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Bataan Airfield

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Bataan Airfield was a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. [1]

26 relations: Clark Air Base, Corregidor, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Davao City, Del Monte Airfield, Far East Air Force (United States), Geography of the Philippines, Imperial Japanese Army, Legazpi, Albay, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Manila, Military history of the Philippines, Military history of the United States, Mindanao, Naval Base Cavite, Nichols Field, Nielson Field, Philippines, Philippines Campaign (1941–42), Seversky P-35, Subic Bay, U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre, 24th Pursuit Group.

Clark Air Base

Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located west of Angeles, about northwest of Metro Manila.

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Corregidor

Corregidor Island, locally called Isla ng Corregidor, is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in southwestern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.

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Davao City

, officially the (Dakbayan sa Dabaw, Lungsod ng Dabaw), is a highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao,.

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Del Monte Airfield

Del Monte Field was a heavy bomber airfield of the Far East Air Force (FEAF) located on Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Far East Air Force (United States)

The Far East Air Force (FEAF) was the military aviation organization of the United States Army in the Philippines just prior to and at the beginning of World War II.

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Geography of the Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago that consists of 7,107 islands with a total land area of.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Legazpi, Albay

Legazpi, officially the City of Legazpi, (Ciudad kan Legazpi; Lungsod ng Legazpi) and often referred to as Legazpi City, is a component city and the capital of the province of Albay in the Philippines.

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Lingayen Gulf

The Lingayen Gulf is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines, stretching.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Manila

Manila (Maynilà, or), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city proper in the world.

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Military history of the Philippines

The military history of the Philippines is characterized by a period of struggle against colonial powers such as Spain and the United States, occupation by the Empire of Japan during World War II and participation in Asian conflicts post-World War II such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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Military history of the United States

The military history of the United States spans a period of over two centuries.

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Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines.

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Naval Base Cavite

Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, also known as Cavite Naval Base or Cavite Navy Yard, is a military installation of the Philippine Navy in Cavite City in the Province of Cavite.

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Nichols Field

Nichols Field was a U.S. military airfield located south of Manila in Pasay and Parañaque, Metro Manila, Luzon, the Philippines.

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Nielson Field

Nielson Field (Luzon, the Philippines) was the location of the Far East Air Force headquarters.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Philippines Campaign (1941–42)

The Philippines Campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas or Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Imperial Japan and the defense of the islands by United States and Filipino forces during the Second World War.

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Seversky P-35

The Seversky P-35 was an American fighter aircraft built by the Seversky Aircraft Company in the late 1930s.

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Subic Bay

Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about northwest of Manila Bay.

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U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay

Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the Spanish Navy and subsequently the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the air, ground and naval forces of the Empire of Japan in the South West Pacific Theatre.

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24th Pursuit Group

The 24th Pursuit Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Airfield

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