Operation Banquet (Padang)

Operation Banquet
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War
Operation Banquet
Date 24 August 1944 Location Padang, Netherlands East Indies 00°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
Clement Moody	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]