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Locations by Pacific Nation Alphabetical listing of locations with battlefields, airfields and locations related to World War II and the Korean War.

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On January 8, 1943 took off pilot 1st Lt Raymond S. Dau on a bombing mission against Lae and was damaged by anti-aircraft fire and force landed on a hillside near Kaisinik known as the …

At the start of the Pacific War, requisitioned by the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) and retained the RAF serial number AL589. Robert Livingstone adds: "The aircraft was almost new having …

On May 27, 1943 at 6:30pm took off from Kualoa Field on Oahu with another B-24 on a search mission bound for Palmyra Airfield and crashed at sea.

B-17E 41-2459 damaged January 16, 1942 and written off and destroyed as the first B-17E lost in the Pacific B-17E 41-2460 pilot Bechtol damaged July 30, 1942 later salvaged