Bayug Airfield is a World War II airfield located in the east of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines, and to the west of San Pablo Airfield, to the north of the...
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under this category. All privately owned aerodromes (airports, airstrips, airfields) are outside of the CAAP's classification system. The old ATO system,...
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United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre (section Airfields and major unit assignments)
Allied ground forces, the USAAF Fifth Air Force established a series of airfields, some at existing facilities, but most were carved out of the jungle to...
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March 1942 Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, 15 June 1944 Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 10 August 1944 Bayug Airfield, Leyte, Philippines...
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members; 204 from Bayug Airfield, 72 from Bayug Airfield, 36 from Sampablo Airfield, 104 from Drag Airfield, and 44 from Tacroban Airfield. The plan was for...
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Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, July 1944 Bayug Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, November 1944 McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines...
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Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, c. 15 August 1944 Bayug Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, November 1944 McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines...
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Indies, 5 October 1944 Bayug Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 14 February 1945 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, June 1945 Tachikawa Airfield, Japan, September...
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(March) Airfield, Netherlands East Indies, 15 August 1944 Bayug Airfield, Burauen, Leyte, Philippines, 10 January 1945 Puerto Princesa Airfield, Palawan...
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F-5 Lightnings and Consolidated F-7 Liberators to photograph Japanese airfields, harbors, beach defenses, and personnel areas in New Guinea, the Bismarcks...
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Dulag–Burauen Road. Within 48 hours, they had captured San Pablo, Burauen, and Bayug Airfield. On October 27, 1944, the 17th Infantry took the strong points south...
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February 1944 Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, 30 March 1944 Mokmer Airfield, Biak Island, Netherlands East Indies, 10 August 1944 Bayug Airfield,[citation needed]...
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cover missions for convoys, patrols, escorted bombers, attacked enemy airfields, and support[ing] ground forces." "After the war's end, the organization...
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Gusap Airfield, New Guinea, 1 February 1944 Hollandia, New Guinea, 6 May 1944 Wama Drome, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1944 Bayug Airfield...
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Battle of Leyte (section Battle of the Airfields)
Archibald V. Arnold moved inland against the Japanese airfields of San Pablo 1 and 2, Bayug, and Buri, using "flying wedges" of American tanks, the...
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recognized it was more important to hold another location, Ormoc. At the Bayug strip the enemy had set fire to a number of planes that the 11th relied...
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landing in December 1944. Enemy paratroops attempted to capture the Buri, Bayug, and San Pablo airstrips on 6 December. The 149th Infantry Regiment destroyed...
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