January
14, 1945
B-25s escorted by P-51s destroy several parked planes.
Janyary 20, 1945
A-20s
hit Aparii Airfield.
January 23, 1945
A-20s hit Aparri Airfield.
January 28,
1945
A-20s hit targets in the Aparii area.
January 29, 1945
A-20s hit targets
of opportunity from Aparri to Echague.
February 3, 1945
B-24s bomb Apari.
March 4, 1945
B-24s
hit Aparri.
March 9, 1945
B-25, A-20 and fighter-bombers hit NW coast
and Aparri.
March 10, 1945
B-24s bomb Aparri Arifield including both Aparri I, Aparri II.
March 11, 1945
B-24s bomb Aparri area.
May 21, 1945
17th TRS B-25s bomb
and straff Doden to Aparri.
'Ken" Barber adds:
"My diary shows we skip bombed and strafed successfully the target: DODEN
to APARRI on 5/21/1945. This may be the mission I recall a photo reporter being
on board and taking a shot out of the cocpit and catching my profile. I think
I saw this in a documentary after the war and thought I recognized my nose."
May 24, 1945
B-24s bomb Cagayan Valley including
Aparri.
June 19, 1945
A-20s and fighter-bombers hit Cagayan Valley.
June 23, 1945
(U.S. Army) Seven Waco CG-4 gliders
from the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division (11th Airborne), 188th Glider Infantry Regiment (188th GIR) land at Calamaniugan near the mouth of the
Cagayan River without incident lands the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (511th PIR). This attack was the first (and only) time
gliders were used in combat in the Pacific Theater. On the ground, the paratroopers linked up with a
large force of Filipino guerrillas. Their combined force
advanced southward until making contact with the U.S. Army 37th
Division.
August 7, 1945
B-25s and P-38s support ground forces near
Aparri.
