Andersen Air Force Base, Northwest Field, Ritidian Point, Northwestern End of Island Guam, Yigo, Guam, GU
Summary
Significance: Northwest Field is significant under criteria A at a national level for events during World War II that aided in the defeat of Japan and the ending of the war. The property's significance is tied to its dedicated use for night missions against the Japanese oil industry, for its having the only bombers especially equipped with the AN/APQ-7 "Eagle" radar, for the 315th Bomb Wing development of the "compressibility" procedure, and for its planes flying the last bombing mission against Japan.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1092
Survey number: HAER GU-5
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Mason, Anne, transmitter
Location
Yigo Village, 13.56396, 144.90613
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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