluit and Wotje Atolls.
 
TUESDAY, 25 APRIL 1944
Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s, during the night of 24/25 Apr, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, strike Guam Island, Marianas Islands and Truk Atoll, and during the day hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls. This is the first AAF mission against Guam. B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll bomb Ponape Island, and Makin Island-based B-25s hit Jaluit and Wotje Atolls.
 
WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 1944
B-24s, having landed at Los Negros Island after bombing Guam Island on 25 Apr, hit Ponape Island and return to Kwajalein Atoll. B-25s based on Makin Island hit Jaluit and Wotje Atolls.
 
THURSDAY, 27 APRIL 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll during the night of 26/27 Apr. B-25s from Eniwetok follow up during the day with 3 raids on Ponape Island; Makin Island-based B-25s hit Jaluit, Wotje and Mille Atolls. 1 B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll, using Makin Island as a rearming base, bombs Jabor and Emidj and Enybor Islands, Jaluit Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 28 APRIL 1944
B-25s, based on Makin Island, strike Jaluit and Mille Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base between strikes. A single B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll bombs islands in Jaluit Atoll, hitting Emidj first, then rearming at Makin Island, and attacking Jabor and Enybor during the return flight.
 
SATURDAY, 29 APRIL 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Truk and Jaluit Atolls. B-25s from Makin Island also hit Jaluit Atoll .
 
SUNDAY, 30 APRIL 1944
41 Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s bomb various targets at Wake Island. 11 Makin Island-based B-25s bomb Jaluit Atoll while 8 from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll bomb Ponape Island.

 
MONDAY, 1 MAY 1944
B-25s from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands bomb Jaluit Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 2 MAY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, during the night. During the day B-25s based on Makin Island hit Jaluit and Wotje Atolls, Marshall Islands, using Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands as a shuttle base to rearm between strikes. B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll pound Ponape Island, Caroline Islands.
 
WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 1944
B-25s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wotje Atoll while others, based at Makin Island, strike both Jaluit and Wotje Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a rearming base between raids.
 
THURSDAY, 4 MAY 1944
12 B-25s, based at Makin Island, pound Jaluit and Wotje Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base for rearming between the strikes. 39 B-24s from Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls hit Ponape Island.
 
FRIDAY, 5 MAY 1944
During the night of 4/5 MAY B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll stage through Eniwetok Atoll and bomb Truk Atoll. During the day B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll strike Ponape Island, and 10 from Makin Island hit Jaluit and Wotje Atolls, Marshall Islands, using Majuro Atoll as a rearming base between the attacks.
 
SATURDAY, 6 MAY 1944
B-25s from Makin Island and Kwajalein Atoll hit Wotje and Jaluit Atolls. B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, escort USN aircraft on a photo reconnaissance of Guam Island, Marianas Islands. The B-24s bomb Guam from 20,000 ft (6,096 m), scoring hits on 2 airfields and a town area and proceed to Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands to prepare for the return flight; the B-24s claim 4 enemy aircraft shot down.
 
SUNDAY, 7 MAY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll during the night of 6/7 May. B-25s from Engebi Island hit Ponape Island during the following day. Makin Island-based B-25s bomb Jaluit and Wotje Atolls.
 
MONDAY, 8 MAY 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island strike Ponape Island while Makin Island-based B-25s pound Jaluit and Wotje Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base between strikes. B-24s that landed at Los Negros Island after the strike on Guam Island on 6 MAY return to the Marshall Islands, bombing Ponape Island en route.
 
TUESDAY, 9 MAY 1944
During the night of 8/9 MAY B-24s stage through Kwajalein Atoll to bomb Truk Atoll. Makin Island-based B-25s hit Wotje and Jaluit Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a rearming point between attacks.
 
WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wake Island during the night of 9/10 May. During the DAY, B-25s from Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island while Makin Island-based B-25s raid Jaluit and Wotje Atolls.
 
THURSDAY, 11 MAY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll during the night of 10/11 May. During the day B-25s from Engebi Island hit Ponape Island while others, based on Makin Island, pound Jaluit Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 12 MAY 1944
A single B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll bombs Jaluit Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 13 MAY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll from Kwajalein Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll during the early morning hours. Other B-24s from Kwajalein bomb Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls, Marshall Islands. B-25s from Engebi Island hit Ponape Island.
 
