• Finschhafen Airport is a general aviation airport in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. (IATA: FIN, ICAO: AYFI). It is located on the south-east tip of...
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    Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The town is commonly misspelt as...
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    Field, now Finschhafen Airport on the island. The base was part of the New Guinea campaign. The Imperial Japanese Army took over Finschhafen on March 10...
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  • List of airports by IATA airport code: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z The DST column...
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    Finschhafen is a district on the north-east coast of the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port town of the same name, Finschhafen...
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    This is a list of airports in Papua New Guinea, sorted by location. Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country...
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    Airport (CB 1) Finschhafen Airport (60th CB and U.S. Army) French Frigate Shoals Airport (B Co. CB 5) Freeflight International Airport (3rd Bn 20th Marines...
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    convoy carrying them was diverted to Brisbane. They then moved to Woodstock Airport, Queensland outside of Townsville in northern Queensland on 26 April 1942...
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    ground. The squadron moved to Finschhafen Airport. Two detachments (25 enlisted men and 2 officers) departed for Finschhafen on 20 and 21 August 1944. On...
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    (Idaho ANG) March Field, California, 1 December 1943 – 25 March 1944 Finschhafen Airport, New Guinea, 1 May 1944 Middleburg Airfield, New Guinea, 4 August...
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    Officially named Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport, Nadzab Airport is a regional airport located at Nadzab 42 kilometres (26 mi) outside Lae, Morobe...
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    Dumpu 22 September—4 October Australian forces defeat Japan Battle of Finschhafen 22 September—24 October Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan Battle of...
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    in 1891 killed almost half of the European settlers on the coast in Finschhafen, many of the Europeans moved toward Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (now Madang)...
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    Lutheran Synod and the Neuendettelsau Mission Society, sailed to Simbang in Finschhafen, Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and arrived at Lae shortly after. The mission society...
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    the older base at Dreger Harbour, near Finschhafen. to replace the RAN base at Dreger Harbour, near Finschhafen. The base was renamed HMAS Tarangau, the...
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    Airport, Tennessee, 9 December 1942 – 31 March 1944 Syracuse Army Air Base, New York, 1 May 1944 Baer Field, Indiana, 6–27 October 1944 Finschhafen Airfield...
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    combined operations force. The first mission, in September 1943, was at Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Later operations were at Gasmata, Arawe, Cape Gloucester...
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    into Occupied Japan and connected to the ATC India-China Wing at Kunming Airport, China. Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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    Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, 23 June 1943 Finschhafen Airfield, New Guinea, 16 December 1943 Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, 29...
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    town and airfield of Finschhafen, declaring it liberated on 2 October. However, most of the Japanese that had been around Finschhafen managed to retreat...
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    000 ft) above sea level, approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) inland from Finschhafen, and would later become a battle site from 17 and 25 November 1943 during...
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    Hilimoi Bay hospital FPO# 817 Naval Base Port Moresby FPO# 162 Naval Base Finschhafen FPO# 722 code codename Urom at Dreger Harbour Naval Base Hollandia FPO#...
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    continued its support of the Allied advance. On 21 April 1944, it moved to Finschhafen, New Guinea, and again in May to Cyclops Field, Hollandia. During Operation...
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    Guinea. The stay there was a short one also, for the 1st Marines left Finschhafen on Christmas Day 1943, for their December 26 landing on enemy-held Cape...
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    Merauke in Merauke, New Guinea PT Boats and 6,000 feet runway Naval Base Finschhafen New Guinea - PT boats and amphibious craft base, Dreger Airfield - hospital...
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    then advanced through the Ramu Valley while the 9th Division landed at Finschhafen. The campaign then slowed owing to a combination of logistical difficulties...
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    Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, February 1944 - March 1944) Finschhafen Airfield, New Guinea, 19 February 1944 Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea...
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    Airfield Naval Base Woodlark Island Naval Base Milne Bay Naval Base Finschhafen Naval Base Hollandia Kiriwina Airfield Naval Base Cape Gloucester - Battle...
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    New Guinea, 15 April 1943 Gusap Airfield, New Guinea, 16 November 1943 Finschhafen Airfield, New Guinea, 27 April 1944 Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea...
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    former German town of Finschhafen, the district capital of Wasu, Malalamai and Saidor with its World War II era Saidor Airport. The Huon Peninsula is...
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