Palikulo Bay Airfield or Bomber Field #1 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands at the Espiritu...
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June 1946.: 757 The airfield is largely overgrown with vegetation. Luganville Airfield Luganville Seaplane Base Palikulo Bay Airfield Santo-Pekoa International...
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Santo International Airport (redirect from Pekoa Airfield)
After completing a second fighter airfield at Turtle Bay they began constructing two bomber fields, one at Palikulo Bay known as Bomber Field No. 1 and...
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with vegetation. Luganville Seaplane Base Palikulo Bay Airfield Santo International Airport Turtle Bay Airfield Building the Navy's Bases in World War II...
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the Guadalcanal campaign. Four airfields were built; Palikulo Bay Airfield, Turtle Bay Airfield, and Luganville Airfield no longer exist, but the Bomber...
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United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II)
1944 403d Troop Carrier Group, 13 September 1943 – 30 August 1944 Palikulo Bay Airfield (Bomber #1), Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands 15°30′06″S 167°14′45″E...
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Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo (category World War II airfields in the Pacific Ocean Theater)
Zealand Air Force and US Marine Corps also operated at the airfield. Palikulo Bay Airfield also called Bomber Field #1 Bomber Field No.2 which became...
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2 which became Santo-Pekoa International Airport after the war. Palikulo Bay Airfield, also called Bomber Field #1, became part of the main road after...
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converted to the patrol bomber role. The squadron was deployed to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo on 9 October 1942, becoming operational on 16...
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Lockheed Ventura aircraft. In November 1943, the squadron moved to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo, where it carried out reconnaissance, anti-submarine...
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(Cooper) Airport (Seabees) Palikulo Bay Airfield ( 7th & 15th CBs) Penrhyn atoll has the Tongareva Airport (Seabees) Piva Airfield ( CBs 25, 53, 71, & 74)...
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Luganville Seaplane Base (category World War II airfields in the Pacific Ocean Theater)
of the seaplane ramps. Luganville Airfield Palikulo Bay Airfield Santo-Pekoa International Airport Turtle Bay Airfield Seabees Stone, Peter (1997). The...
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squadron was posted to the New Hebrides where they were based at Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo, before moving to the front line at Kukum Field...
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Wasp on 15 September 1942. The squadron was then land-based at Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo, and some supplemented the defense of Guadalcanal...
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Observations Squadron. During this period, the squadron took to building airfields. A lieutenant and twenty enlisted persons from the 4th began construction...
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1943 when it deployed to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo. The following month, the squadron moved to Ondonga Airfield on New Georgia, remaining...
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to May 1944 and then to Piva Airfield on Bougainville from May to June 1944. The squadron deployed to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo from August...
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24 Squadron was deployed to Piva Airfield on Bougainville from December 1944-January 1945 then to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo. 24 Squadron deployed...
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squadron was established at RNZAF Ardmore in August 1944. It moved to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo to continue training in September. In late October...
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remained on New Caledonia until March 1943, when it moved forward to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo.: 163 The squadron transferred to New Zealand...
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with enemy planes active not only over the anchorage but over Yontan Airfield as well. The interlude lasted less than an hour, with a Flash White being...
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