Vunakanau Aerodrome, New Britain, C.I.U., T-42 / compilation, C.I.U., Directorate of Intelligence, Allied Air Forces, S.W.P.A
- Bib ID:
- 8047623
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Allied Air Forces. South West Pacific Area. Directorate of Intelligence. Central Interpretation Unit, cartographer, issuing body
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:500,000 (E 152°06'27"--E 152°08'08"/S 4°18'40"--S 4°20'14").
- Description:
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- Brisbane : Allied Air Forces, 1943
- 1 map : colour ; 19 x 19 cm, on sheet 21 x 21 cm
- Notes:
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- Air navigation orientation map of the area around Vunakanau Aerodrome, near Rabaul, on the northeast coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Scale ca. 1:500,000. Shows the Pacific Ocean, bays and prominent capes, islands, Vunakanau, Keravat, Tobera, Lakunai and Rapopo Aerodromes, populated places, main roads, rivers, plantations and other vegetation and terrain features. Includes navigational distance circles and compass readings indicating "magnetic bearings toward the target". Relief shown by hading and hurchures. "9th October 1943". Includes, on verso, aerial photo of the Vunakanau runway and vicinity (scale ca. 1:24,000) showing gun emplacements, stores and personnel areas, fuel and bomb dumps, and garden plots.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1516691918
- Subject:
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea -- Vunakanau Region -- Maps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea -- Rabaul Region -- Maps
- Vunakanau Region (Papua New Guinea) -- Maps
- Rabaul Region (Papua New Guinea) -- Maps
- New Guinea -- Maps
- Vunakanau Region (Papua New Guinea) -- Aerial photographs
- New Britain Region (Papua New Guinea) -- Aerial photographs
- Time Coverage:
- 1943
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1993 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1943
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