Cape Wom Airfield
General Hatazo Adachi surrendered on this pre-war landing strip on 13 September 1945. It is unconfirmed if the Japanese forces used Cape Wom airfield.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Rod Leonard
- Pacific Wrecks
Nearby
Point of interest
- Dallman Harbor (West Wewak Harbor) - Wewak
- Wewak Harbor - Wewak
- Former Japanese Cemetery Mission Point - Wewak
Monument
- Cape Wom Memorial Park - Wewom
- Shrine Former Mass Grave Japanese Soldiers Wewak - Wewak
- Japanese Peace Park Wewak - Wewak
Cemetery
Fortification
- Remains Japanese War Tunnel - Wewom
- Japanese Tunnels Cape Wom - Wewom
- Japanese Observation Bunker Cape Wom - Wewom
Ship wreck
- Shipwreck Japanese Ammunition Ship - Wewak
- Shipwreck PT-133 "New Guinea Ferry" - Cape Pus
- Shipwreck Japanese Landing Barge - Cape Pus
Crash site
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