avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeMangaldan Airfield is a World War II airfield located north of the town of Mangaldan, near Lingayen Gulf, to the east of Dagupan in the province of Pangasinan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It was abandoned after the war.
Mangaldan Airfield |
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Mangaldan Airfield (Philippines) |
Coordinates | 16°04′00.62″N 120°24′03.67″E |
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Type | Military airfield |
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Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
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Built | 1945 |
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In use | 1945 |
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History
The airfield was built after the American liberation in early January 1945 and was used as a medium bomber and fighter airfield during the 1945 Battle of the Philippines.
Mangaldan airfield was abandoned after the war and fell into a state of disuse. The town of Mangaldan has absorbed traces of the airbase, the runway area has reverted to rice paddy planting area and irrigated pools for fish farms and open space. In past decades farmers reported finding bullets and other remains, but not many traces of the airbase remain today.
Units assigned
See also
World War II portal
- USAAF in the Southwest Pacific
- Louis Edward Curdes
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website https://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- 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
 USAAF Fifth Air Force in World War II |
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Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942) |
Airfields | Pacific |
- USAAF in Australia
- USAAF in the Southwest Pacific
- USAAF in Okinawa
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Units | Commands |
- V Bomber
- V Fighter
- 5th Interceptor (Provisional)
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Wings | |
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Groups | Air Commando | |
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Bombardment |
- 3d Bombardment
- 7th Bombardment
- 19th Bombardment
- 22d Bombardment
- 27th Bombardment
- 38th Bombardment
- 43d Bombardment
- 90th Bombardment
- 312th Bombardment
- 345th Bombardment
- 380th Bombardment
- 417th Bombardment
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Combat Cargo | |
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Fighter |
- 8th Fighter
- 24th Pursuit
- 35th Fighter
- 49th Fighter
- 58th Fighter
- 348th Fighter
- 475th Fighter
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Reconnaissance | |
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Troop Carrier |
- 317th Troop Carrier
- 374th Troop Carrier
- 375th Troop Carrier
- 433d Troop Carrier
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Squadrons | Bombardment | |
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Night Fighter | |
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Reconnaissance |
- 2d Observation
- 8th Photographic Reconnaissance
- 36th Photographic Reconnaissance
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Troop Carrier |
- 21st Troop Carrier
- 22d Troop Carrier
- 65th Troop Carrier
- 66th Troop Carrier
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