Airport photo of Plaine des Gaiacs (closed) in New Caledonia

Location
City / Airport:	Plaine des Gaiacs (closed)Map
Country:	New Caledonia
Airport Codes:	None

Date & Photographer
Photo Date:	1942 to 1945
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	424294

Photo Comment
A wartime airstrip built by the French and greatly expanded by the Americans. A base in 1942-43 for USAAF B-17s, B-25s and B-26 and RNZAF Hudsons. Main role appears to have been as a staging post for aircraft heading to Australia or to the frontline in New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Disused in peacetime and overgrown with vegetation. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand This photo was added on 26 December 2021, and has since been viewed 251 times.

Photo Comment

A wartime airstrip built by the French and greatly expanded by the Americans. A base in 1942-43 for USAAF B-17s, B-25s and B-26 and RNZAF Hudsons. Main role appears to have been as a staging post for aircraft heading to Australia or to the frontline in New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Disused in peacetime and overgrown with vegetation. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

This photo was added on 26 December 2021, and has since been viewed 251 times.

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