Administrators CP_Admin Posted April 3, 2023 Administrators Share Posted April 3, 2023 Dear Pilots, Feel free to share any information, resources or references about Japanese airfields that played a role in the Pacific Theater 1941-1945. Some airfields have been lost to time and hard to locate. Thanks in advance!The Combat Pilot Team 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelsup_cavu Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Pacific wrecks might be a decent starting place? https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/japan/ Wheels 5 Quote Download Missions, Skins, & Essential files for IL-2 1946 and several other game series from Mission4Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Hello, I might have something useful but mostly mid-to-late war period. Please, let me know which regions/islands other than Midway are of interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genXgamer Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 G'day everyone If this project progresses to New Guinea like one day I hope it will, I can provide highly detailed 1942 maps of Lae, Salamaua, Buna etc. Here's just one example for Buna. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amiral Crapaud Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 I am very interested in what you might have that I wouldn't have already regarding Rabaul airfields in 1942, that's for sure 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genXgamer Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 G'day Amiral Rabaul isn't my speciality, I only have one airfield photo mosaic Nov 1943. Pacific Wrecks has excellent maps available but I'm guessing you would already have those. Here's one map I do have that may or may not be found at Pacific Wrecks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amiral Crapaud Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Thank you! Yes indeed these ones I mostly had. I also shamelessly look at the great job done by Il-2 modders in this category, it is of much help in this regard. Now the funny thing is that getting good info on Japanese airfields is hard already - but adding insult to injury, considering the Japanese were not really taking photos as often as SWPAC did, and that their archives are also much less generous in terms of hard data, we end up knowing less about the way early allied airfields were designed (besides US schematics) than we do about Japanese ones ^^ Fortunately US fliers & engineers do take photos, but it's never that kind of PR stuff you have from the Recon Lightings, the B-17s & all. At any rate, I'll happily follow this thread with much hope for extra input 🙂 Cheers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feathered_IV Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Hi Amiral, I’m glad to hear that you are interested in Rabaul. It’s a subject that always fascinates me. I made the late war Rabaul map for Il-2 1946 several years ago and collected a lot of information regarding airfield layouts plus roads and streets in the town. If there is anything you need let me know and I can see what I have 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amiral Crapaud Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Oh hello Feathered! Sorry, only saw your message just now! If you mean the map that might have popped up on SAS and of which I had seen pics back in the day, with the town, that really was a great, great job. Thank you very much for your kind offer, I'll happily ask when time comes 🙂 What I saw over there in the forums was a big source of inspiration, if I can make the best use of your experience, rest assured I will 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBonus Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/japanese-airfields.53594/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 There are some good photo's of airfield strikes in New Guinea in the book "Air Apaches. The 345th Bomb Group in WWII' by Jay Stout. Although whole airfields are not shown, the detail covered by the photo's gives a very reasonable idea of layout, revetments and buildings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Lae Aerodrome, 1943. Picture from the book 345th Bomb Group, Vol I. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Kahili Airfield, Bougainville. Picture from the book Air Apaches 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Buka under attack, 1943. Vila Airstrip, bombed out and abandoned, late 1943 Pictures from the book Operation KE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Lae Airfield, January 1943. Buna Airfield December 1942 showing bomb damage. Pictures from the book Kokoda Air Strikes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 F1M Petes, Kavieng. Wrecked facilities at the Japanese seaplane base on Tanambogo Island, east of Tulagi August 8 1942. Pictures from the book The Battle For Hell's Island. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Hollandia, 1943. Simpson Harbour, November 1943. Japanese Airfield on the island of Honshu with Ki-84 Franks. Pictures from the book The Eight Ballers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia Edited February 16 by Feldgrün 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia Edited February 16 by Feldgrün 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Salamaua, Papua New Guinea, 1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Buna-Gona region, Papua New Guinea, 1942-1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Buna-Gona region, Papua New Guinea, 1942-1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Aerial photographs relating to the Japanese occupation of Malahang, Papua New Guinea, 1943 Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feldgrün Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Port Moresby : sketch map of the barracks and vicinity drawn from aerial photographs Excellent collection of photos and maps from the Charles Raymond Stoddart collection, National Library of Australia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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