| 词条 | Segi Point Airfield |
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|name=Segi Point Airfield |partof = |location=Segi Point, New Georgia |coordinates={{Coord|08|34|42.6|S|157|52|33.6|E}} |image=SegiAirfield.jpg |image_size=300px |caption=Aerial view of Segi Point Airfield |type=Military Airfield |code= |built=1943 |builder=Seabees |materials=Coral |height= |used= 1943-4 |demolished= |condition=abandoned |ownership= |controlledby=United States Navy |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= |battles=New Georgia Campaign Bougainville Campaign Operation Cartwheel |events= }} Segi Point Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands archipelago. HistoryWorld War IIThe Segi (Seghe) Point area was the base of the British Commonwealth coastwatcher, Donald Gilbert Kennedy, who had monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft (reporting by radio) and also rescued American airman who were shot down in the territory held by the Japanese. In May and June 1943 Japanese patrols moved into the Segi Point area. The Segi Point area was secured by the 4th Marine Raider Battalion on 30 June 1943 in the opening phase of the New Georgia Campaign. The 47th Naval Construction Battalion landed with the Marines and immediately began construction of a fighter airstrip. Bad weather and poor soil conditions delayed construction, but by 18 July a coral-surfaced {{convert|3300|ft}} by {{convert|150|ft}} runway was ready for use.[1] By the end of July taxiways and revetments had been completed. In August the runway was widened to {{convert|200|ft}} and two {{convert|42,000|USgal}} gas tanks had been constructed and by September 52 hardstands had been completed.[1]{{rp|264}} USAAF units based at Segi Point included:
US Navy units based at Segi Point included:
PostwarThe airfield remains in use today as Seghe Airport. See also
References1. ^1 {{Cite book|last=|first= |title=Building the Navy's Bases in World War II History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946| publisher=US Government Printing Office| year=1947| isbn=|page=262}} External links 4 : Pacific theatre of World War II|United States Naval Air Stations|Closed installations of the United States Navy|Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II |
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