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15°19′38.28″N 119°58′0.84″E / 15.3273000°N 119.9669000°E / 15.3273000; 119.9669000

Iba Airfield
Part of Fifth Air Force
Luzon, Philippines
Rare color photo taken of one of the first B-17Ds in the Philippines, October 1941, Iba Field. Nine B-17s from Hawaii arrived shortly before.
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1930s
In use1940–1941
(Occupied by the Japanese, December 1941 – January 1945)
Battles/warsBattle of the Philippines (1942)

Iba Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942), it was struck in air raid at same time as the attack on Clark Field on 8 December 1941.

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Iba Airfield

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3273000°N 119.9669000°E / 15.3273000; 119.9669000 Iba Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun...

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Nichols Field

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3rd Flying Training Squadron

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Kaneyoshi Muto

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flying with the 3rd Air Group, took part in the attacks on Iba Airfield and Clark Airfield to eliminate the immediate threat of American air power. Muto...

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Ano hata o ute

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4th Composite Group

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30th Bombardment Squadron

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Takao Air Group

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24th Pursuit Group

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