Construction In 1944 US Army engineers accompanied by Squadron Leader Michael Leahy
landed by gliders and constructed a Dakota runway at the site.
Today A memorial plaque at the airstrip tells its history:
A 1936 Sikorsky Amphibian piloted by Stuart
Campbell was first aircraft to land here on a small airstrip
prepared by prospectors Joe Bourke and Bill Korn. This
party followed the route of the 1926 Karius and Champion
Government patrol overland from the Fly River. In 1944 USAAF
engineers accompanied by Squadron Leader Michael Leahy
landed by gliders and constructed a DC-3 airstrip on this
same site. - Telefomin local government council
