Lorengau Airfield was an

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located at

Lorengau Lorengau is the major town in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. The town is located on the edge of Seeadler Harbour on Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, and in 2000 Lorengau was recorded to have a population of 5,829. History World War ...

on the north coast of

Manus Island Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth-largest island in Papua New Guinea, with an area of , measuring around . Manus Island is covered in rugged jungles w ...

History

An airfield built to service the

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near Lorengau. Extended by the

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during

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. Consisted of a single grassed runway long x wide. A number of

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s were constructed at the southern end of the runway. After the liberation of the airfield, by the

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during the

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, which was part of the Admiralty Islands campaign, the airfield was not developed further.

Post war

The airfield was abandoned after the war. The town of

was extended to the west of the jetty on

Seeadler Harbour Seeadler Harbor, also known as Port Seeadler, is located on Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea and played an important role in World War II. In German, "Seeadler" means sea eagle, pointing to German colonial activity between 1884 an ...

after the war, built on the cleared area of the airfield. The major road alignments follow the edges of the airfield.Lorengau Airfield and Vicinity
image, USAAF, 5th AF, 22 January 1944, www.pacificwrecks.org, accessed 23 July 2013

References

Lorengau Airfield
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