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    Kaimana Irian Jaya Indonesia

Location
Lat 3° 38' 60S Long 133° 45' 0E   Village on the southern coast of New Guinea, to the south-east of Utarom, along Kaimana Bay.

American Missions Agaisnt Kaimana
March 20, 1943 - October 29, 1944

Kaimana Airfield (Utarom, Urarom)
Japanese airfield located near Utarom

Kaimana Seaplane Base
Anchorage along Kaimana Bay . Used by the Japanese Navy during April to August 1943. Cruiser Kitakami disembarks troops and supplies at at Kaimana on April 7 and 27, then again on May 12, 1943.

Kaimana Bay
Located at Kaimana

A-20G "Florida Gator" 43-21379 Tail W
Pilot Pagh crashed August 11, 1944

A-20G Havoc 43-9392
Pilot Wells crashed August 11, 1944 last reported to the west of Kaimana Bay

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October 2, 2009

 

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