November 21, 1943
(USN)
Six F4U Corsairs of VF-17 strafe targets of opportunity along the Monoitu-Kahili Trail.
December 5, 1944
(13th AF, USN) Twenty-three B-25's and 20+ USN dive bombers hit the Monoitu. Also, fighter patrols hit
Monoitu.
December 6, 1943
(13th AF) Six B-25's bomb the Monoitu Mission area. Also, fighter patrols strafe Monoitu.
December 16, 1943
(13th AF) Fourteen B-24's bomb Monoitu.
December 18, 1943
(USN) Six SBDs from VC-40 bomb the Moisigetta-Monitu Mission area. Lost is SBD-5 35961 (MIA).
References
NARA VC-40 War Diary November 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943 pages 22
(Page 22) "December 18, 1943. 4. Operations: 6 VSB pilots engaged in attack on enemy, bombing Moisigetta-Monitu Mission area, Bougainville. Pilots of other squadrons flew 2 TBFs and 7 SBDs of VC-40 on same mission, and 2 SBDs of VC-40 in attack on enemy in Motupena Point area, Bougainville. One SBD on Moisigetta-Monoita strike crashed in target area."
December 21, 1943
(13th AF) Six B-25's attack Monoitu Mission
February 24, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s attack Monoitu Mission
February 25, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s
on armed reconnaissance bomb an AA position at Monoitu,
February 26, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s bomb and strafe Monoitu.
February 28, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s attack Monoitu Mission.
March 1, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s bomb and strafe Monoitu
Mission.
March 2, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s hit Japanese-occupied
Piano and Monoitu Mission.
March 4, 1944
(13th AF) Twelve P-39s hit Monoitu.
March 5, 1944
(13th AF) Sixteen P-39s attack AA positions
at Monoitu bridge. Lost is P-39Q 42-19587 (MIA)
March 6, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s hit
Monoitu Mission
March 11, 1944
(13th AF) Four B-24s pound Monoitu Mission.
March 16, 1944
(13th AF) At Monoitu Mission, a raid by B-24s demolishes several buildings.
March 21, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s hit Monoitu.
March 22, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s carry out small
strikes Monoitu.
March 26, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s and fighter-bombers
hit targets of opportunity
near Monoitu.
April 1, 1944
(13th AF) Tweleve P-38s bomb the mission at Monoitu
April 7, 1944
(13th AF) Two B-24s bomb Monoitu Mission.
April 8, 1944
(13th AF) Four B-24s again pound Monoitu Mission.
May 3, 1944
(13th AF) Eight
P-39s bomb buildings at Monoitu.
May 4, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s, hit targets including Monoitu.
May 7, 1944
(13th AF) 70+ P-39s, P-38s and P-40s
bomb numerous targets including
Monoitu.
May 19, 1944
(13th AF, USN) 20 AAF fighters
and a few USN aircraft bomb huts and bridges at Monoitu
May 25, 1944
(13th AF) Four P-40s hit trucks at Monoitu Mission
May 28, 1944
(13th AF) Fighter-bombers hit Monoitu
June 7, 1944
(13th AF) P-39s and P-38s hit several
targets of opportunity on Bougainville, including occupied areas at Monoitu.
June 8, 1944
(13th AF) Six P-38s hit Monoitu Mission
June 10, 1944
(13th AF, USN) 31 P-39s and 20+ USN
aircraft a
ford near Monoitu.
June 14, 1944
(13th AF)
P-39s hit Monoitu.
April 1945
(RAAF) A plane from No. 5 Squadron flies a reconnaissance mission over
Monoitu, photographing Japanese gardens growing crops for subsistence.
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