September 3, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s and A-20s pound the
Mubo-Busama-Salamaua area.
September 6, 1942
(5th AF) Fighters and bombers strafe and bomb positions, troops, and shipping at Mubo.
September 24, 1942
(5th AF) P-40s and A-20s hit Mubo.
October 16, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s bomb
the Mubo-Salamaua trail.
October 18, 1942
(5th AF) B-25s
hit the village of Mubo.
January 29, 1943
(5th AF) B-25s pound the area around
Mubo, concentrating on positions on Garrison and Mat Mat Hill.
January 30, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s strafe and bomb the area around Mubo in the
vicinity of Garrison Hill and along the Komiatum Track.
January 31, 1943
(5th) A-20s pound
positions between Mubo and Komiatum.
February 2, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s bomb and strafe positions on the high points between
Mubo and Komiatum.
February 3, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s bomb and strafe positions on the high points between
Mubo-Komiatum Track.
February 4, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s and B-25s hit forces in the Mubo area.
(Japanese Army) Japanese forces begin
retreating in disorder from the Wau area toward Mubo.
February 5, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s bomb and strafe forces around Mubo.
February 6, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s bomb and strafe forces along the track from Mubo.
February 8, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s
pound Japanese forces in the Mubo area.
February 13, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s
pound forces in and around Mubo.
February 21, 1943
A-20s bomb and strafe several occupied villages and tracks throughout
the Mubo.
February 24, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s
bomb and strafe forces throughout the Mubo area.
March 1, 1943
(5th AF) A-20s
bomb and strafe forces at Guadagasal and along the trails throughout the Mubo area.
March 19, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's
pound forces in the Mubo area.
March 23, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's
bomb and strafe forces in the Mubo area.
March 24, 1943
(5th AF) B-25's and B-17's, operating individually, attack targets of opportunity at Mubo.
March 26, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's pound forces and
targets of opportunity in the Mubo.
April 9, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's hit the
Kitchen Creek-Mubo area.
April 24, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's bomb and strafe positions
in the Mubo area.
April 27, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's bomb and strafe forces in the Green's
Hill-Mubo area.
June 30, 1943
(5th AF) Australians open the
assault on Bobdubi Ridge and maintain pressure on the enemy in the Mubo
area.
July 7, 1943
(5th AF, RAAF) B-24's and B-25's, along with Royal Australian Air Force airplanes, operate in direct support of Allied ground operations in the Mubo area, dropping over 100 tons of bombs on numerous targets.
(U.S. Army) MacKechnie Force" begins an assault on Bitoi Ridge.
(Australian Army) 2/6 Battalion forces capture Observation Hill, an important terrain feature west of Mubo.
July 8, 1943
(5th AF) B-25's
continue to pound enemy positions around Mubo.
July 10, 1943
(5th AF) Allied ground
forces effect junction at Buigap Creek cutting communications between Salamaua and Mubo.
July 11, 1943
(5th AF) A-20's
and B-25's blast positions in the battle zone from Nassau Bay inland to the
Mubo area.
July 13, 1943
(Australian Army) Ground forces clear the Mubo area and Lababia
Ridge of the enemy.
July 17, 1943
(Australian Army) Allied forces from the Nassau Bay-Mubo area begin a drive on Salamau.
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