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Vivigani Airfield

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Vivigani Airfield was an airstrip at Vivigani on Goodenough Island, part of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Papua New Guinea. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Aerodrome, Asphalt concrete, Australia, Bristol Beaufort, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Douglas A-20 Havoc, Empire of Japan, Fifth Air Force, Gasmata Airport, Goodenough Island, Gurney Airport, Imperata cylindrica, Milne Bay, Naval Base Milne Bay, No. 100 Squadron RAAF, No. 22 Squadron RAAF, No. 30 Squadron RAAF, No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF, No. 6 Squadron RAAF, No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF, No. 77 Squadron RAAF, No. 79 Squadron RAAF, No. 8 Squadron RAAF, Papua New Guinea, Royal Australian Air Force, Supermarine Spitfire, World War II, 2/12th Battalion (Australia).

  2. Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
  3. D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  4. Milne Bay Province
  5. Papua New Guinea in World War II

Aerodrome

An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use.

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Asphalt concrete

Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bristol Beaufort

The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938.

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D'Entrecasteaux Islands

D'Entrecasteaux Islands are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Douglas A-20 Havoc

The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Fifth Air Force

The Fifth Air Force (5 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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Gasmata Airport

Gasmata Airport is an airfield in Gasmata in the West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. Vivigani Airfield and Gasmata Airport are airports in Papua New Guinea.

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Goodenough Island

Goodenough Island in the Solomon Sea, also known as Nidula Island, is the westernmost of the three large islands of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Vivigani Airfield and Goodenough Island are D'Entrecasteaux Islands.

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Gurney Airport

anti-aircraft gun of the 2/9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery at Milne Bay Gurney Airport No. 1 Airstrip P-40 at Milne Bay Gurney Airport is an airport serving Alotau in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Vivigani Airfield and Gurney Airport are airports in Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province and Papua New Guinea in World War II.

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Imperata cylindrica

Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogongrass or kunai grass) is a species of perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Africa, and Southern Europe.

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Milne Bay

Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Naval Base Milne Bay, also called Naval Advance Base Milne Bay, was new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. Vivigani Airfield and Naval Base Milne Bay are Milne Bay Province and Papua New Guinea in World War II.

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No. 100 Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 22 Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 30 Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 6 Squadron RAAF

No. 6 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) electronic attack squadron.

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No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 77 Squadron RAAF

No.

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No. 79 Squadron RAAF

No. 79 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flight training unit that has been formed on four occasions since 1943.

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No. 8 Squadron RAAF

No.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

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Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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2/12th Battalion (Australia)

The 2/12th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during World War II.

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See also

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

Milne Bay Province

Papua New Guinea in World War II

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivigani_Airfield