FSM History

Marine PBJ bombers strike Palikir Airfield No. 2, the last listed US mission against Ponape; one PBJ is lost.

What happened

US land-based aircraft had attacked Pohnpei from February 1944. By 1945 the island was cut off from Japan, but its garrison, Japanese Wikipedia says, could feed itself with fish and root crops, and after mid-1944 it faced few major attacks.

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