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Soputa Airfield

Second World War (1939-1945)

Soputa

Papua New Guinea Northern Province Soputa

Soputa Airfield #1

Soputa Airfield was a drop zone for the Australian Army engaged in the Battle of Gona and Sanananda.

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Where is it?

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Museum

Old Buna Village War Museum - Buna: 10.0 km

Point of interest

Location Former Soputa War Cemetery - Soputa: 0.4 km
Dobodura No. 2 (Dobo 2 Strip) - Dobodura: 7.6 km
Horanda Airfield (Horanda 4, Dobodura 4, 4Y, 4W, 4E) - Dobodura: 7.9 km

Monument

Huggins Road Block Memorial - Sanananda: 7.1 km
Sanananda 53, 55, 53/53 Memorial - Sanananda: 10.1 km
Memorial Sanananda - Sanananda: 10.1 km

Cemetery

Mass Grave Japanese Soldiers Huggins Road Block - Sanananda: 7.1 km
Graves Anglican Martyrs Gona - Gona: 11.7 km

Fortification

Huggins Road Block - Sanananda: 6.9 km
Sanananda Fortified Region - Sanananda: 8.8 km
Type 3 (1914) 76.2mm Gun Buna - Buna: 10.2 km

Ship wreck

Remains Daihatsu Landing Craft Sanananda - Sanananda: 10.2 km

Crash site

Crash Site & Remains Lockheed Hudson Mark I A16-36 - Soputa: 0.6 km
Crash Site B-25D-20 "Bar-Fly" 41-30593 - Dobodura: 7.6 km
Crash Site & Wreck B-24D-150-CO "Career Girl" 42-41234 - Dobodura: 7.8 km

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