JAPANESE BOMBING RAID
ON DARWIN CITY, MYILLY POINT & LARRAKEYAH
ON 19 MARCH 1942

visits since 19 July 2000

On 19 March 1942, seven Japanese bombers carried out a bombing raid on Darwin city, Myilly Point, & Larrakeyah in the Northern Territory. The 9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group, USAAF, which had only arrived at Batchelor airfield on the previous day, were scrambled to intercept the Japanese bombers. They arrived 15 minutes too late. Radar was non existent at that point in time, so early warnings of Japanese bombing raids were rare.

Can anyone help me with more information on this air raid?

REFERENCE

George Preddy
Top Mustang Ace
by Joe Noah & Samuel L. Sox, Jr.

"Darwin Bombed"
"The Unit History of 14 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery"
by Jack Mulholland

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

This page first produced 19 July 2000

This page last updated 02 April 2002