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No. 2 Strip Milne Bay

Coordinates: 10°19′00″S 150°15′00″E / 10.316667°S 150.25°E / -10.316667; 150.25
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No. 2 Strip Milne Bay
Location of No. 2 Strip Milne Bay
No. 2 Strip Milne Bay is located in Papua New Guinea
No. 2 Strip Milne Bay
No. 2 Strip Milne Bay
LocationMilne Bay Province
Coordinates10°19′00″S 150°15′00″E / 10.316667°S 150.25°E / -10.316667; 150.25
Settlements United States Navy
Naval Base Milne Bay
1942
Enlargement of Milne Bay, indicating No. 2 Strip Milne Bay locations.

No. 2 Strip Milne Bay, (Waigani Airfield), was an aerodrome under construction near Waigani village, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea during World War II as part of Naval Base Milne Bay.

Works at the aerodrome were discontinued due to the site being unsuitable for an aerodrome due to drainage problems. Airfield was at 10°19′00″S 150°15′00″E / 10.316667°S 150.25°E / -10.316667; 150.25.[1][2] [3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pacific Wrecks - Waigani Airfield (No. 2 Strip, Unnamed) Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)". pacificwrecks.com.
  2. ^ "Pacific Wrecks". pacificwrecks.com.
  3. ^ "Pacific War Airfields Project". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  4. ^ "Building the Navy's Bases, vol. 2 (part III, chapter 26)". NHHC.