SUNDAY, 14 MAY 1944
53 B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll and 43 B-25s from Makin Island join USN aircraft in pounding Jaluit Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 15 MAY 1944
Operations are limited to photo reconnaissance of Jaluit Atoll from Kwajalein Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 16 MAY 1944
Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s pound Wake Island.
 
WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wake Island while Engebi Island-based B-25s hit Ponape Island.
 
THURSDAY, 18 MAY 1944
B-25s based on Makin Island bomb Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll and attack the same target during the return flight to base.
 
FRIDAY, 19 MAY 1944
B-25s based on Engebi Island hit Ponape Island and B-25s from Makin Island hit Nanru Island.
 
SATURDAY, 20 MAY 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island.
 
SUNDAY, 21 MAY 1944
53 B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb various targets in Wotje Atoll; 41 B-25s, based on Makin Island, follow up with bombing, cannonading and strafing attack on the atoll. 8 B-24s stage through Eniwetok Atoll, strike Rota Island, Marianas Islands, and rearm at Los Negros Island.
 
MONDAY, 22 MAY 1944
8 B-25s based on Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island. Weather cancels other strikes.
 
TUESDAY, 23 MAY 1944
Makin Island-based B-25s strike Jaluit Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 1944
B-25s from Makin Island pound Wotje and Jaluit Atolls, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base for rearming between the strikes. B-25s based at Engebi Island hit Ponape Island.
 
THURSDAY, 25 MAY 1944
B-25s flying out of Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island.
 
FRIDAY, 26 MAY 1944
45 B-25s, flying out of Makin Island, attack Emidj Island, Jaluit Atoll. 9 B-25s from Engebi Island fly a successful search mission for a downed B-25 crew in the vicinity of Ponape and Pakin Islands, Caroline Islands; after locating the survivors, later picked up by USN destroyer, the B-25s attack Pakin and Ponape Islands with cannon and machinegun fire.
 
SATURDAY, 27 MAY 1944
24 B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll and 52 B-25s from Engebi Island pound Ponape Island.
 
SUNDAY, 28 MAY 1944
29 B-25s stage from Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Jaluit Atoll, and land at Makin Island. B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Saipan and Guam Islands, Marianas Islands; those bombing Guam turn south to Los Negros Island to rearm while the others return to Eniwetok. B-25s flying from Engebi Island bomb Mille Atoll. B-24s escort USN photo planes over the Marianas Islands. s
 
MONDAY, 29 MAY 1944
Operations are restricted to photo missions over Wotje, Mille, and Jaluit Atolls.
 
TUESDAY, 30 MAY 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island, which is also hit by B-24s returning from the shuttle base on Los Negros Island. 2 forces of B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll strike Truk Atoll and Wake Island.

 
THURSDAY, 1 JUNE 1944
B-25s from Eniwetok Atoll hit Ponape Island, Caroline Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 3 JUNE 1944
B-24s staging through Eniwetok Atoll, strike Truk Atoll in a pre-dawn raid; B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Nauru Island.
 
SUNDAY, 4 JUNE 1944
During the night B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, hit Truk Atoll; B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, follow with a daylight raid on Ponape Island.
 
MONDAY, 5 JUNE 1944
B-25s from Makin Island, hit Nauru Island; B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll escort photo aircraft over Guam Island, Marianas Islands, bomb the island, and proceed to Los Negros Island for rearming. B-25s from Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll strike Ponape Island.
 
TUESDAY, 6 JUNE 1944
B-24s returning to Eniwetok Atoll from Los Negros Island (where they rearmed after bombing Guam Island the previous day) hit Ponape Island.
 
THURSDAY, 8 JUNE 1944
During the night of 7/8 Jun, B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Truk Atoll and Ponape Island. B-25s from Makin Island follow up during the day with a strike against Nauru Island.
 
FRIDAY, 9 JUNE 1944
During the night of 8/9 Jun B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Truk Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 10 JUNE 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll and Ponape Island during the night of 9/10 Jun. B-25s from Makin Island hit Nauru Island during the day.
 
