[ordway]

[quote="agracier"]Here's a new map inspired by watching too many episodes of 'the Pacific'. Guadalcanal has already been done and so has Palau, so very finely retextured by redko (a must have, especially for the shallows and coral reefs). Looking along the Solomons the island of New Georgia caught my eye for some reason. This is a map of the islands and surrounding areas with parts of Santa Isabel and Choiseul Islands and a host of lesser ones.

From what i could gather there were 2 airbases, one Japanese at Munda Point and and other American built strip at Segi Point. Both were in odd positions, near to beaches and made of crushed coral. I've tried to use textures reflecting that kind of terrain."

Thanks Agracier! Since it is still a work in progress during the early pacific war, Agracier, is there any way you could also still add the towering Munda hill (Kokengola Hill) on the Munda airstrip? It was perhaps the single most important feature on the airfield and one of the central Allied targets for their invasion.

The hill was occupied by the Japanese during the middle of November 1942. "Positions and defenses were built on the hilltop. The hill became a battlefield during early August 1943. This high ground around including Kokengola Hill fell to the US Army on on August 5, 1943."

"Immediately, Americans built a control tower for Munda Airfield atop this hill, completed by August 11, 1943. As the airfield was developed, other facilities were established on the hilltop."

Pictures:

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/ ... first.html

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/ ... 14-43.html

Thanks,