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

Kwajalein Atoll

 

1942


 

1943


 
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.
 
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).
 
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 .
 
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.
 
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


 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.

 
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.
 
MONDAY, 13 MARCH 1944
B-25s from Engebi Island, Enewetak 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, Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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.
 
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 Enewetak 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 Enewetak Atoll strike Ponape Island while others from Tarawa Atoll bomb Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls.
 
THURSDAY, 30 MARCH 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein and Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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.
 
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 Enewetak 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.
 
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.
 
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 Enewetak 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.
 
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 Enewetak 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.
 
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 Enewetak 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.
 
TUESDAY, 25 APRIL 1944
Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s, during the night of 24/25 Apr, staging through Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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, Enewetak Atoll bomb Ponape Island.

 
TUESDAY, 2 MAY 1944
B-24s, staging through Enewetak 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 Enewetak Atolls hit Ponape Island.
 
FRIDAY, 5 MAY 1944
During the night of 4/5 MAY B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll stage through Enewetak 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 Enewetak 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.
 
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.
 
FRIDAY, 12 MAY 1944
A single B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll bombs Jaluit Atoll.
 
SATURDAY, 13 MAY 1944
B-24s, staging through Enewetak 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.
 
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 Enewetak Atoll, strike Rota Island, Marianas Islands, and rearm at Los Negros Island.
 
SATURDAY, 27 MAY 1944
24 B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll and 52 B-25s from Engebi Island pound Ponape Island.
 
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.

 
SATURDAY, 17 JUNE 1944
B-24s, flying from Kwajalein Atoll bomb 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 Enewetak Atoll from Kwajalein Atoll, hit Truk Atoll; 1 bombs Ponape Island.
 
FRIDAY, 23 JUNE 1944
Enewetak 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.
 
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.

 
THURSDAY, 13 JULY 1944
Kwajalein-based B-24s bomb Truk Atoll. B-25s from Makin Island pound Nauru 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 Enewetak Atoll, attack Truk Atoll.
 
SUNDAY, 23 JULY 1944
B-24s staging through Enewetak Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll while others, flying out of Kwajalein Atoll, hit Wotje Atoll.
 
TUESDAY, 25 JULY 1944
B-24s, based at Kwajalein Atoll, bomb Truk Atoll.

 
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.
 
THURSDAY, 10 AUGUST 1944
B-24s from Kwajalein Atoll hit Wotje 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.
 
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.
 
SATURDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 1944
During the night of 30 Sep/1 Oct a Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24 bombs Wake Island.

 
6 OCTOBER 1944
A B-24 from Kwajalein bombs heavy gun battery on Emidj. During 6/7 Oct, 3 B-24's bomb Wake.
 
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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