Emirau Airfield (WW2)

Papua New Guinea / New Ireland / Kavieng /
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In 1944, US Navy Seabees constructed a fighter and bomber airfield on the Emirau plateau. It was used against the Japanese forces by the US Navy, US Marine Corps and the Royal NZ Air Force. The runways are still usable, and were used as recently as the 1990s.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirau_Airport
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Coordinates:   1°39'6"S   149°58'3"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago