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American missions against Keelung (Kirun, Kiirun) and Keelung Harbor (Kirun, Kiirun)
October 12, 1944–June 19, 1945

October 12, 1944
(USN) USS Intrepid (CV-11) carrier aircraft attack Japanese shipping in Kirun Bay. Lost is SB2C-3 Helldiver 19422 (MIA).

January 9, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 26: 39 B-29s bomb Kirun Harbor. This raid is the first of several such operations against Formosa in conjunction with the U.S. invasion of Luzon.

March 3, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb shipping at Kiirun Harbor.

March 31, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb shipping at Kiirun Harbor.

April 5, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Kiirun Harbor.

May 6, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s bomb Kiirun.

May 19, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s pound Kiirun Harbor.

May 29, 1945
(FEAF) 100+ B-24s bomb Kiirun.

June 2, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb hit warehouses and dock facilities at Kiirun.

June 16, 1945
(FEAF) 90+ B-24s pound Kiirun Harbor

June 17, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb industrial and railroad targets at Kiirun

June 18, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s destroy a block of buildings and several warehouses and small vessels in the Kiirun Harbor area.

June 19, 1945
(FEAF) B-24s bomb docks, warehouses, and railroad yards at Kiirun.



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