Invasion of Biak - May 1944
"After Hollandia: The Air War Over Western New Guinea, April–May 1944 – Part 2"
by Richard Dunn
October 7, 2026
"Following the Allied landings at Hollandia in April 1944, the air war in New Guinea rapidly shifted westward toward Biak, Wakde, Noemfoor, Manokwari and the Vogelkopf Peninsula. During April and May, U.S. Fifth and Thirteenth Air Force bombers and fighters pressed against increasingly scattered Japanese Army and Navy air forces. This second part of the After Hollandia series follows that changing air campaign through the invasion of Biak and the Japanese effort to reinforce western New Guinea ahead of Operation A-Go. . . . "
https://rldunn.com/after-hollandia-1944-part-2/