Durand Airfield (also known as 17-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located 17 miles (27 km) from Port Moresby, to the north of the Waigani swamp.
The airfield was known as '17 Mile' or sometimes 'Waigani'. Waigani swamp is located at the end of the airfield. Pilots feared crashing into during bad take offs or landings under the belief there were crocodiles in it. On November 10, 1942 it was officially renamed "Durand Airfield" to honor of MIA P-39 pilot Edward D. Durand missing on a mission against Lae.
DurandAirfield (also known as 17-Mile Drome) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield...
(Hungarian: Duránd), Slovakia, a village and municipality Durand Line, a poorly marked boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan DurandAirfield, a World...
3825972; 147.1732667 (New Guinea - DurandAirfield (17 Mile Drome)) Named in honor of P-39 pilot Edward D. Durand missing in action on April 30, 1942...
Allied ground forces, the USAAF Fifth Air Force established a series of airfields, some at existing facilities, but most were carved out of the jungle to...
(Medium) in the Fifth Air Force's 38th Bombardment Group, based at DurandAirfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea. On August 18, 1943, while leading his group...
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another of Moresby's airfield complex, DurandAirfield ("17 Mile Drome"), from which it would operate for fifteen months. At Durand, as at the five bases...
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awarded its third DUC. In January 1945, the squadron moved to Lingayen Airfield on Luzon, from which it continued to support ground forces in the Philippines...
38th Group. It flew bombardment missions against Japanese shipping and airfields. The 822nd was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for bombing...
missions attacking Japanese airfields, merchant ships and naval vessels in New Guinea. The squadron moved to Pitoe Airfield, Morotai in the Maluku Islands...
September 1942 DurandAirfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea, c. 25 October 1942 Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 6 March 1944 Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands...
(3,050 ft), 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Durand Line). The nearest city in Pakistan is Bannu, about 55 kilometres (34 mi)...
the territory of British governed India negotiated terms, agreeing to the Durand line. Two parties camped at Parachinar, now part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,...
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combat unit. As a member of No. 332 Squadron RAF stationed at North Weald airfield, Bergsland's Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb, (serial no AB269, coded AH:D)...
Photography had been created at Kodak Park in Rochester, and Baker Field was the airfield associated with the project.[title missing] Military use of the field ceased...
(1912–1991), Puerto Rican politician - mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico José Durand Laguna (1889–1958), Argentine football manager Justo Oscar Laguna (1929–2011)...
Renegades (1955) - Butch Cassidy / George Leroy Parker Jet Pilot (1957) - Airfield Sgt. (uncredited) The Helen Morgan Story (1957) - Whitey Krause The Sad...
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