- Owi Airfield
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Owi Airfield Part of Fifth Air Force Located on Pulau Owi Island, Schouten Islands, Indonesia. Type Military airfield Coordinates 01°14′38.75″S 136°12′42.44″E / 1.2440972°S 136.2117889°E Built 1944 In use 1944-1945 Controlled by United States Army Air Forces 
Owi AirfieldOwi Airfield, IndonesiaOwi Airfield is a World War II airfield located on Pulau Owi island in the Schouten Islands, Indonesia.
The airfield was built by the Americans and used as a major command and control, as well as an operational fighter and bomber base in from the summer of 1944 until the end of the war in September 1945. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.
On the linked satellite image the airfield is still clearly visible over 60 years after being abandoned.
Contents
Units assigned
- Headquarters, Fifth Air Force (10 August-20 November 1944)
- Headquarters, V Bomber Command (15 August-November 1944)
- Headquarters, V Fighter Command (July-November 1944)
- 308th Bombardment Wing (2 July-10 August 1944)
- 309th Bombardment Wing (9 November 1944-8 February 1945)
- 22d Bombardment Group (11 August-15 November 1944)
- Headquarters, 2d, 19th, 33d, 408th Bomb Squadrons, B-24 Liberator
- 43d Bombardment Group (2 July-15 November 1944)
- Headquarters, 63d, 64th, 65th, 403d Bomb Squadrons, B-24 Liberator
- 8th Fighter Group (17 June-19 September 1944)
- Headquarters, 35th, 36th, 80th Fighter Squadrons, P-38 Lightning
- 35th Fighter Group (22 July-27 September 1944)
- Headquarters, 39th, 41st Fighter Squadrons, P-47 Thunderbolt
- Det: 418th Night Fighter Squadron (310th Bombardment Wing) (16 September-5 October 1944). P-61 Black Widow
- 421st Night Fighter Squadron (V Fighter Command) (28 June-25 October 1944)
- 547th Night Fighter Squadron (6 October-31 December 1944), P-38 Lightning, P-61 Black Widow
See also
- USAAF in the Southwest Pacific
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.
- www.pacificwrecks.com
External links
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