24 Nov 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- The still under construction Torokina Airfield at Bougainville, Solomon Islands saw its first unscheduled landing, an emergency landing by a US Navy SBD aircraft. ww2dbase [Cape Torokina, Bougainville | CPC]
8 Dec 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- The still under construction Torokina Airfield at Bougainville, Solomon Islands saw its second unscheduled landing, three F4U aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 which were running low on fuel. ww2dbase [Cape Torokina, Bougainville | CPC]
10 Dec 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Torokina Airfield at Bougainville, Solomon Islands was declared fully operational after a short 40-day construction. 17 F4U aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-216 became the first to officially arrive at the airfield, although the airfield had already received two unscheduled emergency landings on 24 Nov 1943 and 8 Dec 1943. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Cape Torokina, Bougainville | CPC]
18 Dec 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- The scheduled fighter sweep to be launched from Torokina Airfield, Bougainville, Solomon Islands against Rabaul, New Britain was canceled due to poor weather. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Cape Torokina, Bougainville | CPC]
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