Wakde Airfield is a World War II airfield located on Wakde Island, off the northern coast of New Guinea in Papua, Indonesia. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
WakdeAirfield is a World War II airfield located on Wakde Island, off the northern coast of New Guinea in Papua, Indonesia. The airfield was abandoned...
forces landed in May 1944 (the Battle of Wakde or Operation Straight Line) and renamed the facilities WakdeAirfield. In September 2005, the remains of Japanese...
The Battle of Wakde (Operation Straight Line) was part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II. It was fought between the United States and Japan from...
Battle of Wakde 18 May 1944 21, May 1944 Wakde, Indonesia New Guinea campaign 147 (40 killed, 107 wounded) American victory Japan WakdeAirfield is obtained...
104 combat missions in the Pacific. Photo taken: 8 September 1944, WakdeAirfield, Netherlands East Indies. It was condemned on 31 October 1944. Baugher...
Ainring, Germany. April 21–24 – Task Force 58 aircraft strike WakdeAirfield, Sawar Airfield and Sarmi, to neutralize the danger of air attack on the Battle...
work at Tanahmerah Bay. The 122nd Battalion worked at facilities the WakdeAirfield on an Island west of Humboldt Bay and at Aitape east of Humboldt Bay...
104 combat missions in the Pacific. Photo taken: 8 September 1944, WakdeAirfield, Netherlands East Indies. It was condemned on 31 October 1944. Baugher...
the South and Southwest Pacific, until the war ended. Attacked Japanese airfields, installations, and shipping in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Islands...
Airfields Naval Base in Tufi, PT boat base Naval Base at Gasmata Fleet Post Office #723 Naval Base Wakde Island on Wakde Island in support of Wakde Airfield...
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...
necessary, erecting additional buildings and aircraft hangars as new airfields were required as training was expanded with additional pilots and aircraft...
The battle, with the associated attacks on Sawar Airfield 10 miles (16 km) to the north and Wakde, an island just off shore of Toem 8 miles (13 km) to...
Airfield, New Guinea, 13 March 1944 WakdeAirfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies, 26 May 1944 Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield Noemfoor, Netherlands East Indies...
104 combat missions in the Pacific. Photo taken: 8 September 1944, WakdeAirfield, Netherlands East Indies. It was condemned on 31 October 1944. Baugher...
Airfield, New Guinea, 29 March 1944 WakdeAirfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies, 22 May 1944 Kornasoren Airfield Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, New Guinea...
Observations Squadron. During this period, the squadron took to building airfields. A lieutenant and twenty enlisted persons from the 4th began construction...
week later with a fast carrier task group for attacks on WakdeAirfield and Sawar Airfield in Western New Guinea, on 21 and 22 April, to neutralize the...
104 combat missions in the Pacific. Photo taken: 8 September 1944, WakdeAirfield, Netherlands East Indies. It was condemned on 31 October 1944. Baugher...
from WakdeAirfield, Netherlands East Indies, 2–21 October 1944, and Noemfoor, schouten Islands, 29 October 1944 – 1 January 1945) Dulag Airfield, Leyte...
the Palau Archipelago. Steaming south to strike Hollandia, WakdeAirfield, Sawar Airfield and Sarmi, Western New Guinea, the task force supported Army...
Truk. Santa Fe also participated in the shore bombardment of WakdeAirfield and Sawar Airfield. On June 15, 1944, Santa Fe participated in landings on Saipan...
Occupation in Japan, moving to Itami Airfield, Japan in October 1945 as part of Far East Air Forces. Inactivated at Itami Airfield on 10 May 1946. The wartime...
bombers. Left Hawaii in November 1942 and, operating primarily from Pekoa Airfield, Espírito Santo in the New Hebrides Islands with a mix of B-17 and B-24...
Island, Admiralty Islands, June 1944 WakdeAirfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies. 3 September 1944 Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies. 17...
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