Wards Airfield (5 Mile Drome)
This former airbase served under Allied control from 1942 to 1945.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: United States Army Air Forces
- Pacific Wrecks
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
- Port Moresby Golf Club - Port Moresby
- Remains 5th Air Force Operations Headquarters (5th AF Ops HQ) - Port Moresby
- Fort Nub (John's Gully) - Port Moresby
Monument
Cemetery
- Bomana (Port Moresby) Japanese War Cemetery - Port Moresby
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Port Moresby - Tanubada
- Commonwealth Memorial of the Missing Port Moresby - Tanubada
Fortification
- Tuaguba Hill Gun Battery (Ack Ack Hill) - Port Moresby
- Morris Hill Gun Battery (3.7-inch Anti-aircraft) - Port Moresby
- Paga Hill Battery - Port Moresby
Ship wreck
- Remains PBY Catalina A24-5 - Port Moresby
- Shipwreck MV MacDhui - Port Moresby
- Wreck PBY Catalina # A24-6 or # A24-3 (1) - Port Moresby
Crash site
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