Location
Located on the north coast of New Ireland, two miles to the east of Kavieng. Prewar this area was the Panapai Plantation.
Construction
Built by the Japanese, along the highway on the Panapai Plantation. A single 4,000' runway with a taxiway and ravetments,
9 bomber ravetments on the inland side, and 12 fighter
ravetments on the seaward side (as of
May 22, 1943).
American Missions Against Panapai
February 15 - March 19, 1944
Today
Panapai
has been disused since the Japanese operations.
Kunai
grass
now
covers the runway but the area can still be recognized.
Brian
Bennett adds:
"I searched for any aircraft wrecks in the area in the
1980's and was unable to find much there."
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