Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is located at Plaine Des Gaiacs near the village...
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Naval Base Noumea (category Airfields of the United States Navy)
supported by the nearby Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield. Naval Base Nepoui Fleet Post Office # was 625. After the war, Tontouta Airfield became the New Caledonia...
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to major combat operations. Established on 14 December 1942 at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, on New Caledonia, 13 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat...
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farther removed from Japanese advances by flying south from Christmas Island Airfield . Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 13 January 1943 Pekoa Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 22 January 1943 Carney Airfield,...
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Southwest Pacific via Christmas Island Airfield, Canton Island Airfield, Tontouta Airfield on Fiji, Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield on New Caledonia then to RAAF Base...
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proceed to New Caledonia. Equipped with only ten B-26s and based at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, it became the first medium bombardment squadron...
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strafing raids, conducted through intense flak and fighter defense, on the airfield and shipping at Makassar, Celebes, in November 1944. Moved to the Philippines...
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offensive against Japan, bombing railways, airfields, and harbor facilities on Kyushu and striking Japanese airfields in Eastern China." After V-J Day, the...
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Carolina, 3 August-30 September 1942 Detachments operated from: Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 25 October-29 November 1942 and Cairns Airport...
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Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 22 November 1942 Pekoa Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 22 January 1943 Carney Airfield,...
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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)
47278°E / -22.25833; 166.47278 (New Caledonia - Magenta Airfield) Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia Island, New Caledonia 21°15′59.1″S 164°54′42...
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Reconnaissance Squadron operating Lockheed Hudson aircraft at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield in New Caledonia during July 1942. The squadron was assigned to...
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and for development of the major airbase to be carried out at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield. Sverdrup was working in Suva when he heard the news of the Japanese...
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offensive against Japan, bombing railways, airfields, and harbor facilities on Kyushu and striking Japanese airfields in Eastern China." After V-J Day, the...
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Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 18 April 1943 Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 26 May 1943 (operated from Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield...
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September 1942 Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 10 October 1942 Tontouta Airfield, New Caledonia, 17 December 1942 Luganville Airfield, Espiritu...
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inactivated on 15 January 1944) Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, 20 January 1943 – 25 January 1943 Luganville Airfield, Espiritu Santo, 2 February...
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