Location
Located on the coast, to the east of Balikapan and Sepiinggang.
Wartime History
Occupied and used by the Japanese to defend the Balikpapan area.
Japanese Units in Balikpapan Area
381st Kokutai (Hikotai 602) March-April, 1944
American Missions Against Manggar
January 8, 1945 - July 9, 1945
Liberation
Liberated by Australian
forces July 1945. Several Japanese aircraft were captured at the strip.
Ki-51 Sonia Manufacture
Number 2660 Tail 9311
Possibly of 7th Air Division HQ. Weave-line camo pattern
Ki-84 Frank Manufacture
Number 525
Possibly of 7th Air Division HQ. Weave-line camo pattern
Ki-48 Lily Manufacture
Number 2520
Center section burned out.
G4M Betty Manufacture
Number 334
Broken wreckage
Today
The airfield is abandoned, and land redeveloped into an urban area.
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