Guasopa Airport , is an airport at
Guasopa on
Woodlark Island
Woodlark Island, known to its inhabitants simply as Woodlark or Muyua, is the main island of the Woodlark Islands archipelago, located in Milne Bay Province and the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea.
Although no formal census has been conducted sinc ...
, in the
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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History
World War II
U.S. forces captured
Woodlark Island
Woodlark Island, known to its inhabitants simply as Woodlark or Muyua, is the main island of the Woodlark Islands archipelago, located in Milne Bay Province and the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea.
Although no formal census has been conducted sinc ...
on 30 June 1943 as part of
Operation Chronicle. The
60th US Naval Construction Battalion began construction on 2 July of a coralsurfaced runway which was ready for use by 14 July. The runway was later expanded and by September measured and by October 12 a parallel runway was also built, together with 110 hardstands. The airfield was also known as Woodlark Airfield.
The airfield was used as a stopover point and refuelling point.
RAAF:
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No. 78 Squadron RAAF P-40
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and ...
s
USAAF:
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39th Fighter Squadron operating
P-39s
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67th Fighter Squadron
The 67th Fighter Squadron "Fighting Cocks" is a fighter squadron of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 67th is equipped with the F-15C/D Eagle.
Mission
The 67th Fighter Squadron is one ...
operating P-39s
See also
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Naval Base Woodlark Island
References
Guasopa Airfield
Airports in Papua New Guinea
Woodlark Islands
Milne Bay Province
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea in World War II
Airports established in 1943
1940s establishments in Papua New Guinea
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