“NIGHTSTALKERS: In the text of the “Nightstalkers” book, seven maps support the narrative and reference the movement of the Wright Project and the 868th Squadron over the period August 1943- September 1945. The seven maps are self-explanatory and are not detailed to the degree that every target struck from a given base is identified. Rather the seven maps provide a perspective of missions flown from the bases at which the unit was stationed during the period indicated.
These documents and photos include the following:
Map 1 “Wright Project/868th Squadron West to Japan, August 1943-September 1945
Map 2 “-Guadalcanal Phase August-December 1943”
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Map 1 “Wright Project/868th Squadron West to Japan, August 1943-September 1945”. This map tracks the Wright Project and the 868th Squadron movement across the Pacific Ocean, with six bases identified with dates the squadron operated from those six bases, namely Guadalcanal, Munda, Manus, Noemfoor, Morotai, and Okinawa, plus movement home to United States in September-October 1945.
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Map 2 “-Guadalcanal Phase August-December 1943”, indicating sea search attacks and land target strikes to the northwest in Solomon and Bismarck Islands.
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Map 3 “Munda Phase January-April 1944”, indicating sea search attacks and land target strikes to the northwest in upper Solomon, Bismarck Islands and to Truk to the north.
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Map 4 “Manus (Los Negros) Phase May-August 1944”, indicating sea search and land target strikes to the north (Truk), northwest (Palau) and west (Biak and Dutch East Indies).
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Map 5 “Noemfoor Phase September 1944-March 1945”, indicating sea search attacks and land target strikes to the north (Palau), northwest and west (Philippines and Dutch East Indies).
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Map 6 “Morotai Phase March-July 1945”, indicating sea search attacks and land target strikes to the northwest (Philippines and French Indo-China) and west and southwest (Dutch East Indies).
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Map 7 “Okinawa Phase July-September 1945”, indicating sea search attacks and land target strikes to the north (Japan and Korea) and northwest (China). Shown also are the two planned invasions of the Japanese Home Islands, Kyushu in the November 1945 timeframe, to be followed by the invasion of Honshu sometime in mid-1946.
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Map 8 “Far Eastern Theatre of War 1941-1945”
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Map 9 “European Theatre of War 1939-1945”
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Map 10 “Japan and adjacent regions”
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Map 11 “Newsmap – for the armed forces – Europe”
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Map 12 “NewsMap – For the Armed forces – Italy & France”
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Map 13 “The Far East”
