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    Buayan Airfield Sarangani Province | Mindanao Philippines
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September 6, 1944
Location
Buayan Airfield was located near Buayan (Boayan) bordering Sarangani Bay in Sarangani Province on the southern coast of Mindano Island in the Philippines. Allied wartime spelling "Buayoan".

Wartime History
Used by the Japanese as a military airfield.

Japanese units based at Buayan
763 Kokutai (P1Y1 Frances)

American missions against Buayan
September 6, 1944–October 24, 1944

References
Warpath Across The Pacific (1996) page 185

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August 2, 2023

 

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