[WIP] Map - Australia: Queensland-New Guinea
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agracier Wrote:
dunkelgrun Wrote:Well, you've got at least one mission here - the Japanese bombed the airfield at Horn Island and were intercepted by US fighters. I made a coop for it years ago, using some other map as a substitute. Time to dig it out and transfer it, perhaps.

Thanks for the info - this means an update with an airfield at Horn Island is in the makes ...

I admit that I'm not so great at digging up historical info on airfields, so if there is anything else in the way of locations of airfields or bases or such, always feel free to let it be known. I'll do my best to incorporate it into an update ...


This should help:

Located at the northern end of Horn Island.
Built by the Australian Civil Constructional Corps and the Department of Main Roads began construction of an advanced airfield on the island in 1940. Construction was completed during January 1942. Horn Island Airfield had two intersecting runways: east-west runway 5000' x 150'. The southeast-northwest runway is 4250' x 150', both surfaced with bitumen and gravel.

- also from PacificWrecks. There's a very small and fuzzy picture as well: http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/ ... index.html

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