MotobuAirfield is a World War II airfield on the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa, near the East China Sea coast. The airfield was deactivated after 1945....
1945 Bolo airfield Awase Airfield Awase airfield Yontan Airfield Ieshima in 1945 MotobuAirfield Map with Yontan Airfield and Kadena Airfield 90mm AA gun...
The Motobu Peninsula (本部半島, Motobu hantō, Okinawan: Mutubu) is a peninsula in the Yanbaru region of Okinawa Island. It is surrounded by Nago Bay to the...
January 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, April 1945 Hamasaki (MotobuAirfield), Okinawa, 4 August 1945 Irumagawa AB, Japan, c. 25 September 1945...
January 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, March 1945 Hamasaki (MotobuAirfield), Okinawa, August 1945 Murayama, Japan, October 1945 Irumagawa AB,...
islands, consisting primarily of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. The Marianas airfields were considered as being ideal bases from which to launch B-29 Superfortress...
November 1944 Guiuan Airfield, Samar, Philippines, 21 January 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 12 March 1945 MotobuAirfield, Okinawa, 15 August 1945...
wing's executive agent for airfield operations. They provide weather services, air traffic control, and shared use airfield management, transient aircraft...
38th Group. It flew bombardment missions against Japanese shipping and airfields. The 822nd was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for bombing...
Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with V Bomber Command at Itami Airfield, Japan, where it was inactivated on 5 November 1945. During World War II...
destruction. During the Korean War, the unit bombed and strafed enemy airfields and installations and supported UN ground forces, remaining in South Korea...
awarded its third DUC. In January 1945, the squadron moved to Lingayen Airfield on Luzon, from which it continued to support ground forces in the Philippines...
November 1944 Guiuan Airfield, Samar, Philippines, 26 January 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, March 1945 MotobuAirfield, Okinawa, 18 August 1945...
December 1944 Guiuan Airfield, Samar, Philippines, 15 January 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 15 March 1945 MotobuAirfield, Okinawa, 14 August 1945...
unit. Its last assignment was with the 417th Bombardment Group at Itami Airfield, Japan, where it was inactivated on 5 November 1945. During World War II...
unit. Its last assignment was with the 417th Bombardment Group at Itami Airfield, Japan, where it was inactivated on 5 November 1945. During World War II...
July 1945 MotobuAirfield, Okinawa, 9 July 1945 Chofu Airfield, Japan, 27 September 1945 Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 10 February 1946 Itami Airfield, Japan...
unit. Its last assignment was with the 417th Bombardment Group at Itami Airfield, Japan, where it was inactivated on 5 November 1945. During World War II...
missions attacking Japanese airfields, merchant ships and naval vessels in New Guinea. The squadron moved to Pitoe Airfield, Morotai in the Maluku Islands...
Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 26 December 1944 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, c. 28 April – 26 July 1945 MotobuAirfield, Okinawa...
Mindoro, Philippines, 30 December 1944 MotobuAirfield,[citation needed] Okinawa, c. 7 August 1945 Atsugi Airfield, Japan, c. 10 October 1945 Yokota Air...
March, operating in support of ground forces on New Guinea and striking airfields, bridges, personnel concentrations, installations, and shipping in the...
Warning Squadron Camp Bishigawa, Japan Kadena AB, Japan Naha AB, Japan MotobuAirfield, Japan ca. 15 Aug 1946–ca. Jul 1950 ca.Jul 1950–ca. Sep 1950 ca. Sep...
January 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, March 1945 Hamasaki (MotobuAirfield), Okinawa, August 1945 Itazuke Air Base, Japan, October 1945-31 May...
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