Operation Banquet (Padang)

Operation Banquet
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War

Operation Banquet
Date24 August 1944
Location00°57′00″S 100°21′11″E / 0.95000°S 100.35306°E / -0.95000; 100.35306
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  Japan
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Clement Moody Empire of Japan Unknown
Strength
20–32 bombers
19–31 fighters
2 aircraft carriers
1 battleship
2 cruisers
5 destroyers
1 submarine
Anti-aircraft defences
Casualties and losses
1 fighter destroyed Ground targets damaged

Operation Banquet was a British naval operation in the Second World War, commanded by Rear Admiral Clement Moody. The objective was to bomb Japanese positions in and around Padang, on the south-western coast of Sumatra, in Indonesia, on 24 August 1944.[1] The primary targets of the attack, Padang airfield, the Indaroeng cement works, and the harbor facilities and shipping at Emmahaven were hit.[2][3]

  1. ^ Rohwer & Hümmelchen 2005, p. 359.
  2. ^ Sturtivant 1990, pp. 124–125.
  3. ^ McCart 1998, p. 66.