Mactan Island

Island ofshore from Cebu.

      Opon (Mactan Airbase, Cebu International)

Construction
Located two miles northeast of Cebu City. This strip was the primary Japanese Navy base on Cebu.

Japanese Units Based at Opon
1021st Kokutai (G4M, transport) Nichols and Cebu
256th Kokutai (A6M Zero)

American Missions Against Opon Airfield
October 22, 1944 - February 7, 1945

Today
Still in use today as the island's main airport, expanded to 3,300m x 45m, served by domestic flights from Manila and around the Philippines. Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIAA). Thanks to Sigurd Lasa for this information.

 

 

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