Palikulo Bay Airfield or Bomber Field #1 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands at the Espiritu...
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Santo International Airport (redirect from Pekoa Airfield)
After completing a second fighter airfield at Turtle Bay they began constructing two bomber fields, one at Palikulo Bay known as Bomber Field No. 1 and...
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June 1946.: 757 The airfield is largely overgrown with vegetation. Luganville Airfield Luganville Seaplane Base Palikulo Bay Airfield Santo-Pekoa International...
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with vegetation. Luganville Seaplane Base Palikulo Bay Airfield Santo International Airport Turtle Bay Airfield Building the Navy's Bases in World War II...
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the Guadalcanal campaign. Four airfields were built; Palikulo Bay Airfield, Turtle Bay Airfield, and Luganville Airfield no longer exist, but the Bomber...
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United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II)
1944 403d Troop Carrier Group, 13 September 1943 – 30 August 1944 Palikulo Bay Airfield (Bomber #1), Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands 15°30′06″S 167°14′45″E...
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Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo (category World War II airfields in the Pacific Ocean Theater)
Zealand Air Force and US Marine Corps also operated at the airfield. Palikulo Bay Airfield also called Bomber Field #1 Bomber Field No.2 which became...
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2 which became Santo-Pekoa International Airport after the war. Palikulo Bay Airfield, also called Bomber Field #1, became part of the main road after...
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converted to the patrol bomber role. The squadron was deployed to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo on 9 October 1942, becoming operational on 16...
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Lockheed Ventura aircraft. In November 1943, the squadron moved to Palikulo Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo, where it carried out reconnaissance, anti-submarine...
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