| 词条 | Luganville Airfield |
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|name=Luganville Airfield |partof = |location=Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands |coordinates={{Coord|15|30|17|S|167|07|12|E}} |image=Aerial view of Luganville Airfield, Espiritu Santo.jpg |image_size=300px |caption=Aerial view of Luganville Airfield, Espiritu Santo |type=Military Airfield |code= |built=1943 |builder=Seebees |materials=Coral |height= |used= 1943-4 |demolished= |condition=abandoned |ownership= |controlledby=United States Army Air Forces |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }} Luganville Airfield or Bomber Field #3 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands. HistoryWorld War IIThe 40th Naval Construction Battalion arrived on Santo on 3 February 1943 and were tasked with building a third bomber field in dense jungle to the west of Luganville. By July the Battalion had completed a {{convert|6800|ft}} by {{convert|300|ft}} coral runway, with {{convert|27,000|ft}} of taxiways and 75 hardstands. Additional facilities constructed included a tank farm of six 1,000-barrel steel tanks, two truck-loading stations, two repair areas, fifteen {{convert|40|ft}} by {{convert|10|ft}} arch-rib warehouses, one {{convert|100|ft}} by {{convert|90|ft}} hangar, eighteen quonset huts for living quarters, six mess halls, and all necessary utilities. {{convert|15|miles}} of two-lane access and supply roads, were cut through dense jungle.[1] VP-44 operating PBY-5s operated from Luganville from 11 March 1944 until 15 June 1944 when it moved to Nissan Island.[2]VMF-323 was based at Luganville from 29 October 1944 until 23 February 1945 when it moved to Okinawa. PostwarNOB Espiritu Santo disestablished on 12 June 1946.[3] The airfield remained in use as a civilian airstrip until the early 1970s however as it was on higher ground it was often clouded in and so it was decided to move all operations to the former Bomber Field No.2 which became Santo-Pekoa International Airport. The field is now largely overgrown with vegetation.[4] See also
References1. ^{{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=230}} 2. ^{{Cite book|last=|first= |title=Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons - Volume 2| publisher=Naval Historical Center| year=| isbn=|pages=463–4}} 3. ^{{Cite book|last=|first= |title=Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons - Volume 2| publisher=Naval Historical Center| year=| isbn=|page=757}} 4. ^{{Cite book|last=Stone|first=Peter|title=The Lady and the President: The life and loss of the S.S. President Coolidge| publisher=Oceans Enterprises|year=1997|isbn=9780958665728|page=65}} External links 8 : World War II airfields in the Pacific Ocean Theater|Airports in Vanuatu|Espiritu Santo|United States Naval Air Stations|Closed installations of the United States Navy|1940s in the New Hebrides|1943 establishments in Oceania|1944 disestablishments in Oceania |
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