-4.32694; 152.13278 Vunakanau Airfield was an aerodrome located near Vunakanau, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was constructed as a...

Vunakanau is situated on a plateau just outside Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. Vunakanau Airfield was used in World War II. In the 1970s Vunakau was proposed...

 140–145. The nine Zeros were intended for the Tainan Air Group based at Vunakanau Airfield. Seven Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers accompanied the Zeros to return...

Chitose Air Group, then flying the obsolete Mitsubishi A5M, moved to Vunakanau airfield on the newly taken island of New Britain. The squadron received its...

Airport (old)). The airfield was constructed by the Royal Australian Air Force as an emergency landing strip for Vunakanau Airfield and consisted of an...

airfields. Lakunai and Vunakanau airfields were pre-war Australian strips. Lakunai had an all-weather runway of sand and volcanic ash, and Vunakanau was...

stronghold of the Japanese forces during the war, were Kerevat, Lakuani, Vunakanau and Tobera; all of them were frequently bombed by allied forces. Two “Flying...

with companies at Praed Point, Talili Bay, Lakunai airfield, and another inland at Vunakanau airfield, while other elements covered the coastal approaches...

and 75 P-38 Lightnings, drop 115 tonnes (115,000 kg) of bombs on Vunakanau airfield at Rabaul, claiming 45 Japanese aircraft shot down or destroyed on...

surrender several Japanese aircraft were flown from Vunakanau Airfield to Jacquinot Bay Airfield. On 15 November 1945 an RAAF C-47 #13339 crashed into...