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Oro Bay (Cape Sudest) Airfield
Part of Fifth Air Force
Located in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Oro Bay Base - December 1943
Oro Bay Airfield is located in Papua New Guinea
Oro Bay Airfield
Oro Bay Airfield
Coordinates08°40′16.37″S 148°24′42.44″E / 8.6712139°S 148.4117889°E / -8.6712139; 148.4117889
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1944
In use1944

Oro Bay Airfield (also known as Cape Sudest Airfield) is a former World War II airfield in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.

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