SUNDAY, 11 JUNE 1944
B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll hit Truk Atoll during the night of 11/12 Jun. B-25s follow with a raid against Ponape Island during the morning.
 
MONDAY, 12 JUNE 1944
Eniwetok Atoll-based B-24s hit Truk Atoll during the night of 11/12 Jun and again during the day.
 
TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 1944
An attack during the night of 12/13 Jun by B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll against Truk Atoll and Ponape Island is followed by a daylight attack by Makin Island-based B-25s against Nauru and Ponape Islands.
 
SATURDAY, 17 JUNE 1944
B-24s, flying from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Ponape Island.
 
SUNDAY, 18 JUNE 1944
B-24s stage through Eniwetok Atoll to bomb Truk Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 19 JUNE 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, strike Truk Atoll. B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll pound Ponape Island.
 
TUESDAY, 20 JUNE 1944
Kwajalein Atoll based B-24s bomb Truk Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE 1944
B-24s based on Kwajalein Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 22 JUNE 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll from Kwajalein Atoll, hit Truk Atoll; 1 bombs Ponape Island.
 
FRIDAY, 23 JUNE 1944
Eniwetok Atoll-based B-24s strike Truk Atoll. B-25s from Engebi Island pound Ponape Island. During the evening, B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll also attack Ponape Island.
 
SUNDAY, 25 JUNE 1944
B-24s based on Kwajelein Atoll hit Wotje Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 27 JUNE 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, pound Truk Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 29 JUNE 1944
B-24s, staging, through Eniwetok Atoll, pound Truk Atoll .
 
FRIDAY, 30 JUNE 1944
Detachment of 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Seventh Air Force (attached to VII Fighter Command), based at Kipapa Airfield, Territory of Hawaii, begins operating from Kwajalein Atoll with F-5s.

 
SATURDAY, 1 JULY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll hit Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, during the night of 1/2 Jul and follow up with another raid during the day. .
 
MONDAY, 3 JULY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, pound Truk Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 8 JULY 1944
During the night of 7/8 Jul B-24s stage through Eniwetok Atoll and bomb Truk Atoll; more B-24s follow with another raid during the day.
 
SUNDAY, 9 JULY 1944
Makin Island-based B-25s bomb Jaluit Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 10 JULY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, pound Truk Atoll during the night of 9/10 Jul and again during the day.
 
WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 1944
During the night of 11/12 Jul B-24s stage through Eniwetok Atoll to bomb Truk Atoll; during the day B-24s hit Truk Atoll again. P
 
THURSDAY, 13 JULY 1944
Kwajalein-based B-24s bomb Truk Atoll. B-25s from Makin Island pound Nauru Island.
 
SATURDAY, 15 JULY 1944
B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, hit Truk Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 17 JULY 1944
48 B-25s from Makin Island stage through Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll to bomb Ponape Island; 47 of the B-25s (1 aborts) attack airfield facilities, AA positions, and other targets throughout the island.
 
TUESDAY, 18 JULY 1944
In the Marshall Islands, 5 B-24s, flying out of Kwajalein Atoll, hit Wotje Atoll. 25 B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, attack Truk Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 20 JULY 1944
P-47s pound Tinian Island. B-25s from Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island.
 
FRIDAY, 21 JULY 1944
P-47s attack enemy forces on Tinian Island. 28 B-24s, staging through Eniwetok Atoll, pound Truk Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 23 JULY 1944
B-24s staging through Eniwetok Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll while others, flying out of Kwajalein Atoll, hit Wotje Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 24 JULY 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island bomb Ponape Island.
 
TUESDAY, 25 JULY 1944
B-24s, based at Kwajalein Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 26 JULY 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island attack Ponape Island.
 
THURSDAY, 27 JULY 1944
B-24s from the Marshall Islands bomb Truk Atoll. B-25s based at Makin Island, hit Jaluit Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 30 JULY 1944
BB-25s from Makin Island bomb Jaluit Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 31 JULY 1944
B-24s from the Marshall Islands bomb Truk Atoll.

