- Motobu Airfield
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Motobu Airfield Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan Type Military airfield Coordinates 26°41′009.15″N 127°53′23.90″E / 26.685875°N 127.889972°E Built April 1945 In use 1945 Controlled by United States Army Air Forces Motobu Airfield is a World War II airfield on the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa, near the East China Sea coast. The airfield was deactivated after 1945.
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History
The airfield was built in April 1945 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and United States Navy Seabees as a combat airfield to support the Army and Marine Corps ground forces during the Battle of Okinawa. It had a 7,000' x 100' single runway and was used as the support field for Headquarters, Fifth Air Force and its subordinate commands on Okinawa from August through October 1945 until they moved to Honshu, Japan for postwar occupation duty.
Units assigned
- Headquarters, Fifth Air Force*, August 4 – September 25, 1945
- Headquarters, V Bomber Command*, August–October 1945
- Headquarters, V Fighter Command*, August–October 1945
- Headquarters, 308th Bombardment Wing*, June 16 – September 22, 1945
.* Assigned to nearby town of Hamasaki and used Motobu Airfield for air operations.
- Headquarters, 3d Bombardment Group, A-20 Havoc, August 6 – September 8, 1945
- 8th Bombardment Squadron, August 7 – October 26, 1945
- 13th Bombardment Squadron, August 7 – October 10, 1945
- 89th Bombardment Squadron, August 6 – September 8, 1945
- 90th Bombardment Squadron, August 6 – September 8, 1945
- Headquarters, 380th Bombardment Group, B-24 Liberator, August 9 – November 28, 1945
- 528th Bombardment Squadron, August 8 – November 28, 1945
- 529th Bombardment Squadron, August 18 – November 28, 1945
- 530th Bombardment Squadron, August 10 – November 28, 1945
- 531st Bombardment Squadron, August 15 – November 28, 1945
- Headquarters, 22d Bombardment Group, B-24 Liberator, August 15 – November 23, 1945
- 2d Bombardment Squadron, August 18 – November 23, 1945
- 19th Bombardment Squadron, August 14 – November 23, 1945
- 33d Bombardment Squadron, August 15 – November 23, 1945
- 408th Bombardment Squadron, August 21 – November 23, 1945
- Headquarters, 417th Bombardment Group, A-20 Havoc, August 17 – November 1, 1945
- 672d Bombardment Squadron, August 17 – November 3, 1945
- 673d Bombardment Squadron, August 18 – November 4, 1945
- 674th Bombardment Squadron, August 15 – November 1, 1945
- 675th Bombardment Squadron, August 17 – November 5, 1945
In addition to the Army units, several Navy aviation squadrons used the airfield. It's postwar use is undetermined. Today, parts of the runway can still be seen on aerial photography.
See also
- USAAF in Okinawa
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
External links
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