Lae Base & Airfield (Lae)

Papua New Guinea / Morobe / Lae
 Second World War 1939-1945, military, abandoned / shut down, invisible
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A major base & airfield for the Japanese starting in 1942, Lae was a key base for Japanese air, sea and land operations in the area for less than a year when the Austrailians liberated it in late 1943. Used briefly by the US postwar, the airfield was later abandoned for a more modern facility to the northwest. The WWII runway is still visible here.

This was also Amelia Earharts last stop before she & her copilot dissapeared.

www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_lae.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lae_Airfield
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Coordinates:   6°43'52"S   146°59'48"E
This article was last modified 6 years ago