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    Musashi Bay (Musashi Wan) Paramushir | Kurile Islands (Chishima-Rettō) Russia

11th AF June 1944


11th AF c1944
Location
Musashi Bay borders the southern coast of Paramushir Island in the Kurile Islands spanning from Kapari-saki at Kapari to the west and Cape Kurabu (Kurabu-saki) to the east. In Japanese Musashi Wan. Prewar and during World War II part of Japan. Postwar, part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Today, located in Sakhalin Oblast in Russia.

Wartime History
Prewar and during the Pacific War used as an anchorage by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for Musashi Naval Base on Cape Kurabu (Kurabu Cape). Between February 1944 until July 1945 attacked by American bombers. Also, subjected to several U.S. Navy (USN) shore bombardments.

Allied missions against Musashi Bay
February 5, 1944 - July 23, 1945

Musashi Airfield (Kurabu Cape Airfield)
Japanese wartime airfield located on the southern coast of Paramushir

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