词条 | Motobu Airfield |
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|name=Motobu Airfield |partof = |location=Motobu, Okinawa, Japan |coordinates={{Coord|26|41|009.15|N|127|53|23.90|E}} | image =Motobu airfield.jpg | image_size =300px | caption =Aerial view of Motobu airfield, Okinawa |type=Military airfield |code= |built=April 1945 |builder= |materials= |height= |used= 1945 |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |controlledby=United States Army Air Forces |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }} 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. HistoryThe 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
.* Assigned to nearby town of Hamasaki and used Motobu Airfield for air operations. {{Col-begin}}{{Col-break|width=50%}}
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
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{{Col-break|width=50%}}
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
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{{Col-end}} 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{{Portal|Military of the United States|United States Air Force|World War II}}References{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
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