Location
Located at Malaguna along the road adjacent to Simpson Harbor to the south-west of Rabaul.
Construction
Built by the Japanese parallel to the Malaguna road.
Wartime History
Used as a emergency crash strip. Storage tunnels were dug into the nearby ridge for storage.
American Missions Against Malaguna
January 14 - April 13, 1944
Today
Disused as an airfield since the war. Today, it is part of the Kokopo Road, located near the present
day overseas wharf. In the shorage tunnels near this airfield, airplane parts were discovered during the 1980s.
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