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(above) Guiuan Airdrome Layout
Photocredit: Airdromes Guide Southwest Pacific Area - 1 July 1945
Contributed by: Dave Pluth [Email]
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(above) Guiuan Area Map
Photocredit: Airdromes Guide Southwest Pacific Area - 1 July 1945
Contributed by: Dave Pluth [Email]
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Bomber runway, 7000 ft x 150 ft. 500 ft overrun on each end. Fighter runway 7000 ft x 100 ft
Surface: Coral
Elevation: 7 ft above sea level
Obstructions: Trees approximately 1000 ft from SW end of runway. 25-30 ft telephone poles 500 yards from SW end of runway. Clearance lights on poles.
RON Facilities: Accommodations for transient crews.
Service Facilities: Fuel and oil. Tank truck delivery. major repairs available in emergency.
Source: Airdromes Guide Southwest Pacific Area - 1 July 1945 Contributed by: Dave Pluth [Email]
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On the narrow peninsula at the extreme southeaster end of Samar Island
Source: Airdromes Guide Southwest Pacific Area - 1 July 1945 Contributed by: Dave Pluth [Email]
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CASU (F) 42
Combat Air Service Unit, Advanced 42
Early 1945 to end of war. Possbly late 1944.
I have also found a Duty section list dated 18 October, 1945 that ndicates CASU (F) 61 was combined with 42 on the island at that time.
Source: CASU (F) 42 Duty section list dated 5 September 1945.
My father was an AMM-1 attached to 42 on Guiuan Samar until discharged in December 1945 Contributed by: Ken Angst [Email]
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1000 foot concrete causeway extends into Layte Gulf SW of airdrome.
Tower call sign: ZAMBO
Source: Airdromes Guide Southwest Pacific Area - 1 July 1945 Contributed by: Dave Pluth [Email]
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