Name this airfield #2
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:18 am
Anyone recognize this airfield?
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RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:18 am
tarawa?
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:17 am
The pocket[&:],,,Tarawa,,,?
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:56 am
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.
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:55 am
Not Tarawa...going to have to go farther west.
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:21 am
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.
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:27 pm
Hint:
Truk, Biak, Palau and Yap were all targets from this airfield when the US began using it for bombing missions.
Truk, Biak, Palau and Yap were all targets from this airfield when the US began using it for bombing missions.
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:51 pm
I'll take a stab - Enewetak.
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:57 pm
Edited for an extremely inaccurate attempt at getting it right[;)]
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:05 am
Eniwetok was my first thaught also, but Biak seemed a bit too far...
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:17 am
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:
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:47 am
Not Eniwetok!
Got a stumper on your hands!
Got a stumper on your hands!
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:59 am
Ulitihi then?
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:30 pm
How narrow Eniwetok looks! Imagine having a division there? [X(]
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:43 am
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.
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.
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:59 am
One of the Admiralty Islands?
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:44 am
You're right, it's probably Negros. I was thinking Biak until he dropped the clue.ORIGINAL: ctangus
One of the Admiralty Islands?
RE: Name this airfield #2
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:51 am
Ct and Tab are on the da' men!
Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands it is.
Here is the entire photo.
Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands it is.
Here is the entire photo.