October 24, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s, B-25s and fighter-bombers hit the Sandakan area.
October 30, 1944
(FEAF) 36th FS P-38s from Morotai hit Sandakan Airfield. Just after leaving the Airfield someone in the Squadron spotted a Jap ship in the harbor between Berhala Rock and the Town and the squadron attacked the ship and Capt. Ken Giroux's gunfire detonated High Explosive's on the ship's deck and it was sunk. The round trip for the 36th FS P-38's from Morotai to Sandakan and back to Morotai was 1,500 miles.
December 25, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s, with P-38 fighter
support Sandakan Airfield.
February 21, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sandakan Airfield.
February 23, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Sandakan Airfield.
February 28, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s strike Sandakan Airfield.
March 2, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s pound waterfront area of Sandakan.
March 27, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s lightly attack Sandakan.
April 2, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s hit Sandakan shipyards.
April 13, 1945
(FEAF) Nine P-38s from the 67th Fighter Squadron strafe an area approximately two miles southeast of Sandakan Airfield runway no. 2 and the road leading towards Sandakan two military trucks were strafed and destroyed. On the road approximately 1 and 3/4 miles from the runway three military cars were strafed with one damaged. Lost was P-38L 44-24519 (MIA).
April 18, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s and P-38s hit Sandakan.
April 19, 1945
(FEAAF) B-24s returning from a French Indochina
coastal sweep bomb Sandakan.
April 21, 1945
(FEAF) P-38s hit Sandakan.
May 1, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s attack Sandakan.
May 4, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s hit Sandakan.
May 13, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s and P-38s bomb Sandakan.
May 20, 1945
(FEAF) P-38s hit Sandakan.
May 26, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers hit Sandakan.
May 27, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s, B-25s and fighter-bombers attack Sandakan.
(USN, RAAF) Nine PT Boats, including PT-130 enter Sandakan Harbor strafing and firing their torpedoes at targets. Overhead, covered by Royal Australian Army Air Force (RAAF) P-40 Kittyhawks and U.S. Navy PBM Mariners
May 29, 1945
(USN) PT-130 and PT-144 returned to the same location and made another attack.
July 1, 1945
(Australian Army)
The Australian Army 17th Division lands at Sandakan.
June 2, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s hit Sandakan.
July 19, 1945
(FEAF) P-38s hit a suicide
boat hideout at Sandakan.
