December 24, 1941
(FEAF)
During the night of 24/25 December, three B-17's take off from Del Monte to bomb Davao Airfield and shipping in Davao Gulf then proceed to Batchelor Field.
May 19, 1942
(FEAF) two captured P-40 Warhawks and a Stearman biplane were flown to Davao Airfield by American Prisoner Of War (POW) pilots Crosland and Erickson plus an American mechanic. At the airfield, Lt. Charley Sneed was asked to perform aerobatics. Afterwards, they ferried the aircraft northward to Nichols Field. This was the last flight of Far East Air Force (FEAF) aircraft in the Defense of the Philippines.
August 5, 1944
(FEAF) A few B-24s bomb Sasa.
September 1, 1944
(FEAF) 50+ B-24s bomb Sasa Airfield.
September 19, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb oil storage at Sasa.
October 11, 1944
At night B-24 bomb Sasa.
November 17, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sasa.
November 19, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sasa.
November 22, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sasa.
December 15, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s and B-25s bomb Sasa.
December 25, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s with fighter escort bomb Sasa.
December 29, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sasa Airfield.
January 1, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s with P-38 cover bomb Sasa area.
January 26, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s bomb Likanan and Sasa and P-38s strafe the same targets.
February 28, 1945
(7th AF) 23 B-24s from Angaur bomb Sasa Airfield.
March 4, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sasa.
May 3, 1945
(U.S. Army) 24th Infantry Division advanced from Digos occupied Davao, meeting only scattered resistance and occupied Davao Airfield.
