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| Located in Morobe Province, Paupa New Guinea
Tsili Tsili Airfield
Tsili Tsili Airfield (Papua New Guinea)
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| Type | Military airfield |
| Built | 1943 |
| In use | 1943–1944 |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Tsili Tsili (Tsile-Tsile) Airfield is a former World War II airfield in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today has almost totally returned to its natural state.
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The area was occupied by Allied forces in the middle of June 1943. The field was hastily constructed by the United States Army 871st Airborne Engineers. All supplies, food, fuel and equipment had to be flown into the base via C-47s from Port Moresby. The first fighters were based at the airfield from the 26 July.
Other known units at Tsili Tsili were the USAAF 2nd Air Task Force, which was formed for operations around Lae (5 August 1943) and the RAAF 24 Squadron (Vultee Vengeance) in November 1943 and 4 Squadron (Boomerang) September 1943 - January 1944.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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