Japanese missions against Palembang and Palembang I Airfield (P1)
February 6, 1942

February 6, 1942
(IJN) Japanese aircraft bomb Palembang I Airfield (P1).

American missions against Palembang and Palembang I Airfield (P1)
August 10, 1944

August 10, 1944
(20th AF) 31 B-29s bomb oil refineries at Palembang, 8 mine the Moesi River nearby, and 3 hit targets of opportunity and a secondary target; the first attack, from Ceylon to Sumatra, is the longest single-stage combat flight (about 3,900 miles) by B-29s during the war.