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FIJI ISLANDS
FIJI ISLANDS


* [[Nadi International Airport|Nandi Airfield]], [[Viti Levu Island]], [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]]
* [[Nadi International Airport|Nandi Airfield]], [[Viti Levu|Viti Levu Island]], [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]]
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: [[431st Bombardment Squadron]] (Heavy), [[11th Wing|11th Bombardment Group]] (Heavy), 24 July-31 October 1942 (air echelon operated from New Hebrides, August 1942)
: [[431st Bombardment Squadron]] (Heavy), [[11th Wing|11th Bombardment Group]] (Heavy), 24 July-31 October 1942 (air echelon operated from New Hebrides, August 1942)


* [[Nausori International Airport|Nausori Airfield]], [[Viti Levu Island]], [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]]
* [[Nausori International Airport|Nausori Airfield]], [[Viti Levu|Viti Levu Island]], [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]]
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* [[Magenta Airport|Magenta Airfield]], [[Grande Terre (New Caledonia)|New Caledonia Island]], [[New Caledonia]]
* [[Magenta Airport|Magenta Airfield]], [[Grande Terre (New Caledonia)|New Caledonia Island]], [[New Caledonia]]
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* [[Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield]], [[New Caledonia Island]], [[New Caledonia]]
* [[Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield]], [[Grande Terre (New Caledonia)|New Caledonia Island]], [[New Caledonia]]
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: [[42d Attack Squadron|42d Bombardment Squadron]] (Heavy), [[11th Wing|11th Bombardment Group]] (Heavy), 22 July-22 November 1942
: [[42d Attack Squadron|42d Bombardment Squadron]] (Heavy), [[11th Wing|11th Bombardment Group]] (Heavy), 22 July-22 November 1942


* [[La Tontouta Airport|Tontouta Airfield]], [[New Caledonia Island]], [[New Caledonia]]
* [[La Tontouta Airport|Tontouta Airfield]], [[Grande Terre (New Caledonia)|New Caledonia Island]], [[New Caledonia]]
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NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS
NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS
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TONGA ISLANDS
TONGA ISLANDS


* [[Fuaʻamotu International Airport|Tongatubu Airfield]], [[Tongatapu||Tongatubu Island]]
* [[Fuaʻamotu International Airport|Tongatubu Airfield]], [[Tongatapu|Tongatubu Island]]
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: Seventh Air Force

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Airfields of the United States Army Air Force
in the South Pacific Area
 
Part of World War II
Date1942-1945
Location
Result Allied victory over the Empire of Japan (1945)

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the Empire of Japan in the South Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of the Pacific Ocean areas which lay south of the Equator between longitude 159° East and 110° West. It included New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, and most of the Solomon Islands.

In early 1942, the area was under the Seventh Air Force. By November, the Thirteenth Air Force, was formed to command and control AAF organizations in the southern areas of the widely separated Seventh Air Force and independent units scattered in the South Pacific Area during the Solomon Islands campaign. As the war progressed, Thirteenth Air Force units moved into the South West Pacific theatre and coordinated their activities with Fifth as part of the Far East Air Forces, a new formation.

Airfields and unit assignments

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See also

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Army Air Forces Installations Directory, 15 June 1945
  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  • U.S. Base Facilities Summary, Advance Bases, Central Pacific Area - U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Headquarters, 30 June 1945