Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On Feb 3, 1944 General Kenny’s 5th air forces executed an elaborate trap to trick the Japanese into densely parking the fighters and bombers at 2 airfields on New Guinea. The plan worked, The Japanese parked their planes wingtip-to-wingtip which made them easy targets for B-25 bombers attacking the planes with Para-frag bombs and machine gun fire. 60 Japanese planes were destroyed for no 5th air force losses.
On Feb 3, 1944 General Kenny’s 5th air forces executed an elaborate trap to trick the Japanese into densely parking the fighters and bombers at 2 airfields on New Guinea. The plan worked, The Japanese parked their planes wingtip-to-wingtip which made them easy targets for B-25 bombers attacking the planes with Para-frag bombs and machine gun fire. 60 Japanese planes were destroyed for no 5th air force losses.










