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In the first — and deadliest — attacks, 242 planes hit .) These attacks were opposed by — and often aimed at — units of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australian Army , Royal Australian Navy , United States Army Air Forces , US Navy , British Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force . Japanese aircrews also targeted civil Infrastructure , including harbours, civil airfields, railways and fuel tanks. Many civilians were also killed. LIST OF ATTACKS BY DATE 1942 February 19 (10.00 a.m.) Darwin , Northern Territory (NT) 19 (11.55 a.m.) Darwin, NT 19 Bathurst Island , NT March 3 ) 3 Carnot Bay , WA. KLM DC-3 Dakota airliner attacked by fighters. It crash lands on a beach 80km (50 mi) from Broome. Four passengers are killed and Diamond s worth more than £ 250,000 are lost. 3 Wyndham , (meatworks), WA 3 Wyndham Airfield, WA 4 (2.00 p.m.) Darwin RAAF Airfield , NT 14 Horn Island , Queensland (Qld) 16 (1.30 p.m.) Darwin RAAF Airfield and Bagot, NT 17 Darwin, NT 18 Horn Island, Qld 19 (11.40 a.m.) Darwin (Myilly Point and Larrakeyah), NT 20 Cape Londonderry , WA. MV ''Koolama'' severely damaged. 20 Derby , WA 22 (00.51 a.m.) Darwin, NT 22 Katherine , NT 23 Darwin, NT 23 Wyndham, WA 23 Wyndham, WA 28 (12.30 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 30 (05.40 a.m.?) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 30 Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 31 (1:20 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 31 (10:19 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT April 2 (3:30 pm) Darwin (Harvey St, McMinn St, Shell Oil Tanks), NT 2 Sattler Airfield, NT 4 (1:48 pm) Darwin Civil Airfield and Parap Hotel, NT 5 (12:29 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 25 (2:00 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 27 (12:07 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 30 Horn Island, Qld May June 13 (11:52 am) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 14 (1:14 pm) Darwin (town area), NT 15 (12:20 pm) Darwin (Larrakeyah to Stokes Hill), NT 16 (12:01pm) Darwin (town area), NT 26 (8.50 p.m.) Darwin, NT July 7 Horn Island, Qld 25 (8:50 pm) Darwin (town area), NT 26 Townsville , Qld 26 (9:39-10:54 pm) Darwin ( Vesteys Meatworks), NT 27 (10:27 pm) Knuckey's Lagoon, Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 28 (00:45 am) Darwin RAAF airfield, NT 28 Townsville, Qld 29 (00:59 am) Darwin (town area) and Knuckey's Lagoon, NT. 29 Townsville, Qld 30 (03:58 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 30 Horn Island, Qld 30 Port Hedland , WA 30 Cairns , Qld 31 Mossman , Qld 31 (1.33 p.m.) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT August 1 Horn Island, Qld 21 Wyndham, WA 23 (12:12 pm) Hughes Airfield, NT 24 (9:24 pm) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 24 (10:14 pm) Noonamah, NT 25 (00:05 am) Darwin and Parap, NT 27 (03:45-05:37 am) Darwin (Botanical Gardens) and Cox Peninsula, NT 28 (03:35 am) Darwin (Railway Yards and Port Patterson), NT 30 (02:39 am) Darwin (town area), NT 31 (05:14 am) Darwin (town area) and Cox Peninsula), NT September 25 (03:41 am) Darwin (town area) and Knuckey's Lagoon, NT 25 (05:48 am) Darwin (town area and Daly Street Bridge), NT 26 (05:22 am) Livingstone Airfield, NT 27 (04:56 am) Bynoe Harbour, NT 27 (05:44 am) Darwin (town area) (Frances Bay) October 10 Horn Island, Qld 24 (04:42 hrs) Batchelor Airfield 24 (04:52 am) Pell Airfield 24 (04:57 am) Cox Peninsula 24 (05:12 am) Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 25 (05:30 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 26 (04:54 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 27 (02:20 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT November 23 (03:00-04:39 am) Darwin (town area) and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 23 Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT 26 (03.20 a.m.) Darwin (town area), Strauss Airfield and Hughes Airfield, NT 27 (03:56- 04:46 am) Coomalie Creek, Hughes Airfield and Strauss Airfield, NT December 1943 January 20 (10:44 pm-00:15 am) Searchlight station, AWC Camp, Ironstone, NT 21 (9:54 pm) Darwin (Frances Bay), NT 22 (1.30pm) HMAS ''Patricia Cam'' sunk, near Wessel Islands, NT. February March 2 (2:34 pm) Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT 15 (11:20 am) Darwin (oil tanks), NT April May 2 (10:15 am) Darwin RAAF Airfield and Darwin Floating Dock, NT 9 Millingimbi, NT 10 Millingimbi, NT 20 Exmouth Gulf , WA 21 Exmouth Gulf, WA 28 Millingimbi, NT June 18 Horn Island, Qld 20 (10:43 am) Winnellie and Darwin RAAF Airfield, NT 28 (11:07 am) Vesteys, NT 30 (12:30pm) Fenton Airfield , NT July 6 (12:02pm) Fenton Airfield, NT August 13 (9:45pm) Fenton Airfield, NT 13 (11:12 pm) Fenton Airfield and Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT 13 (11.42 pm) Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT 14 Long Airfield, NT 17 Port Hedland, WA 21 (00:37 am) Fenton Airfield and Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT 21 (03:30 am) Pell Airfield, NT September 15 (00:25 am) Fenton Airfield and Long Airfield, NT 15 Onslow, WA 18 (03:50 am) Fenton Airfield and Long Airfield, NT 27 Drysdale Mission Airfield, NT October November 10 Coomalie Creek Airfield, NT 12 (03:53-05:30 am) Parap, Adelaide River and Batchelor Airfield, NT REFERENCES
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