Oro Bay Airfield was primarily an emergency landing field, although it was briefly used as a headquarters base for the
308th Bombardment Wing (1 February-2 July 1944) and as an operational airfield for the
417th Bombardment Group (28 January-4 February 1944) which flew
A-20 Havocs. Operational squadrons assigned to the airfield were: •
672d Bombardment Squadron: 28 January-4 February 1944 •
673d Bombardment Squadron: 28 January-4 February 1944 •
674th Bombardment Squadron: 28 January-4 February 1944 In addition, the
547th Night Fighter Squadron flew a night fighter variant of the
P-38 Lightning and
P-61 Black Widow from the airfield (5 September-6 October 1944). ==See also==