Bombing of Rabaul (1942)

The "Australian Rabaul Air Attack" reffer to some Australian RAAF air strikes against Japanese airdromes in Rabaul,New Britain in March 1942.

Japanese continuing your preparings,for convert Rabaul in one great Naval and Air base where acumulated more materials and meetings in here more vessels,needed for leaving to practice the new steps in ampled the Japanese Empire perimeter;the conquest of Port Moresby and subsequent Australian occupation,amongst the disembarcs in New Caledonia,New Hebrides,Fiji,Samoa and other nearests islands.

The Australian Army General Staff,consciousness for raising Japanese Menace debt at intelligence reports and reconossaince seeings of reinforces arrived to Rabaul newest Japanese fortress,ordered to RAAF realizing some air incursions against such base.

Such strikes realized at lowest altitude,with great risk for aircrews of caugth by enemy Antiaircraft fire,was making for Martin B-26 "Marauder" medium bombers,of Australian aviation,obtain notably sucess.sinking in bay numerous auxiliar vessels,between theirs the "Komachi Maru" along the destruction of great part of Japanese Aircrafts in disperse bases in fortress,only survived some oldests Mitsubishi A5M "Claude".

Later the Carrier Shoho and Auxiliar Cruiser Kasuga Maru arriving to Rabaul with charge of newest Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"(30 in Carrier,20 in Auxiliar Cruiser) for replaced the previous losses,your respective spare parts and mechanics along the arriving other planes from Philippines and Dutch Indies bases.with these new reinforced at Rabaul Base Japanese continuing your plans in period.