380th Bomb Group

380th Bomb Group Association
World War II Veterans Group
 

WE WENT TO WAR

PART V:  THE PLANES WE FLEW - AUSTRALIA/NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN
DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL MISSIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Categories of Missions:
  1. Missions from Australia's Northern Territory, and Western Australia

  2. Missions from New Guinea. These were carried out at four different periods:

    2A -- Assignment just after arrival, May 19-June 30, 1943

    2B -- Short Period, strategic target only (Rabaul), October 10-14, 1943

    2C -- 1-Month Period, Cape Gloucester and Saidor Landings, December 7, 1943-January 6, 1944

    2D -- Short Period, Admiralties Landing and initial attacks on Hollandia, February 28-March 8, 1944
     
  3. Special Missions: Radar Countermeasures, Weather Reporting, Searches for Missing Aircraft, etc.

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