August 7, 1942
(5th AF) A B-17 strafes seaplanes at Faisi.
August 19, 1942
(5th AF) A B-17 strafes seaplanes at Faisi.
October 16, 1942
(USN) Planes hit targets at Faisi.
September 4, 1942
(5th AF) A B-17 strafes seaplanes at Faisi.
October 9, 1942
Aerial reconassaince photo of the Faisi area.
October 18, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s attack shipping and aircraft in the Faisi area in
the Shortlands.
October 29-30, 1942
(5th AF) Overnight, B-17s from the 19th BG and 43rd BG bomb the harbor and shipping off Buin and Faisi.
October 31, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s bomb shipping Bougainville-Faisi-Tonolai area.
November 1, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s strike shipping in the Buin-Faisi.
November 15, 1942
(5th AF) B-17s strike shipping in the Buin-Faisi area. Hit by AA fire and ditched returning is B-24D "Lady Beverly" 41-23760.
December 10, 1942
(13th AF) Eleven B-17s escorted by eight P-38s of the 339th Fighter Squadron (339th FS) attack ships in Faisi Harbor on Shortland;
one tanker is hit; six Zekes are claimed destroyed, five by P-38s and one
by a B-17.
December 17, 1942
Aerial reconassaince photo of the Faisi area.
January 5, 1943
Aerial reconassaince photo of the Faisi area.
January 7, 1943
(13th AF) B-17s with P-38 and P-40 attack a transport near Shortland without
loss.
February 19, 1943
(13th AF) B-17s bomb shipping and a seaplane base between Buin and Faisi.
March 13, 1943
(13th AF) B-24s bomb Faisi.
March 28, 1943
F-5As of the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron reconnaissance photo reveals 27 floatplanes at their moorings at Shortland Harbor.
March 29, 1943
(USN, 13th AF) A joint-service fighter sweep led by Captain
Tom Lanphier with eight Lockheed P-38 Lightnings from the 339th Fighter Squadron (339th FS) and 70th
Fighter Squadron, (70th FS) with eight U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-4U-1 Corsairs from
VMF-124. Due to poor weather and difficulty in rendevouing, only five P-38s (Lanphier, Barber, Petit, Topoll and Moore) and one Corsair (Dale) reach the target. At dawn, they strafe the seaplane bases
at Shortland and set fire to 5-7 F1M2 Pete floatplanes. (Other
damage reports state they claimed 8 aircraft destroyed). Returning, they spot a "destroyer" [sic Subchaser CH-28] east of Shortland Island and make repeated strafing runs, leaving it on fire and with a 15° list.
June 26, 1943
(13th AF) B-24s bomb Faisi area.
July 16, 1943
(USN USMC & 13th AF & RNZAF) 7 B-24's join 70+ US Navy dive bombers and 100+
USAAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps fighters
in an attack on shipping. Allied airplanes claim 40+ aircraft destroyed or
damaged; 7 vessels, including a destroyer, are sunk.
November 1, 1943
(13th AF) 30+ P-40's and P-39's, and 70+ US Navy (USN) fighters and dive
bombers. P-38's on sweep over waters claim 7 Zekes shot down. B-25's strafe
barges and wharf area at Faisi.
November 14, 1943
P-70 night fighters hit the Shortland-Faisi area, claiming a seaplane and 2
barges destroyed.
December 5, 1943
(13th AF) B-25's and 20+ USN dive bombers hit Faisi
December 23/24, 1943
Single aircraft carry out harassing strikes on Faisi
December 26, 1943
(RNZAF) Ventura's on reconnaissance bomb Faisi.
January 15, 1944
(13th AF) B-17s, P-38s, P-39s and P-40s attack five destroyers near Faisi;
they are met by float biplanes and 13 are shot down with no loss of USAAF
aircraft.
January 16, 1944
(13th AF) B-17s bomb the Buin-Faisi area.
