Tadji

Click For EnlargementTadji is located to the east of Aitape, and west of the Driniumor River it serves as the airport for the province. During the war, it was a Japanese airfield. Liberated by US Army on April 26, 1944. It became a major Allied air depot for American and Australian forces.

Tadji Airfield
Built by the Japanese, occupied by Allies and used as an airfield until the end of the war.

 

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