Japanese missions against Buka and Buka Airfield
January 3, 1942–January 21, 1942

January 3, 1942
(IJN) In the afternoon, six four-engined flying boats appeared to the north of Buka Airfield and disappeared over Hahela Island.

January 21, 1942
(IJN) A Japanese flying boat flew over Buka Airfield, and was fired on by Australian ground forces.

Allied missions against Buka, Buka Town and Buka Airfield
January 14, 1943–June 15, 1944

January 14, 1943
(13th AF) B-17s bomb Buka Airfield without loss.

June 12, 1943
(13th AF) Two B-24s on reconnaissance over Buka shoot down a G4M1 Betty.

June 16, 1943
(13th AF) B-17E "Lucy" 41-2666 on a photo reconassiance mission over over Buka and Bougainville, two crew members earned the Medal of Honor.

June 21, 1943
(13th AF) A single B-24 bombs MacDonald's Junction and strafes targets of opportunity along the coast south of Buka.

June 25, 1943
(13th AF) During the night of 24/25 Jun, B-24's hit Buka Airfield.

July 6, 1943
(13th AF) B-24's and B-17's hit Buka Airfield.

July 14, 1943
(13th AF) B-24's and B-17's hit Buka Airfield.

July 25, 1943
(13th AF) Single B-24's attack a large transport vessel WNW of Buka Passage.

August 23, 1943
(5th AF) A lone B-17 bombs Buka.

September 15, 1943
(13th AF) During the night, heavy bombers bomb Buka Airfield.

September 21, 1943
(13th AF) Twenty plus B-24's bomb Buka Airfield runway and revetment area. About 20 Japanese fighters intercept; 2 Zekes are shot down.

October 12, 1943
(13th AF) Five B-17s bomb installations at Buka.

October 13, 1943
(13th AF) Six B-17s bomb Buka.

October 15, 1943
(13th AF) During the late evening B-25's bomb Buka Airfield.

October 22, 1943
(13th AF) A single B-24 claims hits on a carrier northwest of Buka.

October 26, 1943
(13th AF) Buka Airfield is strafed by P-38's and then bombed and strafed by B-25's and P-38's.

October 29, 1943
(13th AF) B-25's and B-24's, along with 40+ USN aircraft, bomb Buka Airfield.

November 1, 1943
(USN) Task Force 38 (TF-38) under the command of Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman bombards Buka Airfield and Bonis Airfield, firing 2,700 rounds of 5" and 6" shells from cruisers USS Montpelier (CL-57), USS Cleveland (CL-55), USS Denver (CL-58), USS Columbia (CL-56) plus eight destroyers.
(USN) Task Force 39 (TF-39) carrier planes strikes Buka and Bonis with two raids: the first with 18 fighters, 15 SBD, 11 TBFs. The second strike has 14 fighters, 21 SBD, 11 TBFs that strike Buka.

November 2, 1943
(USN) As part of "Operation Shoestring 2", Task Force 38 carrier aircraft attack Buka Airfield.

November 4, 1943
(13th AF, USN) Twenty-three B-24s strike Buka Airfield, dropping 184 thousand pound bombs from 19,000' escorted by eight F4U Corsairs. They meet no fighter opposition.

November 6, 1943
(13th AF) Nine B-25's with USN fighter support hit Buka Airfield and Buka Harbor.

November 7, 1943
(13th AF) 21 B-24's pound Buka Airfield.

November 9, 1943
(13th AF) B-25's hit Buka Airfield.

November 10, 1943
(USN) SBDs and TBFs attack Buka Airfield. A SBD bomb hit a possible ammo dump causing large explosion and fire at the southwest end of the runway. Photos after the strike show seven bomb craters on the Buka runway. Lost is SBD Dauntless 35931 over Buka Airfield.

November 15, 1943
(13th AF) Twenty B-24's strike Buka Airfield.

November 16, 1943
(13th AF) Twenty B-25's and four B-24's pound Buka Airfield. Also, B-25's fly sweeps over the Buka Passage.

November 17, 1943
(13th AF) Thirty plus B-25's hit Buka Airfield and the surrounding areas during the night of 16/17 Nov. Also during the night eight B-24's bomb Buka Airfield.
(USN) Destroyers bombard Buka Airfield.

November 18, 1943
(13th AF) B-24's pound Buka Airfield.

November 22, 1943
(13th AF, RNZAF, USN) 20+ B-25's, along with 5 RNZAF Ventura's, 8 P-38' and 8 USN F4U's, attack Buka Airfield scoring hits on the runway and taxiways.

