American Missions Against Hansa Bay
April 12, 1943
B-24's and B-17s hit shipping in Hansa Bay
August 2, 1943
B-17's bomb supply dumps on the shores of Hansa Bay and targets of
opportunity along the Francisco River
August 25, 1943
(5th AF) Almost 100 B-24's, B-25's, and B-17's carry out an hour-long strike against the Hansa Bay area, Nubia Airfield, and Awar Airfield, and nearby shipping.
August 28, 1943
(5th AF) 26 B-25's bomb and strafe dumps and shipping in the Hansa Bay area,
sinking a small freighter, a power launch, and 8 barges and luggers. Lost is B-25
42-30345.
September 14, 1943
B-25's attack barges in Hansa Bay
October 29, 1943
(5th AF) P-47's attack shipping in Hansa Bay
November 20, 1943
(5th AF) Medium bombers sink or damage at least 10 luggers in Hansa Bay.
December 23, 1943
(5th AF) 80+ B-25's, B-26's and A-20's attack coastal targets from Wewak
to Hansa Bay
January 11, 1944
B-25's, P-39's, and P-40's hit the Hansa Bay area
January 17, 1944
47 B-24's and B-25's bomb the Hansa Bay area
January 18, 1944
Hansa Bay area is bombed by 40 B-24's
January 24, 1944
P-47's bomb the Hansa Bay area
January 25, 1944
50+ B-24's pound the Hansa Bay
January 30, 1944
34 B-25's bomb the Hansa Bay area and Nubia
February 3, 1944
A-20s attack Hansa Bay areas
February 5, 1944
70+ B-25s and A-20s attack the Hansa Bay area
February 20, 1944
38 B-24s bomb Alexishafen-Hansa Bay area
February 21, 1944
Almost 30 A-20s hit Madang and the Hansa Bay area
February 24, 1944
23 B-24s and 39 A-20s thoroughly pound the Hansa Bay area. Nearly 20 other
B-24s bomb Nubia and Awar Airfields
February 27, 1944
27 B-25s hit the Hansa Bay area
February 28
23 B-24s and 39 A-20s thoroughly pound the Hansa Bay area. Nearly 20 other
B-24s bomb Nubia and Awar Airfields.
March 6/7, 1944
(USN) PT-338
and PT-337 proceed to Hansa
Bay in search of barges, where they idled outside the bay at 2am. Spotting
targets close to shore on radar, they attacked two luggers moored together,
but heavy machine gun fire opened up from the beach area. They turned to
strafe the beach but more guns opened up, including a heavy battery at
Awar Point. PT-337 is sunk by gunfire.
March 11, 1944
PBY escorted by two P-47 picks up survivors of PT-337 off Manam Island.
P-47s
strafe the Hansa Bay area.
April 10, 1944
Lt Commander Davis (PT Boat captain) serves as spotter aboard destroyer
Hutchins to pinpoint coastal targets for shore bombardment using a minimum
of shells by the destroyer group of Hutchins, Bache, Daly for bombardments
of Madang, Alexishafen, Ulingan and Hansa Bay.