Missions Against Poporang
[ See also Missions Against Shortland & Missions Against Poporang ]
March 28, 1943
P-38's and F4U's hit the seaplane bases at PoporangJune 26, 1943
B-24s bomb Poporang areaJuly 8/9, 1943
During the night, B-24s bomb PoporangOctober 9, 1943
P-39's and USN F4U's strafe buildings, a radar station, and gun positions at Poporang.November 1, 1943
USN Task Force 38 (R. Adm Frederick Sherman) after bombarding Buka and Bonis the group of cruisers Montpelier CL-57, Cleveland, Denver CL-58, Columbia and eight destroyers hit Japanese defenses on Ballale and Poporang Islands.December 6, 1943
(USN) TBF Avengers dive bomb radar station on Poporang Island.December 12, 1943
B-24's bomb PoporangDecember 16, 1943
B-24's bomb PoporangDecember 18, 1943
B-24's, operating individually attack PoporangDecember 19, 1943
Planes on armed reconnaissance hit targets of opportunity on PoporangJanuary 4, 1944
Ventura's, and night fighters, operating individually or in small flightsJanuary 5, 1944
B-24 attack Poporang buildings areaOctober 1, 1944
USN STAG-1 launch two TDR Attach Drones bomb Poporang, but both are duds.