Rapopo Airfield (Rabaul No. 3)
This former Japanese airfield was established in December 1942 - January 1943. The airfield was used to assemble Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles after the Japanese surrender.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Australian War Memorial 096846
- Pacific Wrecks
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- Vunapope Roman Catholic Mission - Vunapope
- Type 95 Ha Go Tank Kokopo - Kokopo
- Kabanga Bay - Kabanga Bay
Monument
Cemetery
Fortification
Ship wreck
- Shipwreck Kinkansan Maru - Blanche Bay
- Sipwreck "Loch Katrine" - Vunapope
- Shipwreck HMAS AE1 (AE1) - Duke of York Islands
Crash site
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