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Location
Lat
2° 0' 0S Long 121° 0' 0E Formally know as
Celebes, it is now know as Sulawesi.
History
While still conducting their conquest
of the Philippines, the Japanese
began an offensive against the Netherlands East Indies. As
they
progressed southward, the U.S. attempted to assist the Dutch
and sent to Java all the
Army Air Force airplanes it could muster, from there, they
carried out
bombing attacks extending from the Malay Peninsula eastward to
the Celebes but with such a token force, its efforts did little
to stem the Japanese. Celebes fell in January 1942.
Mount Tongkoko
Mountain in northern Sulawesi
Lembeh
(Lahbeh) Island
Narrow
island that is separated from the
northern tip of Sulawesi by a narrow
body of war, the Lembeh Straight.
Wartime spelling was Lahbeh.
Togian
Islands
Lat
0° 19' 60S Long 122° 0' 0E
Langoan Airfield
Japanese airfield at the north-east tip of Celebes Island.
B-24
Liberator
Discovered underwater off the southern coast of Celebes
Manado
(Menado)
Lat
1° 28' 60N Long 124° 50' 60E There were three airfields
in this area: Menado, Sidate and Mapenget. Menado Bay had
shipping facilities.
USS
Shark (SS-174)
Sunk on February 11, 1942 off Menado
Manado Seaplane Base (Menado)
Wartime airfield occupied by the Japanese until the end of the war
Sidate
 Lat 1° 8' 60N Long 124° 24' 0E Located at the eastern arm of the island's northern coast.
Sidate Airfield
Japanese wartime airfield
Mapenget Airfield (Manado I)
Japanese airfield
Makassar
(Makasser)
Lat
5° 7' 50S Long 119° 24' 45E Located on
the south western tip of Celebes island.
American Missions against Makassar
January 22, 1942 - August 5, 1945
P-38 Lightning Serial Number ?
Pilot Robert Westbrook, 13th AF's highest scoring ace
PBY Catalina Dutch
Number 28-5MNE Number 42
Makassar POW Camp
Brutal Japanese garrison detained Allied
POWs here for the last three years of the war.
Mandai Airfield (Makassar)
Japanese airfield near Makassar.
Kendari
Lat 3° 58' 17S Long 122° 34' 40E Japanese occupied January 24, 1942 Located on the south-eastern arm of the island's eastern coast.
Kendari II Airfield
Prewar airfield occupied by the Japanese and used for the duration of the war.
USS
Edsall
Sunk March 1, 1942
B-24D "Fyrtle
Myrtle" Serial
Number 42-40485
Pilot Farrington shot down October 26, 1942
Aloe (Allu, Alloe, Alu, Aloe)
Lat 5° 34' 55S Long 119° 33' 55E Located on the southern coast of the island.
Boeloedowang (Aloe)
Japanese emergency airfield
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October 5, 2009
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