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Here is a read only link to the Aerodrome Database - WhichAerodrome.xlsx. Up to date as of 1/5/2019. Catching up slowly - up to May 2019 now (Mar 2020).
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 Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu. 
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well certainly an enigma. google has been useless.
the kai islands consist of kai kesil and kai besar.
langgoer airfield is the only name I've found and I found a wartime aerial shot.
certainly not that airfield.
(until now I had never heard of the kai islands.)
ya got me going on this one!
the kai islands consist of kai kesil and kai besar.
langgoer airfield is the only name I've found and I found a wartime aerial shot.
certainly not that airfield.
(until now I had never heard of the kai islands.)
ya got me going on this one!
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can't see a match with kairatoh airfield either.
...but then I havent found a photo.
lighting mate I have noticed a similarity in the layout of kavieng as well.
almost as though the same plan was the basis of a number of airfields.
...but then I havent found a photo.
lighting mate I have noticed a similarity in the layout of kavieng as well.
almost as though the same plan was the basis of a number of airfields.
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Agree dubble - there's a dearth of information on wartime airfields in the area: such as Langgoer. My own information, and the photo, comes from John Bennett's book High Traditions.
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LM,
That's very myopic logic. A photo's a photo, no matter what its source. If knowing or owning the source of an original photo was a forum rule, what would be the point? Whilst I said there is a dearth of internet info, some does exist, especially when linked to my clues. The challenge was perfectly valid.
(And from one Pom to Another, please stop dictating -- it's tiresome)
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The airfield was the Japanese airstrip at Faan on Kai Kecil
That's very myopic logic. A photo's a photo, no matter what its source. If knowing or owning the source of an original photo was a forum rule, what would be the point? Whilst I said there is a dearth of internet info, some does exist, especially when linked to my clues. The challenge was perfectly valid.
(And from one Pom to Another, please stop dictating -- it's tiresome)
Chaps,
The airfield was the Japanese airstrip at Faan on Kai Kecil
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(until now I had never heard of the kai islands.)
In Indonesian, besar means big and kecil (pronounced ketch-eel) means small. Obvious when you look at the map.
LM, relax, it's only a game. You're not dealing with a HYD 1 or HYD 2 failure!
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cuefay's challenge was interesting. in my days of searching I never saw mention of the airfield name Faan even once. amazing the holes in published information. a day seaching in the area of the islands and not a mention.
that's what challenges are all about though.
for John Hill's.
wouldnt happen to be an old Fokker Friendship at your museum?
that's what challenges are all about though.
for John Hill's.
wouldnt happen to be an old Fokker Friendship at your museum?
Most definitely not an F.27....