Allied missions against Cape Wom and Cape Wom Airfield
March 25, 1944–May 7, 1945

March 25, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s, B-25s, and A-20s target the Cape Wom area.

March 26, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s, B-25s, A-20s and fighters hit Cape Wom.

March 29, 1944
(5th AF) B-25s and A-20s hit targets at Cape Wom.

April 29, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s hit stores at Cape Wom.

August 9, 1944
(FEAF) A-20s and fighter-bombers hit machine guns at Cape Wom.

August 13, 1944
(FEAF) Bombers hit a Cape Wom storage area. P-47s and P-39s hit Cape Wom.

August 17, 1944
(FEAF) P-39s strafe troops from Cape Wom to the Dandriwad River.

May 4, 1945
(Australian Army) 19th Infantry Brigade captures Cape Wom.

May 7, 1945
(FEAF) At 2:25pm nine P-38 Lightnings from Combat Replacement and Training Center (FEAF-CRTC) mistook Cape Wom (Wom Point) for Wewak (Wewak Point) and bomb and strafe positions hitting the Australian Army 2/1 Field Regiment 25 pounder artillery positions and 19th Brigade Headquarters The attack results in 11 killed and 21 wounded and destroy or damage several 25 pounders. The Australian dead include: 2/1 Field Regiment six killed, their only fatalities during the Wewak Campaign. The dead were buried with crosses on Cape Wom and later permanently buried at Lae War Cemetery.

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