November 23, 1943
(13th AF) B-24's hit Buka Airfield.

November 24, 1943
(13th AF) B-24's bomb Buka.

November 26, 1943
(13th AF) Buka Airfield is hit by B-24's, B-25's, and fighter aircraft.

November 27, 1943
(13th AF) Twenty plus B-24's, with fighter support, attack Buka Airfield.

December 6, 1943
(13th AF) P-38's strafe the west coast of Buka.

December 11, 1943
(13th AF) Night fighters hit Buka.

December 15, 1943
(13th AF) Twenty-three B-25's and sixteen fighters attack Buka, causing heavy damage in the Chinatown area.

December 18, 1943
(13th AF) Fighters strafe targets of opportunity on the east coast of Buka.

December 19, 1943
(13th AF) Planes on armed reconnaissance hit targets of opportunity at Buka.

December 20, 1943
(13th AF) Eight B-25s with fighter escort hit Buka.

December 22, 1943
(13th AF) B-25'a carry out strikes against the Chinatown area on Buka.

December 23, 1943
(USN) Cruisers bombard Buka including USS Cleveland (CL-55).

December 24, 1943
(13th AF) During the night of December 23/24, single aircraft carry out harassing strikes against Buka.

December 27, 1943
(13th AF) 16 P-38's join 70+ USN dive bombers in strikes on Buka AA positions.

January 2, 1944
(13th AF) Twenty-four B-25's bomb Buka supply area on Buka.

January 3, 1944
(13th AF) Fifteen B-25s hit supply areas near the Buka Passage.

January 4, 1944
(13th AF): P-39's of the RNZAF Ventura's, and night fighters, operating individually or in small flights, hit targets around Buka.

January 5, 1944
( 13th AF): B-25's bomb Hahela Mission on southenr Buka.

January 9, 1944
(13th AF): B-25's hit Buka seaplane base on Buka.

January 10, 1944
(13th AF): Four B-24's hit the Chinatown area of Buka.

January 14, 1944
(13th AF): B-24's meeting bad weather over Rabaul bomb alternate targets including Buka. Also, B-25's hit Buka.

January 21, 1944
(13th AF, RNZAF) RNZAF Ventura's and B-24's on armed reconnaissance bomb Buka.

January 27, 1944
(13th AF) P-39's ranging over a wide area, strafe targets of opportunity at Buka.

February 18, 1944
(13th AF) Lost on an experimental strafing mission over Buka is B-25H Mitchell Number 321, two of the crew and a dead body were rescued by PBY Catalina NZ4013.

March 1, 1944
(13th AF) P-38s hit Buka.

March 3, 1944
(13th AF) Ten P-38s bomb Buka Airfield. P-39s hit targets of opportunity on the western part of Buka.

March 8, 1944
(13th AF) Nine P-38s, turning back from Rabaul bomb Buka Airfield.

March 22, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s carry out small strikes against Buka.

March 23, 1944
(13th AF) Twenty-four B-25s hit Buka after weather prevented scheduled attacks on Rabaul.

April 4, 1944
(13th AF) Ten B-25s rained out of Rabaul instead bomb Buka Airfield.

April 29, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s bomb and strafe targets throughout Bougainville and Buka. Also, B-25s bomb Buka Airfield.

May 5, 1944
(13th AF) Twenty-four B-25s bomb gun positions at Buka.

May 8, 1944
(13th AF) B-25s blast Buka Airfield.

May 11, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s, P-40s, and P-38s (flying a total of 18 missions) attack a variety of targets including Buka Airfield.

May 24, 1944
(13th AF) 51 P-39s, P-40s, and P-38s, and a single B-24 attack various targets including Buka Airfield.

May 30, 1944
(13th AF) Fighter-bombers attack the runway at Buka Airfield.

June 2, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s attack Buka Airfeild.

June 5, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s hit a wooded supply area north of Buka Airfield.

June 8, 1944
(13th AF) 32 P-39s bomb Tsirogei and a supply area north of Buka.

June 9, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s hit the town of Buka, a supply area to the north of Buka Airfield.

June 10, 1944
(13th AF) 31 P-39s and 20+ USN aircraft hit Chinatown at Buka and a supply area northeast of Buka Airfield.

June 12, 1944
(13th AF) 44 P-39s hit Buka Airfield.

June 13, 1944
(13th AF) 31 P-39s and 12 USN aircraft attack supply dumps at Buka.

June 15, 1944
(13th AF) Aircraft pound the Buka area through July and into August 1944.