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The Air Corps was created by the Philippine National Assembly's National Defense Act of 1935 in its first legislative act. [1]General Douglas MacArthur, convinced by his friend Philippine President-elect Manuel L. Quezon and with President Roosevelt's agreement to leave his position as Chief of Staff, become Military Adviser to the Commonwealth Government in 1935. [2]
Late in the war, after liberation, it was used by combined Filipino and American military units in early 1945, such as the USAAF 58th Fighter Group (18 April-10 July 1945), and the 375th Troop Carrier Group (20 May–August 1945). Porac was also used by the 201st Mexican Expeditionary Air Force, flying P-47 Thunderbolts.
The airfield was built by the Americans shortly after landing on Leyte in November 1944. It was used by the 312th Bombardment Group (19 November 1944 - 10 February 1945) and 433d Troop Carrier Group (19 January - 31 May 1945). With the withdrawal of American forces, the airfield was abandoned. There is little or no trace of its existence.
The Invasion of Palawan (Filipino: Paglusob sa Palawan) consisted of a series of actions officially designated Operation Victor I and Operation Victor II, fought by U.S. forces against the Japanese military from 28 February to 22 April 1945 as a part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II.
345th Bombardment Group (12 November 1944 – 1 January 1945) 475th Fighter Group (28 October 1944 – 5 February 1945) 2d Combat Cargo Group (May-20 August 1945) 317th Troop Carrier Group (17 November 1944 – 17 March 1944) 418th Night Fighter Squadron (14–30 November 1944) It was abandoned after the war and today it is an agricultural area.
Fifth Air Force and the U.S. 3rd Fleet's Task Force 38 were able to devastate the Japanese attempts at air attacks and at landing new reinforcements and supplies, and also provide much support to the Army's ground troops during what is known as the Battle of Ormoc Bay from 11 November to 21 December 1944.
The 505th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Thirteenth Air Force, stationed at Clark Field, Philippines, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1946. After orgamnizing and training in the United states, the group served in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II as part of Twentieth Air ...
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington ...