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0° 52' 60S Long 131° 15' 0E
Cape Kasuari
Named after the big casuarina trees
which grow in the area, Cape Kasuari is just 2 km. from the town of
Sorong. This beach has beautiful scenery and recreation facilities.
Jim Wright, The Flying Circus adds:
"One of our [380th BG] crews on a reconassance sortie dropped bombs on a village named Sorong... We were unexpectedly chastised by some upper-echelon source. It seemed that Sorong was not an 'approved' target. We figured that, unbeknownst to any of us, Allied forces had been getting some valuable intelligence covertly from a secret 'mole' in that location, well behind Japanese lines. Otherwise, why make a thing of it?"
American Missions Against Sorong
June 10, 1943 - September 24, 1944
Source: Hata /Izawa /Gorham: Japanese and Aces (book). 311 Hikotai of 153 Kokutai (A6M3-5 Zeros) was one time based at Sorong.
Sorong Seaplane Base
Prewar Dutch seaplane base, occupied by the Japanese until the end of the war
