American missions against Malakal Island (Ngemelachel)
August 25, 1944–November 13, 1944
August 25, 1944
(USN) VT-51 Avengers bomb warehouses, storage buildings on Malakal Island. Crashed is TBM Avenger 45810 (MIA)
August 25, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s strike Malakal.
August 29, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Malakal.
August 30, 1944
(FEAF) B-24s bomb Malakal.
November 13, 1944
(7th AF) Seven B-24s from Angaur Airfield hit oil
storage on Malakal and attack a bridge between Malakal
and Koror.
March 4, 1945
(USMC)
Three (3) large-scale bombing attacks were carried out upon Koror, Malakal, and Arakabesen. Each attack consisted of forty-eight (48) planes; sixteen (16) from VMF-113, sixteen (16) from VMF-122, and sixteen (16) VMF-121.
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