Galela

MapLat 0° 1' 60S Long 127° 15' 0E  Located 20 miles from Morotai.

Wasile Bay

     Galela Airfield

Click For EnlargementConstruction
Located on the west side of the Wasile Bay. This single crushed coral runway was built by the Japanese, and used by the Japanese Army Air Force.

Today
It is a bananna plantion owned by a Filipino company.

American Missions Against Galela
July 27, 1944 - January 10, 1945

 


     Wasile Airfield

Construction
Located on the east side of the Wasile Bay. This wartime Japanese aerodrome developed after Galela and used by the Japanese Navy.

Units Based at Wasile
732nd Kokutai (G4M1 Betty)

 

 


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