Justin Taylan 2003
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Location
Located fifteen miles from Henderson Field,
closest to the Metapona River to the east and the Naumbu
River to the west.
Construction
This airfield was built
for heavy bomber operations, primarily by the 13th Air
Force. The single strip ran approximately NE to SW (parallel
to Carney
Field) and had several taxiways off both sides. Surfaced
by bitumen with metal, marston matting-like material for
heavy aircraft and was completed in the middle of 1943. By January 1945 the main runway was 7,200' x 150', and the runway was disused.
Today
Disused since the war. Bomber 2 strip was
used for drying copra at the nearby plantation, and parts
of the
strip are sill used as road, with a small church.
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June 1, 1943
January 1945
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