Air raids on Penang

Air raids on Penang (1944–1945)
Part of the Pacific War, World War II
Japanese-occupied George Town in 1944
Date October 1944 – August 1945 Location Penang 5°24′52″N 100°19′45″E / 5.414444°N 100.329167°E / 5.414444; 100.329167 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom	Empire of Japan
Units involved
XX Bomber Command No. 159 Squadron RAF Eastern Fleet	Imperial Japanese Navy
Casualties and losses
None	Damage to naval facilities Shipping along the Penang Strait disrupted

Between 1944 and 1945, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted bombing and mining missions against Japanese-occupied Penang. Carried out by long-range bombers based in India, the raids aimed to disrupt maritime shipping in the northern Strait of Malacca and the use of Penang's harbour as an Axis submarine base. While these Allied aerial missions effectively disrupted Japanese military logistics in the region, they also resulted in considerable damage to the urban landscape of George Town, Penang's capital city.