April 21, 1944
(USN) Task Force 58 (TF 58) attacks the airfield at Sawar in conjunction with support for the American landing at Hollandia.
April 22, 1944
(USN) SB2C Helldivers from VB-2 attack Sawar Airfield. Reference: Dauntless Helldivers by Harold Buell page 269.
April 28, 1944
(5th AF) Aerial reconnaissance photo of Sawar.
May 7, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s, B-25s
and P-40s hit Sawar-Maffin
Bay area.
May 13, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s and B-25s hit Sawar.
May 14, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s bomb Sawar area.
May 15, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s and B-25s attack
Sawar.
May 16, 1944
(5th AF) Aircraft pound Sawar
area.
May 17, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s and B-25s
hit targets in the general vicinity at Sawar.
May 30, 1944
(5th AF) B-25s bomb and strafe the shoreline from
the NW of Sawar.
June 2, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s
and B-25s hit bivouacs NE of Sawar airfield.
June 3, 1944
(5th AF) P-47s and P-40s hit Sawar Airfield.
July 11, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers
support ground forces in the Sarmi-Sawar area.
July 19, 1944
(FEAF) Fighter-bomber's hit Sawar.
August 11, 1944
(FEAF) A-20s pound Japanese HQ and bivouac areas
south of Sawar.
August 19, 1944
(FEAF) A-20s operating in force
in support of ground troops pound targets in the Sawar-Sarmi sector.
August 21, 1944
(FEAF) A-20s and fighter-bombers hit supply dumps in the Sawar-Sarmi
sector.
October 22, 1944
(FEAF) A-20s
blast pillboxes and occupied areas in the Metimedan-Sawar Rivers sector.
October 23, 1944
(FEAF) A-20s support ground forces further E in the
Sawar River-Orai River area.
