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

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

Mile Atoll

1943

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, 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.
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.
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 .

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: 11 B-24's 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.
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.
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.
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: 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: 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; 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.
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: 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.
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.
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: B-25's sent from Tarawa Atoll against shipping at Ailinglapalap Atoll, abort because of bad weather; 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.
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; 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; 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, 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.
THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY 1944: 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.
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. 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;

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-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;
TUESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 1944: B-24s from Makin and Abemama Islands hit Maloelap and Mille Atolls.
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 Maloelap Atoll; 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 Mille Atoll and Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll.
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 Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll; A-24s bomb Mille Atoll.
FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1944: P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe Mille Atoll.
SATURDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1944: B-24s from Tarawa Atoll and Makin Island pound Ponape and Kusaie Islands; Makin-based P-40s bomb and strafe Mille Atoll.
SUNDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 1944: P-40s from Makin Island strafe and bomb runways and small vessels at Mille Atoll.
MONDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1944: B-25s from Abemama bomb Maloelap Atoll. P-40s from Makin Island hit Mille Atoll. US forces gain complete control of Enewetak 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.
THURSDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 1944: P-40s from Makin Island strafe and bomb the runway and radio installation on Mille Atoll;
FRIDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1944: B-25's from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island hit Mille Atoll.
SATURDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 1944: P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe targets on Mille Atoll.
SUNDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 1944: A-24s and P-40s from Makin Island pound Jaluit and Mille Atolls, while B-25s from Abemama Island hit Mille Atoll.
MONDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 1944: P-40s from Makin Island strafe and bomb the runway and radio installation on Mille Atoll.
TUESDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 1944: B-24s bomb Maloelap, and Mille Atolls; B-25s hit Mille Atoll; P-40s attack Mille Atoll.

SATURDAY, 4 MARCH 1944: P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe runways at Mille 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.
TUESDAY, 7 MARCH 1944: 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.
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
SATURDAY, 11 MARCH 1944: 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, and Maloelap Atolls and Nauru Island, Gilbert Islands.
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.
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.
THURSDAY, 16 MARCH 1944: B-25s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island pound Mille Atoll.
SATURDAY, 18 MARCH 1944: 2 B-25s from Engebi Island, Enewetak Atoll bomb and strafe Ponape Island. 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-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.
MONDAY, 27 MARCH 1944: B-25s and B-24s from Tarawa Atoll hit Maloelap, and Mille Atolls
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.
THURSDAY, 30 MARCH 1944: B-25s from Kwajalein and Tarawa Atolls strike Mille and Maloelap Atolls.

SUNDAY, 9 APRIL 1944: B-24s on a photo reconnaissance mission over Maloelap, 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.
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 Enewetak 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.
SATURDAY, 22 APRIL 1944: B-25s from Tarawa Atoll, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base for rearming, bomb Jaluit, Maloelap and Mille 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 Mille 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.

SUNDAY, 28 MAY 1944: B-25s flying from Engebi Island bomb Mille Atoll.
MONDAY, 29 MAY 1944: Operations are restricted to photo missions over Wotje, Mille, and Jaluit Atolls.

TUESDAY, 22 AUGUST 1944: Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s hit Mille Atoll.
WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 1944: Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24s hit Mille Atoll.

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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