Allied missions against Cape Moem (Moem)
March 19, 1944–May 22, 1945
March 19, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s,
B-25s, A-20s and P-47s pound the Wewak area including Cape Moem.
April 9, 1944
(5th AF) B-24s and A-20s hit Cape Moem.
July 17, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s, B-25s, and P-39s hit Cape Moem.
July 20, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s and a B-25 bomb
supply dumps at Cape Moem.
July 27, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers hit Cape Moem.
July 28, 1944
(5th AF) A-20s and fighter-bombers blast stores, troop concentrations,
communications targets, barges, and targets of opportunity in the Wewak, Cape
Moem.
August 9, 1944
(5th AF)
A-20s and fighter-bombers bomb stores at Cape Moem.
January 17, 1945
(RAAF) Eight Beauforts from No. 100 Squadron bomb a truck concentration on Cape Moem.
January 18, 1945
(RAAF) Nine Beauforts from No. 100 Squadron bomb Cape Moem.
January 19, 1945
(RAAF) Six Beauforts from No. 100 Squadron bomb Cape Moem.
Afterwards, Beaufort A9-557 conductes a low level reconnaissance of the Cape Moem peninsula.
May 22, 1945
(Australian Army) 2/8 Infantry Battalion captures Cape Moem against light opposition.
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