February 14, 1944
(7th AF)
40+ B-24s from the 11th and 90th
Bombardment Groups strike
Ponape in the first Seventh Air Force raid on the Caroline Islands.
February 15, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
February 17, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
February 19, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
February 21, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s
hit Ponape.
February 23. 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
February 25, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
February 27, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
March 2, 1944
(7th AF) B-24 bomb Ponape.
March 5, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape.
March 8, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape
March 9, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
March 13, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit Ponape.
March 15, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s hit alternate targets
including Oroluk Anchorage and Ponape Town (Colonia).
March 17, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s and B-25s from Tarawa bomb, respectively, Ponape and Jaluit.
March 18, 1944
(7th AF) Two B-25s bomb and strafe Ponape.
March 21, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape.
March 23, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
March 24, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape.
March 25, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape and claim 4 fighters shot down.
March 26, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape. Lost is B-25G 42-64832 (MIA)
(USN) F4U Corsairs from VMF-113 flew the first fighter escort mission for USAAF B-25s over
Ponape, and were so effective in destroying
enemy interceptors that later missions over the island were unmolested.
March 27, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s strafe Ponape.
March 29, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
March 31, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
April 1, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
April 3, 1945
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape
April 4, 1945
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
April 6, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape twice.
April 8, 1945
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
April 10, 1944
(7th AF) One B-24 hits Ponape. Also, B-25
strike Ponape.
April 11, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 13, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 14, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
April 18, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 19, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 21, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 23, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 24, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 25, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
April 26, 1944
(13th AF) B-24s
bomb Ponape.
April 27, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s make three strikes on Ponape.
April 29, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s make two strikes on Ponape.
April 29, 1944
(7th AF) Eight B-25 bomb Ponape.
May 1, 1944
(USN) Task Group 58.1 cruiser detachment bombards Ponape with air cover and bombing and
strafing attacks.
May 2, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
May 4, 1944
(7th AF) 39 B-24s bomb Ponape.
May 5, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
May 7, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 8, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape. B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 10, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 11, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 13, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 16, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 17, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 19, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 20, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 22, 1944
(7th AF) Eight B-25s bomb Ponape.
May 23, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape.
May 24, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
May 25, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
May 26, 1944
(7th AF) In te afternoon, B-25s attack Ponape
with cannon and machine gun fire. Lost is B-25G 42-64954 (four rescued, two MIA). Nne
B-25s fly a successful search mission for a downed B-25 crew in the vicinity
of Ponape and Pakin, they are rescued by USS Downes (DD-375).
May 30, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb
Ponape. Also B-24s bomb
Ponape.
June 1, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 4, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 5, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 6, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape.
June 7, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 8, 1944
(7th AF) During the night of 7/8 Jun, B-24s
bomb Ponape.
June 10, 1944
(7th AF) During the night of 9/10 June, B-24s bomb Ponape.
June 11, 1944
(7th AF) During the morning, B-25s attack Ponape.
June 13, 1944
(7th AF) B-24s bomb Ponape. B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 16, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 17, 1944
(7th AF) B-25 bomb Ponape.
June 19, 1944
(7th AF) One B-24 bombs Ponape.
June 20, 1944
(7th AF) One B-24 bombs Ponape.
June 22, 1944
(7th AF) One B-24 bombs Ponape.
June 23, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s bomb Ponape. During the evening, B-24s also bomb Ponape.
June 26, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
June 27, 1944
(7th AF) During the night a single B-24 bombs Ponape.
June 29, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
July 1, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
July 17, 1944
(7th AF)
48 B-25s bomb
Ponape; (one aborts) attacking airfield facilities, AA positions,
and other targets.
July 20, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
July 22, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
July 24, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
July 26, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
July 29, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
August 1, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
August 4, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
August 6, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
August 8, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s
hit Ponape.
August 11, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
August 14, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
August 17, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
August 23, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s attack Ponape.
August 25, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s strike Ponape.
August 28, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s strike Ponape.
September 2, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
September 5, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
September 8, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
September 14, 1944
(7th AF)
B-25s hit Ponape.
September 18, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s pound
Ponape.
September 21, 1944
(7th AF) B-25s hit Ponape.
September 24, 1944
(7th AF) 11 B-25s hit Ponape.
February 6, 1945
(USMC) PBJs strike Ponape Palikir Airfield Number
2. Over the target, shot down by anti-aircraft fire is PBJ-1H "Love Bug" 35275 (MIA).
