American Missions Against Sawar
April 21, 1944
USN Task Force 58 attacks the airfield at Sawar in conjunction with support for the American landing at Hollandia.
April 22, 1944
USN -
Helldivers from VB-2 attacked Sawar Airfield. (via Harold Buell wrote in "Dauntless Helldivers", page 269)
April 28, 1944
Aerial reconnaissance photo of Sawar
May 7, 1944
B-24s, B-25s
and P-40s hit Sawar-Maffin
Bay area
May 13, 1944
B-24s and B-25s hit airfield at Sawar
May 14, 1944
B-24s bomb Sawar area
May 15, 1944
B-24s and B-25s attack
Sawar
May 16, 1944
aircraft pound Sawar
area
May 17, 1944
B-24s and B-25s
hit targets in the general vicinity at Sawar
May 30, 1944
B-25s bomb and strafe the shoreline from
the NW of Sawar
June 2, 1944
B-24s
and B-25s hit bivouacs NE of Sawar airfield
June 3, 1944
P-47s and P-40s hit Sawar Airfield
July 11, 1944
A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers
support ground forces in the Sarmi-Sawar area
July 19, 1944
Fighter-bomber's hit Sawar.
August 11, 1944
A-20s pound Japanese HQ and bivouac areas
S of Sawar
August 19, 1944
A-20s operating in force
in support of ground troops pound targets in the Sawar-Sarmi sector
August 21, 1944
A-20s and fighter-bombers hit supply dumps in the Sawar-Sarmi
sector
October 22, 1944
A-20s
blast pillboxes and occupied areas in the Metimedan-Sawar Rivers sector
October 23, 1944
A-20s support ground forces further E in the
Sawar River-Orai River area