New Japanese Airfield Buna
This unfinished Japanese airfield was captured by the 3rd Battalion, 128th infantry Regiment on 5 December 1942. It was not used by the Allies.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Australian War Memorial
- Pacific Wrecks
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
- Simemi Bridge (Simemi Creek Bridge, The Bridge) - Buna
- Former Cape Endaiadere War Cemetery - Buna
- Cape Endaiadere - Buna
Monument
- Memorial Herman L. Bottcher - Buna
- Memorial Buna Battlefield - Buna
- 32nd Infantry Division Memorial Buna - Buna
Cemetery
Fortification
- Type 3 (1914) 76.2mm Gun Buna - Buna
- Sanananda Fortified Region - Sanananda
- Huggins Road Block - Sanananda
Ship wreck
Crash site
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