380th Bomb Group Association World War II Veterans Group   WE WENT TO WAR PART VI:  THE PLANES WE FLEW - PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN

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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.
    

4. Missions flown from bases on Mindoro Island, The Philippines. McGuire and Murtha Strips, associated closely in vicinity, were used.