 
THURSDAY, 3 AUGUST 1944
B-24s from the Marshall Islands pound Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands.
 
FRIDAY, 4 AUGUST 1944
B-25s staging from the Marshall Island, hit Ponape Island. HQ 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 27th, 38th and 392d Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) move from Kwajalein Atoll to Saipan Island with B-24s.
 
SUNDAY, 6 AUGUST 1944
B-25s flying out of the Marshall Islands hit Ponape Island; and B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wotje Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 8 AUGUST 1944
B-25s from the Marshall Islands hit Ponape Island while B-24s bomb Truk Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 10 AUGUST 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll hit Wotje Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 12 AUGUST 1944
B-24s from the Marshall Islands bomb Truk Atoll .
 
MONDAY, 14 AUGUST 1944
From the Marshall Islands, B-25s hit Ponape Island and B-24s bomb Wotje Atoll. HQ VII Bomber Command moves from Kwajalein Atoll to Saipan Island.
 
WEDNESDAY, 16 AUGUST 1944
Marshall Island-based B-24s bomb Truk Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 20 AUGUST 1944
Marshall Islands-based B-24s bomb Truk Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 22 AUGUST 1944
Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s hit Mille Atoll.
 
THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 1944
Marshall Island-based B-24s bomb Truk Atoll while B-25s hit Nauru Island.
 
MONDAY, 28 AUGUST 1944
Marshall Islands-based B-24s hit Truk Atoll.
 
WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 1944
Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s hit Mille Atoll.

 
FRIDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 1944
Island-based B-24s bomb Truk Island.
 
SATURDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 1944
Marshall Islands-based B-25s bomb Ponape Island, Caroline Islands and Nauru .
 
MONDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll strike Wotje Atoll.
 
FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Wotje Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 1944
Eniwetok Atoll-based B-24s bomb Truk Island.
 
THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll bomb Truk Island .
 
SATURDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s in the Marshall Islands bomb Emidj Island, Jaluit Atoll.
 
MONDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 1944
28 Eniwetok Atoll-based B-24s bomb Truk Island.
 
WEDNESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s in the Marshall Islands hit Jaluit Atoll .
 
SATURDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1944
On the night of 23/24 Sep a B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands bombs Wake Island.
 
SUNDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 1944
26 B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll bomb Truk Island. The detachment of the 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Seventh AF, operating from Kwajalein Atoll with F-5s begins a movement to Peleliu Island.
 
MONDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 1944
During the night of 25/26 Sep Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s stage through Eniwetok Atoll on a strike at shipping at Truk Island; failing to locate the primary targets the B-24s bomb Tol, Eten, Param, and Moen Islands while others hit Wake Island during the night of 25/26 Sep.
 
TUESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s from the Marshall Islands hit Wake Island during the night of 26/27 Sep.
 
WEDNESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1944
14 Marshall Islands based B-24s strike Truk Island.
 
FRIDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 1944
B-24s from Eniwetok Atoll pound Truk Island.
 
SATURDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 1944
During the night of 30 Sep/1 Oct a Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24 bombs Wake Island.

 
4 OCTOBER 1944
B-24's from the Marshalls bomb A F at Moen.
 
6 OCTOBER 1944
A B-24 from Kwajalein bombs heavy gun battery on Emidj. During 6/7 Oct, 3 B-24's bomb Wake.
 
8 OCTOBER 1944
During the day and 8 9 Oct B-24's from the Marshalls bomb Wake.
 
9 OCTOBER 1944
25 B-25's from the Marshalls bomb Truk.
 
11 OCTOBER 1944
A Kwajalein-based B-24 bombs Wake during the night.
 
12 OCTOBER 1944
B-24's from Kwajalein bomb Wake during 12/13 Oct.
 
13 OCTOBER 1944
From the Marshalls B-24's pound Truk.
 
14 OCTOBER 1944
1 B-24 from the Marshalls bombs Wake during 14/15 Oct.
 
15 OCTOBER 1944
2 B-24's from the Marshalls bomb Wake on 15/16 Oct.
 
16 OCTOBER 1944
From the Marshalls 14 B-24's hit Truk.
Sources: AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1961,
COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF 1982
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by the Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1973.



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