Name this airfield #2

[Knavey]

Anyone recognize this airfield?

[wobbly]

tarawa?

[kumano]

The pocket[&:],,,Tarawa,,,?

[LargeSlowTarget]

First impulse, too, was 'Betio, Tarawa', but on second glimpse I wasn't so sure - IMO pocket and airfield don't look right compared to pic and map here.

[Knavey]

Not Tarawa...going to have to go farther west.

[LargeSlowTarget]

What's farther west - Ocean Is. and Nauru are next but look completely different, and then we are in Solomons-Bismarck archipel-PNG area, and there were dozens of airbases... I take a wild guess and say 'Green Is.' and hope for new directions or hints from Knavey.

[Knavey]

Hint:

Truk, Biak, Palau and Yap were all targets from this airfield when the US began using it for bombing missions.

[ctangus]

I'll take a stab - Enewetak.

[Honda]

Edited for an extremely inaccurate attempt at getting it right[;)]

[Honda]

Eniwetok was my first thaught also, but Biak seemed a bit too far...

[ctangus]

ORIGINAL: Honda

Eniwetok was my first thaught also, but Biak seemed a bit too far...

It does seem far, but check out this photo from the 80's:

[Knavey]

Not Eniwetok!

Got a stumper on your hands!

[Honda]

Ulitihi then?

[Speedysteve]

How narrow Eniwetok looks! Imagine having a division there? [X(]

[Knavey]

Not Ulitihi. Think closer to Truk, Rabaul and PM area.

It starts the game as a 0(3) airfield and in both of my PBEM games it is still a 0(3) airfield held by the Japanese in May '42.

[ctangus]

One of the Admiralty Islands?

[tabpub]

ORIGINAL: ctangus

One of the Admiralty Islands?

You're right, it's probably Negros. I was thinking Biak until he dropped the clue.

[Knavey]

Ct and Tab are on the da' men!

Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands it is.

Here is the entire photo.