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.
Type
Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by
United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built
1930s
In use
1940–1941 (Occupied by the Japanese, December 1941 – January 1945)
Battles/wars
Battle 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.
3273000°N 119.9669000°E / 15.3273000; 119.9669000 IbaAirfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun...
Field or satellite airfields including Nichols Field and Nielson Field to the southeast, IbaAirfield to the west, and Del Carmen Airfield to the south. FEAF...
with the exception of the 17th Pursuit Squadron. The 17th was sent to IbaAirfield on the north coast of Luzon where it was undergoing gunnery training...
in late 1941. On 1 September 1941, the squadron was moved to the new IbaAirfield, in an effort to disperse the fighter strength of the 4th Composite Group...
flying with the 3rd Air Group, took part in the attacks on IbaAirfield and Clark Airfield to eliminate the immediate threat of American air power. Muto...
the Philippines is death when Nippon warplanes raid Clark Air Base and Ibaairfield on December 8, 1941. The story of the Japanese victory at the Battle...
Army from Takao Airfield and Navy's Tainan Air Group from Tainan, Formosa, hitting targets in Baguio, IbaAirfield, and Clark Airfield. By the end of the...
with the exception of the 17th Pursuit Squadron. The 17th was sent to IbaAirfield on the north coast of Luzon where it was undergoing gunnery training...
Allied ground forces, the USAAF Fifth Air Force established a series of airfields, some at existing facilities, but most were carved out of the jungle to...
Kanoya Air Group in an attack against IbaAirfield. After the capture of Davao City, 3rd Air Group moved to an airfield there on 23 December and supported...
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A little before 0800, the radar at IbaAirfield informed the Air Warning Service at Nielson Field that at least 30 Japanese...
Commander Tarō Nonaka led 27 Takao medium bombers in an attack against IbaAirfield. They were escorted by Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters from 3rd Air Group...
Basa Air Base, or simply Basa Air Base (formerly known as Floridablanca Airfield) (ICAO: RPUF), is an airbase currently operated by the Philippine Air Force...
Japanese struck Clark and Iba Fields on December 8, 1941, some of the USAAC pilots landed their P-40s at Lingayen. The airfield was seized by the Japanese...
waders and marine wildlife. It has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of lesser...
little development until 1935, when Pan American Airways constructed an airfield and hotel to serve as a waypoint for trans-Pacific flying boats. Japan...
and the people were Ilocano. San Marcelino is 51 kilometres (32 mi) from Iba, 27 kilometres (17 mi) from Olongapo, and 153 kilometres (95 mi) from Manila...
has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of white-winged fantails, Kolombangara monarchs...
tip of the island. The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of most of Palau's...
island. The island forms part of the Kazan-retto islands Important Bird Area (IBA), designated by BirdLife International. 80 km (43 nautical miles, 50 mi)...
identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International as a breeding site for seabirds. Birds for which the IBA is significant include red-billed...